 George Percy PeerlessBorn 8 Jan 1865 Spring Hill, Penshurst, Kent, baptised Penshurst, Kent (Spring Hill). Occupations: Gardener(Domestic) (1894). Son of Edward Peerless and Eliza Nash In 1891 Census he was living at Spring Hill Cottage, Penshurst with his widowed step-mother Mary and a boarder; in 1901 Census he was at Spring Hill, Fordcombe with his wife, their children George, Mary, James & Harry, and his step-mother Mary Ann Peerless. Married 8 Sep 1894 Fordcombe, Kent (St Peter) (41 or 42 years married) to:  Martha Edith BlackmanBorn C1866 Rusthall, Tunbridge Wells, Kent, died 1Q 1936 Lewisham, London SE., 69 or 70 years Daughter of Joseph Blackman, a coachman, and presumably related to her stepmother-in-law Mary Ann Peerless. When married in 1894 she was living at Fordcombe, as was George Peerless; witnesses were Richard Pope Scrace and Eva Sophia Martin (nee Blackman). Children: | |||
1) George Edward James Peerless/, MMBorn 29 Oct 1894 Penshurst, Kent (Spring Hill), baptised 1940 Wandsworth, London SW. (6 Ridgemount Rd), died 26 Oct 1940 London W. (Curzon St.House, Curzon St), 45 years Served WWI; Private, Royal W.Kent Regt.; Military Medal 22.1.1917. Died as a result of enemy action WWII; commemorated in the City of Westminster section of the Civilian War Dead Register. | |||
2) Mary Alice PeerlessBorn 4Q 1897 Penshurst, Kent | |||
3) James PeerlessBorn 15 May 1900 Penshurst, Kent, died Jan 1985 Lewisham, London SE., 84 years | |||
5) Herbert PeerlessBorn 7 Feb 1902 Penshurst, Kent (Spring Hill), died 4Q 1979 Dartford, Kent, 76 or 77 years. Occupations: Royal Navy | |||