Letitia PEARCE

   Research Notes:

2nd wife

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1851 England Census:

Age given: 18 years
Birthplace given: Mylor, Cornwall
Dwelling Place: Square, Penryn Borough, Cornwall
Occupation: Merchant's Servant
Status: unmarried

Employed by corn and flour merchants James & Lavinia Mead

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1861 England Census (called Lettia):

Age given: 31 years [sic]
Birthplace given: Mylor, Cornwall
Dwelling Place: Gyllyng Street, Falmouth, Cornwall

Present were husband Henry Chard (39) of Falmouth, pilot, children (born in Falmouth): Henry (15)*, pilot's apprentice, Caroline (13)*, scholar, Charles (11)*, scholar, Ellen (9)*, scholar, Keziah (7), scholar, Emily (5), scholar, Arthur (3), scholar, Andrew (10 months)

* Henry's children by his first marriage

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1871 England Census:

Age given: 37 years
Birthplace given: Mylor, Cornwall
Dwelling Place: Gyllyng St., Cornwall

Present were husband Henry Chard (47) of Falmouth, Trinity pilot, children (born in Falmouth): Caroline (22), dressmaker, Charles (20), sailmaker, Ellen (16), servant, Uriah (15), pilot's apprentice, Emily (14), tailoress, Andrew (10), scholar, Eliza (9), scholar, Louisa (7), scholar, Arthur (5), scholar, Letetia (3), scholar, Mary (2), Joselin (7 months)

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1881 England Census:

Age given: 46 years
Birthplace given: Mylor, Cornwall
Dwelling Place: Norfolk Rd., Falmouth, Cornwall
Occupation: Housekeeper
Status: widowed

Present were children (born in Falmouth): Ellen (26), domestic servant, Andrew T? (20), Trinity pilot, Eliza H. (19), domestic home, Arthur J. (15), blockmaker, Mary J. (12), scholar, Joslynn (10), scholar, Clara (8), scholar, Willm. C. (6), scholar, Catherine (5), scholar, Earnest (4), scholar, Elias (1)

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1891 England Census:

Age given: 57 years
Birthplace given: Mylor, Cornwall
Dwelling Place: 1 Cottages, Norfolk Rd., Falmouth, Cornwall
Status: widowed

Present were children (born in Falmouth): Arthur J. (25), verger, Mary J. (22), mother's help, Joselyn (20), sailmaker, William (17), sailmaker, Laura (18), dressmaker, Clara (18), twin to Laura, Kate (16), tailoress, Ernest (14), carpenter, Elias (11), scholar

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In 1901 Letitia Chard (67) of Mylor, widow, was living at 58 Killigrew St., Falmouth with daughter Letitia Chard (33) of Falmouth, plain sewer.

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Letitia Chard of Trelawney Road Falmouth, widow of Henry Chard, trinity pilot, buried with husband, aged 74 years (burial record)... closer to 77.

   Marriage Information:

Letitia married Henry CHARD, son of John CHARD and Ann SUMMERS, in 1853 in Falmouth District, Cornwall. (Henry CHARD was born in 1823 in Falmouth, Cornwall, christened on 10 Aug 1823 in Falmouth, Cornwall and was buried on 9 Jun 1880 in Falmouth, Cornwall.)

   Marriage Notes:

Married during 2nd Quarter.