See also

Family of Henry Bliss Peirson and Emma Sophia Butcher

Husband: Henry Bliss Peirson

  • Name:

  • Henry Bliss Peirson2 1

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Nickname:

  • Harry

  • Father:

  • -

  • Mother:

  • -

  • Occupation:

  •  

  • shop manager, tailors salesman and a tailors cutter3 4 5 6 7

  • Birth:

  • 4 Apr 1868

  • Lowestoft, Suffolk, England2 8 9 3 4 5 10 6 7

  • Baptism:

  • 30 Nov 1868 (age 0)

  • St. Margaret's Church, Hollingsworth Road, Lowestoft, Suffolk, England11

  •  

  • son of Benjamin Alfred Peirson (leather cutter) and Mary Thirtle of Lowestoft, received into the church in 1869

  • Census:

  • 2 Apr 1871 (age 3)

  • 2 & 4 Mariners Street, Lowestoft, Suffolk, England8

  •  

  • son living with his parents Benjamin and Mary, brothers Charles, niece Annie Manner, and a servant. Born in Lowestoft Suffolk

  • Census:

  • 3 Apr 1881 (age 12)

  • Collegiate School, Ballygate, Beccles, Suffolk, England9

  •  

  • a boarder attending school. Born in Lowestoft Suffolk

  • Census:

  • 5 Apr 1891 (age 23)

  • 5 Warwick Road, Ipswich, Suffolk, England3

  •  

  • married head of the household working as a shop manager and living with his wife Emma. Born in Lowestoft Suffolk

  • Census:

  • 31 Mar 1901 (age 32)

  • 388 Dickenson Road, Longsight, Manchester, Lancashire, England4

  •  

  • married head of the household working as a tailors salesman and living with his wife Emma, and sons Benjamin and Harold. Born in Lowestoft Suffolk

  • Census:

  • 2 Apr 1911 (age 42)

  • 10 Kedleston Avenue, Rusholme, Manchester, Lancashire, England5

  •  

  • married head of the household as Harry working as a tailors manager and living in seven rooms with his wife Emma, sons Ben and Harold, daughter Madeline, and a boarder widowed father-in-law Thomas Butcher. Born in Lowestoft Suffolk

  • Census:

  • 19 Jun 1921 (age 53 yrs 2 mns)

  • 111 St. Georges Terrace, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Northumberland, England6

  •  

  • married head of the household as Harry working as a tailors cutter for E Freedman tailors of 49 Grange Street Newcastle-on-Tyne and living in four rooms with his wife Emma, daughter Madeline, and a visitor his widowed father-in-law Thomas Butcher. Born in Lowestoft Suffolk

  • Census:

  • 29 Sep 1939 (age 71)

  • 27 Burdett Street, Liverpool, Lancashire, England7

  •  

  • a married and incapacitated tailors cutter living with his wife Emma, son Benjamin, and daughter Madeline. Born on 4th April 1968

  • Death:

  • Q3 1946 (age 78)

  • Liverpool "South Registration District", Lancashire, England12

Wife: Emma Sophia Butcher

  • Name:

  • Emma Sophia Butcher13 14

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Father:

  • Thomas Butcher (1844-1927)

  • Mother:

  • Emma Scoggins (1844?-1898)

  • Occupation:

  •  

  • dressmaker15

  • Birth:

  • 20 Aug 1865

  • Ipswich, Suffolk, England13 14 16 15 3 4 5 6 7

  •  

  • 1939 register says born 29th August 1865

  • Baptism:

  • 29 Mar 1868 (age 2)

  • Holy Trinity Church, Back Hamlet, Ipswich, Suffolk, England14

  •  

  • Emma Sophy daughter of Thomas Butcher (mariner) and Emma of 35 Albion Place Ipswich, born 20th August 1865 and baptised with twin brothers Philip and Thomas

  • Census:

  • 2 Apr 1871 (age 5)

  • Duke Street, Ipswich, Suffolk, England16

  •  

  • daughter living with her mother Emma. Born in Ipswich Suffolk

  • Census:

  • 3 Apr 1881 (age 15)

  • 9 Wykes Bishop Street, Ipswich, Suffolk, England15

  •  

  • unmarried daughter working as a dressmaker and living with her mother Emma. Born in Ipswich Suffolk

  • Census:

  • 5 Apr 1891 (age 25)

  • 5 Warwick Road, Ipswich, Suffolk, England3

  •  

  • married wife living with her husband Henry. Born in Ipswich Suffolk

  • Census:

  • 31 Mar 1901 (age 35)

  • 388 Dickenson Road, Longsight, Manchester, Lancashire, England4

  •  

  • married wife living with her husband Henry, and sons Benjamin and Harold. Born in Ipswich Suffolk

  • Census:

  • 2 Apr 1911 (age 42)

  • 10 Kedleston Avenue, Rusholme, Manchester, Lancashire, England5

  •  

  • married wife living in seven rooms with her husband Harry, sons Ben and Harold, daughter Madeline, and a boarder her widowed father Thomas Butcher. Born in Ipswich Suffolk and married for twenty years with three children, all of whom are still living

  • Census:

  • 19 Jun 1921 (age 55 yrs 10 mns)

  • 111 St. Georges Terrace, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Northumberland, England6

  •  

  • married wife living in four rooms with her husband Harry, daughter Madeline, and a visitor her widowed father Thomas Butcher. Born in Ipswich Suffolk

  • Census:

  • 29 Sep 1939 (age 74)

  • 27 Burdett Street, Liverpool, Lancashire, England7

  •  

  • married doing unpaid domestic duties living with her husband Henry, son Benjamin, and daughter Madeline. Born on 29th August 1965

  • Death:

  • Q4 1952 (age 87)

  • Newcastle-upon-Tyne "Registration District", Northumberland, England17

Child 1: Benjamin Alfred Peirson

  • Name:

  • Benjamin Alfred Peirson18 19 20

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Nickname:

  • Ben

  • Spouse:

  • Edith Dorothy Slack (1900-1938)

  • Occupation:

  •  

  • insurance clerk then branch manager5 21 7

  • Birth:

  • 23 Dec 1891

  • Ipswich, Suffolk, England18 4 5 21 7

  • Baptism:

  • 25 Feb 1892 (age 0)

  • St. Clement's Church, Star Lane, Ipswich, Suffolk, England19

  •  

  • son of Henry Bliss Peirson (tailor) and Emma Sophia of 5 Warwick Road Ipswich

  • Census:

  • 31 Mar 1901 (age 9)

  • 388 Dickenson Road, Longsight, Manchester, Lancashire, England4

  •  

  • son living with his parents Henry and Emma, and brother Harold. Born in Ipswich Suffolk

  • Census:

  • 2 Apr 1911 (age 19)

  • 10 Kedleston Avenue, Rusholme, Manchester, Lancashire, England5

  •  

  • unmarried son as Ben working as an insurance clerk and living in seven rooms with his parents Harry and Emma, brother Harold, sister Madeline, and a boarder his widowed grandfather Thomas Butcher. Born in Ipswich Suffolk

  • Census:

  • 19 Jun 1921 (age 29 yrs 5 mns)

  • 114 Platt Lane, Rusholme, Manchester, Lancashire, England21

  •  

  • an unmarried boarder working as an insurance clerk for the Vulcan Boiler & General Insurance Company Limited of 67 King Street Manchester and living in six rooms with the widowed Adele Towle, her sister-in-law Fanny Leckie, and two other boarders. Born in Ipswich Suffolk

  • Census:

  • 29 Sep 1939 (age 47)

  • 27 Burdett Street, Liverpool, Lancashire, England7

  •  

  • a widowed insurance branch manger living with his parents Henry and Emma, and sister Madeline. Born on 23rd December 1891

  • Death:

  • 29 Nov 1940 (age 47)

  • Barrowmore Hall, Great Barrow, Cheshire, England20 22

  •  

  • Cause: when a German land mine exploded

    of 27 Burdett Street St. Michael Liverpool

Child 2: Harold Thomas Butcher Peirson

  • Name:

  • Harold Thomas Butcher Peirson23 24 25

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Spouse:

  • Maud Ivy Georgina Hancock (1887-1971)

  • Occupation:

  •  

  • mechanical engineer then a salesman of filing appliances5 26 27

  • Birth:

  • 2 May 1894

  • Ipswich, Suffolk, England23 4 5 26 27

  • Baptism:

  • 24 Jun 1894 (age 0)

  • St. Clement's Church, Star Lane, Ipswich, Suffolk, England24

  •  

  • son of Henry Bliss Peirson (outfitter) and Emma Sophia of 26 Borough Road Ipswich

  • Census:

  • 31 Mar 1901 (age 6)

  • 388 Dickenson Road, Longsight, Manchester, Lancashire, England4

  •  

  • son living with his parents Henry and Emma, and brother Benjamin. Born in Ipswich Suffolk

  • Census:

  • 2 Apr 1911 (age 16)

  • 10 Kedleston Avenue, Rusholme, Manchester, Lancashire, England5

  •  

  • unmarried son as Ben working as an engineer and living in seven rooms with his parents Harry and Emma, brother Ben, sister Madeline, and a boarder his widowed grandfather Thomas Butcher. Born in Ipswich Suffolk

  • Census:

  • 19 Jun 1921 (age 27 yrs 1 mn)

  • 201 Victoria Road, Chesterton, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England26

  •  

  • an unmarried and an out of work general mechanical engineer for Messers Ortona & Co. Ltd. of Hills Road Cambridge living in five rooms with William and Emily Palmer. Born in Ipswich Suffolk

  • Census:

  • 29 Sep 1939 (age 45)

  • 43 Capthorne Avenue, Harrow, Middlesex, England27

  •  

  • a married salesman of filing appliances living with his wife Maud, son Roger, and his widowed mother-in-law Emma Hancock. Born on 2nd May 1894

  • Death:

  • 13 Mar 1955 (age 60)

  • Harefield Hospital, Rickmansworth Road, Harefield, Middlesex, England25 28

  • Probate:

  • 18 May 1955

  • Probate Registry, London, England28

  •  

  • of 6 Nower Hill Pinner Middlesex died 13th March 1955 at Harefield Hospital Uxbridge Middlesex, probate of effects of £1,750 3s 6d (~£42,000 in 2017) to Maud Ivie Georgina Peirson widow

Child 3: Madeline Mary Peirson

  • Name:

  • Madeline Mary Peirson29 30

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Occupation:

  •  

  • buyer of handbags and jewellery7

  • Birth:

  • 12 Mar 1906

  • Manchester, Lancashire, England29 10 6 7 30

  • Census:

  • 2 Apr 1911 (age 5)

  • 10 Kedleston Avenue, Rusholme, Manchester, Lancashire, England5

  •  

  • daughter living in seven rooms with her parents Harry and Emma, brothers Ben and Harold, and a boarder her widowed grandfather Thomas Butcher. Born in Manchester Lancashire

  • Census:

  • 19 Jun 1921 (age 15 yrs 3 mns)

  • 111 St. Georges Terrace, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Northumberland, England6

  •  

  • daughter attending school and living in four rooms with her parents Harry and Emma, and a visitor her widowed grandfather Thomas Butcher. Born in Manchester Lancashire

  • Census:

  • 29 Sep 1939 (age 33)

  • 27 Burdett Street, Liverpool, Lancashire, England7

  •  

  • an unmarried and incapacitated buyer of handbags and jewellery living with her parents Henry and Emma, and brother Benjamin. Born on 12th March 1906

  • Death:

  • 2 Aug 1995 (age 89)

  • Fulham "Registration District", London, England30 31

  • Probate:

  • 4 Oct 1995

  • Probate Registry, Greater London, England31

  •  

  • of 12 Heron House Barrowhill Estate London N.W.8 died 2nd August 1995, probate not exceeding £145,000 (~£254,000 in 2017)

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