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Census 1891 Lancashire Thomas Pierce a. 74

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Occupation	Thomas Pierce was a Tailor.
User Reference Number	He; 20303
Birth	He was born on 29 September 1816 in Chester, Cheshire, England, [[Principal Role]].
Baptism	He was baptised on 29 September 1816 in St. Bridget's, Chester.
	His son Thomas Pierce was born in 1839 in Liverpool.
Marriage	Thomas Pierce and Catherine Pugh were married on 18 August 1840 in St. Luke, Bold Street, Liverpool, His father is shown on St Luke's Liverpool 1840 marriage banns as being a skinner ... this making Thomas Pierce [18176] as surely his father and his occupation as a skinner fairly 90% + certain. Young Thomas [20303] is described as a grocer. Catherine's father is shown as Lewis Pugh, a carter.
	His son John Pierce was born on 1 February 1843 in Pepper Street, Chester, England.
	His son George Pierce was born about January 1845 in Chester.
	His son William Pierce was born about 1847 in Chester.
	His daughter Ellen Essie Pierce was born about 1850 in Chester.
Residence	Thomas Pierce resided in Chester, Cheshire, in 1851 Address: 69 Stone Street.
Occupation	He was an Address: Campbells Terrace, 5, George Street, tailor in Great Boughton, Cheshire, England, in 1861.
	His father Thomas Pierce died on 14 March 1864 in Lower Bridge Street, Great Boughton, Chester, England.
	His mother Elinor Evans died on 15 October 1873 in Lower Bridge Street.
	His wife Catherine Pugh died on 13 February 1878 in 14 Garden Terrace, Raymond Street, Chester, Cheshire, England.
Marriage	Thomas Pierce and Sarah Ann Whittaker were married about July 1878 in Chester Thomas's first wife Cathrine Pugh died in February 1878. Thomas then married Sarah Whittaker around July 1878. Sarah appeared in the 1881 Census but died in 1890.
Occupation	He was a tailor in 1881.
	His wife Sarah Ann Whittaker died on 10 April 1890.
Occupation	He was an Address: Liverpool, Methodist Lay Preacher in 1891.
Death	He died in January 1901, at age 84, in the Wirral, Cheshire, Plot 128. Thomas Pierce is not detailed on the gravestone but his burial in this plot is recorded in the 'Great Saughall Burial Book' held by the Chapel. His abode is recorded as, 'Lower Bebington', his age as 87 and he was buried on 16 January 1901.
Burial	Thomas's remains were buried on 16 January 1901 in Address: Ebenezer Primitive Methodist Churchyard, Saughall, Cheshire, Thomas Pierce is not detailed on the gravestone but his burial in this plot (number 128) on 16 Jan 1901, aged 87 years is recorded in the 'Great Saughall Burial Book' transcription held by the Chapel. His abode is recorded as, 'Lower Bebington', his age as 87 and he was buried on 16 Jan 1901.

Census

Label and Year	Manual
Census 1851	Thomas Pierce Id #10,387 (Principal) was at home on Census night 1851 at Holy Trinity; Address: 69 Stone Street [[Witness Role: Head of Household]] Original Documents, Source and Citations here1
Census 1861	Thomas Pierce Id #10,387 (Principal) was at home on Census night 1861 at Great Boughton, Cheshire; Address: 5 George Street [[Principal Role]] [[Witness Role: Head of Household]] Original Documents, Source and Citations here2
Census 1871	Thomas Pierce Id #10,387 (Principal) was at home on Census night 1871 at 14 Garden Court, Chester; [[Principal Role]] [[Witness Role: Head of Household]] Original Documents, Source and Citations here
Census 1881	Thomas Pierce Id #10,387 (Principal) was at home on Census night 1881 at 14 Garden Terrace, Chester; as a tailor. They are living in the same house as that occupied 10 years previously by Thomas and his previous wife, Catherine Pugh. Principal Role Witness Role: Head of Household Principal Role [[Principal Role]] [[Witness Role: Head of Household]] Original Documents, Source and Citations here
Census 1891	Thomas Pierce Id #10,387 (Principal) was at home on Census night 1891 at 4 Bridson Steet, Rodney St, Liverpool; Note ... Thomas Pierce, a widow (for the second time) and a methodist preacher was in the home of Herbert Edward Williams and his wife Ellen Essie Pierce, Thomas' daughter in 1891. [[Witness Role: father-in-law]] Original Documents, Source and Citations here

Citations

1. [S1182] Census 1851 Cheshire John Pierce a.8
2. [S1470] Census Records, England

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Citations

1. [S388] Earwaker, Earwaker's East Cheshire Past and Present
2. [S1269] Harleian 1424 f0. 24b