Biography:
Arthur Pearce (774)
27/03/1863 –15/05/1920
Arthur Pearce (774)
Plot 774 Arthur Pearce (1863-1920)
Arthur was born 27 March 1863 in Berkhamsted to Joseph and Mary Ann (née Cave) Pearce. His father was a sawyer.
In 1881 the family’s address was given as the Rose and Crown, High Street, although Joseph was still a sawyer and not yet the landlord, as he was to become later. Arthur was a clerk.
He married Louisa Farn in Northchurch in 1890 and in 1900 Sidney was born.
In 1901 they lived at 111, High Street and Arthur was a brewer’s clerk
By 1911 they had moved to 15 Chapel Street where they both lived for the rest of their lives.
Arthur died 15 May 1920, aged 57. He left £1898 (almost £72,000 in 2024.)
Louisa died in 1938 and is buried here and Arthur’s parents and brother Archie are buried in plot 217.
in the cemetery
Plot 774 Arthur Pearce (1863-1920)
Arthur was born 27 March 1863 in Berkhamsted to Joseph and Mary Ann (née Cave) Pearce. His father was a sawyer.
In 1881 the family’s address was given as the Rose and Crown, High Street, although Joseph was still a sawyer and not yet the landlord, as he was to become later. Arthur was a clerk.
He married Louisa Farn in Northchurch in 1890 and in 1900 Sidney was born.
In 1901 they lived at 111, High Street and Arthur was a brewer’s clerk
By 1911 they had moved to 15 Chapel Street where they both lived for the rest of their lives.
Arthur died 15 May 1920, aged 57. He left £1898 (almost £72,000 in 2024.)
Louisa died in 1938 and is buried here and Arthur’s parents and brother Archie are buried in plot 217.
Relatives
- Mary Ann Pearce — mother
- Herbert Archibald (Archie) Pearce — brother
- Louisa Pearce — wife
- Joseph Pearce — father





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