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+++DetEcTive+++ Report 18 Nov 2018 18:00

A Robert Pearce has appeared on the 1939 Register living with other known Pearce's.

305 Upper Elmers End Road , Beckenham M.B., Kent, England

FIRST NAME(S) LAST NAME(S) DOB SEX OCCUPATION MARITAL STATUS SCHEDULE SCHEDULE SUB NUMBER

Robert Pearce 12 Jul 1930 Male At School Single
Benjamin F Pearce 29 Sep 1897 Male Fishmonger Shop Keeper Master Married
Alice V (Violet) Pearce 09 Oct 1901 Female Unpaid Domestic Duties Married

I thought Benjamin Frederick Pearce m Fannie Alice Booth in 1919, Romford. No Pearce/Booth children - perhaps that's where it has gone wrong?

Before making the assumption that Robert was adopted, could anyone find possible birth parents?

The nearest registered births seem to be

Births Sep 1930 (>99%)
Pearce Robert Burley Epping 4a 609
Pearce Robert F Bishop Epsom 2a 20
Pearce Robert H Read Brentford 3a 162
Pearce Robert W Parks Malling 2a 141

As Benjamin & Alice show middle initials, presumably either Robert didn't have one, or the adults weren't aware.

Thank you

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ArgyllGran

ArgyllGran Report 18 Nov 2018 18:14

Perhaps you've got the wrong Benjamin ??

No middle name:

Fannie A Booth
in the England & Wales, Civil Registration Marriage Index, 1916-2005
Name: Fannie A Booth
Registration Date: Oct-Nov-Dec 1919
Registration district: Romford
Inferred County: Essex
Spouse: Benjamin Pearce
Volume Number: 4a
Page Number: 1350


This is the marriage of the 1939 couple :

Marriages Dec 1922 (>99%)
BURLEY Violet A Pearce Lambeth 1d 471
PEARCE Benjamin F Burley Lambeth 1d 471

Robert was born in Epping reg district 1930.

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Old genealogists never die.....they just lose their census.

Shirley~I,m getting the hang of it

Shirley~I,m getting the hang of it Report 18 Nov 2018 18:15

Maybe it's this marriage

Marriages Dec 1922
BURLEY Violet A Pearce Lambeth 1d 471
PEARCE Benjamin F Burley Lambeth 1d 471


Births Sep 1930
Pearce Robert Burley Epping 4a 609


He is an open record on tne1939 register so must be deceased

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Surname Fahse. Germany. Essex .South East London My avatar is one of our wedding photos of 1957

ArgyllGran

ArgyllGran Report 18 Nov 2018 18:19

Maybe Robert's death ??


Robert Pearce
in the England & Wales, Civil Registration Death Index, 1916-2007
Name: Robert Pearce
Death Age: 59
Birth Date: 12 Jul 1930
Registration Date: Sep 1989
Registration district: Tunbridge Wells
Inferred County: Kent
Volume: 16
Page: 1786

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Old genealogists never die.....they just lose their census.

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+++DetEcTive+++ Report 18 Nov 2018 18:23

Bangs head against a wall - what a rookie mistake to make! Yes, you're right & I was wrong.

Thanks folks!

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