Researching Thomas Perry
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 22024 people with the Perry surname? In that year Perry was ranked number 154 for popularity in the UK. |
The name Thomas means "a twin" and is of Hebrew origin.
Records of Thomas Perry on Ancestry
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DNA
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Thomas Perry and the Perry Family Tree
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Perry Genealogy that will form part of your family tree. Although records vary from country to country, they are normally the most formal record of a person's relations. From the sources listed below it will be possible to locate a birth record and, from that record, a birth certificate may be obtainable which is likely to list the names of the parents, therefore taking you back another generation. A marriage certificate may also list the names of the respective fathers of the bride and groom which may then help you to find them earlier in life on a census record enabling you to fill out more detail in the Perry family tree.
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| Did you know that there are currently 32152 people with the Perry surname in the UK? Perry is now ranked number 144 for popularity in the UK. |
Perry Genealogy Databases
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Perry Forums
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Some Famous People called Thomas Perry
Thomas Johns Perry
Thomas Johns Perry (February 17, 1807 – June 27, 1871) was an American politician.
Born in Cumberland, Maryland, Perry completed preparatory studies and also studied law. He was admitted to the bar in 1828 and commenced practice in Cumberland soon thereafter. He served as a member of the Maryland House of Delegates from 1834 to 1836 and was elected as a Democrat to the Twenty-ninth United States Congress, serving from March 4, 1845, to March 3, 1847. He was not a candidate for renomination in 1846.
After Congress, Perry served as associate judge of the sixth judicial district of Maryland from 1851 to 1861 and again from 1864 to 1871. He was also a delegate to the State constitutional convention in 1867. He died in Cumberland at the age of 64, and is interred in Rose Hill Cemetery.
Source: Thomas Johns Perry, Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaThomas Perry (Australian politician)
Thomas Oswald Perry (17 January 1914 – 8 March 1998) was an Australian politician who was a Country Party member of the Legislative Assembly of Western Australia from 1965 to 1977.
Perry was born in Collie to Lillian Cunningham (née Liddle) and Charles Leonard Perry. He left school at the age of 13, working on his father's farm in Darkan which he eventually took over. Perry served on the West Arthur Shire Council from 1946 to 1965, and was shire president from 1949 to 1958. He entered parliament at the 1965 state election, winning election to the new Lower Central Province. Perry was re-elected to a second six-year term at the 1971 election, and retired from parliament at the 1977 election. He died in Collie in March 1998, aged 84. He had married Margaret Joan Trigwell in March 1941, with whom he had three children.
Source: Thomas Perry (Australian politician), Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaOther names that sound a bit like Perry
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