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Robert Pearse [Parents].Robert married Angela.

Angela.Angela married Robert Pearse.

They had the following children:

  M i Craig Pearse.
  F ii Annabell Pearse.

Philip Cox [Parents].Philip married Pauline Racher.

Pauline Racher.Pauline married Philip Cox.

They had the following children:

  M i Lee Cox.
  F ii Sharon Cox.

Frank Athey.Frank married Mavis Walton.

Mavis Walton.Mavis married Frank Athey.

They had the following children:

  F i Valerie Athey.

William Webber 1 was born 2 about 1789 in Taunton, Somerset. He died before 1861. He married Eleanor Weaver on 4 Aug 1811 in St Mary Magdalen Church, Taunton, Somerset. William was counted in a census 3 in 1841 in Taunton St James Somerset. He was employed 4 as builder in May 1844 in Taunton St James, Somerset. He was counted in a census 5 in 1851 in East Reach, Taunton, Somerset.

Possible death record:
England & Wales, FreeBMD Death Index: 1837-1983
Name: William Webber
Year of Registration: 1852
Quarter of Registration: Apr-May-Jun
District: Wellington Som
County: Devon, Somerset
Volume: 5c
Page: 261

Eleanor Weaver was born 1 about 1791 in Taunton, Somerset. She died 2 in 1858 in Taunton, Somerset. She married William Webber on 4 Aug 1811 in St Mary Magdalen Church, Taunton, Somerset. Eleanor was counted in a census 3 in 1841 in Taunton St James Somerset. She was counted in a census 4 in 1851 in Taunton St James Somerset.

They had the following children:

  F i Mary Painter Webber was born about 1814. She died on 2 Apr 1878.

(Henry) George Pearse [Parents].(Henry) married Vera Donnachie.

Other marriages:
Garland, Betty A.
Merson, Vera I.

Vera Donnachie [Parents] [scrapbook] was born in 1915 in Blyth, Northumberland. She died on 28 Feb 1967. She was buried in Taunton Cemetry, Taunton, Somerset. She married (Henry) George Pearse.

1 NAME Veronica //
2 GIVN Veronica
2 SURN


Marriages and Residences

Christened Veronica but known to all as Vera, she met George whilst he was stationed in Blyth in 1941. They were married on the 24th December 1942 but George was then posted overseas in March 1943 - only 2 weeks married life in 3 years!

Coronation Street, Blyth;
5 Wolsey Road, Blyth;
The Cottage, Holway Avenue, Taunton;
34 Leslie Avenue, Taunton;
33 Albemarle Road, Taunton;
14 Holloway Road, Taunton.


Henry Donnachie 1.Henry married Margaret A. Simpson.

Margaret A. Simpson.Margaret married Henry Donnachie.

They had the following children:

  F i Vera Donnachie was born in 1915. She died on 28 Feb 1967.

(Henry) George Pearse [Parents].(Henry) married Vera I. Merson.

Other marriages:
Donnachie, Vera
Garland, Betty A.

Vera I. Merson [Parents].Vera married (Henry) George Pearse.


Henry James Merson was born 1 in 1893 in Somerset. He married Edith May lillian Olive Tong.

Edith May lillian Olive Tong was born 1 in 1897/1904 in Somerset. She married Henry James Merson.

They had the following children:

  F i Vera I. Merson.

Guy Anthony Beale [Parents].Guy married Valerie Athey.

Valerie Athey [Parents].Valerie married Guy Anthony Beale.

They had the following children:

  M i Kevin Beale.
  M ii Christopher Beale.

Henry William Wallace Durant 1 was born 2 in 1840 in Fowey, Cornwall. He married 3 Ellen Pearse in 1865 in Taunton Registration District, Somerset. Henry was employed 4 as linen and woollen draper in Apr 1881. He resided 5 in Apr 1881 in 9 Morrab Terrace, Penzance, Cornwall.

Ellen Pearse [Parents] was born in 1843 in Axminster, Devon. She died 1 in 1896 in Marylebone, London. She married 2 Henry William Wallace Durant in 1865 in Taunton Registration District, Somerset. Ellen was counted in a census 3 in 1851 in 8 Fore Street, Wellington, Somerset. She resided 4 in Apr 1871 in Fore Street, Fowey, Cornwall. She resided 5 in Apr 1881 in 9 Morrab Terrace, Penzance, Cornwall.

Ten years later, Ellen (18yrs) is no longer at the family residence.

They had the following children:

  M i Henry William Durant was born 1 in 1866 in Taunton, Somerset.
  M ii George Durant was born 1 in 1868 in Taunton, Somerset.
  F iii Kate Durant was born 1 in 1869 in Taunton, Somerset. Kate was employed 2 as draper's assistant in Apr 1901. She resided 3 in Apr 1901 in Upper Street, Islington, London.
  F iv Jane Hockin Durant 1 was born 2 in 1871 in Fowey, Cornwall.
  F v Ellen Mary Durant 1 was born 2 in 1874 in Fowey, Cornwall.

1 NAME Nellie //
2 GIVN Nellie
2 SURN
  F vi Florence Durant was born 1, 2 in 1876 in Fowey, Cornwall.
  M vii Wallace Durant was born 1 in 1881 in Penzance, Cornwall.

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