The Pearces travel from New Zealand to California, via England
We left Francis (Frank) and Mary Pearce and children Earl and Frances in June 1908 in New Zealand, amid many farewell parties and an auction of their household belongings.
The Fourteen Children of Peter and Polly Little
One of my most persistent genealogical brick walls has been finding the parents of my 3xGreat-Grandfather on my mother’s side, Peter Little. I have searched high and low for his parents and in the process have learned quite a bit about his adult life in Stanstead, Quebec with his wife Polly (Carpenter) Little.
The Danielsens - from England and Norway to California
Anders Emil Danielsen (as we know him) was born June 24, 1863 at Vesoen, Aust-Agder, Norway — he was baptised the following month at the Fjaere church in Grimstad. At the time, Norway did not use surnames like we do, but rather they used a system of patronymics. At his baptism his name was recorded at Anders Emil, the son of Christen Danielsen and Jensine Andersdotter.
Nettie Boyce - letters home from Colorado
Joseph David “Joe” Boyce and Nettie Labarge, were married in Malone, New York, in 1883, and moved to Colorado soon after. My grandmother Mamie Boyce was born in Colorado, the second of their children.
Francis Pearce and family in New Zealand
Francis Pearce and family in New Zealand —At the end of Part 1, Francis (Frank) and Mary welcomed the birth of my grandfather, Earl Pearce, in 1892 in Granite, Montana. Francis, a miner from Cornwall, had emigrated to the US in 1884, traveling first to New Almaden Quicksilver Mine near San Jose, California, then to Montana, which was experiencing a silver mining boom.
Francis Pearce and Mary Baker in Montana
My great-grandfather, Francis “Frank” Pearce was born in 1864 in Redruth, Cornwall, England, the son of Thomas and Susan (Pryor) Pearce. His father Thomas was a miner, as were both grandfathers. But the mining industry in Cornwall was declining and in 1884, at the age of 20,
