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My aunt, Bertha Lowe, married Reginald (Reg) Peirce (often misspelt as Pierce) in about September 1921 and they had a son, Douglas, probably born around 1930. Bertha and Reginald ran a cafe on the east coast (Frinton, I think) for quite a few years and I remember this after the war as we visited it.
I would like to know more about Reg as I have very little at the moment, although he may have been born in London and he may have had the middle initial of C. Also I would like more on Douglas, please, if you can find anything.

Have you looked for the marriage on freebmd?

Ditto the son's birth?

http://www.freebmd.org.uk/

Possible Reg in 1911:

PEIRCE, William Head Married M 54 1857 Cab Proprietor Pulborough
PEIRCE, Caroline Wife Married 34 years F 54 1857 Sussex Thakeham
PEIRCE, Reginald Son Single M 17 1894 Portsmanteau Maker Clapham London
PEIRCE, Leslie Son Single M 9 1902 School Clapham London

Registration District: Wandsworth Sub District: East Battersea
Enumeration District: 9 Parish: Battersea

Address: 5 Warriner Mews Battersea Park Road Battersea S W
County: London

You really need to get their marriage certificate to check his father's details.The website Flick posted will give you the info you need to order a copy. (Come back on here if you get stuck).

Marriages Sep 1921 (>99%)
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Lowe Bertha M Pierce Croydon 2a 661
Pierce Reginald C Lowe Croydon 2a 661

From freebmd...............................


Births Jun 1922 (>99%)
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Peirce Douglas R Lowe Croydon 2a 579

Name: Douglas Reginald Peirce
Birth Date: 16 Apr 1922
Death Registration Month/Year: May 1994
Age at death (estimated): 72
Registration district: Croydon
Inferred County: London, Surrey
Register number: C67B
District and Subdistrict: 2251C
Entry number: 195

Name: Reginald C Peirce
Death Registration Month/Year: 1963
Age at death (estimated): 69
Registration district: Surrey South Eastern
Inferred County: Surrey
Volume: 5g
Page: 708

A contender for Reg's death:


England & Wales, Death Index: 1916-2005

Name: Reginald Cyril Pierce
Birth Date: 9 Oct 1896
Death Registration Month/Year: 1983
Registration district: Islington
Inferred County: Greater London
Volume: 13
Page: 1341

Add: Flick's Surrey one looks more likely.

Name: Bertha M Peirce
Death Registration Month/Year: 1965
Age at death (estimated): 71
Registration district: Croydon
Inferred County: Surrey
Volume: 5g
Page: 58

1901

Name: Reginald Peirce
Age: 7
Estimated birth year: abt 1894
Relation: Son
Father's name: William Peirce
Mother's name: Caroline Peirce
Gender: Male
Where born: Clapham, Surrey, England

Civil Parish: Clapham
Ecclesiastical parish: Holy Trinity
County/Island: London
Country: England


Registration district: Wandsworth
Sub-registration district: Clapham
ED, institution, or vessel: 1
Neighbors: View others on page
Household schedule number: 176
Household Members: Name Age
William Peirce 44
Caroline Peirce 44
Daisy Peirce 19
Mary Peirce 12
Reginald Peirce 7
Ernest Peirce 29

Name: Douglas R Peirce
Spouse Surname: Leathwood
Date of Registration: Apr-May-Jun 1948
Registration district: Croydon
Registration county (inferred): Surrey
Volume Number: 5g
Page Number: 51
Find Spouse: Pauline Z F***

***The 'Z' must be an error

Name: Pauline Lillan F Peirce
Birth Date: 8 Mar 1927
Death Registration Month/Year: 1981
Registration district: Croydon
Inferred County: Surrey
Volume: 11
Page: 1634