When Priscilla Jane Perrin was born on 5 May 1884, in Kempsey, New South Wales, Australia, her father, Sidney Perrin, was 25 and her mother, Jane Fisher, was 22. She married William Henry Brett on 9 June 1906, in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. She died on 18 September 1965, in Paddington, New South Wales, Australia, at the age of 81.
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French and English: from the Old French and Middle English personal name Perrin, a pet form of Old French Perre, a variant of Pierre , French form of Peter . Compare Perine , Perrine , and Prine .
History: Henri Perrin from Louargat in Côtes-d'Armor, Brittany (France), married Jeanne Merrin in Montreal, QC, in 1661. — This surname is listed in the (US) National Huguenot Society's register of qualified Huguenot ancestors (along with its variants or altered forms Perrine and Pareyn) and also in the similar register of the Huguenot Society of America. One of the Huguenot ancestors was Daniel Perrin (1642–1719), nicknamed The Huguenot, who arrived in New York in 1665, aboard the Philip, and settled first in NJ and later on Staten Island. Among his descendants the surname is common in the altered forms Perrine, Perine and Prine. The Staten Island community of Huguenot is named after Daniel Perrin and other Huguenots who settled in the area during the late 17th century.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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