General Chat

There are several trees on Ancestry for the family that suggest Donald's wife Lizzie was from Jamaica ( as it has on the census image) and that the marriage took place there.

I don't think it's likely that he is the person who wrote the letters, so I think you would probably need to look at the electoral roll for that address , they are not online as far as I know so you would have to find out where they are held in Portsmouth

Jason this is the 1911 in full


Name: Donald Manwell Perkins
Age in 1911: 41
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1870
Relation to Head: Head
Gender: Male
Birth Place: Portsmouth, Hampshire, England
Civil Parish: Portsmouth
County/Island: Hampshire
Country: England
Street address: 64 Wadham Road, North End, Portsmouth
Marital Status: Married
Occupation: Senior Civil Service Writer
Registration district: Portsmouth
Registration District Number: 90
Sub-registration district: North End and Buckland
ED, institution, or vessel: 30
Household schedule number: 63
Piece: 5508
Household Members:
Name Age
Donald Manwell Perkins 41
Lizzie Norah Isabelle Mcthail Perkins 26
Ella Norah Massy Perkins 5
Maxwell Edmund Massy Perkins 3
Duncan George Massy Perkins 1

It says on the image that they have been married 8 years,

From probate records it appears the family moved, as Donald died in London 1946 ( probate to his wife as named above)

They were living in Chiswick from at least 1937.( from electoral roll)

Does anyone know if there were any reported deaths in the house and if Henrietta or any of her daughters lived in the house there whole life?

Name: Henrietta M Perkins
Event Type: Census
Event Date: 31 Mar 1901
Civil Parish: Portsmouth
Ecclesiastical Parish: St Bartholomew
Sub-District: Portsmouth And Mid Southsea
Registration District: Portsmouth
Residence County: Hampshire
Gender: Female
Age: 53
Relationship to Head of Household: Wife
Birthplace: Stepney, London
Record Type: Household

Name: Donal M Perkins
Age (Original): 11
Gender: Male
Birth Year: 1870
Birthplace: Portsmouth, Hampshire, England
Relationship to Head of Household: Son
Marital Status: Single
Occupation: Scholar
Address: 30 Sydenham Ter
Event Place: Portsea, Hampshire, England
Record Type: Household
Affiliate Publication Number: RG11
Piece/Folio: 1160 / 102
Page Number: 6

Household Role Gender Age Birthplace
John Perkins Head M 39 Sheerness, Kent, England
Henrietta M Perkins Wife F 34 Stepney, Middlesex, England
Donal M Perkins Son M 11 Portsmouth, Hampshire, England
Florence H Perkins Daughter F 8 Portsmouth, Hampshire, England
May B Perkins Daughter F 4 Portsmouth, Hampshire, England

GS Film number: 1341284

Name: Donald M Perkins
Event Type: Census
Event Date: 1871
Gender: Male
Age: 1
Relationship to Head of Household: Son
Birthplace: Portsmouth, Hampshire
Schedule Type: Household
Registration District: Portsea Island
Sub-District: Landport
Parish: Portsea
County: Hampshire

Household Role Gender Age Birthplace
John Perkins Self M 29 Sheerness, Kent
Henrietta M Perkins Wife F 24 London, Middlesex
John H Perkins Father M 59 Gosport, Hampshire
Samuel Perkins Brother M 21 Portsmouth, Hampshire
Edmund Perkins Brother M 16 Portsmouth, Hampshire
Donald M Perkins Son M 1 Portsmouth, Hampshire

1911 there was a Donald Maxwell Perkins, civil service writer living at no 64 with his wife and children.

Hi Jason have you had a look at the 1911 census?

It is not a query about a relative, but just generally interested as my parents moved into a house in the 70’s and when renovating found a bundle of letters written around the time of the first world war hidden under the floorboards in a bedroom. We heard stories about a Doctor living at the address with is house maid. I would love to find out who the residents of ‘Whitfield’ 64 Wadham Road Portsmouth, Hampshire around 1905-1920 ?