See also

Family of Robert Charles Pearce and Sylvia Beatrice Holmes

  • Husband:

  • Robert Charles Pearce (1898-1991)

  • Wife:

  • Sylvia Beatrice Holmes (1913-2004)

  • Marriage:

  • Q3 1938

  • Croydon "Registration District", Surrey, England1

Husband: Robert Charles Pearce

  • Name:

  • Robert Charles Pearce2,3

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Father:

  • Robert William Pearce (1869-1942)

  • Mother:

  • Elizabeth Gillingham (1867-1935)

  • Occupation:

  •  

  • solicitors/attorneys clerk4,5

  • Birth:

  • 7 Jun 1898

  • Highgate, Middlesex, England2,3,4,5,6,7

  • Census:

  • 31 Mar 1901 (age 3)

  • 3 Colvin Road, Thornton Heath, Croydon, Surrey, England6

  •  

  • son living with his parents Robert and Elizabeth, brother Thomas, and sisters Beatrice and Alice. Born in Highgate Middlesex

  • Census:

  • 2 Apr 1911 (age 12)

  • 72 Fairholme Road, Croydon, Surrey, England7

  •  

  • son attending school and living in six rooms with his parents Robert and Elizabeth, brother Thomas, and sisters Beatrice and Alice. Born in Highgate Middlesex

  • Military Service:

  • frm 9 Feb 1917 to 28 Nov 1919 (age 18-21)

  • British Army Royal Engineers as no:5101628

  •  

  • a clerk who was 5' 8½" tall with a chest of 34", expansion 3", and a scar on his right eyebrow. He served in France and received a self inflicted gunshot wound to his left foot on 19th November 1917

  • Medals:

  • 1920 (app)9

  •  

  •  

  • British War and Victory medals

  • Census:

  • 19 Jun 1921 (age 23)

  • 72 Fairholme Road, Croydon, Surrey, England4

  •  

  • unmarried son working as a solicitor's clerk for Mr Wilberforce Jackson of Scarbrook Chambers Croydon and living in six rooms with his parents Robert and Elizabeth, and sister Beatrice. Born in Highgate London

  • Census:

  • 29 Sep 1939 (age 41)

  • 453 Wickham Road, Croydon, Surrey, England5

  •  

  • a married solicitors managing clerk living with his wife Sylvia. Born on 7th June 1898

  • Death:

  • 27 Nov 1991 (age 93)

  • Surrey "North Western Registration District", Surrey, England3,10

  • Cremation:

  • 26 Feb 1992

  • Probate Registry, Winchester, Hampshire, England10

  •  

  • of Weylands Sutton Green Road Guildford Surrey died 27th November 1991, administration not exceeding £125,000 (~£243,000 in 2017)

Wife: Sylvia Beatrice Holmes

  • Name:

  • Sylvia Beatrice Holmes1,11

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Father:

  • -

  • Mother:

  • -

  • Birth:

  • 20 Jul 1913

  • Croydon, Surrey, England5,11,12,13

  • Census:

  • 19 Jun 1921 (age 7 yrs 11 mns)

  • 22 Everton Road, Croydon, Surrey, England12

  •  

  • daughter attending school and living in six rooms with her parents Albert and Beatrice, sister Iris, and a visiting widowed grandfather? William Holmes. Born in Croydon Surrey

  • Census:

  • 29 Sep 1939 (age 26)

  • 453 Wickham Road, Croydon, Surrey, England5

  •  

  • married doing unpaid domestic duties and living with her husband Robert. Born on 20th July 1913

  • Death:

  • Nov 2004 (age 91)

  • West Surrey "Registration District", Surrey, England13

Sources

1.

England and Wales Marriage Index 1837 - 2005, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). Croydon 1938 quarter:3 volume:2a page:1914. Cit. Date: 20 August 2024.

2.

England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Edmonton 1898 quarter:3 volume:3a page:333. Cit. Date: 19 August 2024.

3.

England and Wales Death Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Surrey North Western 1991 quarter:4 register:1191 volume:17 page:610. Cit. Date: 20 August 2024.

4.

England and Wales Census 1921, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive series:RG15 piece:3436 registration district:39 sub-district:3 enumeration district:8 schedule:62. Cit. Date: 20 August 2024.

5.

UK 1939 Register, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG101 piece:1298F page:9 line:8 letter code:CLLP. Cit. Date: 20 August 2024.

6.

England and Wales Census 1901, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG13 piece:643 folio:84 page:16 schedule:115. Cit. Date: 20 August 2024.

7.

England and Wales Census 1911, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG14 piece:3332 class:RG78 piece:126 registration district:39 sub-district:3 enumeration district:10 schedule:268. Cit. Date: 20 August 2024.

8.

FindMyPast British Army Service Records, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive Series:WO 363 regiment: no:R/510162. Cit. Date: 20 August 2024.

9.

FindMyPast Britain First World War Campaign Medals, (on-line at www.findmypast.com). National Archive series:WO 329 ref:WO 329/0395. Cit. Date: 20 August 2024.

10.

UK Government Probate Service, UK Government Find a Will, (on-line at www.probatesearch.service.gov.uk, www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). Winchester 1992 page:6657 no:9252404099Q. Cit. Date: 20 August 2024.

11.

England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Croydon 1913 quarter:3 volume:2a page:499. Cit. Date: 20 August 2024.

12.

England and Wales Census 1921, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive series:RG15 piece:3389 registration district:39 sub-district:2 enumeration district:7 schedule:77. Cit. Date: 20 August 2024.

13.

England and Wales Death Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). West Surrey 2004 quarter:4 district:761/1 register:C19B entry:83 date:1104. Cit. Date: 20 August 2024.