Emma Bird (1839-1905)

In 1841, Emma was living with her grandparents, Joseph and Mary (nee Bird) Turner. In the same household were two of her cousins, Samuel and Ann Cole. They lived in Pitcourt, in a cottage that has since disappeared. Emma’s parents were living in Cam, with Emma’s elder brother, David.

In 1851, Emma was living with her parents in Stinchcombe, and her baby sister, Elizabeth. In ’61, she was living with David and his wife on Silver Street, Dursley. David was a wheelwright, and Emma was a domestic servant.

In 1871, she was a cook for the Bloxsome family at the Isle de Rhe, in North Nibley.

In 1876, she married Edwin Perrett, another member of the cohort, in Bristol and, in ’81, she and Edward were living at Excells Green, next to the modern-day Jubilee Tree. Next door was Ann’s mother. Ann continued to live there until her death in 1905.