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Help with New York BDMs

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Irene

Irene Report 30 Sep 2013 05:14

Thanks Margee and Maureen. I have found the article. Fantastic to have.
Appreciate all the help.
Thanks,
Irene

Irene

Irene Report 29 Sep 2013 20:05

Hi Margee,

Fantastic thanks. Can you tell me the date of the article please.
I appreciate your kindness very much.

Thanks.
Irene

MaureeninNY

MaureeninNY Report 29 Sep 2013 14:44

Thanks,Margee!

Maureenxx

MargaretM

MargaretM Report 29 Sep 2013 11:32

The newspaper article is from the Brooklyn Union, 1883. It basically says that he had fallen into the river from the Battery pier at 7:30 p.m., had been attended by an ambulance surgeon but refused to go to hospital and his friends took him home in a coach. At 11:00 p.m. that night a doctor was called but Edward died before the doctor arrived.

MaureeninNY

MaureeninNY Report 29 Sep 2013 04:26

Hi Irene,

No date.(Actually when you see the newspaper page it's a little ragged but obviously between Christmas and New Year's Day.)

Are you doing as I suggested?

Have you been able to see the uploaded pdf page?

If so...try mid-way down the third to last column of the page.


I'm not sure what else to suggest. :-)

Maureen

Irene

Irene Report 29 Sep 2013 04:08

Hi Maureen,
I have managed to onto the site but I haven't been able to find the article you mentioned. What date were you looking at to help me narrow it down.
Thanks.
Irene

MaureeninNY

MaureeninNY Report 29 Sep 2013 02:34

But...
DO look here:
http://www.fultonhistory.com/Fulton.html

Have you tried??
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I keep trying to find what I saw on this site:
http://www.fultonhistory.com/Fulton.html

but I think they are doing some work on it at the moment.

IF it works again-just input Edward Perks with exact phrase ticked.

The second to last citation is your fellow.
Fell off a pier.

Maureen
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Irene

Irene Report 28 Sep 2013 21:38

Hi
Thanks all for the info.
I have been in touch with the Greenwood cemetery and they have given me the burial plot number and his date of death but the New York Archives could not find a death cert for him so don't know where he died except the cemetery people were able to tell me it was an accidental death. Looks like he had a son also Edward Richard Perks who died aged 3 yrs 29 days and is also buried at Greenwood but I would have to pay to find out more details for him which I may have to consider later.

Thank you for all the directory info and the marriage info. If he was in the US five years before his naturalization you would think that he would be on a census somewhere.

I appreciate all the help very much. Thanks.

Irene

Gee

Gee Report 28 Sep 2013 15:02

No luck with the census Mo

This is the correct marriage by the look



Birmingham, England, Marriages and Banns, 1754-1937


Name:Sarah Riley Taylor

Gender:Female

Birth Year:abt 1836

Marriage Date:28 Sep 1863

Marriage Age:27

Marriage Place:
Birmingham, Bishop Ryder, Warwickshire, England

Spouse:Edward Richard Perks <<Chemist

Spouse Gender:Male

Spouse Marriage Age:30

Father:Henry Taylor

Spouse's Father:William Perks

Reference Number:EP30/2/3/4

Archive Roll:M3

MaureeninNY

MaureeninNY Report 28 Sep 2013 14:42

Could be wrong,but....I guess all those other queries out there are from you?

Has anyone found Edward and Sarah together on any US census?

Maureen

Gee

Gee Report 28 Sep 2013 14:23


U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989

Name:Edward R Perks

Residence Year:1873

Street Address:288 Navy

Residence Place:Brooklyn, New York

Occupation:Chemist

Publication Title:
Brooklyn, New York, City Directory, 1873




U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989

Name:Edward R Perks

Residence Year:1873

Street Address:299 Navy

Residence Place:Brooklyn, New York

Occupation:Drugs

Publication Title:
Brooklyn, New York, City Directory, 1873

Gee

Gee Report 28 Sep 2013 14:18

Have you seen this?



Web: New York, Find A Grave Index, 1660-2012

Name:Edward R Perks

Death Date:Jan 1884

Burial Place:Brooklyn, Kings County, New York, USA


http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-...




Web: Brooklyn, New York, Green-Wood Cemetery Burial Index

Name:Edward R Perks

Burial Date:2 Jan 1884

Burial Place:Kings, NY USA



PERKS

EDWARD R

1884-01-02

Burial Lot: 4969
Section: 14
Grave: 170


http://www.green-wood.com/burial_results/index.php

MaureeninNY

MaureeninNY Report 28 Sep 2013 12:56

I keep trying to find what I saw on this site:
http://www.fultonhistory.com/Fulton.html

but I think they are doing some work on it at the moment.

IF it works again-just input Edward Perks with exact phrase ticked.

The second to last citation is your fellow.
Fell off a pier.

Maureen

Irene

Irene Report 28 Sep 2013 02:23

Thanks Marie
You are very kind and much appreciated.

MarieCeleste

MarieCeleste Report 27 Sep 2013 23:39

Hello Irene, it was from the British Newspaper Archives.

Check your messages inbox - I've sent you a copy.

Irene

Irene Report 27 Sep 2013 22:49

HI Marie,

Thanks. Wow. I would love to get copies of these reports. Where did you find them. Thanks for the help. Very very much appreciated.

Irene

MarieCeleste

MarieCeleste Report 27 Sep 2013 21:53

The manslaughter incident sounds like a terrible accident

Publication:Berkshire Chronicle
Publication date:Saturday 15 February 1862

Article text:
Edward Perks, a druggist's assistant at Lichfield, has been committed for trial for manslaughter, but bailed in £600, for labelling "Ethiop's mineral" as "Turpeth's," whereby a farmer named Winter came by his death, he having taken it as medicine.

(There were numerous similar reports)

Irene

Irene Report 27 Sep 2013 21:19

Hi all,

Thank you very much for this info. Great to see all this interesting information and it helps to fill in some of the gaps. Thats great to have a baptism, marriage and naturalization info. Interesting about the manslaughter acquittal. Maybe that is why they left Birmingham. I appreciate your kindness in helping me out.

Irene

Diamonds-R-A-Girls-Best-Friend

Diamonds-R-A-Girls-Best-Friend Report 27 Sep 2013 14:38

Not Edwards death but maybe his baptism

Name: Edward Richard Perks
Gender: Male
Christening Date: 05 Jun 1831
Christening Place: SAINT MARY,LICHFIELD,STAFFORD,ENGLAND
Birth Date:
Birthplace:
Death Date:
Name Note:
Race:
Father's Name: William Perks
Father's Birthplace:
Father's Age:
Mother's Name: Elizabeth
Mother's Birthplace:
Mother's Age:
Indexing Project (Batch) Number: C03932-1
System Origin: England-ODM
GS Film number: 435791

AnnCardiff

AnnCardiff Report 27 Sep 2013 12:06

Name: Edward Richard Perks
Spouse's Name: Sarah Riley Taylor
Event Date: 28 Sep 1863
Event Place: Bishops Ryder,Birmingham,Warwick,England
Indexing Project (Batch) Number: M04176-2
System Origin: England-ODM
GS Film number: 812082