sources

passenger

The National Archives; Kew, Surrey, England; BT27 Board of Trade: Commercial and Statistical Department and Successors: Outwards Passenger Lists; Reference Number: Series BT27-147292

Name: Reverend Thomas W Pearce
Gender: Male
Departure Age: 72
Departure Date: 30 Jan 1927
Departure Port: England
Ship Name: Antenor
Shipping Line: The Blue Funnel Line
Destination Port: Hong Kong, China
Master: J G Reynard

birth

FreeBMD

Name: Thomas William Pearce
Registration Date: 1855 Mar. Q.
Registration Place: Hatfield, Hertfordshire
Volume: 3a
Page: 229

death

FreeBMD

Name: Thomas W Pearce
Death Age: 83
Registration Date: Dec. Q. 1938
Registration District: Devon Central
Volume: 5b
Page: 32

probate

Calendar of the Grants ...

Name: reverend Thomas William Pearce, of 5 Stoke Lyne Villas Withycombe Raleigh Exmouth
Death Date: 1 Feb 1938
Death Place: Surrey, England
Probate Date: 1 Mar 1938
Probate Registry: London, England

marriage

Thomas William Pearce < Wenyon/Onions Family Tree (A work in progress)

Marriage

24 May 1885 • Hong Kong, China
PEARCE-GITTINS-May 24th at the Union Church, Hong Kong, China, by the Rev. Dr. Wenyon, brother-in-law of the bride, assisted by the Rev. J. C. Edge, the Rov. T. W. Pearce, of the London Mission, Canton, to Mary Harrison, daughter of J. Gittins, Esq., Egert

census

1911 England

Name: Thomas William Pearce
Age in 1911: 55
Relation to Head: Boarder
Gender: Male
Birth Place: Lemsford, Hatfield, Hertfordshire
Civil Parish: Low Leyton
Street Address: 53 Forest Drive West, Leytonstone, Essex
Marital status: Widowed
Occupation: Minister Of The Gospel
Registration District Number: 188
Sub-registration District: North Leyton
ED, institution, or vessel: 32
Piece: 9665
Household Members:
Name Age
Annies Linom 61
Hilda Caroline Linom 26
Isabel Louisa Gie 39
Minnie Marguret Eisele 27
Constance Helen Pearce 22
Thomas William Pearce 55
Dorothy Rouse 15

1871 England

Name: Thomas W Pearse
Age: 16
Relation: Servant (Page)
Gender: Male
Where born: Lemsford, Hertfordshire, England
Civil parish: Paddington
Ecclesiastical parish: St John
County/Island: London
Country: England
Registration district: Kensington
Sub-registration district: St John Paddington
ED, institution, or vessel: 12
Household schedule number: 106
Piece: 22
Folio: 41
Page number: 36
Household Members (Name) Age Relationship
Lucy Curtis 42 Head
Robt M Curtis 21 Nephew
Harriet M Barker 21 Visitor
Eliza Baxter 23 Servant
Mary Woods 23 Servant
Thomas W Pearse 16 Servant

1861 England

Name: Thomas W Pearce
Gender: Male
Age: 6
Relation: Son
Estimated Birth Year: 1855
Where born: Hatfield, Hertfordshire, England
Civil parish: Hatfield
Ecclesiastical parish: Lemsford
County/Island: Hertfordshire
Country: England
Registration district: Hatfield
Sub-registration district: Hatfield
ED, institution, or vessel: 10
Neighbors:
Household schedule number: 21
Household Members (Name) Age Relationship
Charles Pearce 31 Head
Sarah Pearce 35 Wife
Thomas W Pearce 6 Son
Sarah E Pearce 4 Daughter
Ada A Pearce 10/12 Daughter

websites

https://www4.hku.hk/hongrads/graduates/honorary-degree-of-doctor-of-laws-thomas-william-pearce-the-rev-thomas-william-pearce Doctor of Laws honoris causa
https://divinity-adhoc.library.yale.edu/directories/1906_Directory.pdf Directory of protestant missionaries in China, Japan and Corea for the year 1906> p. 24
https://archives.trin.cam.ac.uk/index.php/pearce-thomas-william-1855-1938-missionary-in-china Pearce, Thomas William (1855-1938), missionary in China