Horace Alf Ratcliffe PEARCE [b 1903] married in 1924 - his father is on his marriage as a "Marine Store Dealer" which is a kind of junk dealer in Bedford??
His name was William Alfred PEARCE but I cant see him in 1901
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Marine Store Dealer ~ Proprietor of a store selling equipment to Mariners. There were also those who aspired to that but who were nothing but junk dealers
Do you have Horace's birth cert showing his mother's name, that might help to find William in 1901 if they were married then, and where in Bedfordshire was Horace married?
Barbara
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Thanks, that is where I got the idea of junk dealer [a kind of ''rag & bone man'']
I dont have the birth cert and I guess I wont be any the wiser without it
Wm PEARCE isnt listed in any trade directories but according to the marriage cert 1924 - Horace was living in St Paul's, Bedford at the time and was a labourer...but that doesnt mean his father was or even that they were Bedford people
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Here's Horace's birth registration: Mar 1903 Bedford 3b 310 PEARCE Horace Alfred
So he was at least born in the Bedford district, and the cert should give both parents' names and their address, which would hopefully help find them in 1901 census
The only marriage showing in Bedfordshire for a William Pearce is: Mar 1899 Luton 3b 552 William Charles Pearce and on the same page are Emily King and Annie Whitelock
It must be Annie Whitelock and a second marriage, as William & Annie are living with her Whitelock children in Luton RG13/1514 Folio 62 Page 27. William is 34 and a Fruiterer - but you said he was William Alfred so probably not him, one of those cases where you really will need the birth cert, I think
Barbara
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Herfordshire and West London: Brown [Kent in early 19th C]; Blackwell. McCarthy [Clonakilty, County Cork - searching for needles in the haystack!] and LOSTY [Dublin]