Joseph Pierce (1886 - 1988)

Born 6 Apr 1886 in Key West, Monroe County, Florida

Ancestors

Husband of Ruth Lowe — married 9 Mar 1938 in Key West, Monroe County, Florida

Died 6 May 1988 at age 102 in Key West, Monroe County, Florida

Biography

Joseph was born 6 April 1886 in Key West, Florida.^[1] He was the son of Joseph Edward Pierce and Euphemia Skelton.

He married Ruth (Lowe) Roberts on 9 March 1938 in Key West.^[2]

Joseph died on 6 May 1988 in Key West,^[3] and he is buried there in the City Cemetery.^[4]

Sources

1. ↑ Joseph swore that he was born on 6 April 1886 on his World War I draft card. However, his grave stone and death record state that he was born 4 April 1885. He did not appear in his parents' census household in June 1885. "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917–1918," Joseph Pierce, serial no. 2384, order no. A1641, 9 September 1918, Monroe County, Florida, Draft Board; digital image, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GYTD-S2CS?mode=g&i=2257&wc=9FW5-HZS%3A928313201%2C928446801%3Fcc%3D1968530&cc=1968530 : accessed February 2016); citing National Archives microfilm publication M1509. Donna McCurley-Thiel, "Joseph Pierce," Memorial no. 117744717, posted 27 September 2013; memorial with photograph, Find A Grave (http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=117744717&ref=acom : accessed February 2016). "Florida Death Index, 1877–1998," Joseph Pierce, 6 May 1988, Monroe County; database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VVJR-W48 : accessed February 2016). 1885 Florida State Census, Monroe County, Key West, enumeration district 4, page 3C, dwelling 22, family 23, Joseph Pierce household; digital image, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HY-6XSC-99?mode=g&i=152&wc=M6PP-XTG%3A41820601%2C41819602%3Fcc%3D1457854&cc=1457854 : accessed February 2016); citing National Archives microfilm publication M845.
2. ↑ Monroe County Index to Marriage Licenses, 1826–1945, A–R, Grooms, Joe Pierce and Ruth Roberts, 8 March 1938; digital image, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L9KN-TFPJ?mode=g&i=460&cat=341167 : accessed February 2016); citing Monroe County Marriage Licenses 12: 378.
3. ↑ "Florida Death Index, 1877–1998," Joseph Pierce, 6 May 1988, Monroe County; database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VVJR-W48 : accessed February 2016).
4. ↑ Donna McCurley-Thiel, "Joseph Pierce," Memorial no. 117744717, posted 27 September 2013; memorial with photograph, Find A Grave (http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=117744717&ref=acom : accessed February 2016).