Henry Robert Pearce Research

Date: 21 Aug 2023 to 28 Aug 2023
Location: [unknown]
Surnames/tags: WikiGames Pearce

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Contents 1 People 2 Need Work 3 Photographs 4 FamilySearch Image Look-ups 5 Tell us what you found! 5.1 Locations 5.2 Interesting Finds 5.3 Military Profiles 5.4 Free Space Pages 6 Sources

People

• Father: Henry William Pearce, b. 22 Jul 1879 - Double Bay, Australia;^[1] d. 24 May 1948 s/o Henry John Pearce and Susan Rebecca Jane Chamberlain Shockey-96 03:50, 25 August 2023 (UTC)

Susan Rebecca Chamberlain's father: William Alexander Cummins Chamberlain death date is diff from FindAGrave (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/218833375/william-alexander_cummins-chamberlain). Shockey-96 04:12, 25 August 2023 (UTC)

• Mother: Lily Shankelton, b. 1883, d. 25 Apr 1917 Shockey-96 03:50, 25 August 2023 (UTC)

• Henry & Lily married 1904 New South Wales.^[2] Shockey-96 03:50, 25 August 2023 (UTC)

• Spouse1: Reita Grace Hendon - md. 10 Dec 1930, Hamilton, Wentworth, Ontario, Canada; b. abt 1905^[3] New South Wales, Australia; d. 1938 Ontario, Canada; d/o Robert Hendon and Elizabeth Gamble (1878-1946) Shockey-96 04:06, 25 August 2023 (UTC)

Siblings: Edith Hendon, Matthew Harris Headon

Parents married 1896, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

1. Daughter: Jill Elizabeth (Pearce) Bourgeau (8 April 1934-6 May 1993)^[4][5] Robinson-27225 23:23, 25 August 2023 (UTC)

• Spouse2: Velma Whelpton

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• Citations for Robert:

Here's his New South Wales birth record: ^[6] Robinson-27225 23:23, 25 August 2023 (UTC)

"England and Wales Birth Registration Index, 1837-2008," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2FXJ-S2Z : 1 October 2014), Robert Henry Pearce, 1905; from "England & Wales Births, 1837-2006," database, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : 2012); citing Birth Registration, Stafford, Staffordshire, England, citing General Register Office, Southport, England.

"United States Border Crossings from Canada to United States, 1895-1956", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XPSF-K66 : 14 November 2019), Henry Robert Pearce, 1931.

Ontario, Canada, Marriages, 1826-1939 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. Archives of Ontario; Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Registrations of Marriages; Series Number: Ms 932; Reel: 932; Image 2650. Henry Robert Pearce and Reita Hendon. 10 Dec 1830. Certificate 024851. Registration No. 2029.

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1. Australia
   1. New South Wales
2. Canada
3. England
4. United States
   1. New York

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Sources

1. ↑ New South Wales: Births, Deaths and Marriages search, database (https://familyhistory.bdm.nsw.gov.au/ : accessed 16 Jun 2023) Births

   Registration Number: 6113/1879

   Name: PEARCE HENRY WILLIAM

   Father's Given Name(s): HENRY JOHN

   Mother's Given Name(s): SUSAN R J

   District: WOOLLAHRA

2. ↑ New South Wales: Births, Deaths and Marriages search, database (https://familyhistory.bdm.nsw.gov.au/ : accessed 23 Jul 2023) Marriages Registration Number 9727/1904

   Groom's Family Name PEARCE

   Groom's Given Name(s) HENRY W

   Bride's Family Name(s) SHANKELTON

   Bride's Given Name(s) LILLY

   District PADDINGTON

3. ↑ New South Wales: Births, Deaths and Marriages search, database (https://familyhistory.bdm.nsw.gov.au/ : accessed 16 Jun 2023) Births

   Registration Number: 3577/1905

   Name: HENDON RITA

   Father's Given Name(s): ROBERT

   Mother's Given Name(s): LIZZIE

   District: GOULBURN

4. ↑ Death: "United States, Social Security Numerical Identification Files (NUMIDENT), 1936-2007"
   citing Digital film/folder number: DI0001099
   FamilySearch Record: 6KMR-11HT (accessed 25 August 2023)
   Jill Elizabeth Bourgeau death 6 May 1993 (born 8 Apr 1934).
5. ↑ Death: "United States Social Security Death Index"
   citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing)
   FamilySearch Record: JTT8-S25 (accessed 25 August 2023)
   Jill E Bourgeau death 6 May 1993 (born 08 Apr 1934).
6. ↑ New South Wales: Births, Deaths and Marriages search, database (https://familyhistory.bdm.nsw.gov.au/ : accessed 16 Jun 2023) Births

   Registration Number: 39426/1905

   Name: PEARCE HENRY R

   Father's Given Name(s): HENRY W

   Mother's Given Name(s): LILY

   District: WOOLLAHRA