Perring Family History

The first Perring family sailed from Devonshire, England and landed at Port Stevens in 1842. John Perring (i)(a), a son of their family, married Mary Donohue from Ireland  in 1853 in the Roman Catholic church in East Maitland, NSW, Australia, the daughter of Philip Donohue and Ann (unknown). Mary Donohue died 1920 in Grafton, NSW, Australia.

John Perring (i)(a) and  Mary Donohue had the following children.

George Perring (i)(a). b. 1854. d. 1934 in Grafton,  NSW, Australia.

Philip Perring (i)(a). b. 1856 in Port Stephens, NSW, Australia. d. 1862 in Tamworth, NSW, Australia. Occupation: Child.

John Perring (ii)(a). b. 1858 in Port Stephens, NSW, Australia. d. 1862 in Tamworth, NSW, Australia. Occupation: Child.

Richard Saunders Perring (i)(a). b. 1862 in Tamworth, NSW, Australia. d. 1942 in Grafton, NSW, Australia.

Sarah Catherine Perring (i)(a). b. 1864 in Tamworth, NSW, Australia. d. 17 September 1948 in South Grafton, NSW, Australia. Buried in South Grafton Cemetery, NSW, Australia. 

She married Andrew George Giles St Clair Ellem, 26 October 1886 in Seelands, NSW, Australia. d. 3 May 1936 in South Grafton, NSW, Australia. Buried in South Grafton Cemetery, NSW, Australia. 

Anne Perring (i)(a). b. 1867 in Tamworth, NSW, Australia. 

She married Edward Chapman, 25 March 1889 in Grafton, NSW, Australia.

James Edward Perring (i)(a). b. 1879 in Grafton, NSW, Australia.

He married Gladys Vera Bender, 1944 in Grafton, NSW, Australia.

With a young family, left Port Stevens for Goomoo Goomoo Station near Tamworth in 1859 by bullock team. Leaving Tamworth in 1870, John Perring (i)(a) and his family came to South Grafton and settled at Seelands. Later on John (i)(a) purchased more land in the area, consisting of a large circular vineyard.

George Perring (i)(a), John (i)(a)’s son, married Mary Cameron and they raised 6 sons from their union, John Alexander Perring (i)(a), Albert William Perring (i)(a), Richard Perring (ii)(a), Donald H Perring (i)(a), George Alfred Perring (i)(a) and Irwin C Perring (i)(a), 3 of whom farmed the land at Seelands until the 1960s. Mrs. Gladys Perring, wife of James Edward Perring (i)(a) who was a brother to George Perring (i)(a) still lives on the original property.

Marriages Post 1856

George Perring (i)(a) to Mary Cameron. 1878. Bestman. George Burgess (i)(a). Bridesmaid. Margaret Kelly.

Births 1870-1879

John Alexander Perring (i)(a) to George (i)(a) and Mary Perring.

Births 1890-1899

Irwin C Perring (i)(a) to George (i)(a) and Mary Perring..

Albert William Perring (i)(a) to George (i)(a) and Mary Perring.

George Perring (i)(a) married Mary Cameron, 1878 in Grafton, NSW, Australia. Mary Cameron. b. 1855 in New England, NSW, Australia. Daughter of Donald Cameron And Mary Cameron. Baptised in the Presbyterian Church, New England, NSW, Australia. d. 1910 in Grafton, NSW, Australia.

George Perring (i)(a) and Mary Cameron had the following children.

John Alexander Perring (i)(a). b. 1879 in Grafton, NSW, Australia.

John Alexander Perring (i)(a) married Ethel Chaseling, 1908 in Grafton, NSW, Australia. Ethel Chaseling. b. 1877 in Grafton, NSW, Australia. Daughter of John Chaseling And Ricarda Jane Durrington. d. 1911 in Grafton, NSW, Australia.

John Alexander Perring (i)(a) married Daisy M G Brake, 1918 in Woollahra, NSW, Australia.

Richard Perring (ii)(a). b. 1881.

George Alfred Perring (i)(a). b. 1883..

Albert William Perring (i)(a). b. 1885..

Donald Herbert Perring (i)(a). b. 1891.

Irwin C Perring (i)(a). b. 1895 in Grafton, NSW, Australia.

Front row left to right. George Alfred Perring (i)(a), George (i)(a), Mary Perring nee Cameron and Irwin C Perring (i)(a). Back row left to right. , John Alexander Perring (i)(a), Albert William Perring (i)(a), Richard Perring (ii)(a) and Donald Herbert Perring (i)(a).

Mary Perring nee Cameron wife of George (i)(a).

George Perring Snr (i)(a), was a renowned athlete in the 1860s and 1870s winning many events at sports and carnivals in many country towns around New South Wales, and in later years, he would ride his horse in a race and then foot race all comers.

He became a well known race horse breeder, with a string of horses winning races as far a field as Victoria. He boasted of 354 wins, 43 seconds and 21 thirds for horses bred by himself and his brothers on the Clarence, in his 50 years of racing. He also was never beaten in the show ring with blood horses. 5 descendant families live on the Clarence River, others further a field.

George Perring (i)(a) and Bonny Blink. 

George Perring (i)(a) and Bonny Blink.

George Perring (i)(a) 

Mary Perring's grave