See also

Mary Carter (1801-bef1865)

Individual Events and Attributes

  • Birth:

  • Feb 1801

  • Camborne, Cornwall2 3

  • Baptism:

  • 22 Mar 1801 (age 0)

  • St Martin and St Meriadoc3

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  • Address: Camborne, Cornwall

  • Parent:

  • 28 Sep 1830 (age 29)

  • Baptism of daughter Elizabeth Mary

  • spouse:

  • 1851 (age 49-50)

  • Death of spouse John

  • Census:

  • 7 Apr 1861 (age 60)

  • Phillack, Cornwall4

  •  

  • Address: Hallenkeen

    The household consisted of Mary and her daugter Elizabeth who is working as a general labourer which seems an unusual occupation for a woman. However, there is sufficient household income for them to have a cottage off their own although the size is not known.

  • Death:

  • btw 1864 and 1865 (age 62-64)

  • Phillack, Cornwall5

  •  

  • It is known that Mary was alive at the time of the 1861 Census taken on 7 Apr 1861 but was not recorded in the 1871 Census. A search for her death on FreeBMD in the Redruth registration area where she was living at the time of 1861 Census produced two possibilities. One in the third quarter of 1864 and the other in second quarter of 1865.

  • Son's marriage:

  • 23 Apr 1865 (age 64)

  • Marriage of son Simon to Catherine Chinn

Marriage

  • Spouse:

  • John Pearce (1805-1851)

  • Children:

  • Elizabeth Mary Pearce (1830-1862)

  •  

  • John Pearce (1832- )

  •  

  • Simon Pearce (1837-1893)

  •  

  • James Pearce (1841-1842)

  • Marriage:

  • 28 Aug 1825 (age 24)

  • the Parish Church of St Illogan6

  •  

  • Address: Illogan, Cornwall

  • Census for household:

  • 6 Jun 1841 (age 40)

  • Phillack, Redruth, Cornwall7

  •  

  • Address: High Lane

    The family consisted of John, his wife Mary, and their children Elizabeth (age 12), John (age 9), Simon (age 5) and James (1 month old).

  • Census for household:

  • 30 Mar 1851 (age 50)

  • Newlyn, Cornwall8

  •  

  • Address: Church Town

    The household consisted of John, his wife Mary, and their children Elizabeth Mary (age 21), John (age 18) & Simon (age 14). John and his two sons John and Simon were all working as boiler makers. In the census return the disability column for Simon's row shows him as being blind, deaf & dumb. However, there is a hand drawn line on the return which indicates that the entry belongs to Elizabeth Mary.

Sources

1.

Register Entry for the Marriage of John Pearce and Mary Carter, Record Type: Marriage Register, Name Of Person: John Pearce, Second Person: Mary Carter, Parish: Illogan, (Transcription by Cornwall FHS on FMP website). Mary's surname is given as Baker. Cornwall County Records Office, Turo. Call Number: Parish Registers.

2.

1851 England Census for Household of John Pearce, (FMP website). Custom Id: HO107/1905, folio 547, Page 31; Name, age and place of birth. Cit. Date: 30 March 1851. National Archives. Call Number: HO107/1905.

3.

Parish Register for Baptism of Mary Carter, St Martin and St Meriadoc, Camborne, Cornwall, 22 March 1801, Cornwall County Records Office.

4.

1861 England and Wales census, Hallenkeen, Phillack, Cornwall, RG9/1586, Folio 32, Page 26, head of household: Mary Pearce, National Archives.

5.

England and Wales Death Registration Index, Mary Pearce, Redruth, General Register Office.

6.

Register Entry for the Marriage of John Pearce and Mary Carter, Record Type: Marriage Register, Name Of Person: John Pearce, Second Person: Mary Carter, Parish: Illogan, (Transcription by Cornwall FHS on FMP website). Cit. Date: 28 August 1835. Cornwall County Records Office, Turo. Call Number: Parish Registers.

7.

1841 England and Wales census, High Lane, Illogan, Cornwall, HO107/143, Folio 33, Page 10, head of household: John Pearce, National Archives.

8.

1851 England Census for Household of John Pearce, (FMP website). Custom Id: HO107/1905, folio 547, Page 31; Cit. Date: 30 March 1851. National Archives. Call Number: HO107/1905.