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Is it my tree in muddle?

I mean the one that has John Meriscoe Pearce in their tree.

John Meriscoe Pearce was a Solicitor.

I am sure it was my John Pearce that married Mary Barton, but been told she married John Meriscoe Pearce. Until I can prove otherwise I have to leave it .

This is John Meriscoe Pearce, solicitor, in 1851, so can't be the same person:


1861 England Census about John M Pearce
Name: John M Pearce
Age: 76
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1785
Relation: Head
Spouse's Name: Mary Pearce
Gender: Male
Where born: Cautched Friers, Middlesex, England

Civil Parish: Hackney St John
Ecclesiastical parish: Hackney
County/Island: Middlesex
Country: England

Street Address:

Occupation:

Condition as to marriage:

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Registration District: Hackney
Sub-registration District: Hackney
ED, institution, or vessel: 13
Neighbors: View others on page
Household Schedule Number: 46
Piece: 158
Folio: 114
Page Number: 10
Household Members:
Name Age
John M Pearce 76
Mary Pearce 65
Hannah Kay 62 - sister, widow
James Crombie 38 - footman
Susan Dale 40 - housemaid
Martha Davis 34 - cook
John Sidney 52 - coachman
Hannah Sidney 59 - coachman's wife

He's a widower in 1871, so this will be his wife's death:
Deaths Sep 1870 (>99%)
Pearce Mary 75 Hackney 1b 296


[ PS - Thanks for suggesting 1901 census re William Butler, June. However, I have that. It's after 1901 I lose him. But thanks, anyway!]

Mary Ann (nee Riley) is still alive in 1871:


1871 England Census about John Pearce
Name: John Pearce
Age: 83
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1788
Relation: Head
Spouse's Name: Mary Ann Pearce
Gender: Male
Where born: City Road London, Middlesex, England
Civil Parish: Watford
Ecclesiastical parish: St Andrew
Town: Watford
County/Island: Hertfordshire
Country: England
Registration District: Watford
Sub-registration District: Watford
ED, institution, or vessel: 13a
Household Schedule Number: 126
Piece: 1382
Folio: 54
Page Number: 22
Household Members:
Name Age
John Pearce 83
Mary Ann Pearce 79
Maria Parter 29

So this is her death:

England & Wales, FreeBMD Death Index, 1837-1915 about Mary Ann Pearce
Name: Mary Ann Pearce
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1795
Date of Registration: Apr-May-Jun 1883
Age at Death: 88
Registration District: Watford
Inferred County: Hertfordshire
Volume: 3a
Page: 299

This is your John's death:


England & Wales, FreeBMD Death Index, 1837-1915 about John Pearce
Name: John Pearce
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1787
Date of Registration: Jan-Feb-Mar 1873
Age at Death: 86
Registration District: Watford
Inferred County: Hertfordshire
Volume: 3a
Page: 254

Going back to the Riley side,


You searched for Marg* Eliz* Riley
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London, England, Marriages and Banns, 1754-1921 about Margaret Elizabeth Ryley
Name: Margaret Elizabeth Ryley
Spouse Name: Thomas Lampert
Record Type: Marriage
Event Date: 25 Dec 1858
Parish: St Marylebone
Borough: Westminster
Father Name: George Ryley
Spouse Father Name: George Lampert >> occupation Printer
Register Type: Parish Register

Witnesses were John Pearce and Mary Ann Riley.

Here they are,


1861 England Census about Mary A Riley
Name: Mary A Riley
[Mary Ann Ryley]
Age: 19
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1842
Relation: Sister
Gender: Female
Where born: Chelsea, Middlesex, England
Civil Parish: St Marylebone
Ecclesiastical parish: St John
County/Island: Middlesex
Country: England
Street Address:

Occupation:

Condition as to marriage:

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Registration District: Marylebone
Sub-registration District: St John
ED, institution, or vessel: 1
Neighbors: View others on page
Household Schedule Number: 383
Piece: 86
Folio: 23
Page Number: 55
Household Members:
Name Age
Thomas Lambert 22
Margt Lambert 26
Mary A Riley 19

Now this name ties in with your 2 x great grandfather,


All London, England, Births and Baptisms, 1813-1906 Results
London, England, Births and Baptisms, 1813-1906 about George Edward Christian Augustus Riley
Name: George Edward Christian Augustus Riley
Record Type: Baptism
Baptism Date: 14 Sep 1834
Father's Name: George Riley > printer
Mother's Name: Margaret Elizabeth Riley
Parish or Poor Law Union: St Andrew Holborn
Borough: City of London
Register Type: Parish Registers

All London, England, Births and Baptisms, 1813-1906 Results
London, England, Births and Baptisms, 1813-1906 about Charles Riley
Name: Charles Riley
Record Type: Baptism
Baptism Date: 9 Feb 1840
Father's Name: George Riley > Printer
Mother's Name: Margaret Riley
Parish or Poor Law Union: Holborn St Sepulchre
Borough: City of London
Register Type: Parish Registers


Address is Workhouse, Sharpes Alley

This family tie in with the children all born prior to 1842,


Historical Records
1841 England Census about George Riley
Name: George Riley
Age: 7
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1834
Gender: Male
Where born: Middlesex, England
Civil Parish: St Pancras
Hundred: Ossulstone (Holborn Division)
County/Island: Middlesex
Country: England
Street Address:

Occupation:

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Registration District: St Pancras
Sub-registration District: Camden Town
Neighbors: View others on page
Piece: 681
Book: 6
Folio: 11
Page Number: 16
Household Members:
Name Age
George Riley 30 > labourer
Margaret Riley 27
George Riley 7
Margaret Riley 5
Charles Riley 1

All born in county

I was looking for Charles Riley born in 1840, I found a possible with this couple down as brother,


All London, England, Marriages and Banns, 1754-1921 Results
London, England, Marriages and Banns, 1754-1921 about Joseph Molder
Name: Joseph Molder
Age: Full Age
Spouse Name: Elizabeth Riley
Record Type: Marriage
Event Date: 23 Jun 1850
Parish: Norwood Green St Mary the Virgin
Borough: Ealing
Father Name: Joseph Molder
Spouse Father Name: Edward Riley > gunsmith
Register Type: Parish Register

Witness was Christian Pearce.

Thank you everyone for your replies it has helped me a lot. I would think that one of the fathers could be the brother of Mary Ann Riley married to John Pearce. Now the crunch is finding his first wife who would have been mother to Christian Augustus Pearce b 1819 and John Pearce b c1821. I will make a note of all information you have all given me.

Not sure if you have this,


All London, England, Births and Baptisms, 1813-1906 Results
London, England, Births and Baptisms, 1813-1906 about Mary Ann Pearce
Name: Mary Ann Pearce
Record Type: Baptism
Baptism Date: 2 Aug 1829
Father's Name: John Pearce > print seller
Mother's Name: Mary Ann Pearce
Parish or Poor Law Union: Paddington St James
Borough: Westminster
Register Type: Parish Registers

This must be the baptism of your Johns relative, same day and same area,


All London, England, Births and Baptisms, 1813-1906 Results
London, England, Births and Baptisms, 1813-1906 about John Augustus Pearce
Name: John Augustus Pearce
Record Type: Baptism
Baptism Date: 2 Aug 1829
Father's Name: John Pearce >> lithographer
Mother's Name: Harriett Pearce
Parish or Poor Law Union: Paddington St James
Borough: Westminster
Register Type: Parish Registers

The Mary Ann Pearce b 1829 is mine, not John Augustus Pearce b 1829 thank you for look up

Most of the Riley families seem to be connected with my ancestors. Thank you once again all