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William PEARCE 1787–1867 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 27 Jan 1787

Birth Location: Chesham, Buckinghamshire, England

Death Date: 07 Jan 1867

Death Location: Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire Buckinghamshire, England

Father: James PEARCE

Mother: Mary HOW

Spouse(s): Mary REEVE

Children(s): James PEARCE, Elizabeth PEARCE, Sarah PEARCE, Charles PEARCE, William PEARCE, John PEARCE, William PEARCE, Sarah PEARCE

William PEARCE was born in 1787 in Chesham, Buckinghamshire, England, the child of James Pearce And Mary How. William PEARCE married Mary Reeve, and had children including Charles Pearce, Elizabeth Pearce, James Pearce, John Pearce, Sarah Jane Pearce, Sarah Pearce, William Tailor Pearce, William Pearce. William PEARCE passed away in 1867 in Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire Buckinghamshire, England.

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Biography

  • William PEARCE was born in 1787 in Chesham, Buckinghamshire, England, the child of James Pearce And Mary How.
  • William PEARCE married Mary Reeve, and had children including Charles Pearce, Elizabeth Pearce, James Pearce, John Pearce, Sarah Jane Pearce, Sarah Pearce, William Tailor Pearce, William Pearce.
  • William PEARCE passed away in 1867 in Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire Buckinghamshire, England.

Immediate Family

Parents

James PEARCE
1755–1819
Birth Location: Great Missenden, Buckinghamshire, England
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Mary HOW
1759–1835
Birth Location: Beaconsfield, Buckingham, England
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Spouses(s)

Mary REEVE
1785–1845
Birth Location: –
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Children(s)

James PEARCE
1810–1867
Birth Location: Leighton Buzzard, Bedford, England
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Elizabeth PEARCE
1813–1903
Birth Location: Bedfordshire, England
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Sarah PEARCE
1824–1906
Birth Location: Bedfordshire, England
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Charles PEARCE
1826–1895
Birth Location: Bedfordshire, England
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William PEARCE
1813–1819
Birth Location: –
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John PEARCE
1820–
Birth Location: Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire, England
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William PEARCE
1820–1899
Birth Location: Leighton Buzzard, Bedford, England
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Sarah PEARCE
1817–
Birth Location: –
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William PEARCE's Ancestors

Self
William PEARCE
1787–1867
Birth Place: Chesham, Buckinghamshire, England
Parents
James PEARCE
1755–1819
Great Missenden, Buckinghamshire, England
Mary HOW
1759–1835
Beaconsfield, Buckingham, England
Grandparents
Daniel Pearce
1714–
Great Missenden, Buckinghamshire, England
Hannah Edge
1718–
Great Missenden, Buckinghamshire, England
Henry HOW
1730–
Beaconsfield, Buckingham, England
Elizabeth ?
1734–
Beaconsfield, Buckingham, England
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

William PEARCE's Descendants

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William PEARCE (27 Jan 1787–07 Jan 1867) m. Mary REEVE (Abt. 1785–04 Apr 1845)
  1. 1. James PEARCE 1810–1867 m. Ann WHITNEY 1814–1889
    1. 1. Henry PEARCE 1855–1914 m. Sarah (Charlotte) WRIGHT 1857–1939
      1. 1. James (Hartley) PEARCE 1886–1968 m. Gertrude (Evelyn) TRENOUTH 1889–1972
        1. 1. Russell (Spencer) PEARCE 1914–1987
        2. 2. Kenneth (Hartley) PEARCE 1912–1989 m. Mona (Lewarn) GREEN 1912–1994
      2. 2. Horace (Clifford) PEARCE 1893–
      3. 3. Ruth (Marion) PEARCE 1899– m. William (David) BUXTON 1900–
      4. 4. Henry (Whitney) PEARCE 1883–1884
      5. 5. William (Henry) PEARCE 1888– m. Emily (Annie) HERSEY 1889–
      6. 6. Matilda (Ann) PEARCE 1891– m. Joseph (Charles Henry) VINCENT 1889–
    2. 2. Ann (Elizabeth) PEARCE 1834–1913 m. David JOSLING 1829–1873
      1. 1. Elizabeth (Ann) JOSLING 1856–1856
      2. 2. James (Pearce) JOSLING 1863–1865
      3. 3. Sarah JOSLING 1865–
      4. 4. Caroline (Eliza) JOSLING 1869–
      5. 5. Anne (Elizabeth) JOSLING 1857–
      6. 6. John (Henry James) JOSLING 1874–
      7. 7. Louisa (Jane) JOSLING 1859–
      8. 8. Alfred (Thomas) JOSLING 1867–
      9. 9. David JOSLING 1855–1855
      10. 10. David (William) JOSLING 1861–1915
      11. 11. Eliza (Ellen) JOSLING 1872–1874
    3. 3. Thomas (Whitney) PEARCE 1836–1906 m. Elizabeth (Mary) BREWER 1838–1917
      1. 1. Rebecca PEARCE 1881–
      2. 2. Florence (Adelaide) PEARCE 1883–
      3. 3. James PEARCE 1860–
      4. 4. Sarah (Elizabeth) PEARCE 1861–
      5. 5. Amelia (Ann) PEARCE 1864–
      6. 6. Jane PEARCE 1866–1924 m. Joseph (James) PREISS 1907–
        1. 1. Maud (Linne) NEWMAN 1909–
      7. 7. Rosetta ((Rose)) PEARCE 1868–1931
      8. 8. John (William) PEARCE 1871–
      9. 9. Thomas (Whitney) PEARCE 1873–
      10. 10. Edward (Alfred) PEARCE 1875– m. Ann HARRY 1868–
      11. 11. Elizabeth PEARCE 1877–1877
    4. 4. Sarah PEARCE 1839–1909
    5. 5. John PEARCE 1841–1927 m. Elizabeth (Jane) SYMONS 1850–1924
      1. 1. Alice PEARCE 1871–1923
      2. 2. Priscilla ((Cill)) PEARCE 1873–1939
      3. 3. Gertrude PEARCE 1875–1949
      4. 4. Laura PEARCE 1876–1937
      5. 5. James (Francis (Frank)) PEARCE 1878–1911 m. Sarah (Elizabeth Jane (Bessie)) RIGGS 1879–
        1. 1. Jack PEARCE 1907–1963
        2. 2. Phyllis ((Joan)) PEARCE 1910–
      6. 6. John ((Edgar)) PEARCE 1879–1955 m. Minnie (Maude) RIGGS 1882–1972
      7. 7. Alfred (Earnest) PEARCE 1881–1943
      8. 8. Norman (Whitney Roskilly) PEARCE 1883– m. Alice (May) DAVEY 1883–
        1. 1. Norman (Rex) PEARCE 1914–
        2. 2. Alan (William) PEARCE 1915–1977
        3. 3. Joyce PEARCE 1918–
      9. 9. Beatrice (Eleanor (Trix)) PEARCE 1885–1927
      10. 10. Clement (William) PEARCE 1886–1939 m. Winifred (Ivy) JONES 1888–1964
        1. 1. Francis (James (Frank)) PEARCE 1918–1993
        2. 2. Roy (Dent) PEARCE 1921–
        3. 3. Dorothy (Muriel) PEARCE 1916–
        4. 4. Harold (William) PEARCE 1914– m. Violet (Jean) SAMPSON 1921–
      11. 11. Hilda (Symons) PEARCE 1887–1933 m. Percy MILNER 1881–
        1. 1. Keith (Norman) MILNER 1913–
        2. 2. Madge MILNER 1918–
      12. 12. Victoria (Nellie (Nell)) PEARCE 1889–1966 m. Archibald (Sydney (Archie)) DEARLOVE 1892–1972
        1. 1. Thomas (Pearce) DEARLOVE 1920–
        2. 2. Brian (John) DEARLOVE –1956
      13. 13. Leonard (Thomas) PEARCE 1891–1893
      14. 14. Oswald (Charles (Os)) PEARCE 1893–1968 m. Gladys (Sarah) GEPHARDT 1895–
        1. 1. Aileen PEARCE 1918–1956
        2. 2. Margaret ((Margie)) PEARCE 1931–1933
    6. 6. Jane PEARCE 1843–1898
    7. 7. William PEARCE 1847–1927 m. Mary PEARCE 1843–1912
      1. 1. Helen PEARCE 1872–1874
      2. 2. James (Alfred) PEARCE 1873–1944 m. Ethel (Helen) POWELL 1874–
      3. 3. Mary (Helen) PEARCE 1875–1877
      4. 4. William PEARCE 1877–
      5. 5. Edith PEARCE 1879–1968 m. James BENTLEY 1879–
        1. 1. Mary (Elizabeth) BENTLEY 1911–
        2. 2. Nellie (Pearce) BENTLEY 1915–2001
        3. 3. Edith ((Joy)) BENTLEY 1919–
      6. 6. Charles (James) PEARCE 1881–1949 m. Florence (May) HALLS 1887–
        1. 1. Florence (Isabel) PEARCE 1909–
      7. 7. Stanley ((Stan)) PEARCE 1884–1899
    8. 8. Charles (James) PEARCE 1850–1868
    9. 9. Alfred PEARCE 1857–1859
  2. 2. Elizabeth PEARCE 1813–1903
  3. 3. Sarah (Jane) PEARCE 1824–1906 m. Francis GOODALL 1824–1871
  4. 4. Charles PEARCE 1826–1895 m. Ann READ 1826–1877
    1. 1. Fred PEARCE 1855–1939
      1. 1. Albert (Edmond) PEARCE 1893–1969
      2. 2. Charles PEARCE 1877–1877
      3. 3. Anne (Elizabeth) PEARCE 1878–
      4. 4. Nellie PEARCE 1879–
        1. 1. Christine FRANKS 1914–1991 m. Mervyn TUCHAR 1908–1971
      5. 5. Charlie PEARCE 1887–
        1. 1. Allan (C.B.) PEARCE 1911–2003
        2. 2. J. (Donovan) PEARCE –1979
      6. 6. Fred PEARCE 1882–
        1. 1. Frederick (Charles) PEARCE 1911–1976 m. Kathleen SCOTT 1904–1984
      7. 7. George PEARCE 1884–1885
      8. 8. John PEARCE 1887–
        1. 1. Peter PEARCE 1925–1994 m. Helen TURNER-MILLER 1925–
      9. 9. Jenny PEARCE 1889–1889
      10. 10. William PEARCE 1890–1890
      11. 11. Harry PEARCE 1892–1892
    2. 2. Emma PEARCE 1849–1940 m. Peter PEACOCK –1915
      1. 1. George PEACOCK 1880–
        1. 1. George PEACOCK 1916–1950
      2. 2. Robert PEACOCK 1876–1937
    3. 3. William (James) PEARCE 1853–1853
    4. 4. Harry PEARCE 1860–
    5. 5. Charles PEARCE 1862–1940
    6. 6. Frank PEARCE 1865–1900
  5. 5. William PEARCE 1813–1819
  6. 6. John PEARCE 1820–
  7. 7. William ("Tailor") PEARCE 1820–1899 m. Susannah COLES 1820–1903
    1. 1. Mercy PEARCE 1851–1888 m. William (Bland) DELANO 1843–
    2. 2. William (Henry Thomas) PEARCE 1854–1888 m. Annie BERRYMAN 1860–
    3. 3. Charles (James) PEARCE 1856–1945 m. Agnes (Morton) THOMAS 1859–1945
      1. 1. Andrew (William) PEARCE 1893–1963
        1. 1. Maxwell (John) PEARCE 1923–2004
      2. 2. Leah (Donaldson) PEARCE 1886–1922
      3. 3. Charles (Colin) PEARCE 1895–1906
      4. 4. Courtney (Treharne) PEARCE 1898–1924
      5. 5. Max PEARCE 1900–1937
      6. 6. Annie (Coles) PEARCE 1886–1966
      7. 7. Wilfred (Lisle) PEARCE 1887–1968
        1. 1. Nancy PEARCE 1919–
        2. 2. Beth (Harris) PEARCE 1926–
      8. 8. Evelyn (Morton) PEARCE 1884–1954
      9. 9. Mercy (Juanita) PEARCE 1887–1968
      10. 10. Millicent (Agnes) PEARCE 1891–1978
    4. 4. Louisa (Jane) PEARCE 1858–1919 m. Sampson JAMES 1849–1888
    5. 5. Frederick PEARCE 1860–1860
    6. 6. Fred PEARCE 1861–1862
    7. 7. Annie PEARCE 1862–1888
    8. 8. Leah (Emma) PEARCE 1844–1914 m. Charles HOWARD 1844–1920
    9. 9. Clara (Elizabeth Malcolm) PEARCE 1848– m. William RICHARDS 1844–
    10. 10. Mary (Ann (Polly)) PEARCE 1846–1932 m. John (Dawson) JORDAN 1845–1934
    11. 11. Wiiliam (Richard) PEARCE 1849–1851
  8. 8. Sarah PEARCE 1817–

William PEARCE's Timeline

2 Records

1787
27 Jan 1787
Birth of William PEARCE in Chesham, Buckinghamshire, England
Chesham, Buckinghamshire, England
1867
07 Jan 1867
Age 80
Death of William PEARCE in Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire Buckinghamshire, England
Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire Buckinghamshire, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 27 Jan 1787
    Event Place: Chesham, Buckinghamshire, England
    Record Source:
    [1] Public Member Trees
    [2] Notes from Tim Pearce

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Event Place: 85 yrs old

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Occupation

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 07 Jan 1867
    Event Place: Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire Buckinghamshire, England
    Record Source:
    [1] Public Member Trees
    [2] Notes from Tim Pearce
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