The Pearce Family

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=105 BGCOLOR="#66CCCC" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="04500690ezvthe.gif"> <div> <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#CCFFFF" FACE="Arial" ><B>The Family of William Henry Atkinson</B></FONT><B>   |  </B><B> </B><A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="The Family of William Henry Atkinson"><U><B>home</B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id28.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="The Ingram Family"><U>The Ingram Family</U></A>   |   <B>The Pearce Family</B>   |   <A HREF="id24.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Contact Us"><U>Contact Us</U></A></div> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" width=200 BGCOLOR="#66CCCC" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="046c8212ezvthe.gif"> <div> <B>Click here for:</B></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="The Family of William Henry Atkinson"><U><B>Home Page</B></U></A></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="The Family of William Henry Atkinson"><U><B>The Family of William Henry Atkinson</B></U></A></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id17.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="William Henry Atkinson"><U><B>William Henry Atkinson</B></U></A></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id47.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="The Leroy Pearce Family"><U><B>The Leroy Pearce Family</B></U></A></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> </td> <td valign="top" height=375 BGCOLOR="#66CCCC" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <B>The Pearce Family</B></div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <IMG SRC="085fa6c0.gif" border=0 width="250" height="364" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <bR> <div> Thomas Pearce was born in 1840 and his wife, Matilda Bray, in 1843. They lived in Cornwall, England before coming to Canada in 1873 with seven of their children.</div> <bR> <div> They settled near Port Hope, Ontario, where even more children were born.</div> <bR> <div> In 1890 they came west to the Darlingford, Manitoba area, where they homesteaded. The Pearce District community was named after the family.</div> <bR> <div> The children</div> <bR> <div>      Jack, died at the age of 21</div> <bR> <div>      William married Laura Graham</div> <bR> <div>      Robert married Violet Henderson</div> <bR> <div> <B>     </B>Leroy Pearce<B> </B>married Margueritte Renville of Walhalla,</div> <div>      North Dakota, USA</div> <bR> <div>      Samuel married Mabel Johns</div> <bR> <div>      Mary married Rev. Hoskins</div> <bR> <div>      Annie married Samuel McKnight</div> <div>      </div> <div>      Elizabeth married Orville King</div> <bR> <div>      Maude married John McGregor</div> <bR> <div>      Helena married Hugh Bryson</div> <bR> <div>      Gertrude married Henry Doerr</div> <bR> <div>      Eva married James Porter</div> <bR> <div>      Harry married Elizabeth Greechan</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>