When Elizabeth Perry was born in 1878, in Stebbing, Essex, England, United Kingdom, her father, Alfred Perry, was 40 and her mother, Caroline Claydon, was 38.
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1838–1912 Male
1840– Female
1859– Female
1866– Female
1872– Male
1878– Female
Welsh: Anglicized form of Welsh ap Herry ‘son of Herry’, a variant of the personal name Harry (see Harris ).
English: topographic name for someone who lived near a pear tree (Middle English piri(e), peri(e), puri(e), Old English pirige, pyrige), or a habitational name for someone who owned or came from a place so named. This surname and a number of variants have been established in Ireland since the 17th century.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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