Mary Perram was born Mary Ann Williams, in Clapton, Middlesex, about 1816. She and her husband John Perram, of Lower Clapton, Middlesex, had the following children: Ellen Ann, born about 1844 in England; Alice, born about 1847, died young; James, born about 1848 in Tecumseth Township, Simcoe County, Canada West (now Ontario), died young; Lydia, born about 1850, Tecumseth Township; Walter Hawkins, born about 1852, Tecumseth Township; Henry Topham, born about 1854, Tecumseth Township; Charlotte, born about 1857, Tecumseth Township.

John Perram died in 1861 in Tecumseth Township, after farming there for about 15 years.

In or about 1871, Mary Ann and her children moved to Toronto. Their first address was 306 King West, where they lived for less than 3 years. By 1874 they were living at 505 Church. In 1878 they moved to 4 Wellesley Place, where they remained only 2-3 years. In 1881 a P.D. Conger was resident at that address.

By the spring of 1881 Mary Ann and her daughters Lydia and Charlotte were living in London, England and the eldest daughter, Ellen, had joined a convent in New York City (Sister of Mercy). The two sons, Henry and Walter seem to have remained in Canada. Henry moved to the Niagara region. Walter worked for the Dominion Bank and then the Federal Bank for several years in Aurora and Toronto..

4 Wellesley Place is located on part of Lots 44 and 45, Plan 30, in the City of Toronto. Mary A. Perram purchased this property from B. H. Dixon on the 1st of April, 1876 for $1875.