See also

Family of Kate Pierce

Wife: Kate Pierce

  • Name:

  • Kate Pierce1

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Father:

  • William Pierce (1829?-1910)

  • Mother:

  • Anna Bolter (1830?-1898)

  • Birth:

  • 1858 (app)

  • Shoreditch, Middlesex, England1,2,3

  • Census:

  • 7 Apr 1861 (age 2-3)

  • 5 Johns Place, Shoreditch, Middlesex, England1

  •  

  • daughter aged 2, living with parents and a sister. Born in Shoreditch, Middlesex

  • Census:

  • 2 Apr 1871 (age 12-13)

  • 4 Vine Cottages, Queens Street, Milton, Gravesend, Kent, England4

  •  

  • daughter aged 13, attending school and living with parents, three siblings and a lodger. Born in London, Middlesex

  • Census:

  • 5 Apr 1891 (age 33)

  • 104 Orsett Road, Grays, Essex, England2

  •  

  • unmarried daughter living with her parents William and Anna, brother Charles, her son? William, and a boarder. Born in London

  • Census:

  • 31 Mar 1901 (age 41)

  • High Street, South Benfleet, Essex, England3

  •  

  • unmarried daughter living with her widowed father William, brother Charles, assumed son William, and cousin Rose. Born in London

Child 1: William Frank Pierce

  • Name:

  • William Frank Pierce5,6

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Occupation:

  •  

  • grocers assistant then a seaman2,3

  • Birth:

  • Q4 1876

  • Gravesend, Kent, England2,3,5,7

  • Census:

  • 3 Apr 1881 (age 4)

  • 10 High Street North, Grays, Essex, England7

  •  

  • son living with his grandparents William and Annie, uncle Frank, and aunt Ellen. Born in Gravesend Kent

  • Census:

  • 5 Apr 1891 (age 14)

  • 104 Orsett Road, Grays, Essex, England2

  •  

  • unmarried grandson working as a grocers assistant and living with his grandparents William and Anna, uncle Charles, his mother? Kate, and a boarder. Born in Gravesend Kent

  • Census:

  • 31 Mar 1901 (age 22)

  • High Street, South Benfleet, Essex, England3

  •  

  • unmarried grandson working as a seaman and living with his widowed grandfather William, uncle Charles, assumed mother Kate, and aunt Rose. Born in Gravesend Kent

  • Census absence:

  • 2 Apr 1911 (age 34)

  •  

  • Medals:

  • 1920 (app)8

  •  

  •  

  • medals for serving in the Merchant Navy during WWI

  • Death:

  • 23 Feb 1952 (age 75)

  • Tilbury Hospital, Ferry Road, Tilbury, Essex, England6,9

  • Probate:

  • 19 Sep 1952

  • Probate Registry, London, England9

  •  

  • of 25 Wharf Road Grays Essex died 23rd February 1952 at Tilbury Hospital Tilbury Essex, probate of effects of £3,487 3s 10d (~£99,000 in 2017) to Charles Hyem Symons shipping clerk and Walter John Martin child welfare officer

Note on Wife: Kate Pierce

William is her assumed son

Sources

1.

England and Wales Census 1861, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). class:RG09 piece:230 folio:31 page:29.

2.

England and Wales Census 1891, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). class:RG12 piece:1376 folio:36 page:6 schedule:42. Cit. Date: 23 June 2022.

3.

England and Wales Census 1901, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). class:RG13 piece:1677 folio:58 page:5 schedule:33. Cit. Date: 23 June 2022.

4.

England and Wales Census 1871, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). class:RG10 piece:890 folio:70 page:10.

5.

England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Gravesend 1876 quarter:4 volume:2a page:442. Cit. Date: 6 June 2022.

6.

England and Wales Death Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Thurrock 1952 quarter:1 v4a page:863. Cit. Date: 23 June 2022.

7.

England and Wales Census 1881, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). class:RG11 piece:1753 folio:51 page:11 schedule:439. Cit. Date: 23 June 2022.

8.

FindMyPast Britain, Campaign, Gallantry & Long Service Medals & Awards, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). Natonal Archive ref:BT 351/1/112600. Cit. Date: 23 June 2022.

9.

UK Government Probate Service, UK Government Find a Will, (on-line at www.probatesearch.service.gov.uk, www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). London 1952 page:434. Cit. Date: 23 June 2022.