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George PEIRCE
(1833-1876)
Martha TURNER
(1835-1887)
John Naunton DAVIES
George William PIERCE
(Abt 1858-)
Elizabeth Naunton DAVIES
(Abt 1851-1884)
Evelyn Rookby PEIRCE
(Abt 1882-)

 

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Spouses/Children:
James Charles MATTHEWS

Evelyn Rookby PEIRCE 1 3 4

  • Born: Abt 1882, Crawley, Sussex 3 4
  • Marriage: James Charles MATTHEWS on 9 Sep 1901 in St. James's Church, Poole, Dorset 1 2
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• On 5 Apr 1891 she appeared on the census at 8 Holly Bank Cottages, Haywards Heath, Sussex as a 9-year-old scholar. 3

• On 9 Sep 1901 her marriage certificate said that she was a 19-year-old spinster and that she lived at 19 Denmark Road, Longfleet, Dorset. Her father, George William Peirce, was a painter. 1

• On 31 Mar 1901 Evelyn appeared on the census at Rothbury, Parkstone Road, Longfleet, Dorset as a 19-year-old domestic servant in the home of William Snook, retired draper. 5

• On 2 Apr 1911 she appeared on the census at 1 Blue Boar Lane, Poole, Dorset as a 29-year-old who had been married for 9 years with 5 children, one of whom had died. 4

• On 13 Mar 1939 her note listing her children's birth dates said she lived at 1 Edge Hill, Wimbledon, Surrey. 2


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Evelyn married James Charles MATTHEWS, son of Henry MATTHEWS and Elizabeth WILCOX, on 9 Sep 1901 in St. James's Church, Poole, Dorset.1 2 (James Charles MATTHEWS was born about 1879 in Poole, Dorset 1 4 6.)

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• Their witnesses were George Rookby Peirce and Alice Kate Williams. 1


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Sources


1 Dorset, England, Marriages and Banns, 1813-1921, "1901. Marriage solemnized at the Parish Church in the parish of St. James Poole in the county of Dorset," James Charles Matthews and Evelyn Rookby Peirce, page 157, entry 313; digital images(www.ancestry.co.uk : accessed 17 Oct 2012).

2 "Matthews Children" a note by Evelyn Rookby Matthews (née Pierce), 13 Mar 1939; privately held by Garth Matthews Poole, Dorset.

3 1891 Census of England, Haywards Heath, folio 56, page 42, George Peirce; digital images(www.ancestry.co.uk : accessed 14 Sep 2011); citing PRO RG 12/792.

4 1911 Census of England and Wales, 1 Blue Boar Lane Poole, James Matthews; digital images(www.findmypast.co.uk/ : accessed 17 Oct 2012); citing RG 78 PN 695, RG 14 PN 12276, registration district (RD) 261 (Poole), sub district (SD) 2 (Poole), enumeration district (ED) 1, schedule number (SN) 225.

5 1901 Census of England, Longfleet, Dorset, folio 75, page 18, William Snook; digital images(www.ancestry.co.uk : accessed 17 Oct 2012); citing PRO RG 13/1980.

6 1881 Census of England, Poole, Dorset, folio 144, page 10, Henry Matthews; digital images(www.ancestry.co.uk : accessed 17 Oct 2012); citing PRO RG 11/2095.


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