Mary Jane (Knowles) Pearce (1852 - 1917)

Born Jun 1852 in New Providence, Bahamas

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Died 25 Apr 1917 at age 64 in Key West, Florida

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Mary (Knowles) Pearce is part of a Bahamian family.

Biography

Mary Jane, daughter of George Knowles and Mary Bethel, was born in 1852 in the Bahamas.^[1][2]

She married William Pearce^[3] in 18-- ^[4] with whom she had three children:

• William (b. 3 April 1869)^[5]

• Carena (b. 9 September 1873)^[6]

There is a chance that the 3rd child was an unnamed female born to "Mary Knowles Pearse and William Pearse", a farmer on 12 Nov 1870 in North End Long Island, Bahamas. It's worth noting that Mary's other children were born in New Providence and that William's given occupation was fisherman in Bahamian records and a sponger in US records. in any case, this unnamed female was not living in the Pierce household at the time of the 1885 Census

Only one of Mary Jane's children was still living at the time of the census of 1910.

Mary immigrated in 1882.

She passed away in 1917.^[1][7]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} "Florida Deaths, 1877-1939," database, FamilySearch (9 March 2018), Mary Bethel in entry for Mrs.Mary Jane Pierce, 25 Apr 1917; citing Key West, Monroe Co., Florida, reference 4173; FHL microfilm 2,116,888.
2. ↑ Florida State Census, 1885, database with images, FamilySearch (1 April 2016), Mary J Pierce in household of Wm H Pierce, 2, Monroe, Florida; citing p. 19, sheet letter C, number 7296, line 26, NARA microfilm publication M845 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 888,970. According to the US Census of 1885 she was born in Nassau.
3. ↑ needs source
4. ↑ needs source
5. ↑ Bahamas Births, 1850-1891, database, FamilySearch (9 March 2018), Mary Jane Knowles in entry for William Pearce, 03 Apr 1869; citing St. Matthew, Bahamas, reference 43; FHL microfilm 222,940. He may have been called George, possibly middle name.
6. ↑ Bahamas Births, 1850-1891, database, FamilySearch (9 March 2018), Mary Knowles in entry for Pearce, 9 Sep 1873; citing St. Matthew, Bahamas, reference p 76; FHL microfilm 222,941.
7. ↑ Bahamas DNA Project, Ancestral Charts

• United States Census, 1910, database with images, FamilySearch (accessed 2 January 2019), Mary Pierce in household of William H Pierce, Key West Ward 2, Monroe, Florida, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 118, sheet 5B, family 101, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 165; FHL microfilm 1,374,178.