Leonard Blewett Pearce (1894-1952)
Personal details
Gender:
Male
Notes:
Leonard Blewett Pearce was Emma Blewett's grandson. He emigrated to South Africa with his family in 1894, a newborn, and married Kathleen Lucy Logan in Johannesburg 25 April 1925. Leonard was probably known as Len (he signed his marriage certificate Len Pearce).
Both Leonard and Gertrude Pearce were given the middle name Blewett, their maternal grandmother's maiden name. That they weren't given their mother's maiden name, Redman, appears to confirm that Mary's father William Henry Redman was persona non grata, having more than likely abandoned the family, leading to the Redman family's separation by the 1881 census. It suggests to me that Emma Blewett was much loved by her daughter Mary.
Both Leonard and Gertrude Pearce were given the middle name Blewett, their maternal grandmother's maiden name. That they weren't given their mother's maiden name, Redman, appears to confirm that Mary's father William Henry Redman was persona non grata, having more than likely abandoned the family, leading to the Redman family's separation by the 1881 census. It suggests to me that Emma Blewett was much loved by her daughter Mary.
Birth
Date:
23 February 1894
Notes:
Leonard Blewett Pearce, mother's maiden name Redman - GRO Reference: 1894 J Quarter in PENZANCE Volume 05C Page 243.
Baptism
Date:
5 April 1894
Emigration
Date:
14 December 1894
Notes:
James Pearce, presumably with his young family in tow, emigrated to Africa in December 1894, not long after the birth of a son, Leonard, in September 1894.
Death
Date:
14 September 1952
Place:
Notes:
Cause of death - alcoholic poisoning
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