Errol Francis Henry Perks^[1]

1888 - 1968  (79 years)

• Name	Errol Francis Henry Perks
  Birth	13 Jul 1888	King William's Town, Eastern Cape, South Africa
  Gender	Male
  1820 Lineage	Yes
  Occupation	Farmer in Dordrecht district
  Death	21 Jan 1968	Queenstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa
  Burial	Queenstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa   [2]
  Person ID	I85901	master
  Last Modified	25 Jul 2021

  
  

  Father	Henry George Perks,   b. 26 Jul 1862, King William's Town, Eastern Cape, South Africa d. 19 Jan 1931, East London, Eastern Cape, South Africa (Age 68 years)
  Mother	Ada Butler,   b. 14 Jul 1862, King William's Town, Eastern Cape, South Africa d. 15 Jun 1915, King William's Town, Eastern Cape, South Africa (Age 52 years)
  Family ID	F31078	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Constance Evelyn Edkins,   b. 17 Mar 1898, Queenstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa d. Yes, date unknown
  Marriage	4 Mar 1919	Pietermaritzburg, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa
  Children	> 1. Brian Perks   d. 2007 + 2. Audrey Perks,   b. 1925   d. Sep 2015 (Age 90 years) + 3. Ronald Perks
  Family ID	F43610	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	13 May 2019

  
  

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  Birth - 13 Jul 1888 - King William's Town, Eastern Cape, South Africa Marriage - 4 Mar 1919 - Pietermaritzburg, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa Death - 21 Jan 1968 - Queenstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa Burial - - Queenstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Settler Photos

  Perks family Caption Note: Katie, Errol, Harry, Vernon and Gladys Media Date: 1918 Keywords: Picture

  
  

• Notes

  He was a farmer. He first farmed in Dordrecht and then in the Bongola Basin near Queenstown. He was married and then divorced. There were children. He moved to stay with his sister Katie at the farm Lily Park at Kei Road in about 1953. He had some mental disorder and at one stage at Lily Park threatened to shoot himself. He died at the Komani Hospital in Queenstown, Eastern Cape Province, South Africa in 1968. He had made Katie promise that she would not visit him in hospital or go to the funeral. Information from Mr George Newey, son of Katie's husband's first marriage (ie Katie's step son) Live in East London - December 2002.

  
  

• Sources

  [S1859] Perks, Michael J. [S2594] eGGSA Library, http://www.graves-at-eggsa.org/main.php?g2_itemId=1230761. [S2787] Pullen gedcom from Robert Spence Dec 2015. Record originated in Pullen gedcom file