This photograph turned up only recently, stored among old and unrelated papers belonging to Helen Emerick Pearce. Fortunately, *someone* had the foresight to write very informative notes on the back. Thank You to Mary Pearce for passing these scans along to me. The photo is identified as James Green – the Great-great grandfather of Edward [...]
Now Millie D. has come forward with some additions to the photo collection: Lucian and Thelma (Pearce) Murphy. Thelma was the daughter of Randolph and Jessie Belle (Hanley) Pearce of Clark County, Illinois. Mr. Murphy saw his family through the great depression by working in the oilfields of Oklahoma, and is featured in the book: [...]
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Marnette has generously shared some photos and her knowledge of her ancestors William Edward Bell and wife, Martha J. (Jennie) Pearce, of Baltimore, Maryland. Martha J. was the daughter of George King Pearce and Rebecca Ann Carter. I have speculated in the database that Rebecca Ann was the daughter of Dennis Carter and Louisa Unknown, but [...]
This photo of a miniature portrait is the earliest image of my Pearce family I have found to date. It was painted by James Peale of Philadelphia, circa 1800, and is inscribed: Gen’l Cromwell Pearce. This particular Cromwell Pearce was a grandson of Edward Pearce and Frances Brassington who immigrated from Northern Ireland to Pennsylvania [...]
Burton family researcher Bill Johnson has generously shared a number of photographs from his collection, featuring the family of Dr. John Clement Burton and his wife, Dora Ellen Miller. Dr. John was a physician and pharmacist in Oklahoma Indian Territory. His family owned a drug store in Stroud, Lincoln County, OK, for a number of [...]
Updates to the Kersey family, descendants of Samuel Kersey and Hannah R. Pearce, have recently been posted. An interesting discovery was made: a grandson of this couple, George Russell Kersey (1866-1916), was considered to be a giant. Reports of his actual height vary, but it appears he was at least 7 feet tall – something [...]
Newly discovered: Quite a few back issues of The Blade, Toledo, Ohio Newspaper, have been archived at the Google News Archive, and you can search them (for free!) here: http://news.google.com. Thanks to this source, a number of updates and new connections have been made regarding the family of Ira Ellsworth Morrill, and Effie Estella Pearce. Only [...]
Recent updates include: the descendants of Ezra McKinstry, the family of Anderson and Elizabeth (Dipboye) Johnson, and the family of William and Delia Amanda (Pearce) McCain. New data regarding the McCain family of Nodaway, Iowa, comes from The Adams County, Iowa Newspaper Archive, which can be searched for free.
