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William Bowyer Pearce 1888 – 1968 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 17 Feb 1888

Birth Location: Alexandria, Sydney, Nsw, Australia

Death Date: 4 Jul 1968

Death Location: Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia

Father: John Pearce

Mother: Elizabeth Brown

Spouse(s): Annetta Anderson

Children(s): John Pearce, William Pearce, Lillian Pearce, Lennox Pearce, Marjory Pearce, Phyllis Pearce

William Bowyer Pearce was born in 1888 in Alexandria, Sydney, Nsw, Australia, the child of John Bowyer Pearce and Elizabeth Jane Brown. William Bowyer Pearce married Annetta Matilda Anderson, and had children including John August Bowyer Pearce, William Cecil Pearce, Lillian May Pearce, Lennox Wallace Frederick Pearce, Marjory Dulcie Pearce, Phyllis Clare Pearce. William Bowyer Pearce passed away in 1968 in Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia.

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Biography

  • William Bowyer Pearce was born in 1888 in Alexandria, Sydney, Nsw, Australia, the child of John Bowyer Pearce and Elizabeth Jane Brown.
  • William Bowyer Pearce married Annetta Matilda Anderson, and had children including John August Bowyer Pearce, William Cecil Pearce, Lillian May Pearce, Lennox Wallace Frederick Pearce, Marjory Dulcie Pearce, Phyllis Clare Pearce.
  • William Bowyer Pearce passed away in 1968 in Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia.

Immediate Family

Parents

John Pearce
1862 – 1894
Birth Location: Pyrmont Nsw
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Elizabeth Brown
1861 – 1946
Birth Location: Pyrmont, New South Wales, Australia
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Spouses(s)

Annetta Anderson
1891 – 1940
Birth Location: Lismore, New South Wales, Australia
AA

Children(s)

John Pearce
1913 – 1975
Birth Location: Lismore, New South Wales, Australia
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William Pearce
1915 – 1962
Birth Location: Lismore, New South Wales, Australia
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Lillian Pearce
1916 – 1992
Birth Location: Lismore, New South Wales, Australia
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Lennox Pearce
1918 – 1980
Birth Location: Lismore, New South Wales, Australia
LP
Marjory Pearce
1920 – 2003
Birth Location: Lismore, New South Wales, Australia
MP
Phyllis Pearce
1922 – 1996
Birth Location: Lismore, New South Wales, Australia
PP

William Pearce's Ancestors

Self
William Pearce
1888 – 1968
Birth Place: Alexandria, Sydney, Nsw, Australia
Parents
John Bowyer Pearce
1862 – 1894
Pyrmont Nsw
Elizabeth (Jane) Brown
1861 – 1946
Pyrmont, New South Wales, Australia
Grandparents
William (Richard) Brown
1826 – 1913
Fifeshire, Scotland
Martha Livingstone
1833 – 1906
Newcastle Upon Tyne, Northumberland, England
Great-Grandparents
Richard Livingstone
1815 – 1894
Barbara Hall
1815 – 1866
2nd-Great-Grandparents
James Hall
1782 – 1832
Barbara Wilson
1785 – 1842

William Pearce's Descendants

1.
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William (Bowyer) Pearce (17 Feb 1888 – 4 Jul 1968) m. Annetta (Matilda) Anderson (14 Jun 1891 – 9 Mar 1940)
  1. 1. John (August Bowyer) Pearce (1913 – 2 Jul 1975)
  2. 2. William (Cecil) Pearce (1915 – 1962)
  3. 3. Lillian (May) Pearce (1916 – 12 Jan 1992)
  4. 4. Lennox (Wallace Frederick) Pearce (23 Feb 1918 – 26 Oct 1980)
  5. 5. Marjory (Dulcie) Pearce (12 Mar 1920 – 28 Feb 2003)
  6. 6. Phyllis (Clare) Pearce (1922 – 1996) m. Donald (Gordon) Williams (9 Jun 1922 – 1983)
    1. 1. Daniel Williams ( – 1945)
    2. 2. Jeanette Williams

William Pearce's Timeline

2 Records

1888
17 Feb 1888
Birth of William Bowyer Pearce in Alexandria, Sydney, Nsw, Australia
Alexandria, Sydney, Nsw, Australia
1968
4 Jul 1968
Age 80
Death of William Bowyer Pearce in Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia
Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 17 Feb 1888
    Event Place: Alexandria, Sydney, Nsw, Australia

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 4 Jul 1968
    Event Place: Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia
    Record Source: Death note, late of Corrimal
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