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‎womanMaria ?‏‎
Born ‎C1837 Heckfield, Hants.‎‎. Occupations: Laundress (1891)
In 1891 Census she was living at the Calverley Laundry, Calverley Road, Tunbridge Wells, with her daughters Jessie & Alice.

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‎manJames Peerless‏‎
Born ‎C1819 Speldhurst, Kent, baptised ‎ Camberwell, Surrey & Rusthall, Kent, died ‎24 Jul 1885 Rusthall, Speldhurst Kent‎, 65 or 66 years. Occupations: Carpenter/Joiner, ‎1st marriage to: Ann Munday, ‎2nd marriage/ related to: Maria ?. Son of Abraham Peerless and Charlotte Cousins‏
When married in 1842 living at Rye Lane, Camberwell; in 1851 Census Lansdowne Place, Peckham; in 1861 Census 9 Shards Road, Peckham; in 1871 Census 7 Vestry Rd, Camberwell, a widower with 3 unmarried daughters Ellen, Mary Ann & Harriett; in 1881 Census at Denny Bottom, Rusthall with his second wife Maria and their children Walter, Ada, Jessie & Alice. Will of 2.7.1885 proved 21.8.1885, Maria Peerless sole executrix and beneficiary; witnesses included his aunt Ellen Russell & his wife Maria.

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‎manWalter James Peerless/ RE‏‎, follows: II-a
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‎womanAda Maria Peerless‏‎, follows: II-b
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‎womanJessie Mary Peerless‏‎
Born ‎1Q 1875 Camberwell, Surrey‎, baptised ‎1901 Lewisham, London SE.‎. Occupations: Domestic help
In 1891 Census she was an assistant laundress, living with her mother and sister Alice at the Calverley Laundry, Tunbridge Wells.
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‎womanAlice Clara Peerless‏‎
Born ‎3Q 1877 Camberwell, Surrey‎‎
In 1891 Census she was an assistant laundress, living with her mother & sister at Calverley Laundry, Tunbridge Wells; in 1901 she was a cook domestic at Croydon. ?Married 4Q 1904, Croydon.

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‎manWalter James Peerless/ RE‏‎
Born ‎3Q 1871 Camberwell, Surrey‎, baptised ‎1901 Tunbridge Wells, Kent (Poplar Cottages), died ‎28 Oct 1915 Gallipoli, Turkey (on active service)‎, 43 or 44 years. Occupations: Painter & house decorator. Son of James Peerless and Maria ?‏
Sapper, 1st/3rd (Kent) Field Coy., Royal Engineers. Commemorated (with his son) on the Helles Memorial standing on the tip of the Gallipoli Peninsular, which bears over 20,000 names of those who fell in the Gallipoli campaign but have no known grave.

Married ‎4Q 1891 Camberwell, Surrey (23 or 24 years married) to:

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‎womanLouisa Alice Farmer‏‎
Born ‎C1871 Fletching, Sussex‎, baptised ‎1915 Rusthall, Tun. Wells (37 Common View)‎

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‎womanFlorence Ellen Peerless‏‎
Born ‎1Q 1892 Peckham, London SE.‎
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‏Clarence Roland Walter Peerless/ RE
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‎manClarence Roland Walter Peerless/ RE‏‎
Born ‎3Q 1894 Tunbridge Wells, Kent, died ‎28 Oct 1915 Gallipoli, Turkey (on active service)‎, 20 or 21 years. Occupations: Sapper
Sapper, 1st/3rd (Kent) Field Coy., Royal Engineers. Commemorated (with his father) on the Helles Memorial standing at the tip of the Gallipoli Peninsular, which bears over 20,000 names of those who fell in the Gallipoli campaign but have no known grave.
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‎womanLilian Luisa A Peerless‏‎
Born ‎2Q 1896 Tunbridge Wells, Kent‎
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‎womanDorothy Jessie Peerless‏‎
Born ‎2Q 1899 Tunbridge Wells, Kent‎
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‎manErnest George Peerless‏‎, follows: III-a

 

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‎womanAda Maria Peerless‏‎
Born ‎2Q 1873 Camberwell, Surrey, baptised ‎1896 Canterbury, Kent (12 Union Row,Ivy Lane)‎. Occupations: Nursery Governess (1896). Daughter of James Peerless and Maria ?‏

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‎manVictor Jesse Peerless/ MM‏‎
Born ‎3 Jun 1896 Canterbury, Kent (12 Union Row,Ivy Lane), died ‎3 Aug 1917 France (Killed in action)‎, 21 years, bur. ‎ Monchy-le-Preux, Pas de Calais, France. Occupations: Infantryman
Lance Corporal, 6th Bn.The Buffs (East Kent Regiment); awarded Military Medal 15.6.1917. Buried at Monchy British Cemetery, Monchy-le-Preux (Grave I.F.38).

generation III
 

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‎manErnest George Peerless‏‎
Born ‎9 Jan 1903 Rusthall, Tunb'dge Wells (37Common View), died ‎1Q 1950 Reading, Berks.‎, 46 or 47 years, bur. ‎25 Mar 1950 Wokingham, Berks. (St Paul). Son of Walter James Peerless/ RE and Louisa Alice Farmer‏

Married ‎1Q 1931 Tonbridge, Kent (18 or 19 years married) to:

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‎womanMaud Alice Nash‏‎
Born ‎18 Feb 1896‎‎
Travelled to Australia under the Assisted Passage Migration Scheme with her son Brian and his family, departing UK 9.9.1963 on the "Castel Felice" [ANA].

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‎manBrian Ernest Peerless‏‎, follows: IV-a

generation IV
 

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‎manBrian Ernest Peerless‏‎ PRIVACY FILTER
Son of Ernest George Peerless and Maud Alice Nash‏

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‏Jill Robertson Sear
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‎womanJill Robertson Sear‏‎ PRIVACY FILTER

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‎womanKaren Alice Peerless‏‎ PRIVACY FILTER