Perren Family Photos Photos Augustus F Perren February 2025
Wedding photograph of Herbert Joseph Perren and Ethel Rowe Noble in 1899. On far right is Cornelius James Pictor and far left is Mary Pictor Pay.
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 and show his wider family, the Pictors and the Noble family.
All the photographs in this issue come from the Simon Finlay’s family albums and show his wider family, the Pictors and the Noble family.
Another photograph of the same wedding showing the most distinguished attendees. As well as the wedded couple are Mary and Cornelius Pictor. The older man behind Mary Pictor appears to be Samuel Rowe Noble, the bride's father. This is one of the few photos of Samuel Rowe Noble, quarry-owner, possibly taken in his stoneyard.
It was rare for residents to have access to a personal shoot on the By Brook, reserved for the most distinguished gentlemen. The photograph above appears to be of Samuel Rowe Noble again.
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Simon is descended from Augustus’s youngest sibling Herbert Joseph Perren (1867-1940) and Ethel Rowe Noble (1870-1942) who married in 1899. She was the daughter of the Box quarry-owner, Samuel Rowe Noble. Herbert became a chemist and he probably served in the Boer War, later joining the Union Jack Field Club, a social club for non-commissioned servicemen. Herbert and Ethel moved to London in 1899 and before the first World War lived at 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 |
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The photos above seem to be Augustus experimenting with lighting and backdrops for Ethel Rowe Noble, his neice. He clearly was intrigued by her facial features, strong and pronounced with her spectacles and cleft chin creating photographic lighting challenges.
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Above probably individual portraits of Herbert Joseph and Ethel Rowe around the time of their wedding;
Edna Rowe Perren as a child at the feet of her mother Ethel Rowe Perren and her older sister Dorris Elizabeth Perren
Edna Rowe Perren (Simon Finlay’s grandmother) was the younger daughter of Ethel Rowe and Herbert Joseph. She 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.
Herbert J Perren and Ethel Rowe Noble with daughters Edna Rowe and Dorris E Perren.
Wider Perren Family
Several other members of Augustus’ wider family drifted from Colerne to Box in the late Victorian period. William Henry (1835-) was a 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 ran a paper mill and Elizabeth’s father, John, was 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 other members of Augustus’ wider family drifted from Colerne to Box in the late Victorian period. William Henry (1835-) was a 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 ran a paper mill and Elizabeth’s father, John, was 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.