In England some famous folk had PACE mothers. 1. JOSEPH ARCH of Barford, Warrickshire Methodist preacher, founder of National Agricultural Labourers' Union 1873 Member of Parliament Joseph's mother was HANNAH SHARRARD nee PACE http://www.pacefamilyhistory.info/lines/arch.htm#top http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/TUarch.htm Arch became a Primitive Methodist lay preacher. In many of his sermons he dealt with the financial problems of farm labourers. He developed a reputation as a radical and in 1872 he was approached by a group of men who sought his help in forming a farm workers' union. In 1872 the National Agricultural Labourers' Union was established and Joseph Arch was elected as its full-time President. Arch, the first agricultural labourer to be a member of the House of Commons. For more-click on the spartacus link. 2. Captain JAMES COOK - HMS Eagle, HMS Mercury, The Endeavour Bark cartographer of renown - mother GRACE PACE m Stainton-in-Cleveland http://pacefamilyhistory.info/fact/1013.htm - his PACE history http://www.cptcook.com/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Cook Cook's parents, James Cook (1694-1779) & Grace Pace (1702-1765), married at Stainton-in-Cleveland, North Yorkshire, on Oct 10 1725, and lived at Marton (then a small village, today a suburb of Middlesbrough) where James Cook was born in 1728 Cook was the second of eight children of James Cook, a Scottish farm labourer, and his locally born wife Grace Pace from Thornaby on Tees which is in the Middlesborough area. Gord Pace, my grandmother was an ARCH, mother a MASON. Her father was buried 1911 at the mentioned city of Middlesborough. Yesterday, Larry ARCH of Boston Mass., grandson of JOSEPH ARCH wrote me, his new born great grandson was named MASON JOSEPH ARCH. Strangely, MASON was the maiden surname of my grandmother Annie ARCH's mother who came from http://www.pacefamilyhistory.info/arch.htm Roy, Wasn't there a PACE, Stainton-in-Cleveland, that wrote you once? Jno COOK was witness, Joseph Arch's parents 1818 wedding. Possible connection COOK ARCH PACE - family mystery for years, Maybe more to come. Gord Pace, Ontario

Roy, Wasn't there a PACE, Stainton-in-Cleveland, that wrote you once? I don't remember and if it was a long time ago, I wouldn't have it on file, Roy -----Original Message----- From: pace-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:pace-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of gordpace@eagle.ca Sent: Thursday, February 18, 2010 2:32 PM To: pace@rootsweb.com Subject: [PACE] PACE mothers - of famous people In England some famous folk had PACE mothers. 1. JOSEPH ARCH of Barford, Warrickshire Methodist preacher, founder of National Agricultural Labourers' Union 1873 Member of Parliament Joseph's mother was HANNAH SHARRARD nee PACE http://www.pacefamilyhistory.info/lines/arch.htm#top http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/TUarch.htm Arch became a Primitive Methodist lay preacher. In many of his sermons he dealt with the financial problems of farm labourers. He developed a reputation as a radical and in 1872 he was approached by a group of men who sought his help in forming a farm workers' union. In 1872 the National Agricultural Labourers' Union was established and Joseph Arch was elected as its full-time President. Arch, the first agricultural labourer to be a member of the House of Commons. For more-click on the spartacus link. 2. Captain JAMES COOK - HMS Eagle, HMS Mercury, The Endeavour Bark cartographer of renown - mother GRACE PACE m Stainton-in-Cleveland http://pacefamilyhistory.info/fact/1013.htm - his PACE history http://www.cptcook.com/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Cook Cook's parents, James Cook (1694-1779) & Grace Pace (1702-1765), married at Stainton-in-Cleveland, North Yorkshire, on Oct 10 1725, and lived at Marton (then a small village, today a suburb of Middlesbrough) where James Cook was born in 1728 Cook was the second of eight children of James Cook, a Scottish farm labourer, and his locally born wife Grace Pace from Thornaby on Tees which is in the Middlesborough area. Gord Pace, my grandmother was an ARCH, mother a MASON. Her father was buried 1911 at the mentioned city of Middlesborough. Yesterday, Larry ARCH of Boston Mass., grandson of JOSEPH ARCH wrote me, his new born great grandson was named MASON JOSEPH ARCH. Strangely, MASON was the maiden surname of my grandmother Annie ARCH's mother who came from http://www.pacefamilyhistory.info/arch.htm Roy, Wasn't there a PACE, Stainton-in-Cleveland, that wrote you once? Jno COOK was witness, Joseph Arch's parents 1818 wedding. Possible connection COOK ARCH PACE - family mystery for years, Maybe more to come. Gord Pace, Ontario ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to PACE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message