Ann Eliza SIMPSON (1824

Ann Eliza SIMPSON (1824 - 1918)

Children	Self + Spouses	Parents	Grandparents	Greatgrandparents
Harold PERDRIAU (1851 - 1915)	Ann Eliza SIMPSON (1824 - 1918) + Henry Carter PERDRIAU (1818 - 1892)	Ebenezer SIMPSON ( - 1855)



		Sarah Newton CLARKE ( - 1878)

Pic P1. In Loving Rememberance of
ANN ELIZA
relict of the late
HENRY CARTER PERDRIAU
who fell on sleep
Feb25th 1918
in her 94th years

HAROLD PERDRIAU
son of the above
Born Balmain 7th March 1851
died 8th April 1915
Marine Engineer

Pic S1. In Loving Rememberance of
HENRY CARTER PERDRIAU
died 21st Jan 1892
aged 74 years

One of the leading providers
in steamer transport
on Sydney harbour

Pic 1. In Loving Rememberance of
ANN ELIZA
relict of the late
HENRY CARTER PERDRIAU
who fell on sleep
Feb25th 1918
in her 94th years

HAROLD PERDRIAU
son of the above
Born Balmain 7th March 1851
died 8th April 1915
Marine Engineer

b. abt 1824 at Newry, Ireland

m. 1849 Henry Carter PERDRIAU (1818 - 1892) at Pitt Street, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

d. 1918 at Drummoyne, NSW, Australia aged 94

Near Relatives of Ann Eliza SIMPSON (1824 - 1918)
Relationship	Person	Born	Birth Place	Died	Death Place	Age
Father	Ebenezer SIMPSON			1855	Camden Oaks, Picton, New South Wales, Australia
Mother	Sarah Newton CLARKE			1878	Waverley, New South Wales, Australia

Self	Ann Eliza SIMPSON	abt 1824	Newry, Ireland	1918	Drummoyne, NSW, Australia	94

Husband	Henry Carter PERDRIAU	abt 1818		1892	North Shore, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia	74

Son	Harold PERDRIAU	1851	Balmain, NSW, Australia	1915	Granville, NSW, Australia	64

Daughter in Law	Rebecca Rhea MOORE	1855	Camden Oaks, Picton, New South Wales, Australia	1898		43

Granddaughter	Ruby Florence PERDRIAU	abt 1886		1961	Mildura, Victoria, Australia	75

Events in Ann Eliza SIMPSON (1824 - 1918)'s life
Date	Age	Event	Place	Notes	Src
abt 1824		Ann Eliza SIMPSON was born	Newry, Ireland	Note 1
1849	25	Married Henry Carter PERDRIAU (aged 31)	Pitt Street, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia	Note 2	52
1851	27	Birth of son Harold PERDRIAU	Balmain, NSW, Australia	Headstone
1855	31	Death of father Ebenezer SIMPSON	Camden Oaks, Picton, New South Wales, Australia	Note 3	52
1878	54	Death of mother Sarah Newton CLARKE	Waverley, New South Wales, Australia	Note 4	60
1892	68	Death of husband Henry Carter PERDRIAU (aged 74)	North Shore, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia	Note 5	52, 60
1915	91	Death of son Harold PERDRIAU (aged 64)	Granville, NSW, Australia	Note 6	60
1918	94	Ann Eliza SIMPSON died	Drummoyne, NSW, Australia	Note 7	52, 60

Note 1: Headstone

Death Notice - born Newry in 1824

Note 2: Australia, Marriage Index, 1788-1950
Name Ann E Simpson
Marriage Date 1849
Marriage Place Pitt Street, Sydney, New South Wales
Registration Date 1849
Registration Place Pitt Street, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Spouse Henry Perdriau
Volume Number V

Note 3: Australia, Death Index, 1787-1985
Name Ebenezer Simpson
Death Date 1855
Death Place Camden, Oaks, Picton, Stonequarry, New South Wales
Registration Date 1855
Registration Place Camden, Oaks, Picton, Stonequarry, Australia
Volume Number V18551383 43a

Note 4: Sydney Morning Herald 14 May 1878
SIMPSON. — May 7, at Lough Foyle, Waverley, in her 82nd year,
Sarah, relict of the late Ebenezer Simpson, the beloved mother
of Mrs. Henry Perdrian, of Balmain.

Note 5: Headstone

Australia, Death Index, 1787-1985
Name Henry C Perdrian
Death Date 1892
Death Place St Leonards, New South Wales
Registration Date 1892
Registration Place St Leonards, Australia
Father Stephen
Registration Number 2090

Daily Telegraph (Sydney) 22 Jan 1892
PERDRIAU. — January 21, at his late residence,
Alfred-st., North Shore, in his 75th year, Henry
Carter Perdriau, formerly of Balmaln and Croydon,
son of the late Commander Stephen Perdriau,
Royal Navy.

Note 6: Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate (Parramatta) 14 April 1915
Mr. Harold Perdriau, who died at Gran-
ville last Thursday, was apprenticed as a
boy in 1864 at Mort's Dock and Engineer-
ing Company. After seven years in those
works, he acted as advising engineer to his
father (the late Henry Perdriau), who
then had the Balmain ferries. Later he
became a partner in the Balmain ferries
with his brother Henry, (founder of the
Perdriau Rubber Company). On the fer-
ries being formed into a public company,
the late Mr. Perdriau established an en-
gineering works with Mr. T. West, under
the style of Perdriau, West and Company.
They purchased the enormous punt that
had been in use for placing the spans of
the Hawkesbury Bridge in position, had
it towed to Sydney, and converted into a
floating dock, (now Drake's Dock), and
designed and constructed engines for the
Balmain Ferry Company, and many other
firms. He became managing engineer for
Henderson and Mansfield on the Clarence
River, and later engineer at the Sydney
Meat Preserving Company at Auburn.
Then he joined the Clyde Engineering
Company as foreman, and was there until
his retirement a few months ago. Mr.
Perdriau was a Sunday-school teacher
early in life, and he retained his religious
conviction throughout. His mother, who
has passed her 90th year, is still living,
and resides with her son Henry at Drum-
moyne.

Note 7: Burial info

Australia, Death Index, 1787-1985
Name Ann E Perdriau
Death Date 1918
Death Place Drummoyne, New South Wales
Registration Date 1918
Registration Place Drummoyne, Australia
Father Ebenezer
Registration Number 384

Sunday Times (Sydney) 3 March 1918
LATE MRS. HENRY PERDRIAU
Mrs. Henry Perdriau, who died at the re-
sidence of her son, Mr. Henry Perdriau, San
Talmo, Tavistock-street, Drummoyne, a few
days ago, was one of Sydney's oldest residents.
She was born in Newry, Ireland, in 1824, and
came to Sydney with her parents thirteen years
later. She married the late Mr. Henry Perdriau,
who predeceased her by some years.
The late Mrs. Perdriau, who had resided for 50
years at Balmain, leaves six sons, one of whom,
Mr. Henry Perdriau, was the founder of the
well-known business which bears the family
name. Over 100 grand and great-grandchildren
also survive her.

Daily Telegraph (Sydney) 13 March 1918
Mrs. Henry Carter Perdriau, widow of the
late Henry Carter Perdriau, of Balmain, died
at the residence of her eldest son, Mr. Henry
Perdriau, at "San Talmo," Drummoyne, on
Monday, in her 94th year. The late Mr. Per-
driau started the first steam ferry in New
South Wales, running from Darling Street,
Balmain to Miller's Point, Sydney, and con-
tinued the enterprise for many years, eventual-
ly conducting the steam services connecting
Johnstone's Bay, Stephen Street, and Bald
Rock with various points in Sydney, viz., Gas
Works (Grafton Street), Erskine Street (two
wharves), and calling for a time at Annandale
and Pyrmont. Mrs. Perdriau was born at
Newry, North of Ireland, and came to New
South Wales in the ship Parland 80 years ago.
Balmain was mostly bush, and bushrangers
once entered her home. When the gold rush
broke out she, like many others, was left to care
for a young family while her husband went off
to try in vain to make a fortune for the
family. Mrs. Perdriau took keen interest in
all departments of Church life, Dorcas work,
and missions, and was for many years an
active worker in Balmain and Burwood Pres-
byterian Churches. She contributed gene-
rously to Church and philanthropic objects,
and during the war knitted socks, mufflers,
washers, eye bandages, and kneecaps, and
made garments for sick and wounded soldiers
and the poor of Belgium. Mrs. Perdriau had
been ailing for some time, but only returned
from a visit to her daughter, Mrs. Duesbury,
at Wollongong, 10 days before her death. She
retained all her faculties to the last, and
never wore spectacles. Mrs. Perdriau had nine
sons and four daughters. There are now six
sons and three daughters, 46 grandchildren
(all the eligibles among whom have enlisted),
and 32 great-grandchildren living. The fune-
ral, which took place at Rookwood, was very
largely attended, all her sons and daughters
being present; also her only surviving brother,
Mr. W. H. Simpson, of Waverley, besides
many grandsons, nephews, and friends of the
family.

Source References:

52. Type: Australia Birth Marriage Death Index 1787 - 1985 Record

- Reference = (Marriage)

- Notes: Australia, Marriage Index, 1788-1950
Name Ann E Simpson
Marriage Date 1849
Marriage Place Pitt Street, Sydney, New South Wales
Registration Date 1849
Registration Place Pitt Street, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Spouse Henry Perdriau
Volume Number V

- Reference = (Death)

- Notes: Australia, Death Index, 1787-1985
Name Ann E Perdriau
Death Date 1918
Death Place Drummoyne, New South Wales
Registration Date 1918
Registration Place Drummoyne, Australia
Father Ebenezer
Registration Number 384

60. Type: Newspaper, Title: Trove, http://trove.nla.gov.au

- Reference = (Death)

- Notes: Sunday Times (Sydney) 3 March 1918
LATE MRS. HENRY PERDRIAU
Mrs. Henry Perdriau, who died at the re-
sidence of her son, Mr. Henry Perdriau, San
Talmo, Tavistock-street, Drummoyne, a few
days ago, was one of Sydney's oldest residents.
She was born in Newry, Ireland, in 1824, and
came to Sydney with her parents thirteen years
later. She married the late Mr. Henry Perdriau,
who predeceased her by some years.
The late Mrs. Perdriau, who had resided for 50
years at Balmain, leaves six sons, one of whom,
Mr. Henry Perdriau, was the founder of the
well-known business which bears the family
name. Over 100 grand and great-grandchildren
also survive her.

Daily Telegraph (Sydney) 13 March 1918
Mrs. Henry Carter Perdriau, widow of the
late Henry Carter Perdriau, of Balmain, died
at the residence of her eldest son, Mr. Henry
Perdriau, at "San Talmo," Drummoyne, on
Monday, in her 94th year. The late Mr. Per-
driau started the first steam ferry in New
South Wales, running from Darling Street,
Balmain to Miller's Point, Sydney, and con-
tinued the enterprise for many years, eventual-
ly conducting the steam services connecting
Johnstone's Bay, Stephen Street, and Bald
Rock with various points in Sydney, viz., Gas
Works (Grafton Street), Erskine Street (two
wharves), and calling for a time at Annandale
and Pyrmont. Mrs. Perdriau was born at
Newry, North of Ireland, and came to New
South Wales in the ship Parland 80 years ago.
Balmain was mostly bush, and bushrangers
once entered her home. When the gold rush
broke out she, like many others, was left to care
for a young family while her husband went off
to try in vain to make a fortune for the
family. Mrs. Perdriau took keen interest in
all departments of Church life, Dorcas work,
and missions, and was for many years an
active worker in Balmain and Burwood Pres-
byterian Churches. She contributed gene-
rously to Church and philanthropic objects,
and during the war knitted socks, mufflers,
washers, eye bandages, and kneecaps, and
made garments for sick and wounded soldiers
and the poor of Belgium. Mrs. Perdriau had
been ailing for some time, but only returned
from a visit to her daughter, Mrs. Duesbury,
at Wollongong, 10 days before her death. She
retained all her faculties to the last, and
never wore spectacles. Mrs. Perdriau had nine
sons and four daughters. There are now six
sons and three daughters, 46 grandchildren
(all the eligibles among whom have enlisted),
and 32 great-grandchildren living. The fune-
ral, which took place at Rookwood, was very
largely attended, all her sons and daughters
being present; also her only surviving brother,
Mr. W. H. Simpson, of Waverley, besides
many grandsons, nephews, and friends of the
family.

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