James Pearce

James Pearce

b: 1785
d: 21 JUN 1867

Biography

1851 Census:
James, Elizabeth, Selena, Emma, and Mary (sister of James) are at 14 Broadmead. Elizabeth’s age is 70 and her birth place is clearly Gloucestershire, Ovair (should be Over) [info from Douglas Grant Pearce, Canada]

1861 Census:
RG9/1720 St James, Bristol Folio 17 Page 3
14 Broadmead, Parish of St James, Bristol (right in the centre)
James Pearce Head Widower 76 Dyer / Silk Woolens Born Gloucestershire, Bristol
S Pearce Daughter Unm 38 Housekeeper Born Gloucestershire, Bristol
Selina Smith Gran Dau Unm 19 Dyer Shopwoman Born Gloucestershire, Bristol
Margaret Pearce Gran Dau 12 Scholar Born Gloucestershire, Bristol
Mary Meade Servant Unm 22 House servant Born Wiltshire, Bradford According to Douglas Grant Pearce of Canada, Mary Pearce, a sister of James born in 1792, lived with James and Elizabeth in their house in Bristol. The parents of James and Mary are unknown. The surname Pearce was common in Bristol at that time.
James is listed in Pigot’s Directory of Gloucestershire, (1830) as a dyer/calenderer at 14 Broadmead, in Bristol. A calenderer is one who operates a calender, a machine in which paper or cloth is made smooth and glossy by being pressed through rollers.
Elizabeth was also a dyer. James was listed in the Post Office directory of 1863 as a dyer, still at 14 Broadmead. By this time, Mary and Elizabeth were gone, and James probably died before 1871.

Facts

1785 - Birth - ; Bristol
21 JUN 1867 - Death -
1830 - Occupation - Dyer/Calenderer

Ancestors

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James Pearce 1785 - 21 JUN 1867

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Family Group Sheet - Child

PARENT (U) ?
	Birth
	Death
	Father	?
	Mother	?
PARENT (U) ?
	Birth
	Death
	Father	?
	Mother	?
CHILDREN
M	James Pearce
	Birth	1785	Bristol
	Death	21 JUN 1867
	Marriage	7 MAY 1803	to Elizabeth Phillips at St Stephens, City of Bristol

Family Group Sheet - Spouse

PARENT (M) James Pearce
	Birth	1785	Bristol
	Death	21 JUN 1867
	Marriage	7 MAY 1803	to Elizabeth Phillips at St Stephens, City of Bristol
	Father	?
	Mother	?
PARENT (F) Elizabeth Phillips
	Birth	1781	Over, Gloucestershire
	Death	19 MAR 1853
	Marriage	7 MAY 1803	to James Pearce at St Stephens, City of Bristol
	Father	?
	Mother	?
CHILDREN
M	Alfred Pearce
	Birth	3 JUL 1810
	Death	20 JAN 1850
	Marriage	13 JUL 1831	to Emma Smith at St James, City of Bristol
M	George Pearce
	Birth	8 JUN 1812
	Death
	Marriage		to Susannah Francis
F	Caroline Elizabeth Pearce
	Birth	15 JUN 1815
	Death	7 JUL 1879
	Marriage	1837	to James Smith
F	Selena Pearce
	Birth	20 JUL 1822
	Death
	Marriage	13 JUN 1865	to George Frederick Garratt at Bristol Tabernacle
M	James Pearce , Jr
	Birth	16 MAR 1806
	Death	14 MAY 1888
	Marriage	26 JUL 1828	to Priscilla Susan Callaway at St Paul's, City of Bristol
F	Emma Pearce
	Birth	1833
	Death

Evidence

^[S20108]	1861 Census
^[S5664]	Pearce and Callaway family bibles in possession of JAC Pearce
^[S37953]	Pigot’s Directory of Gloucestershire (1830)

Descendancy Chart

1 James Pearce b: 1785 d: 21 JUN 1867

+ Elizabeth Phillips b: 1781 d: 19 MAR 1853

2 Alfred Pearce b: 3 JUL 1810 d: 20 JAN 1850

+ Emma Smith d: APR 1838

2 George Pearce b: 8 JUN 1812

+ Susannah Francis

2 Caroline Elizabeth Pearce b: 15 JUN 1815 d: 7 JUL 1879

3 Caroline E Smith

3 Matilda Smith

2 Selena Pearce b: 20 JUL 1822

+ George Frederick Garratt d: 17 SEP 1878

2 James Pearce , Jr b: 16 MAR 1806 d: 14 MAY 1888

+ Priscilla Susan Callaway b: 19 NOV 1806 d: 25 AUG 1881

3 Alfred George Pearce b: 24 APR 1847 d: 1 JAN 1848

3 Lemuel Callaway Pearce b: 22 JAN 1841 d: 11 MAY 1900

+ Elizabeth Jane Goffe

4 Emily Jane Grace Pearce b: 1 OCT 1864

4 Samuel Norton Pearce b: 6 JUL 1867

4 Edith May Pearce b: 14 MAY 1869

4 Leslie Herbert Pearce b: 13 MAY 1873 d: 10 JUN 1893

4 Ethel Florence Pearce b: 17 MAY 1876

4 Marion Goffe Pearce b: 23 JAN 1881

3 William Callaway Pearce b: 2 AUG 1836 d: 12 DEC 1878

+ Martha Wakefield b: 1838

3 James Pearce b: 11 JUN 1833 d: 18 FEB 1890

3 Martha Callaway Pearce b: 8 DEC 1830 d: 31 JUL 1832

3 Priscilla Elizabeth Pearce b: 8 AUG 1829 d: 20 OCT 1901

3 Henry Edward Pearce b: 15 SEP 1843 d: 7 DEC 1927

+ Harriet Georgina (Hattie) Hurst b: 25 AUG 1842 d: 11 MAY 1920

4 John William Ernest Pearce b: 4 APR 1864 d: 25 JAN 1951

+ Irene Kate Chaplin b: 1 MAR 1873 d: 22 JUN 1962

5 Edward Holroyd Pearce , Lord b: 9 FEB 1901 d: 27 NOV 1990

+ Erica Priestman b: 1906 d: DEC 1985

6 Richard Bruce Holroyd Pearce b: 12 MAY 1930 d: 1987

+ Christine Westwood

6 James Edward Holroyd Pearce b: 18 MAR 1934 d: 11 JUN 1985

5 Phyllis Margaret Pearce b: 8 FEB 1910 d: 6 JUN 1973

+ Edward Douglas Eade b: 7 FEB 1911 d: 24 DEC 1984

5 John Allan Chaplin Pearce b: 21 OCT 1912 d: 15 SEP 2006

+ Raffaella Elisabetta Maria (Lella) Baione d: MAR 2012

5 Helen Nugent Pearce b: 22 NOV 1917 d: 6 APR 1920

5 Effie Irene Pearce b: 18 AUG 1899 d: 26 JAN 1996

+ Raymond Ray-Jones b: 31 AUG 1886 d: 26 FEB 1942

6 Alan Ray-Jones b: 17 MAY 1930 d: 20 January 2025

+ Elizabeth Ethel (Bebet) Welcher b: 29 MAR 1930 d: 1 MAY 2024

6 Holroyd Anthony Ray-Jones b: 7 JUN 1941 d: 13 MAR 1972

4 Lionel Hurst Pearce b: ABT 1868

4 Lincoln Buckland Pearce b: 1869

4 Thomas Edward Pearce b: 1874

4 Mabel Clarice Pearce b: 26 MAY 1871 d: 4 AUG 1935

+ Andrew Reid b: 1860 d: 2 APR 1907

5 Kenneth Hurst Reid b: 1899 d: 10 JUN 1958

+ Louise (Peggy) Carswell

6 Barbara Stagg

5 Elsie Mary Reid b: 3 JUL 1894 d: 5 AUG 1975

+ Percy Albert Sarjeant b: 23 DEC 1891 d: 16 OCT 1966

6 Donald Albert Sarjeant b: 5 JUL 1929 d: 22 MAR 1987

6 John Andrew (Jack) Sarjeant b: 5 SEP 1925 d: 6 FEB 2009

+ Marion Reid b: 13 APR 1928 d: 1997

6 William Ross Sarjeant b: 3 OCT 1930 d: 2 FEB 2004

4 Elsie Margaretta Pearce b: 27 DEC 1875 d: 19 AUG 1966

+ Harry Pearson

+ Harry James Musson Wilson b: 15 JUN 1854 d: 21 NOV 1914

5 Muriel Doris Wilson b: 6 NOV 1897 d: 22 MAY 1981

6 Lorraine Connors

5 Harvey James Musson Wilson b: 1 DEC 1899 d: 31 DEC 1949

+ Mabel Finlayson

6 Joyce Wilson b: OCT 1924 d: 14 NOV 1974

6 Joan Wilson b: MAY 1933 d: JUL 1935

5 Philip Hurst Douglas Wilson b: 19 AUG 1901 d: 9 DEC 1965

5 Grace Hurst Armstrong Wilson b: 19 AUG 1901 d: 1988

+ Thomas Frederick Wright , Revd b: 1895 d: 1985

6 Thomas Henry Wright b: 5 FEB 1929 d: 2010

6 Nancy (Elsie Ann) Wright b: 12 JUN 1930 d: 17 SEP 2024

6 Margaret Mary (Molly) Wright b: 14 APR 1932 d: 1983

+ Wilfred Klein b: 11 OCT 1930 d: 13 NOV 2000

5 Elsie Mavis Wilson b: 13 MAY 1908 d: 19 SEP 1990

5 Jack Ernest Alexander Wilson b: 25 JAN 1911 d: 10 JAN 1960

+ Jean Ruehle b: 1911 d: 1977

5 Peggy (Lesley M) Wilson b: 10 SEP 1914 d: 10 JUL 1916

4 Henry Edmund Pearce

4 Cecil Pearce b: 9 NOV 1885 d: 7 APR 1909

4 William Callaway (Billy) Pearce b: 11 APR 1883 d: 1966

+ Ann Haxton Grant b: 1887

5 Madeline Pearce b: 1914 d: 29 MAY 1940

6 Barbara Stagg

4 Leonard Pearce

4 Arthur Swinton Pearce b: 1867

3 Margarette Ann Pearce b: 26 SEP 1848

3 Clarice Selina Pearce b: 17 FEB 1837 d: 7 AUG 1923

2 Emma Pearce b: 1833