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England (Counties as in 1851-1901) => Cornwall => England => Cornwall Lookup Requests => Topic started by: James Hawkey on Sunday 04 June 17 21:28 BST (UK)
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I was wondering if anyone help, as I have hit a brick wall in my research. I am trying to find the parents of my fifth great grandmother Mary Pearse. Below is some information about her that may help.
Name- Mary Pearse
Born- abt 1805 Padstow Cornwall
Spouse- Henry Thomas Hawkey
Marriage- 10/01/1833 Padstow Cornwall
Occupation- School mistress
Death- 1881 St Columb Major Cornwall. I think?
In the 1841 census they live in church street Padstow. Following this they lived at bridge hill in St Columb Major.
I really want to go a generation back to her parents.
I hope you can help.
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Hi
My friend has Pearce FH in Cornwall and found the surname spelt as Pearce/Pearse/Pierce making research rather a problem
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Yes I have found this too. At the moment I have gone on a hunch to see if they have any other Pearse's in the 1841cencus nearby. There is a William pearse roughly ten years older with his wife and children in the the same street "church street". I thought could be Mary's brother and managed to find his parents. Can't be sure if they are Mary's also though?
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My grandfathers 2nd wife was a Pearse.
Also spelled Pearce :-\
But she was from Somerset.
I wish you well with your research, but personally I prefer facts, documents and data rather than hunches, assumptions and guesswork? :-\
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Off to Cornwall next week so will visit the record office. Hopefully will find more concrete evidence for Mary Pearse's.father.
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there was a William & Ann/Nancy Pearce baptising children in Padstow
William bp 25 Nov 1795
Peter bp 8 Nov 1797 - buried 19 April 1803
Mary bp 24 Sep 1801
Jane bp 21 Feb 1805 - buried 22 Nov 1825 aged 20
William Pearce bd 16 July 1833 aged 67
Ann Pearce buried 4 May 1830 aged 60
I wonder if Mary lost a few years when she married a slightly younger man? She wouldn't be the first woman to do so.
The William in Church Street was a shipwright and his marriage is on the opc database, his father was Thomas
http://www.cornwall-opc-database.org/search-database/more-info/?t=marriages&id=1021818
Thomas made a will which is at the record office - ref AP/P/4760 will of Thomas Pearce shipwright of Padstow 1833. You could check in case he did have a daughter Mary.
By the way, if you're going to the record office, you'll need to book, it gets busy.
https://www.cornwall.gov.uk/community-and-living/records-archives-and-cornish-studies/cornwall-record-office/visit-cornwall-record-office/
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I came to the same conclusion osprey ;D
They seem to be the only Couple Baptising Padstow right time-frame.
Possible Marriage 18 Dec 1794 St Petroc, William PEARCE, Bachelor, to Ann RUNNALLS, Spinster
(FreeREG)
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thanks, Trish!
The only other thing that crosses my mind is a possible non-conformist family, but there don't seem to be any records online for Padstow but that isn't unusual.
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thanks, Trish!
The only other thing that crosses my mind is a possible non-conformist family, but there don't seem to be any records online for Padstow but that isn't unusual.
Nearest I could find was a baptism on the Liskeard Circuit? But that covers the Liskeard and Looe areas?!
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Thank you,
That's really helpful. I have booked time at the record office already. I will look into what you've all said :)
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that baptism was in Liskeard Methodist so would be a bit of a trek to go to church!
http://cornish-forefathers.co.uk/images/parishes_map3.gif
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A copy of the banns can be downloaded at - https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-DTJ7-7C6?i=56&wc=3CBW-PY3%3A138123201%2C140180401%2C138324301&cc=1769414
Details of the marriage and family can be found here (assumes the 1801 birth) - https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Pearce-2975
Mary Jane Hawkey's marriage - https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-DHLT-H?i=239&wc=3CBW-N3F%3A138123201%2C141107401%2C141163901&cc=1769414
Pearce Hawkey - https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HY-67Y3-D7Q?i=95&wc=3CBZ-L2S%3A138123201%2C140336001%2C140397601&cc=1769414
Thomas Hawkey jnr - https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HY-67LL-LP?i=108&wc=3CBZ-K68%3A138123201%2C141236801%2C138138001&cc=1769414
David
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Hi, Thank you. That is very helpful indeed. I also assume William the Father and Ann (Nancy) is the mother. I believe her surname to be Runnalls Marrying 1794 in Padstow in the OPC search. Ancestry shows one for the same date, place etc but with the surname Perrenal which I think is a miss translation.
Thomas Henry is my ancestor by the way
I appreciate your help