Albert Norriss Perry: he was born in the summer of 1889 in the Islington district of London, England, to Charles, a prison warder born about 1845 in the Clerkenwell area of London, and Julia Frances (nee Norriss; she had been born 1 April 1847 (?) in the Whitechapel area of London) Perry and had been christened on 7 May 1889 in the Emmanuel parish in Islington in the Church of England. His parents had married 14 January 1872 in the Holborn district of London, in the Church of England. In 1901, the Perry family lived in Hammersmith, London. Albert was 11 years old and his brothers and sisters were, at the time, Esther, 22, a school teacher, Rose, 20, also a school teacher, Henry, 16, a commercial clerk, and Frederick, 14, also a commercial clerk. His grandmother Sarah Perry, 80, a native of Clerkenwell, London, also lived with the family. At 14, he started working at Messrs. Napier & Son, Motor Manufacturers of Acton Vale and New Burlington Street, London. In 1910, he had become a Sales Manager. He married Jessie Couper in 1912. He had gone to America to take up a position with the Pierce Arrow Company, leading producers of hand-assembled luxury cars, in Buffalo. He had come to New York City 20 April 1915, having sailed 11 April on the Tuscania from Liverpool. He was described as a married engineer aged 25 years and 11 months and was bound for the Lafayette Hotel in Buffalo, New York. He was 5’10.5’’ tall, had brown hair and grey eyes. Coincidentally, Alexander Stuart (Stewart), who also would fall victim to the sinking of the Lusitania, was a fellow passenger on the Tuscania. Albert Perry was a victim of the sinking of the Lusitania, but his brother Frederick was a survivor. His body was recovered and identified after the disaster (No. 162) and was forwarded to London 14 May. ’
’William H. H. Brown was making a short pleasure trip with the Perry brothers, with whom he became acquainted when they came to Buffalo to buy motor trucks for the British army.
The Perry brothers made many friends in Buffalo during their brief stay here. They spent much time at the Pierce plant becoming acquainted with the officers of the company and receiving instructions on how to handle Pierce cars in England.’’ (Buffalo Evening News, 8 May 1915, p. 1)
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