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Evelyn Rookby PEIRCE
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Evelyn Rookby PEIRCE 1 3 4
- Born: Abt 1882, Crawley, Sussex 3 4
- Marriage: James Charles MATTHEWS on 9 Sep 1901 in St. James's Church, Poole, Dorset 1 2
 Events
• On 5 Apr 1891 she appeared on the census at 8 Holly Bank Cottages, Haywards Heath, Sussex as a 9-year-old scholar. 3
• On 9 Sep 1901 her marriage certificate said that she was a 19-year-old spinster and that she lived at 19 Denmark Road, Longfleet, Dorset. Her father, George William Peirce, was a painter. 1
• On 31 Mar 1901 Evelyn appeared on the census at Rothbury, Parkstone Road, Longfleet, Dorset as a 19-year-old domestic servant in the home of William Snook, retired draper. 5
• On 2 Apr 1911 she appeared on the census at 1 Blue Boar Lane, Poole, Dorset as a 29-year-old who had been married for 9 years with 5 children, one of whom had died. 4
• On 13 Mar 1939 her note listing her children's birth dates said she lived at 1 Edge Hill, Wimbledon, Surrey. 2
Evelyn married James Charles MATTHEWS, son of Henry MATTHEWS and Elizabeth WILCOX, on 9 Sep 1901 in St. James's Church, Poole, Dorset.1 2 (James Charles MATTHEWS was born about 1879 in Poole, Dorset 1 4 6.)
• Their witnesses were George Rookby Peirce and Alice Kate Williams. 1
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Sources
1
Dorset, England, Marriages and Banns, 1813-1921, "1901. Marriage solemnized at the Parish Church in the parish of St. James Poole in the county of Dorset," James Charles Matthews and Evelyn Rookby Peirce, page 157, entry 313; digital images(www.ancestry.co.uk : accessed 17 Oct 2012).
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"Matthews Children" a note by Evelyn Rookby Matthews (née Pierce), 13 Mar 1939; privately held by Garth Matthews Poole, Dorset.
3
1891 Census of England, Haywards Heath, folio 56, page 42, George Peirce; digital images(www.ancestry.co.uk : accessed 14 Sep 2011); citing PRO RG 12/792.
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1911 Census of England and Wales, 1 Blue Boar Lane Poole, James Matthews; digital images(www.findmypast.co.uk/ : accessed 17 Oct 2012); citing RG 78 PN 695, RG 14 PN 12276, registration district (RD) 261 (Poole), sub district (SD) 2 (Poole), enumeration district (ED) 1, schedule number (SN) 225.
5
1901 Census of England, Longfleet, Dorset, folio 75, page 18, William Snook; digital images(www.ancestry.co.uk : accessed 17 Oct 2012); citing PRO RG 13/1980.
6
1881 Census of England, Poole, Dorset, folio 144, page 10, Henry Matthews; digital images(www.ancestry.co.uk : accessed 17 Oct 2012); citing PRO RG 11/2095.
