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Albert, Amelia and Bella Waddell
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- Elgin County Archives
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- Alison Pearce fonds
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- ca. 1874
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- 2017-06
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- C4 Sh4 B5 F14 13
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- Elgin County Archives
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- Alison Pearce fonds
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- 2017-06
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- Archives Storage Rm. 105
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- C4 Sh4 B5 F14 13
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- ca. 1874
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- Alison Pearce fonds - Pearce Family Genealogy series
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- 1 photograph : sep ; 6 x 10 cm
- History / Biographical
- The daughter of Susanna Moorhouse and James Waddell, Amelia Rosella Waddell was born on July 13, 1868 in Tillbury, Kent County and died on August 20, 1941. She married William Gardiner in circa 1893. Together they had two children, Ella Alberta and Minnie Etta.
Fraternal twins of Susanna Moorhouse and James Waddell, Albert Erastus and Bella Mabel Waddell were born on April 13, 1873 in Tillbury, Kent County. Albert died at the age of 21 on July 7, 1894 and was never married. Bella married Reuben A. Hill on October 20, 1897 and had three children, including Athur Sturgis, Euldene and Hazel Amelia.
- Scope and Content
- Portrait photograph of Albert, Amelia and Bella Waddell, circa 1874.
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- Pearce (family)
- Pearce, Alison
- Tyrconnell (Ont.)
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- Genealogy
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Alison Pearce fonds
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
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- Alison Pearce fonds
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- Fonds
- GMD
- textual records
- graphic material
- cartographic material
- Date Range
- ca. 1807-2007
- Accession Number
- 2017-06
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- C4 Sh4 B5
- C4 Sh4 B6
- C4 Sh4 B7
- C1 Sh3 B7
- M19 25
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
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- Alison Pearce fonds
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- Fonds
- Accession Number
- 2017-06
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- Archives Storage Rm. 105
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- C4 Sh4 B5
- C4 Sh4 B6
- C4 Sh4 B7
- C1 Sh3 B7
- M19 25
- GMD
- textual records
- graphic material
- cartographic material
- Date Range
- ca. 1807-2007
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- Alison Pearce fonds - Pearce Family Genealogy series
- Physical Description
- 14.3 cm of textual records
- 37 photographs
- 9 volumes
- 3 plans
- 1 postcard
- Scope and Content
- Fonds consists of records created or collected by Alison Pearce, mostly during her genealogical research project on the Pearce family, which informed the publication "The Pearces of Little Ireland". Includes records and photographs related the Pearce, Backus, Storey, Patterson and Goddard families of Elgin County. Fonds is arranged into the following series:
- 1. Pearce Family genealogy series
- 2. Pearce Family financial records series
- 3. Pearce Family legal documents series
- 4. John E. Pearce Provincial Park series
- 5. Correspondence series
- 6. Photographs series
- 7. Publications series
- 8. Miscellaneous records series
- Name Access
- Pearce (family)
- Pearce, Alison
- Tyrconnell (Ont.)
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- Genealogy
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Alison Pearce Research - Talbot Settlement Bi-Centennial, 2003
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- Elgin County Archives
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- Alison Pearce fonds
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- File
- GMD
- textual records
- Date Range
- ca. 2003
- Accession Number
- 2017-06
- Storage Location
- C4 Sh4 B6 F5
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
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- Alison Pearce fonds
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- File
- Accession Number
- 2017-06
- Storage Room
- Archives Storage Rm. 105
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- C4 Sh4 B6 F5
- GMD
- textual records
- Date Range
- ca. 2003
- Series
- Alison Pearce fonds - Pearce Family Genealogy series
- Physical Description
- 1.0 cm of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File contains records collected by Alison Pearce during her genealogical research project which informed the publication "The Pearces of Little Ireland". Includes newspaper articles and miscellaneous ephemera, as well as photocopies and internet print-outs of reference material related to the Talbot Settlement Bi-Centennial celebration held in 2003.
- Name Access
- Pearce (family)
- Pearce, Alison
- Tyrconnell (Ont.)
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- Genealogy
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Amelia Waddell
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- Elgin County Archives
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- Alison Pearce fonds
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- graphic material
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- ca. 1871
- Accession Number
- 2017-06
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- C4 Sh4 B5 F14 12
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
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- Alison Pearce fonds
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- Accession Number
- 2017-06
- Storage Room
- Archives Storage Rm. 105
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- C4 Sh4 B5 F14 12
- GMD
- graphic material
- Date Range
- ca. 1871
- Series
- Alison Pearce fonds - Pearce Family Genealogy series
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sep ; 6 x 10 cm
- History / Biographical
- The daughter of Susanna Moorhouse and James Waddell, Amelia Rosella Waddell was born on July 13, 1868 in Tillbury, Kent County and died on August 20, 1941. She married William Gardiner in circa 1893. Together they had two children, Ella Alberta and Minnie Etta.
- Scope and Content
- Portrait photograph of Amelia Rosella Waddell, circa 1871.
- Name Access
- Pearce (family)
- Pearce, Alison
- Tyrconnell (Ont.)
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- Genealogy
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Backus family in front of residence
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- Elgin County Archives
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- Alison Pearce fonds
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- GMD
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- ca. 1940s
- Accession Number
- 2017-06
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- C4 Sh4 B6 F2 1
Backus family residence, Chatham
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
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- Alison Pearce fonds
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- GMD
- graphic material
- Date Range
- ca. 1940s
- Accession Number
- 2017-06
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- C4 Sh4 B6 F2 2
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
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- Alison Pearce fonds
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- Accession Number
- 2017-06
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- Archives Storage Rm. 105
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- C4 Sh4 B6 F2 2
- GMD
- graphic material
- Date Range
- ca. 1940s
- Series
- Alison Pearce fonds - Pearce Family Genealogy series
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 10 x 15 cm
- Scope and Content
- Backus family residence near Chatham in Kent County, circa 1940s. Caption provided by the donor reads: "Backus house - southwest Chatham - Vicar Road. As it looked from photos left by family. Family is in 1903 Biographical History of Kent County."
- Name Access
- Pearce (family)
- Pearce, Alison
- Tyrconnell (Ont.)
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- Genealogy
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Backus family residence, Chatham
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
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- Alison Pearce fonds
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- GMD
- graphic material
- Date Range
- ca. 1990s
- Accession Number
- 2017-06
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- C4 Sh4 B6 F2 3
Catherine Moorhouse Wilson
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Alison Pearce fonds
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- GMD
- graphic material
- Date Range
- ca. 1875
- Accession Number
- 2017-06
- Storage Location
- C4 Sh4 B5 F14 6
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Alison Pearce fonds
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- Item
- Accession Number
- 2017-06
- Storage Room
- Archives Storage Rm. 105
- Storage Location
- C4 Sh4 B5 F14 6
- GMD
- graphic material
- Date Range
- ca. 1875
- Series
- Alison Pearce fonds - Pearce Family Genealogy series
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 6 x 10 cm
- History / Biographical
- The daughter of Katerhine Pearce and William Moorhouse, Catherine Jane Moorhouse was born on June 10, 1846 in Zone Township, Ken County and died in 1945. She married David Wilson on March 10, 1875 om Newbury, Mosa Township, Middlesex County. David was born on January 17, 1840 in London, Ontario and died on February 28, 1923. They had two children, including Mabel Elizabeth and Edna Priscilla.
- Scope and Content
- Portrait photograph of Catherine Moorhouse Wilson, circa 1875.
- Name Access
- Pearce (family)
- Pearce, Alison
- Tyrconnell (Ont.)
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- Genealogy
- Related Material
- C4 Sh4 B5 F14 7
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David Wilson
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
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- Alison Pearce fonds
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- GMD
- graphic material
- Date Range
- ca. 1875
- Accession Number
- 2017-06
- Storage Location
- C4 Sh4 B5 F14 7
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
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- Alison Pearce fonds
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- Accession Number
- 2017-06
- Storage Room
- Archives Storage Rm. 105
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- C4 Sh4 B5 F14 7
- GMD
- graphic material
- Date Range
- ca. 1875
- Series
- Alison Pearce fonds - Pearce Family Genealogy series
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 6 x 10 cm
- History / Biographical
- The daughter of Katerhine Pearce and William Moorhouse, Catherine Jane Moorhouse was born on June 10, 1846 in Zone Township, Ken County and died in 1945. She married David Wilson on March 10, 1875 om Newbury, Mosa Township, Middlesex County. David was born on January 17, 1840 in London, Ontario and died on February 28, 1923. They had two children, including Mabel Elizabeth and Edna Priscilla.
- Scope and Content
- Portrait photograph of David Wilson, circa 1875. Wilson was married to Catherine Jane Moorhouse.
- Name Access
- Pearce (family)
- Pearce, Alison
- Tyrconnell (Ont.)
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- Genealogy
- Related Material
- C4 Sh4 B5 F14 6
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Floyd, Cora and Anna Banghart
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- Elgin County Archives
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- Alison Pearce fonds
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- GMD
- graphic material
- Date Range
- ca. 1898
- Accession Number
- 2017-06
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- C4 Sh4 B5 F14 16
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
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- Alison Pearce fonds
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- Accession Number
- 2017-06
- Storage Room
- Archives Storage Rm. 105
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- C4 Sh4 B5 F14 16
- GMD
- graphic material
- Date Range
- ca. 1898
- Series
- Alison Pearce fonds - Pearce Family Genealogy series
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 10 x 15 cm
- History / Biographical
- The daughter of Adeline Frances Moorhouse and Lorenzo Banghart, Anna Myrtle was born on September 2, 1890 in Palmyra, Kent County and died on May 1, 1972 in London, Middlesex County, Ontario. She married Thomas Henry Marshall on September 29, 1915. Together, they had three children including Emma Louise, Charles Mounteer and Barbara Joan. Anna worked as a receptionist at Parkwood Hospital in London, Ontario.
The daughter of Adeline Frances Moorhouse and Lorenzo Banghart, Cora Hannah Banghart was born on June 19, 1896 in Palmyra, Kent County and died on April 28, 1997 in Gainsville, Florida. She married Ernest Osborne Hill on April 4, 1921. Together, they had four children, including Edward Arthur, John Melville, Eleanor Frances and Patricia Lou.
The son of Adeline France Moorhouse and Lorenzo Banghart, Floyd Ivan Banghart was born on August 28, 1892 in Palmyra, Kent County and died on March 30, 1961 in London, Middlesex County, Ontario. He married Ada Lillian Gardiner on June 4, 1923. Floyd was a pilot and trainer in both the First and Second World Wars.
- Scope and Content
- Portrait photograph of Floyd (at left), Cora (at centre) and Anna Banghart (at right), in circa 1898.
- Name Access
- Pearce (family)
- Pearce, Alison
- Tyrconnell (Ont.)
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- Genealogy
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Frances Moorhouse
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- Elgin County Archives
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- Alison Pearce fonds
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- GMD
- graphic material
- Date Range
- ca. 1870
- Accession Number
- 2017-06
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- C4 Sh4 B5 F14 10
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
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- Alison Pearce fonds
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- Item
- Accession Number
- 2017-06
- Storage Room
- Archives Storage Rm. 105
- Storage Location
- C4 Sh4 B5 F14 10
- GMD
- graphic material
- Date Range
- ca. 1870
- Series
- Alison Pearce fonds - Pearce Family Genealogy series
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sep ; 6 x 10 cm
- History / Biographical
- The daughter of Katherine Pearce and William Moorhouse, Frances Moorhouse was born on January 14, 1838 in Zone Township, Kent County and died on March 29, 1911. She married John MacDonald on March 2 1869 in Euphemia Township in Lambton County. John was born in 1835 in East Tillbury and died in December 1897.
- Scope and Content
- Portrait photograph of Frances Moorhouse, circa 1870.
- Name Access
- Pearce (family)
- Pearce, Alison
- Tyrconnell (Ont.)
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- Genealogy
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Genealogy Research - Benjamin Willson
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
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- Alison Pearce fonds
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- File
- GMD
- textual records
- Date Range
- ca. 2006
- Accession Number
- 2017-06
- Storage Location
- C4 Sh4 B5 F13
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Alison Pearce fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Accession Number
- 2017-06
- Storage Room
- Archives Storage Rm. 105
- Storage Location
- C4 Sh4 B5 F13
- GMD
- textual records
- Date Range
- ca. 2006
- Series
- Alison Pearce fonds - Pearce Family Genealogy series
- Physical Description
- 0.6 cm of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File contains records collected by Alison Pearce during her genealogical research project which informed the publication "The Pearces of Little Ireland". Includes photocopies and internet print-outs of reference material related to Benjamin Willson, who was married to Sarah Storey.
- Name Access
- Pearce (family)
- Pearce, Alison
- Tyrconnell (Ont.)
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- Genealogy
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Genealogy Research - Colonel Leslie Patterson
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- Elgin County Archives
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- Alison Pearce fonds
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- File
- GMD
- textual records
- Date Range
- ca. 1850-2007
- Accession Number
- 2017-06
- Storage Location
- C4 Sh4 B6 F1
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Alison Pearce fonds
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- File
- Accession Number
- 2017-06
- Storage Room
- Archives Storage Rm. 105
- Storage Location
- C4 Sh4 B6 F1
- GMD
- textual records
- Date Range
- ca. 1850-2007
- Series
- Alison Pearce fonds - Pearce Family Genealogy series
- Physical Description
- 0.3 cm of textual records
- History / Biographical
- Colonel Leslie Patterson arrived to the Talbot Settlement alongside John Pearce and his sisters, Mrs. Storey and Mrs. John Pearce, in 1809. During the War of 1812, Patterson participated as a Private and was later promoted to Captain and Colonel. He was known for allegedly saving Colonel Thomas Talbot's life during the war.
He was married to Lydia Patterson and had nine children, including Mary, Hannah, Catherine Anne, Olivia, Frances, Lydia, Joseph and Walter. Leslie died in 1852 and is buried at St. Peter's Cemetery.
- Scope and Content
- File contains records collected by Alison Pearce during her genealogical research project which informed the publication "The Pearces of Little Ireland". Includes photocopies and internet print-outs of reference material related to Colonel Leslie Patterson. Also includes the following original documents:
-The Last Will and Testament of Leslie Patterson, circa 1850.
-Handwritten note delineating the familial relationships in the Patterson, Wilson and Backus families.
-Assignment of Mortgage, dated September 14, 1881, from Thomas Urquhart and William Joseph Moon, executors of the Last Will and Testament of Frances Patterson, to Alice S. Patterson.
-Copy of the Last Will and Testament of Francis Patterson, Township of Dunwich, dated July 15, 1881.
-Miscellaneous savings and shares certificates issued by the Canada Permanent Building and Savings Society to various members of the Patterson family, 1862-1888.
-Transcription of grave marker for Leslie and Catherine Patterson, which reads "Underneath Lieth the Remains of Leslie Patterson, and Cathrine his Wife; the former died January 26th Aged 71 years; the latter February 19th 1800 Aged 62 Years."
- Name Access
- Pearce (family)
- Pearce, Alison
- Tyrconnell (Ont.)
- Subject Access
- Genealogy
- User Comments
- In August 2022, Angela Foreman-Bobier stated the following on Disqus: "The Patterson's, Storey's, and Pearce's arrived in 1809, not 1803. 1803 is when Thomas Talbot arrived in Dunwich".
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Genealogy Research - Dale Warren Pearce
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- Elgin County Archives
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- Alison Pearce fonds
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- File
- GMD
- textual records
- Date Range
- ca. 2001-2007
- Accession Number
- 2017-06
- Storage Location
- C4 Sh4 B5 F15
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Alison Pearce fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Accession Number
- 2017-06
- Storage Room
- Archives Storage Rm. 105
- Storage Location
- C4 Sh4 B5 F15
- GMD
- textual records
- Date Range
- ca. 2001-2007
- Series
- Alison Pearce fonds - Pearce Family Genealogy series
- Physical Description
- 0.3 cm of textual records
- History / Biographical
- The sons of Lillian and George Seabury Pearce, Dale Warren Pearce was born on August 5, 1923 in Huron, South Dakota, and was Killed in Action on January 31, 1943 in Tunisia, North Africa. He was the great
- Scope and Content
- File contains records collected by Alison Pearce during her genealogical research project which informed the publication "The Pearces of Little Ireland". Includes photocopies and internet print-outs of reference material related to Dale Warren Pearce.
- Name Access
- Pearce (family)
- Pearce, Alison
- Tyrconnell (Ont.)
- Subject Access
- Genealogy
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Genealogy Research - Goddard family
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Alison Pearce fonds
- Description Level
- File
- GMD
- textual records
- Date Range
- ca. 2007
- Accession Number
- 2017-06
- Storage Location
- C4 Sh4 B6 F12
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Alison Pearce fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Accession Number
- 2017-06
- Storage Room
- Archives Storage Rm. 105
- Storage Location
- C4 Sh4 B6 F12
- GMD
- textual records
- Date Range
- ca. 2007
- Series
- Alison Pearce fonds - Pearce Family Genealogy series
- Physical Description
- 0.5 cm of textual records
- History / Biographical
- The daughter of Leslie Pearce and Jane Barber, Frances Pearce was born on August 22, 1836 in Yarmouth Township, County of Elgin and died on May 15, 1921. She married Lewis Jackson Goddard on July 14, 1859 in the Township of Yarmouth, County of Elgin. They had eleven children together, including Leslie Lothize, Jane Amanda, Donald Cuttendon, Jonathan, Louis, Louis Francis, Charles Harrison, Frederick Percy, Mary Caroline, Orville Jackson and Olive.
- Scope and Content
- File contains records collected by Alison Pearce during her genealogical research project which informed the publication "The Pearces of Little Ireland". Includes photocopies and internet prints of reference material relevant to the Goddard family.
- Name Access
- Pearce (family)
- Pearce, Alison
- Tyrconnell (Ont.)
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- Genealogy
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Genealogy Research - Hannah Gillet
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
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- Alison Pearce fonds
- Description Level
- File
- GMD
- textual records
- Date Range
- ca. 2007
- Accession Number
- 2017-06
- Storage Location
- C4 Sh4 B6 F10
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Alison Pearce fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Accession Number
- 2017-06
- Storage Room
- Archives Storage Rm. 105
- Storage Location
- C4 Sh4 B6 F10
- GMD
- textual records
- Date Range
- ca. 2007
- Series
- Alison Pearce fonds - Pearce Family Genealogy series
- Physical Description
- 0.2 cm of textual records
- History / Biographical
- The daughter of Leslie Pearce and Jane Barber, Hannah (nee Pearce) Gillet was born on June 27, 1824 in Yarmouth Township, County of Elgin and died on July 4, 1880 in Elkhart Township, Logan County, Illinois. She married John Davis Gillet on January 11, 1860 in St. Thomas, Ontario.
- Scope and Content
- File contains records collected by Alison Pearce during her genealogical research project which informed the publication "The Pearces of Little Ireland". Includes photocopies and internet prints of reference material relevant to Hannah Gillet.
- Name Access
- Pearce (family)
- Pearce, Alison
- Tyrconnell (Ont.)
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- Genealogy
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Genealogy Research - Jane Barber
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Alison Pearce fonds
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- File
- GMD
- textual records
- Date Range
- ca. 2007
- Accession Number
- 2017-06
- Storage Location
- C4 Sh4 B6 F9
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Alison Pearce fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Accession Number
- 2017-06
- Storage Room
- Archives Storage Rm. 105
- Storage Location
- C4 Sh4 B6 F9
- GMD
- textual records
- Date Range
- ca. 2007
- Series
- Alison Pearce fonds - Pearce Family Genealogy series
- Physical Description
- 0.2 cm of textual records
- History / Biographical
- Jane Donaldson Barber was born on December 19, 1814 in Southwold Township, Elgin County and died on September 10, 1876 in Yarmouth Township, Elgin County. She married Leslie Pearce on January 24, 1833 at the Old English Church in St. Thomas. They had seven children together, including Hannah, John B., Frances, Mary I., Caroline Martha, Leslie and Anna Elizabeth. Jane and her husband, Leslie, are buried in West Avenue Cemetery in St. Thomas, Ontario.
- Scope and Content
- File contains records collected by Alison Pearce during her genealogical research project which informed the publication "The Pearces of Little Ireland". Includes photocopies and internet prints of reference material relevant to Jane Barber and her descendants.
- Name Access
- Pearce (family)
- Pearce, Alison
- Tyrconnell (Ont.)
- Subject Access
- Genealogy
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Genealogy Research - John B. Pearce
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Alison Pearce fonds
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- File
- GMD
- textual records
- Date Range
- ca. 2007
- Accession Number
- 2017-06
- Storage Location
- C4 Sh4 B6 F11
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Alison Pearce fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Accession Number
- 2017-06
- Storage Room
- Archives Storage Rm. 105
- Storage Location
- C4 Sh4 B6 F11
- GMD
- textual records
- Date Range
- ca. 2007
- Series
- Alison Pearce fonds - Pearce Family Genealogy series
- Physical Description
- 0.2 cm of textual records
- History / Biographical
- The son of Leslie Pearce and Jane Barber, John B. Pearce was born on April 15, 1836 in Yarmouth Township, County of Elgin and died on December 6, 1885. He married Charlotte (Winfield?).
- Scope and Content
- File contains records collected by Alison Pearce during her genealogical research project which informed the publication "The Pearces of Little Ireland". Includes photocopies and internet prints of reference material relevant to John B. Pearce.
- Name Access
- Pearce (family)
- Pearce, Alison
- Tyrconnell (Ont.)
- Subject Access
- Genealogy
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Genealogy Research - John Seabury Pearce
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Alison Pearce fonds
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- File
- GMD
- textual records
- Date Range
- ca. 2006
- Accession Number
- 2017-06
- Storage Location
- C4 Sh4 B5 F11
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Alison Pearce fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Accession Number
- 2017-06
- Storage Room
- Archives Storage Rm. 105
- Storage Location
- C4 Sh4 B5 F11
- GMD
- textual records
- Date Range
- ca. 2006
- Series
- Alison Pearce fonds - Pearce Family Genealogy series
- Physical Description
- 0.2 cm of textual records
- History / Biographical
- John Seabury Pearce was born on June 15, 1841 in Tyrconnell and died on March 25, 1909 in London, Ontario. He was married to Mary Ann Wilson of Southwold Township on October 8, 1872 in Old English Church, St. Thomas.
John purhcased 15 acres of land from his father's farm where he developed a cheese production business and, in 1874, John Seabury Pearce and William James Roos were joint proprietors of the Erie Cheese Factory of Dunwich. In 1873, he move to London where he went into partnership in the seed business. In 1903, he became Superintendent of London's Parks, a position he held until his death in 1909.
- Scope and Content
- File contains records collected by Alison Pearce during her genealogical research project which informed the publication "The Pearces of Little Ireland". Includes photocopies and internet print-outs of reference material related to John Seabury Pearce and his family, as well as correspondence regarding Alison's genealogy research.
- Name Access
- Pearce (family)
- Pearce, Alison
- Tyrconnell (Ont.)
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- Genealogy
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Genealogy Research - Joseph Pearce family
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Alison Pearce fonds
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- File
- GMD
- textual records
- Date Range
- ca. 2006
- Accession Number
- 2017-06
- Storage Location
- C4 Sh4 B5 F8
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Alison Pearce fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Accession Number
- 2017-06
- Storage Room
- Archives Storage Rm. 105
- Storage Location
- C4 Sh4 B5 F8
- GMD
- textual records
- Date Range
- ca. 2006
- Series
- Alison Pearce fonds - Pearce Family Genealogy series
- Physical Description
- 0.4 cm of textual records
- History / Biographical
- Joseph Pearce was born on February 10, 1852 in Tyrconnell and died on April 4, 1897 from typhoid fever. He was married to Elizabeth "Lizzie" Atwell on August 30, 1888 in Howard Township. She was born on July 20, 1863 in Ireland and died in 1913 in Pennington, South Dakota. Joseph and Elizabeth had three sons, including Victor, John and George. Upon Joseph's death in 1897, Elizabeth moved their children to South Dakota, where they lived with her brother, John Atwell.
George Pearce married Lillian Roth and had four children, including Dale Warren Pearce. Dale died in 1943 in Tunisia during the Second World War at 19 years old.
- Scope and Content
- File contains records collected by Alison Pearce during her genealogical research project, which informed the publication "The Pearces of Little Ireland". Includes miscellaneous reference material relating to Joseph Pearce, youngest son of John Pearce 2nd, and his family, including his wife Elizabeth Atwell and their three sons Victor, John and George. Also includes photocopies of vital records and a transcript of the Last Will and Testament of Joseph Pearce.
- Name Access
- Pearce (family)
- Pearce, Alison
- Tyrconnell (Ont.)
- Subject Access
- Genealogy
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