William Pearce
Birth Date
On 1841 December 16 (Born)
Death Date
On 1923 June 11 (Died)
Gender
Male
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Mission Activity
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Pioneer
1
Born in Limehouse Parish, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom
1841 December 16
Mother
Elizabeth Bennett
Father
Edward Pearce
Baptized by John Hellier
1855 May (Age 13)
Traveled in
Horton D. Haight Company
1862 August 10 – October 19 (Age 20)
Pioneers in Company
Traveling Group
Edward Pearce (Age 59)
Elizabeth Bennett (Age 56)
Esther Pearce (Age 27)
Eliza Pearce (Age 23)
Sarah Pearce (Age 16)
Date Details
On 1862 August 10
Joined Company
On 1862 October 19
Company Arrived
Married
Martha Ann Jackson
1885 December 16 (Age 44)
Served in
British Mission
1886 February 15 – 1887 October 25 (Age 44)
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Mission Type
Proselytizing
Marital Status
Plurally Married
Priesthood Quorum When Called
76th
Priesthood Office
Seventy
Residence When Called
Ogden, Weber, Utah Territory, United States
Set Apart By
F D Richards
Set Apart By
Franklin Dewey Richards
Date Details
On 1886 February 15
Set Apart
On 1887 October 25
Released
Died in Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States
1923 June 11 (Age 81)
Sources
Person
1870 Utah Census, Utah County
1870 Utah Census, Utah County.
Saints By Sea - BYU
"William Pearce. ID: 48395", Saints By Sea - BYU.
Mission
British Mission Manuscript history and historical report
"Releases and Appointments", British Mission Manuscript history and historical report, (15 March 1886).
Index to the British Mission manuscript history and historical reports
"Pearce, William", Index to the British Mission manuscript history and historical reports.
Missionary Department missionary registers, 1860-1959
Missionary Department missionary registers, 1860-1959, Vol. 2, Page 86, Line 19.
Missionary Department missionary registers, 1860-1959
Missionary Department missionary registers, 1860-1959, 10 October 1871, Vol. 1, Page 19, Line 806.
Ogden 2nd Ward missionary record, 1899-1917, Church History Library
Ogden 2nd Ward missionary record, 1899-1917, Church History Library.
Pioneer
Deseret News
"Names of Immigrants", Deseret News, (24 September 1862).
Transcript for "Names of Immigrants," Deseret News, 24 September 1862, 98
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