Sidney Herbert PEARCE

1866 - 1928  (62 years)

• Name	Sidney Herbert PEARCE
  Birth	16 Feb 1866	Hounslow, Middlesex   [1, 2]
  Christening	18 Jul 1880	St Paul's, Hounslow Heath, Middlesex
  Gender	Male
  _UID	1B3EDC7F7F094AC5B7C6C30E328DAD9DA255
  Death	24 Feb 1928	Crown Reef, Johannesburg, South Africa   [3]
  Notes	1871 census: at Bath Cottage, Bath Road, Heston, Middlesex (all PEARCE), Robert (head, 34, traveller timber trade, born Brentford, Middlesex), Emma (wife, 34, born Brentford, Middlesex), Robert (son, 10, scholar, born Hounslow, Middlesex), Matilda (daughter, 7, scholar, born Hounslow, Middlesex), Sidney (son, 4, scholar, born Hounslow, Middlesex) and Percy (son, 1, born Hounslow, Middlesex). Baptised, along with brother Percy, in 1880. Address Fern Cottage, Bath Road, father deceased. 1881 census (1): at Fern Cottage (next to Bath Cottage), Bath Road, Heston, Middlesex (all PEARCE except head of household), Matilda FOX (head, widow, 70, household property, born Hounslow), Emma (daughter, widow, 43, household property, born Hounslow), Robert F(grandson, 20, commercial traveller, born Hounslow, Middlesex) and Matilda U (granddaughter, 17, scholar, born Hounslow, Middlesex). 1881 census (2): at the Commercial Travellers School, Pinner, Middlesex, Percy PEARCE (11, scholar, born Hounslow). 1881 census (3): at 27 Warwick Street, St George Hanover Square, London, Sydney(sic) Herbert PEARCE (cousin, 15, assayers assistant, born Hounslow), lodging with Benjamin (60, tailor) and Mary Ann (60) HUNT. According to the South Africa, Biographical Index, 1825-2005 (at ancestry.com), Sidney arrived in Transvaal, South Africa in 1889. He was president of the SAIMM 1903-04 and a member of the South African Association for the Advancement of Science, past President of local Chemical and Metallurgical Society and an examiner for Cape University. The Index entry mentions two children. Sidney, by now a metallurgist, and his second wife Jane Sophie visited England in 1927. They arrived at Tilbury on the Durham Castle from South Africa on 6 May 1927 aged 61 and 43 respectively, having travelled first class. They returned to South Africa on 9 September 1927. Details of Sidney's second marriage and his wife's death haven't been found.
  Person ID	I1850	Folkestone, Kent
  Last Modified	28 Apr 2020

  
  

  Father	Robert PEARCE,   b. Abt 1837, Brentford, Middlesex d. Bef 30 Mar 1878, Fulham RD (Age ~ 41 years)
  Mother	Emma FOX,   b. Abt 1837, Brentford, Middlesex d. Bef 25 Nov 1886, Brentford RD (Age ~ 49 years)
  Marriage	10 Mar 1860	St Mary, Lambeth, London   [4, 5]
  	Robert Pearce Junr, full age, bachelor, merchants clerk, of Kennington, father Robert Pearce, victualler. Emma Fox, full age, spinster of Kennington, father Robert Fox, saddler. Both signed. Witnesses Robert Fox, Mary Ann Baily.
  Family ID	F636	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Diana Elizabeth Maria Minter,   b. 18 Aug 1864, Bloemfontein, Free State, South Africa d. Yes, date unknown
  Marriage	10 Dec 1892	Wesleyan Church, Kroonstad, Free State, South Africa   [6, 7]
  	Married by banns and dispensation. Sidney Herbert Pearce, 26 (16.2.66), bachelor, chemist of Heidelberg. Diana Elizabeth Maria Minter, 28 (18 Aug 1864) spinster of Heidelberg. Witnesses Thos. Minter, Alice Minter
  Marital status	Abt 1908
  	Divorced
  Children	1. Sydney Thomas Leonard Minter PEARCE,   b. 9 Apr 1895, Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa d. Yes, date unknown   2. Iris Alice PEARCE,   b. 5 Aug 1901   d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F630	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	28 Apr 2020

  
  

  Family 2	Jane Sophia PECK
  Family ID	F645	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	22 Apr 2020

  
  

• Documents		Sidney Herbert Pearce 1866 - 1928 South African death certificate
  		Sidney Herbert Pearce 1866 - 1928 1892 marriage certificate - Diana Elizabeth Maria Minter

  
  

• Sources

  [S36] BMD index, Q1 1866 Brentford 3a/57, mother's maiden name FOX. (Reliability: 3). [S289] South Africa, Biographical Index, 1825-2005 at ancestry.com, (gives year wrongly as 1856). (Reliability: 3). [S288] Death certificate at familysearch.org. [S36] BMD index, Q1 1860 Lambeth 1d/460. (Reliability: 3). [S283] London, England, Church of England Marriages and Banns, 1754-1932 at ancestry.com. [S287] Free State: Marriages, 1838-1940 at ancestry.com. [S33] Marriage certificate (copy), supplied by Erica Minter. (Reliability: 3).