Herbert

Herbert Perkins (born 1840) married Lucy V Horn (1837-1889)

Lucy was the daughter of Gabriel Weare Horn (1805-1854) and Harriett Davis (1801-1885). Gabriel Horn was a coachman. Herbert and Lucy were married in Southampton in 1858.

Shortly after their marriage Herbert and Lucy emigrated to Australia. They were living in the Balmain, Sydney when their three children were born. There is little information about their life in Australia. Lucy's grave is in Brisbane General (Toowong) cemetery.

1. Frances J Edith Perkins (1860-1930) married Benjamin Burt (1850-1902) in Balmain in 1884.

Benjamin Burt was born in Grimsby, England, the son of Thomas Burt (1806-1875) and Mary Anne Spencer (1812-1882). Thomas Burt was a civil engineer employed building railways; he died in Sweden. Benjamin Burt was also a railway engineer who worked on the construction of number of railway lines in Queensland. For the last ten years of his life he was in the tobacco business, based in Brisbane, operating as B. Burt & Co, tobacco manufacturers.

Frances and Benjamin had three daughters.

Newspaper reports from that time describe Terrica Station as having 41,000 acres of freehold and 10,000 acres of leasehold land, providing grazing for 30,000 sheep, cattle and horses.

Terrica today is a pleasant place, the scene of well-grassed paddocks, of undulating slopes and rich flats. Fat Aberdeen-Angus cattle lie contentedly beneath spreading shade tree and chew their cud in reflective mood. Sheep of the Collaroy blood, with a

rich admixture from Mount Crawford and Haddon Rig studs, ramble over well-netted paddocks where they are free from molestation by dingoes and the annoyance of ravenous rabbits. About 12,000 ewes are kept for breeding purposes, and these produce about 60 per cent of marked lambs, of which only the best are kept at classing time. That explains why Terrica wool is noted for its quality no less than for the manner in which it is classed and prepared for sale.

The Terrica homestead is of rambling design. It was built in 1907, and contains electric light, hot and cold water service to bedrooms, septic system, cold storage, wireless, a moving picture plant, a billiard room panelled with native woods and adorned with big game trophies from Africa. The grounds contain tennis courts, a workshop, and a garage fitted with petrol bowser.

(Courier-Mail, Brisbane, 6th April 1934)

Follow the links below for further information about Terrica Station and Scott Mcleod's family.

http://queenslandplaces.com.au/exhibit/book/ps390

http://queenslandplaces.com.au/exhibit/book/ps391

http://queenslandplaces.com.au/exhibit/book/ps392

1.2 Winifred Edith Burt (born 1886) married Ernest Spencer William Carruthers (1885-1939) in Sydney in 1921.

Ernest Spencer William Carruthers was the son of Dr Charles Ulric Carruthers (1853-1937) and Alice Laura Evans (1858-1919). Charles Carruthers was born in Dublin. He was a surgeon in the Indian Army Medical Corps before settling in Balmain and establishing a medical practice there.

Winifred and Ernest were living in New South Wales in the 1920s and 1930s. Ernest was a motor salesman. In December 1938 they arrived in London. Ernest died in London in February 1939. Two months later Winifred returned to Australia.

1.3 Dorothy Frances Burt (1888-1919) married Charles Ernest Wassell (1889-1944) in Sydney in 1918.

Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Ernest Wassell D.S.O., M.B., Ch.M, F.R.A.C.S. was born in Queensland, the son of Water Police Officer James William Wassell (1841-1926) and Rebecca Lake (1844-1898). He served as a Lieutenant-Colonel in the Australian Army Medical Corps in the First World War and was awarded a D.S.O. in 1918. He was a medical officer, working first in Sydney, later in Brisbane. Charles Wassell died of gunshot wounds at his home in New Farm, Brisbane; it was not clear whether he had accidentally shot himself or, suffering pain from a duodenal ulcer, had decided to take his own life.

Dorothy died from pneumonic influenza a year after getting married. In 1921 Charles married Linda Kell.

2. Edward Algernon Perkins (1863-1950) married Mary Frances Moore (1873-1967) in Queensland in 1890.

Edward Algernon started out as a clerk in Brisbane. He then became a manufacturer in Ascot, a suburb of Brisbane. By 1925 he was a grazier living at a station called Humeburn, a really remote location, about 800 kilometres inland from Brisbane, nearest towns Eulo and Cunnamulla.

Edward and Mary had at least five children. Their two eldest sons are the subjects of the photo below.

2.1 Sydney Edward Perkins (1892-1971) married Marie Stuart Massy (1897-1996) in Queensland in 1930. They one daughter who died in childhood.

Sydney Edward Perkins fought in the 1st World War. He was a Captain serving with 49th Battalion 1st Australian Imperial Force.

https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/R1562286

He became an auctioneer in Brisbane.

2.2 Herbert Algernon Perkins (1895-1968) married Grace Thelma Thomas (1903-1976) in Queensland in 1928.

Herbert Algernon Perkins also fought in the 1st World War. He became a Lieutenant serving with the 2nd Divisional Mechanical Transport Company.

https://vwma.org.au/explore/people/213298

He lived most of his life in the Marano area of Queensland, about 500 km west of Brisbane.

2.3 Lucy Frances Violet Perkins (1897-1984)

Lucy Frances Violet Perkins never married. She was born and died in Brisbane.

2.4 Edward Richard Perkins (1903-1903) - died in infancy.

2.5 Victor Benjamin Hornby Perkins (1905-1991) married Nena Baskerville Staples (known as Betty) (1922-2007).

Victor Benjamin Hornby Perkins served in the 2nd World War obtaining the rank of Captain. On returning to Australia he remained in Queensland, living in Griffith and then Moreton.

2.6 Phyllis Dorothy Perkins (1910-2007) married Hilton Alan Hodgetts (1911-1979) in Darwin in 1941. Hilton Alan Hodgetts was born in Tasmania, the son of Thomas Allan Hodgetts (1886-1963) and Isabel Lenore Barker (1893-1949).

3. Sydney Herbert Perkins (1865-1917) died in Queensland – no further information.