Born in Bond Head, Newcastle, Durham Region, Ontario, Canada
Ancestors 
Son of William Henry Pearce
and Caroline Jane (Baker) Pearce
Brother of
Gertrude Adeline (Pearce) Rickard and Caroline Pearl (Pearce) Cowie
Husband of
Minnie Pearl (Rickard) Pearce
— married
3 Apr 1907 in Newcastle, Durham Region, Ontario, Canada
Descendants 
Father of
Kenneth George Henry Pearce, Minnie Evelyn (Pearce) Visser, Albert William Pearce, Patricia (Pearce) Stinson and [private daughter (1920s - unknown)]
Died
at age 65
in Oshawa, Durham Region, Ontario, Canada
Profile last modified
| Created 8 Oct 2014
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Biography
Birth was registered as William Henry Pearce, but all other records (marriage, death, obituary, headstone, census) shows his names as Henry Rupert Pearce. His half-brother, born over 20 years later, was named William Howard, so it appears that he was never meant to use the name William.
Sources
- Birth record from Archives of Ontario. Registrations of Births and Stillbirths – 1869-1913
- Headstone, Bowmanville Cemetery
- The Statesman's Newcastle Correspondent for 25 Years Passes After Brief Illness, Canadian Statesman, Bowmanville, Ontario, April 13, 1944, page 1. (Obituary)
- Canadian census, 1881, 1891, 1901, 1911, 1921
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Harry by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Harry:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Harry by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Harry:
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~25.00%
~25.00%
Anonymous Stinson 
:
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member LindaStinson52
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~3.12%
Linda (Baker) Cole :
23andMe
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~1.56%
Shane Baker :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch DF6418506 [compare]
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~0.78%
Richard Fiebig :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member rkfiebig
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Rejected matches › Henry Pearce (abt.1770-) › William J Pearce (abt.1895-) › Henry Pearce (1764-1838) › William Pearce (abt.1780-) › Henry Pearce (1880-) › Henry Pearce (abt.1499-) › William John Pearce (1870-1941) › George William Pearce (bef.1884-) › William Pearce (abt.1800-) › William Pearce (abt.1750-) › William Pearce II (1690-1719) › William Pearce › Henry Pearce › William Pearce (abt.1825-) › William Leon Henry Pearce (1848-1871) › Samuel Henry Pearce (abt.1872-) › William Pearce (abt.1723-) › William Pearce › William Pearce (1839-) › William Pearce (1877-)
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