Person:William Perry (11)

On 16 April 1915, Catherine Perry received a notification that William's regimental number was 073432. It appears that he was in the Army Service Corp at least the notice was idenified as origniating with ASC 2nd New Army, Woolrich Dockyard. In 1915, William would have been 46 yrs. The indication is that Bill was a second line troop in the Great War. Catherine's location at this time was Long island City NY. Did Bill go back to serve? Pat Stienkamp says yes.

From an e-mail exchange with cousin Valda-

Valda:

I have some doubts about WP being in the Black Watch.

When he was enlisted in the British Army in 1915 he was 46. The war had not yet become so severe as to put men of his age in elite infantry units.

On 16 April 1915, Catherine Perry received a notification that William's regimental number was 073432. It appears that he was in the Army Service Corp at least the notice was idenified as origniating with ASC 2nd New Army, Woolrich Dockyard.

We have two family traditions about where William met Catherine

1. He met her on the boat on the way here in 1888. 2. He lived next door in Glasgow and followed her here after her family moved en mass.

Some place I have seen address information which leads me to the second view. I am fairly sure she arrived in 88 and your data indicates he arrived in 1890.

I am sending a copy of this to my children who will be facinated.

Perry Boyle

perryboyle@@earthlink.net

From: Valdafam@@aol.com [1] Sent: Tuesday, October 17, 2000 11:56 PM To: perryboyle@@earthlink.net Subject: Re: Notes on Wm McAllister Perry's Family

William McAllister Perry's Family SOURCES:

    Cemetery Records-
       Mt. Olivet  POB 4, 65-40 Grand Ave, Maspeth, NY  11378 (212-326-1777)
    Census, U.S. Soundex (P-600)- 1920, FHC film #1828132
    Census, U.S. Original- 1920
    Correspondence- Ed Perry, son
    Court Records-
       NY Supreme Court Naturalizations, Bundle 199/1902, FHC film #0979866
     IGI- International Genealogical Index
    Military Records-
       World War I, British Mil Rec.; FHC film #1990770 for William Perry    
   (NOT THERE).
    Misc. Records-
       Pocket Watch of William McAllister Perry in the possession of Roger 

William Perry, my brother...

    Naturalization Soundex, FHC film #1462578 (Catherine, Not There)
    Passenger List NY for April 11-15, 1890, NA film #546  (NOT THERE)
    Vital Records-
       MA, Birth Cert of Wm. M. Perry South Hadley Falls 
       MA, Marriage Cert., (Certified Abstract), Cert #F 000191, Sourc

Year 1890, Vol 407, Pg 31, No. 6

       NYC Dept. of Health, 1944- Brooklyn, Death Certificate #2731
       NYC Dept. of Health, 1926- Queens, Death Certificate #6661
       Scottish Birth Register for 1870, FHC film #0352832

HISTORY: 1870- 6 Mar, birth of William at 16 Sydney Street in Glasgow to William Perry, a Journeyman Engine fitter and Agnes Perry M.S. Wood. They were married 5 Oct 1866 in Glasgow. Signature of Agnes Perry, as informant. (B Reg, District of High Church, entry #640; IGI)

1880's- "They knew each other in Glasgow, Scotland. Granny and Mother came over first. Later William Perry came over. They settled in South Hadl Falls, Mass." (Ed Perry to question, How did your parents meet?)

1881- TRY SCOTISH CENSUS (I haven't done this yet)

1890- 28 Feb, married Catherine Mungall in South Hadley Falls, MA by the Rev. S.W. Webb. William was 21, mill operative, born in Scotland, single, 1/m, Parents- William Perry & Agnes (Wood); Catherine Mungall, 24, mill operative, born in Scotland, single, 1/m, Parents- John Mungall & " C. (Mc Sharson)". (M Cert; Catherine's last name was illegible, copied as I saw it)

1890- 14 Apr, date of arrival to US. (Nat'l Soundex)

       - "Conditions were very poor, they worked in the woolen mills a

woolen mills were starting and doing well at that time." (Ed Perry to question Why did they come to the US?)

1890- 31 Oct, birth of son William M. Perry in South Hadley Falls where parents resided. Father was a weaver. (B Cert) My Grandpa, my favorite Grandpa...just thought you ought to know

1894- 6 Sept, date William McA. Perry made his declaration of intention to become a citizen of the United States...states... I, William McA. Perry do declare on oath, that it is bona fide my Intension to become a citizen of the United states of America, and to [ink blot- vph] all allegiance and fidelity to any foreign Prince, Potentate, State or Sovereignty whatever, and particularly to the QUEEN OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND, of whom I am now a subject. Sworn 6 day of Sept 1894 William McA. Perry (199/1902) Residence: 849 Second Ave I have copies of this in my files, if you don't have, I'd be happy to send....

1897?- birth of twin boys, James and John, both d in infancy. (Ed Perry) I have known about these twins as they were mentioned when my oldest sister, Elaine had her twins, but I did not find any birth info on them in South Hadley...

1899- 16 Mar. birth of dgt, Catherine Agnes in NYC. (Ed Perry)

1900- GET CENSUS I am a procrastinator when it comes to researching in the Big Apple...I can do it at the local FHC, that's not the problem, it's locating everybody... I don't know why I haven't checked the Soundex... I'll need to recheck this.

1902- 25 Jul, Petition of Naturalization Application. States...In the matter of the application of William McAllister Perry to be admitted as a Citizen of the United States of America. To the Supreme Court of the State of New York: Your petitioner respectfully shows to this Court: That his full name is William McAllister Perry and that he is 31 years of age and was born at Glasgow in Scotland. That he arrived in the United States on the 14th day of April 1890 that he claims the right to be a naturalized because of the fact that he DECLARED HIS INTENTION to become a citizen of the United States of America, a copy of which is hereto annexed, and that he has resided in the United States for 12 years last past, and in the State of New York f years last past; that he is a laborer by occupation; that he resides at No. 498 W 125 Street, in the City of New York; that he intends to summon Henry Schneider who resides at No. 500 W 125 Street, in the City of New York, as a witness as to his qualifications for citizenship. All of which is respectfully submitted. Dated, City of New York, July 25, 1902 Wm McA Perry, Petitioner (199/1902)

       - 26 Jul, the City Clerk's Office, Borough of Manhattan, issu

certificate that states "The petition is ending in the Supreme Court of the (County of New York) State of New York" (199/1902)

       - 20 Aug, Naturalization of William McAllister Perry. States: Title & 

Location of Court- Supreme Court, NY County, Bundle #199, no pg # give Copy of Record #59; Address of Naturalized Person- 498 West 124th St.; Occupation- Laborer; Age 31; Former Nationality- King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain & Ireland; Port of Arrival- NY; Date of Arrival 14 April 1890; Witness- Henry Schneider of 500 W 123 St., Laborer. (Nat'l Soundex) [how could he marry in Feb if he didn't get here till Apr?-nee work- vph]

There has been a major problem on William... his birth info is never the same.... also see the above info.... How could he marry Catherine in So. Hadley Falls in Feb if he didn't immigrate to the NY until the April after? I tried finding the passenger list, but didn't find it. Makes no sense...

       - 20 Aug, Affidavits, Ect. of Supreme Court Bundle 199/1902, Copy #59 

states... Confirms Above, adds- H. Schneider became aquainted with William June, 1895, sample of William's handwriting,

1902- 7 Oct, birth of son Edmund Howard in NYC. (Ed Perry)

1904- 2 June, birth of dgt, Margaret in NY. (Jean Hendry Axten, dgt)

1906- June, birth of dgt, Margaret in NYC. (Ed Perry)

1909- 10 Dec, chr of dgt Margaret at Park Ave. Methodist Episcopal Church at 431 E. 88th St. NYC. (Jean Hendry Axten, dgt)

1910- GET CENSUS; We have to locate them first as there is no soundex for NY for this year.

1914- "My father went to Glasgow during World War I to work on submarines but signed up with the British Army Engineers shortly after his arrival. This was shortly after the sinking of the Lousitania when he became convinced America would not enter the war. He was assigned as private to the Mot Division whose duties were to rescue and re-activate trucks that were damaged in the field. We saw nothing of him- altho by mail- from 1914 until he was able to return in 1919, as he could secure no leave of sufficient length to get home. He applied for transfer to the American Army but w turned down. He was shell shocked during the first false armistice and hospitalized until 1919. So we were all pretty busy working to keep the home together, Mother, my sister Catherine and myself when I reached working age. Sis Peg was too young and your Grandfather and Grandmother were married and having their own problems." (E Perry, Feb 80)

NOTE: Family Tradition states he was a member of The Black Watch which is written in his pocket watch. The Black Watch is known as The Royal Highland or The 42nd Foot Infantry. [needs to be checked out further, if prov could wear that Kilt-vph]

1915- Battle of Festerbert Givency Loos (Pocket Watch)

       - Festerbert, a village in Pas-de-Calais Department (county) in N. 

France near Bethune. It was completely destroyed in battles 1914, 1915, and 1918. (Geo. Dict)

      - Givenchy-en-Go-helle, was a place of intense fighting from Sept thru 
Nov 1915.  Located in same Dept as Festerbert. (Geo Dict)

     - Loos-en-Go-helle, located near Festerbert. Scene of a battle fr

Sept 15 to Oct 13, 1915 when it was captured by the British. The heavy loss of the British is evident in the 14 British cemeteries that are located there. (Geo Dict)

1916- Somme Arras (Pocket Watch)

      - Somme, was the scene of one of the greatest battles of the war from 

July 1 thru November 18, 1916. Located in Aisne Dept. (Geo Dict)

      - Arras, the capitol of Pas-de-Calais.  Between 1914-1918 the city was 

almost completely destroyed by shell fire. (Geo Dict)

1917- Battle of Ypres Paeschendahl (Pocket Watch)

      - Ypres is the French spelling for the Belgium village of Ieper.  It 

was the scene of 3 major battles, with the third on being July 31 thru Nov 1917. (Geo Dict)

      - Paeschendahl is unknown at present.

1918- Battle of Armentierres (Pocket Watch)

       - Armentierres is in the Nord Dept. in N. France.  It was taken and 

destroyed by the Germans on the 10 Apr 1918 and then retaken by the British on Oct 1-2, 1918.

1919- William returns home to family after being released from hospital for shell shock. (Ed Perry)

1920- In NYC, at 431 Fourth St., Queens Co., lists:.... William Mc. Perry, head, 49, married, rents home, entered US in 1890, naturalized in 1900, born in Scotland, father & mother b in Scotland, works as mechanic in the machine industry and earns a wage;.... Catherine, wife, 50, married, entered US in 1888, naturalized in 1900, born in Scotland, father & mother born in Scotland, no occupation;... Agnes, dtg, 20, single, born in New York State, Stenographer in machine company, earns a wage;.... Edmond, son, 17, single, born in New York State; Bookkeeper in a bank, earns a wage;.... Margaret, dgt, 15, single, clerk at telephone company, earns a wage. NONE of the chilren had attended school since 1 Sept 1919; ENTIRE FAMILY could speak English, read and write. (Census, Orig- Vol 297, ED 25, Sheet 6, Line 8)

1926- 23 Dec, death of wife, Catherine Perry at the age of 58-2-14 from acute bronchitis and acute dilatation of the heart, with complications of chronic myocarditis and aortic insuficency of 3 yrs duration. States: birthdate- 9 Oct 1868 in Scotland, married, house wife, has lived 37 yrs in US, has lived 35 yrs in NYC, parents- John Mungall & Catherine MacPherson both of whi were b in Scotland. She died at 5:10 PM in her home located at 48 Pettit Place, Elmhurst, LI located in Queens in NYC. She had been attended to by Dr. William A. White since Dec. 20th. (D Cert)

1926- 26 Dec, burial of Catherine at Mt. Olivet Cemetery: Grave #192 on Easterly Slope. R. A. Skelton was undertaker. (D Cert & Cem Rec)

1936- approx. time William moved to 250 Schenectady Avenue in Kings. (D Cert)

1938- "Yes. He married a widow with two sons. Her first name was Rebecca. I would quess about 1938. Had one daughter, named Constance, about 1939 or 1940. Don't remember the boys names. But they kept their natural fathers names." (Ed Perry to question, Did William Perry Sr. remarry?)

       - Note: searched Index of Births in the City of New York from 1937 to 

1940 and did not find Constance; do not over look "female" entries. Copies in file.- vph

1944- 30 Jan, death of William McA. Perry at the age of 63-10-27 from a coronary thromboses (onset 3 days) and a contributory condition of coronary scleroses which he had for past 3 yrs. He died at 12:30 [no AM or PM given- vph] at his home at 250 Schenectady Avenue, Kings Co., in NYC. Cert states: he lived the last 8 yrs at this location, lived last 25 years in NYC, married, date of birth- 3 Mar 1880, ran a newspaper stand, b in Scotlan lived in US for last 50 yrs, a British World War I veteran, parents- William Perry & Agnes Wood both b in Scotland. The informant for this cert. was his wife Rebecca Perry, who resides at same address. He had been attended to by Dr. Isadore [Virller ?] who last saw him 10 AM on 29th of Jan. (D Cert)

1944- 3 Feb, burial of William at Mt. Olivet Cemetery: Grave #192 on Easterly

Slope.  S. Merritt was undertaker. (D Cert & Cem Rec)

I Need to check this OUT: Subj: Re: [scottish_military] Need Help to prove Black Watch in WWI Date: 09/27/2000 5:50:38 PM Eastern Daylight Time From: adambrownedinburgh@@hotmail.com (Adam Brown) To: valdafam@@aol.com

Your best bet would be to look up the British Army medal roll for the first world war. It is available on microfiche (the orginals are in the Public Record Office in London) all army personnel who were awarded war medals are listed alphabetically and for each entry it lists their service numb numbers and I believe units served which would confirm, or not, the Bla Watch story. All you have to do now is find somewhere that has the fiche or find someone who has acess to it. Easy !!!! I'm afraid I'm not able to help you there but I wish you luck in your search. I'm sure that the battle honours and 'Black Watch' inscription on the watch would mean he did serve with them. Quite often late in the war many men were drafted into different units after returning from convalesing to make up the numbers. So even if he had joined the Engineers at first there is no reason why he didn't get drafted into a Highland Regiment. Thanks. Adam

Mr. Boyle,

   I enjoy researching genealogy so much.  Around every corner is another mystery, and I love seeing pieces of the puzzle come together.

   I am pretty sure, after looking over the information again a couple times, that William McAllister Perry only had two marriages.  I thought perhaps that you were suggesting that his marriage to "Constance "Red" Considine" happened before his marriage to Catherine Mungall.  After I read your last letter, that assumption was cleared up for me.
   But first, let me introduce myself.  I am a student at the Methodist Theological School in Ohio, and an addicted genealogist.  When one of my professors, Rev. Dr. Diane Lobody, and I were talking about genealogy, she decided to give her mother a Christmas present.  She would have me look into her mother's genealogy.  Her mother was born:  Constance Edna Perry, born August 2, 1930.
   So I e-mailed Constance Perry, now Lobody, and asked for her information, and she sent me the following e-mail:

(from Connie Lobody--1/22/03) Okay - let's begin!

Father: William McAllister Perry, born in Glasgow, Scotland, March 6, 1870

(I have no info on his parents. I have wondered if his mother's maiden name was McAllister given that he may have been the first born son of the marriage. I also have a Masonic book with the name of Robert Perry written on the inside cover. He could have been his father or an uncle on his father's side. There is an address in it - 114 Summerfield St.--which I discovered on one of my trips is in Rutherglen, the city outside of Glasgow. I located the house--an old redstone tenement now renovated into pensioners' apartments.

He had two or three sisters: Margaret and Agnes and an Ida. I have references to nicknames: Tootsie, Nellie and Peg. Margaret married an Ian McKenzie who was an M.D. They lived in Rutherglen at 20 Overtoun Drive. My brother, Charlie, visited her when he was passing thru Britain on his way to Germany. They had two children--I believe they were twins--Murdoch and Ida Jean.

1870-1902 - No history

Aug. 20, 1902 - Naturalized U.S. citizen (American Vice Consul, Glasgow)

March 6, 1903 - Raised as a Master Mason.  Member of Pyramid Lodge No.

490 F.&A.M. At that time he lived at 498 W. 124th St., NYC. On the lodge rolls he was listed as an "apparatus clerk and from a photo I have I believe he may have worked at Columbia University which is in that area of upper west side Manhattan.

1915 - Returned to Great Britain. Entered military service March 30, 1

        Found ff. info on a photo postcrd of Dad & his WWI buddies:
               William Perry - #07343                 H.Q. Workshop
                335 Co. 6th Corps. Y.A.
                British Expeditionary Force
                G.P.C., France

          He was  wounded/shell shocked and in LeTreport Hospital on the
          French coast.

March 12, 1918 - Discharged

April 28, 1919 - Repatriated to U.S. per papers American Vice Consul,

                       Glasgow

His first wife's name was Margaret (maiden name unknown) and they had four children: William, Jr., Katherine (who married Henry Boyle--one son named Perry Boyle--Katherine was a patient in Harlem Valley State Hospital, Wingdale, N.Y. in January 1944. Her husband at the time was living in the Clark Hotel, Derby, CT. Their son was under the care of a relative of Boyle's in N.J.), Edmond and another daughter who may have been named Edna. Note: I have no memory of meeting any of his children--they were not part of my life. I do remember someone who I called "Aunt Edna" visiting us once or twice in Brooklyn. I never thought it might have been his daughter. My middle name is Edna!

I do not know when Margaret died. My guess is prior to 1929. She is buried in Mt. Olivet Cemetary, Queens, NY. My father is buried in the same plot. I visited the cemetary many years ago but they would give me no info other than to direct me to the grave site. Daddy died on Jan. 30, 1944; funeral was held at a Campbell's Funeral Parlor in Manhattan--Masonic service.

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I have a photo of my father standing outside his real estate office--no date or address shown, but I believe it was either in Queens or Long Island. My assumption is that he lost the business in the Depression.

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According to a wedding book, my parents were married at St. James M.E. Church, 2021 84th St., Brooklyn; officiated by the Rev. John J. Blythe; witnesses, Kate P. Blythe and Stella J. Santangelo. Altho the booklet lists my mother's name as "Ray Danton", her name was Rebecca Victoria. Their address was listed at 1979 84th St., Brooklyn, NY. The date shown is April 24 (my mother's birthday). Altho the year is shown as 1929 it is evident that the date had been changed since I was born Aug. 2, 1930.

It was from her e-mail that I checked the Ancestry.com site and found your family tree. Although she had remembered a few things incorrectly, things matched together pretty well. Once I sent her the data you listed, it all came together for her. This is her response to seeing the data from your family tree:

I sure wish Diane was here right now. I need holding as I'm shaking so much. I printed out your email so I could sit and absorb it. WOW! Am I glad I gave you the Boyle info. Thank you soooooooo much. Consider yourself hugged.

I wonder about the "first wife" info. Connie (Constance) of course is what I have been called since birth, and Considine was my mother's sister's married name. You'll see that when I send you info on my mother. Her sister, Sophie, married ______ Considine and as far as I know they had two sons--Robert (who became the well known reporter/correspondent for the Journal American c.1940s and his son is/was connected with the Hollywood film industry) and George who lived with his mother in Washington, DC and who we met once on a trip to DC when Diane was an infant.

The South Hadley Falls, MA connection makes sense - I remember Daddy corresponding with a Margaret Kerr. In 1996 I wrote to Mount Holyoke College since I had heard that mentioned at home while I was growing up. The college archives librarian could only find a Susan M. Kerr, matron of a dormitory in 1901-02 and referred me to the South Hadley Public Library, but I didn't follow up.

I think you may be right about Aunt Edna being Edmond's wife.

My father's 1870 birthdate is on his discharge, marriage and citizenship documents so I think that's the correct year.

Enough for now--I'm beginning to calm down. Thanks for being there for me. More anon. Connie

This is all pretty recent, but as you can tell, she is elated to discover the information, and to know that there is family out there who remembers her father. I hope you don't mind, but I took the liberty of forwarding your e-mail this morning to me. She doesn't remember her mother having red hair, but she did growing up. She also told me that Bill Perry's nickname for her mother was "Reb".

I am still gathering data on her family and her mother's family, but wanted you to know what I was finding, and wanted to see if any "lightbulbs" clicked for you. I would also like to give you her e-mail address, as she would like to hear from you. She has an older computer that does not have web access and cannot receive attachments, but can receive regular text e-mail. Her e-mail is: ccconnie16@@juno.com

As for me, I am just glad that I could link the two families together again after all these years.

God Bless,

Richard J. Wilcox

As God's chosen ones, holy and beloved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, meekness, and patience. Colossians 3:12

From: hboyle6 To: Richard J Wilcox Sent: Thursday, January 23, 2003 7:27 AM Subject: RE: genealogy

Mr.. Wilcox:

I picked up the birth date from a paper record provided by his granddaughter (by Edmund Perry, his son) Patricia Perry Steinkamp. Pat has now disappeared from my radar and our cards to her are returned by the post office. The date was confirmed by Valda Perry, granddaughter of William (Bill) Perry, his son. Vlada's last e-mail is vperry@@state.de.us .

"Third marriage" staggers me. I knew of his marriage to Catherine Mcpherson Mungall and to "Red" Considine. Who else? How does Constance Lobody fit in? And you??

Valda provided some of the background for Williams' forebears. She was, at the time, a professional genealogist working for a genealogy society in Delaware. Other dates on my tree at Rootsweb are from parish records in Scotland. and are my work.

We think that Bill met Catherine Mungall on the boat over here in 1888. However his address in Glasgow was near hers and it may have been an earlier relationship and they all came over together. The Mungalls, who had worked in the cotton mills in New Lanark, Scotland, settled in South Hadley Falls, MA. working in the cotton and silk mills. Bill is said to have shuttled back and forth to Scotland in the following years.

We know he was caught up in the British Army in WWI. I have his service number. Valda thinks he served in the Black Watch from inscriptions in a watch he left behind. I think it more likely that he was a Service Corps troop, given his age. My Dad said Bill had learned horses in the war, which suggests Service Corps.

Catherine Mungall Perry and her children lived in great poverty during the period 1900- 1920. Edmund and Bill, Jr. started full time work at age 12 or 13 to keep bread on the table, daughter Catherine started at 15. There was an anger between these children and their absent father that continued throughout their lives. When Catherine Mungall died, Bill remarried Red Considine (she had magnificent red hair and wore it long as I remember her- and then there was the base ball reporter of the same name. - He was rumored to be her cousin. At age five or six, I liked her). Red was younger than Bill's first set of children and that opened a distance.

I remember Bill as a hearty, happy man. A little bluff, a little gruff.

Also, as a foot note, both the Mungalls and the Perrys had family roots in the Falkirk area of Scotland. The same churches appear in both family's records in the early 1800's. Mungil Farm, a family seat, is just a short distance from Callender Castle and there are Callendar's in the Perry family tree. So perhaps they met in Glasgow and had some affinity through accent or style of speech. Midlothian.

Would love to hear from you with anything you can add to the story.

Perry hboyle6@@cox.net

From: Richard J Wilcox [2] Sent: Wednesday, January 22, 2003 9:27 PM To: hboyle6@@cox.net Subject: genealogy

Dear Mr. Boyle,

I viewed your e-mail address from your genealogy file on Ancestry.com. I am interested in the William McAllister Perry family, particularly through his third marriage. I am interested in your sources, particularly for his birth date. I can provide his death date: Jan. 30, 1944. His funeral was held at Campbell's Funeral Parlor in Manhattan, and he was given a Masonic service. That information was provided to me from his daughter, Constance (Perry) Lobody, from his third marriage.

Sincerely,

Richard J. Wilcox

8/1/03

Via the web, we recently regained contact with my aunt: Connie Lobody. She was my mother's much younger step sister.

We had lunch with Connie last week and she came up with the enclosed photo. The fellow with the mustache is my grandfather, Bill Perry. I am sure that that is a Masonic pin in his lapel. The gal is Catherine Mcpherson Mungall. The tall young fellow is Bill Jr and next to him, standing, is my mother. The short fellow is Ed Perry. Seated is Peg Hendry. The picture must have been taken about 1910.

Two years later, Bill, Sr. left the US to work in a British ship yard. Three years after that he was in the Royal Army Service Corps carrying ammunition to a Scottish regiment. He rose to Sergeant and was hospitalized with shell shock in 1917. He was discharged in 1918. A year and a quarter later, he applied to the US Counsel in Glasow for repatriation to the US.

Within five years of his return, Catherine died. We know that often during Bill's absence there were skipped meals in the Perry household. The children had all gone to work by 1914 to put bread on the table. In this same five year period, Catherine Perry met my Dad at the local Methodist church and married.

Things did not go well for Bill Sr. although he survived until 1944. He was given to periodic binge drinking. Connie said: "on my birthday, on St Patrick's Day and at Christmas, for two or three weeks. St.Patricks' Day because there were many Irish pubs in the neighborhood and Bill's friends were there."

 He worked at one time in the late 20's a stock room person at Columbia University.  In the early 30's, he ran a news stand in Brooklyn while his second wife worked as a chambermaid at the St. George Hotel in Brooklyn.  At the very end of the 30's he took up as a real estate and insurance broker and relocated to Belmore, LI. 

The second wife was a long term sufferer of tuberculosis and died from this in the late 40's. The daughter, Connie, lives in Yarmouth MA. Her daughter Diane teaches at the Methodist Seminary in Delaware Ohio.

In 2005, I found Grandfather Bill's medal records at the British Archive. He was entitled to the Victory Medal and the British Medal and wha appears to be 15 battle stars. = HPB

1. ↑ Richard J. Wilcox.

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