See also

Simon Pearce (1837-1893)

Individual Events and Attributes

  • Birth:

  • 1837

  • Phillack, Cornwall1

  • Census (living with parents):

  • 6 Jun 1841 (age 3-4)

  • 1841 Census - living with parents

  • Occupation:

  • frm 1850 to 1893 (age 12-56)

  • blacksmith and boilermaker; Cornwall and Devon2 3 4

  •  

  • Simon's father was boilermaker and it would appear he followed in his father's footsteps. In the 1841 Census at the age of 14 he is described as a boilermaker presumably having been apprenticed at the age of 12. He is described as a boilermaker in the 1871 and 1891 Censuses. In the 1851 Census he is described as a blacksmith and in the register for his marriage to Catherine Chinn a smith. As a boilermaker he would have been able to work as a smith when he couldn't get work as a boilermaker and it is obvious that he was prepared to move around to find work. He ended up in Plymouth and it is possible that he worked in the Devonport Dockyard on Royal Navy ships.

  • Census (living with parents):

  • 30 Mar 1851 (age 13-14)

  • 1851 Census - living with parents

  • Census:

  • 7 Apr 1861 (age 23-24)

  • Phillack, Cornwall3

  •  

  • He was lodging with Catherine Pool who was lodging house keeper

  • Census:

  • 5 Apr 1891 (age 53-54)

  • Plymouth, Devon5

  •  

  • Address: 26 Anstis Street

    with his children Mary (age 25), Elizabeth (age 23) and Stephen (age 15). The family lived in 2 rooms and shared the house with two other families who also had 2 rooms each and a widow who had one room. In all there were 11 people living there and the conditions must have been very crowded. Elizabeth is working as a tailoress and is shown as being employed but whether she worked at home or in a workshop or factory is not known. Quite a number of their neighbours are described as dressmakers or seamstress so there may have been a factory nearby. Stephen is working as a printer. Mary is not shown as having an occupation so presumably she kept house.

  • Death:

  • 1893 (age 55-56)

  • Plymouth, Devon6

Marriage

  • Spouse:

  • Catherine Chinn (1836-bef1881)

  • Marriage:

  • 23 Apr 1865 (age 27-28)

  • The Parish Church of St Felicitas and St Piala4

  •  

  • Address: Phillack, Cornwall

    William was probably a friend of the groom and Harriet was almost certainly related to the bride - probably her sister or possibly her mother. Simon's parents were dead although his father John is not shown as deceased in the register. If the Bride's parents were alive they would almost certainly have attended. Who else was there is not known.

  • Census for household:

  • 2 Apr 1871 (age 33-34)

  • Phillack, Cornwall7

  •  

  • Address: Church Town

    The household consisted of Simon, his wife Catherine and their children Mary (age 5), Elizabeth (age 3) and John (age 5 months).

Sources

1.

1851 England Census for Household of John Pearce, (FMP website). Custom Id: HO107/1905, folio 547, Page 31; Simon Pearce son of John and Mary Pearce age 14 born in Phillack, Cornwall. National Archives. Call Number: HO107/1905.

2.

Ibid. Occupation. Cit. Date: 30 March 1851. National Archives. Call Number: HO107/1905.

3.

1861 England and Wales census, Highlanes, Phillack, Cornwall, RG9/1586, Folio 31, Page 34, Schedule 110, head of household: Catherine Pool, National Archives.

4.

Parish Register for Marriage of Simon Pearce and Catherine Chinn, The Parish Church of St Felicitas and St Piala , Churchtown Road, Hayle, Cornwall, 23 April 1865.

5.

1891 England and Wales census, 26 Anstis Street, Plymouth, Devon, RG12/1731, Folio 22, Piece 2328, Schedule 188, head of household: Simon Pearce, National Archives.

6.

England and Wales Death Registration Index, Simon Pearce, Q3 1893, Plymouth, Deaths Registration District Plymouth, Vol 5b, Page 187, General Register Office.

7.

1871 England and Wales census, Church Town, Phillack, Cornwall, RG10/2328, Folio 22, Page 37, head of household: Simon Pearce, National Archives.