Pierce Family History
Pierce Name Meaning
English, Welsh, and Irish: from the personal name Piers,
the usual Norman vernacular form of Peter. In Wales this
represents a patronymic ap Piers. In Ireland it represents a
reduced Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Piarais ‘son of
Piaras’, a Gaelicized form of Piers.Americanized form of some similar-sounding Jewish surname.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Pierce
Name Distribution of Pierce Families
MAP:
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Pierce families
 263 - 524  88 - 262 |
 1 - 87  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Pierce families
|
6 - 10 3 - 5 |
1 - 2 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Pierce census records
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Pierce Family Origin
Pierce Emigration Information (US)
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to the United States.
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Pierce Emigration Information (AU)
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You can find out when most of the Pierce families immigrated
to Australia.
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port of arrival and destination.
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from the Australian Convict Transportation Registers 1787-1868
Pierce Family Occupations
from 1881 UK Census Data
Pierce census records
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Military Service by Pierce
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