Perren Family Photos Photos Augustus F Perren February 2025
Augustus and Nancy had one daughter who never married, so it was other family members who carried on the blood line.
All the photographs in this issue come from the Simon Finlay’s family albums. Simon is descended from Augustus’ youngest sibling Herbert Joseph Perren (1867-1940) and Ethel Rowe Noble (1870-1942) married in 1899. She was the daughter of the Box quarry-owner, Samuel Rowe Noble. Herbert became a chemist and he probably served in Boer War, later joining the Union Jack Field Club, a social club for non-commissioned servicemen. Herbert and Ethel moved to Willesden, London, in 1899 and before the first World War to Beechcroft Avenue, Harrow. They had two daughters, Doris Elizabeth |(1901-) and Edna Rowe (1905-). Herbert died in 1940 and Ethel at Harrow Garden Village in 1942. Right: Herbert J Perren and Ethel Rowe Noble |
Their younger daughter, Edna Rowe Perren (Simon’s grandmother), married Cyril Frank Hoddinott (1901-1963) from Willesden, Middlesex in 1930. Cyril began work as a civil servant but had become a sales manager in a glass merchants by the Second World War. Their daughter, Sheila Rowe (1937-), Simon’s mother, was the last of the female family line to have Rowe as a second name which had existed continuously for at least five generations. She married Michael Finlay in 1959.
Wider Perren Family
Several of Augustus’ wider family drifted from Colerne to Box in the late Victorian period. William Henry (1835-) was another Colerne farmer who married Lydia Rebecca Beaman (1841-) in 1868. When they retired, they moved to The Clift in 1891 and Lydia died at Mead Cottages in 1919.
Augustus’ cousin, Thomas (1840-1924), became the manager of Box stone quarries. Thomas married first in 1866 to Susanna Hayter (-1893) and secondly to Elizabeth Browning (-1938) in 1894. The parents of both Thomas and Elizabeth were mill owners, Thomas’ father William running a paper mill and Elizabeth’s father, John, a corn miller. Thomas and his family lived at Villa Rosa, Box. Thomas was assistant manager of the stone wharf when 13-year-old Frank Bradfield was killed in 1888 directing the horses in a stone cart manoeuvre. Thomas died at the County Mental Asylum, Devizes.
Several of Augustus’ wider family drifted from Colerne to Box in the late Victorian period. William Henry (1835-) was another Colerne farmer who married Lydia Rebecca Beaman (1841-) in 1868. When they retired, they moved to The Clift in 1891 and Lydia died at Mead Cottages in 1919.
Augustus’ cousin, Thomas (1840-1924), became the manager of Box stone quarries. Thomas married first in 1866 to Susanna Hayter (-1893) and secondly to Elizabeth Browning (-1938) in 1894. The parents of both Thomas and Elizabeth were mill owners, Thomas’ father William running a paper mill and Elizabeth’s father, John, a corn miller. Thomas and his family lived at Villa Rosa, Box. Thomas was assistant manager of the stone wharf when 13-year-old Frank Bradfield was killed in 1888 directing the horses in a stone cart manoeuvre. Thomas died at the County Mental Asylum, Devizes.