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Re John Meriscoe Pearce's death -
he's the right age:

Deaths Jun 1871 (>99%)
Pearce John Meriscoe 86 Hackney 1b 300

Australia Death Index, 1787-1985 about Hamilton C G Pearce
Name: Hamilton C G Pearce
Death Date: 1890
Death Place: New South Wales
Father's Name: John
Registration Year: 1890
Registration Place: Yass, New South Wales
Registration number: 14154

Australia Death Index, 1787-1985 about Ellen Eliza Pearce
Name: Ellen Eliza Pearce
Death Date: 10 Jan 1896
Death Place: Beachport
Age: 65
Residence Place: Beachport
Registration Place: Grey, South Australia
Page Number: 395
Volume Number: 232
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1831

Spouse H C Pearce

Re son Hamilton Charles George Pearce (birth & marriage posted above by PricklyHolly):


New South Wales, Australia, Assisted Immigrant Passenger Lists, 1828-1896 about Charles Pearce
Name: Charles Pearce
Birth Year: abt 1833
Age: 22
Arrival Date: 10 Apr 1855
Vessel Name: Speedy
Origin Location: St Martinsin the Fields, London, England

Image says his parents are John & Mary Ann, living at Bayswater.
Charles is a gardener.
He's accompanied by Ellen Pearce, age 24, parents John & Mary Ann Dawson, living at St Martins in the Fields, London.

Thank you PricklyHolly, my John didn't have a middle name.

London, England, Births and Baptisms, 1813-1906
about Christian Augustus Pearce Name: Christian Augustus Pearce
Record Type: Baptism
Baptism Date: 26 Dec 1819
Father's Name: John Pearce
Mother's Name: Mary Ann Pearce
Parish or Poor Law Union: St Ann Blackfriars
Borough: City of London
Register Type: Parish Registers

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Pallot's Marriage Index for England: 1780 - 1837
about John Pearce Name: John Pearce
Spouse: Mary Barton
Marriage Date: 1813
Parish: St Swithin and St Mary Bothaw

John has the middle name of...Meriscoe


Edit......

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England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1966
about John Meriscoe Pearce Name: John Meriscoe Pearce
Probate Date: 23 Jun 1871
Death Date: 15 May 1871
Death Place: Middlesex, England
Registry: Principal Registry

John Meriscoe Pearce Esq

Late of Lower Clapton Middlesex.

Registry by George Pearce of Blackheath in the County of Kent Esquire..the Brother William Peter Pearce of Downing Collge Cambridge Esquire and George Pearce of 49 Wimpole Street, Middlesex Esquire the nephews and Charles Rich Tyerman of 50 Ladbroke Grove, Notting hill in the county of Middlesex Gentleman the Executors.

Effects: under £45,000

The above information came from a "Pearce Family Tree" on Ancestry.

Thank you Argyllgran that has been a big help. As John Pearce was my 3x great grandfather had an idea he had been married twice but cannot find his first wife also Mary Ann they had a son Christian Augustus who was my 2 x great grandfather

Yes, June, he's a widower.

Mary Ann's a spinster.

Thank you all for your help. To Argyllgran On the banns of John Pearce and Mary Ann Riley 11 march 1827 did it say if John was a Widower?

London, England, Births and Baptisms, 1813-1906
about Martha Pearce Name: Martha Pearce
Record Type: Baptism
Baptism Date: 19 Jul 1835
Father's Name: John Pearce .........? Seller
Mother's Name: Mary Ann Pearce
14 Solam Gardens
Parish or Poor Law Union: St Marylebone Christ Church
Borough: Westminster
Register Type: Parish Registers



London, England, Marriages and Banns, 1754-1921
about Martha Pearce Name: Martha Pearce (Spinster)
Spouse Name: William Sutton (Bachelor) Carpenter
Record Type: Marriage
Event Date: 1 Dec 1856
Parish: Paddington St James
Borough: Westminster
Residence for both.....Solam Gardens
Father Name: John Pearce (Clerk)
Spouse Father Name: John Sutton
Register Type: Parish Register
Witnesses: George and Jane Riley.<<<<<< Interesting!

In case you don't have this.........

London, England, Births and Baptisms, 1813-1906
about Hamilton Charles George Pearce Name: Hamilton Charles George Pearce
Record Type: Baptism
Baptism Date: 3 Nov 1833
Father's Name: John Pearce ..(.I can't make out John's occupation...Something? Seller.
Mother's Name: Mary Ann Pearce
14 Solem Gardens, Bayswater.
Parish or Poor Law Union: St Marylebone Christ Church
Borough: Westminster
Register Type: Parish Registers


London, England, Marriages and Banns, 1754-1921
about Hamilton Charles George Pearce Name: Hamilton Charles George Pearce
Age: Full Age....(Bachelor) Gardener
Spouse Name: Helen Dawson (Spinster)
(Residence for both......Solam Gardens
Record Type: Marriage
Event Date: 3 Oct 1854
Parish: Paddington St James
Borough: Westminster
Father Name: John Pearce (Office Clerk)
Spouse Father Name: John Dawson (Cooper)
Register Type: Parish Register
Witnesses: John and Martha Pearce

Possibly John Pearce & Mary Ann (the aunt)'s marriage:

London, England, Marriages and Banns, 1754-1921 about John Pearce
Name: John Pearce
Spouse Name: Mary Ann Riley
Record Type: Banns
Event Date: 11 Mar 1827
Parish: St Marylebone Christ Church
Borough: Westminster
Register Type: Parish Register

there is this baptism with a father George

London, England, Births and Baptisms, 1813-1906 about Mary Ann Riley
Name: Mary Ann Riley
Record Type: Baptism
Baptism Date: 12 Aug 1844
Father's Name: George Riley
Mother's Name: Ann Riley
Parish or Poor Law Union: Shoreditch St Leonard
Borough: Hackney
Register Type: Parish Registers

All London, England, Marriages and Banns, 1754-1921 Results
London, England, Marriages and Banns, 1754-1921 about Mary Ann Riley
Name: Mary Ann Riley
Spouse Name: William Strond
Record Type: Marriage
Event Date: 20 Dec 1863
Parish: St Marylebone Christ Church
Borough: Westminster
Father Name: George Riley >>> occupation, labourer
Spouse Father Name: John Strond
Register Type: Parish Register

One witness is John Pearce, is this her uncle?

1851 England Census
about Mary Ann Riley Name: Mary Ann Riley
Age: 9
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1842
Relation: Niece
Gender: F (Female)
Where born: Cow Cross, Middlesex, England

Civil Parish: Paddington
Ecclesiastical parish: St James
County/Island: Middlesex
Country: England

Street Address:

Occupation:

Condition as to marriage:

Disability: View Image

Registration District: Kensington
Sub-registration District: St John Paddington
ED, institution, or vessel: 7
Neighbors: View others on page
Household Schedule Number: 171
Piece: 1467
Folio: 224
Page Number: 36
Household Members: Name Age
John Pearce 65 (Office Clerk) City Road, Middlesex
Mary Ann Pearce 58 (Blackfriars Middlesex)
Hamilton Chas Pearce 18
Martha Pearce 16
Mary Ann Riley 9
Eliza Riley 13

24 Solem Gardens

Hi June

To find out if any other members have Mary or Eliza in their trees.........click on "Search" above and then "Search All Members Trees" from the drop down menu.

Enter the details of Mary and Eliza in the search box.

If you find any connections, you can then contact the tree owner/owners by sending them a message.

Good luck........Prickles. x

Does anyone have in there tree a Mary Ann Riley b 1842 Cow Cross Finsbury also an Eliza Riley b 1838 in Ireland ( British Subject)? I have them on 1851 census as niece's to my 3 x great grandparents.