Ken, Thank you for all the information, I will digest it and work on it more later on tonight. Regards, Nigel > thank you nigel for the interest. > Charles PEARCE b 1855 @ Burghclere > married Elizabeth ELLIOTT b 1855 @ Tadley > Charles mother is listed on his birth certificate as Maria PEARCE. no > father is shown. > I had found a Charles PEARCE listed with his grandmother Elizabeth DAY @ > East Woodhay > on the 1861 census but i am not sure if this is the right Charles. > Charles and Elizabeth had at least 10 children that i have found, they > are: > Sarah PEARCE born abt 1876 @ Tadley > > George PEARCE born abt 1879 @ Kingsclere (do not know wifes name but > did have children > > Thirza PEARCE born abt 1880 @ Baughurst > married Ted MERRICK and had children > > Lillie Maria PEARCE born abt 1884 @ Baughurst > married Frank William WATTS and had 2 children > > Arthur N PEARCE born abt 1886 @ Baughurst married Rose ?? > > Garnet Charles PEARCE (my grandfather) born 1887 @ Baughurst > married Sarah Ann CROOK > > John PEARCE born abt 1890 @ Baughurst > > Bertha PEARCE married Len MONGER > > Florence Rose PEARCE married John Walter ROBICHEAU > > Jack PEARCE married Penny ?? > > I sent for a birth certificate for Elizabeth ELLIOTT but do not know if I > have the > right one as it says her mother is Harriet and I was expecting one with > Hannah ELLIOTT > to tie her into the Gideon ELLIOTT family. Sorry about the long winded > reply ...ken > > On Tue, 4 May 2010 19:41:02 +0100, Nigel St C Gerdes > <nigel.gerdes@milnet.uk.net> wrote: > I was interested in > > > your Watts connection, Is it the fact that Charles was with a Watts > > family of > > > husband William and wife Sarah in 1861 at Little Row Bray, Berks where > > the > > > wife comes from Highclere? I wonder if the Watts wife might have been > > born a > > > Pearce. I have traced Charles' grandmother (Elizabeth Day nee Talbot ) > > via the > > > 1851 census at East Woodhay and have an idea of who his parents might > > have > > > been but without a birth certificate to check it cannot be sure. Do you > > have a > > > copy of his birth certificate and what does it say if you do? > > As to Methodist records I think (but if somebody on the list knows better > > > > please do correct me quick so Ken gets accurate information), they are > > part of > > > the Newbury circuit and therefore to be found in the Berkshire Record > > Office > > > at Reading, the Baughurst and Tadley Church of England PRs are at > > Winchester > > > in Hampshire. Both county record offices have web sites so you can plan > > visits before you travel. > > I have also traced Elizabeth Elliott with strong but not total confidence > > back > > > into her large Elliott family tree. You have a lot of distant relatives > > still > > > in the same area. > > Regards, > > Nigel >