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HELP ME FIND WILLIAM PEARCE
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julia of sussex | Report | 5 Apr 2011 15:36 |
I am trying to find the birth of my grandfather william pearce, i have his marriage certificate and his death certificate but alas no birth certificate. |
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Suzi-Wong | Report | 5 Apr 2011 15:48 |
Hello.....did your grandfather have any siblings? |
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jax | Report | 5 Apr 2011 15:49 |
Name: Eliza Jane Rivers |
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jax | Report | 5 Apr 2011 15:52 |
Would he not be registered as Rivers as his parents were not married? |
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julia of sussex | Report | 5 Apr 2011 15:56 |
but his parents were married jax |
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Suzi-Wong | Report | 5 Apr 2011 15:58 |
1901 census has William junior aged 11....methinks he may have been born Rivers. Also there is a big age gap between William senior and Eliza Jane. |
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Suzi-Wong | Report | 5 Apr 2011 15:59 |
Who witnessed his own marriage to Florence Ada? |
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jax | Report | 5 Apr 2011 16:04 |
They were not married when he was born 1888/89?? |
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julia of sussex | Report | 5 Apr 2011 16:48 |
The witnesses were florences father charles and a d.a. whiter |
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Suzi-Wong | Report | 5 Apr 2011 16:51 |
Hello again.......what makes you give Eliza Jane Rivers as his mother? Could either William senior or Eliza Jane have been married more than once? Does it say bachelor and spinster on the certificate? |
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julia of sussex | Report | 5 Apr 2011 16:55 |
On their marriage cert thay were bachelor and spinster respectivly he was a |
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julia of sussex | Report | 5 Apr 2011 16:55 |
On their marriage cert thay were bachelor and spinster respectivly he was a |
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JaneyCanuck | Report | 5 Apr 2011 16:56 |
Why can't I find William aged 11 with parents in 1901? |
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jax | Report | 5 Apr 2011 16:58 |
The parents were spinster/batchlor and william was a clerk |
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julia of sussex | Report | 5 Apr 2011 17:05 |
yes jax thats right |
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JaneyCanuck | Report | 5 Apr 2011 17:09 |
Seems to me the big thing is to find him / Eliza / William Sr in 1891! |
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JaneyCanuck | Report | 5 Apr 2011 17:20 |
William Sr in 1861 |
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JaneyCanuck | Report | 5 Apr 2011 17:24 |
This looks like him in 1871 |
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JaneyCanuck | Report | 5 Apr 2011 17:29 |
Eliza Jane was in Bristol in 1881 ... |
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julia of sussex | Report | 5 Apr 2011 17:34 |
JC thats my dad on ancestry |