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Family History & Genealogy

The Pearce Family

2,929 Pearce records from public death, burial and census records and the old county histories, in all 12 Midwestern states we cover. Every name is a real person in the public record, and we follow set rules to leave living people out (how).

2,929Records in our database
1836Earliest birth
1Biographies
See the Pearce family trees →130 Pearce families pieced together from public birth and death records, county histories and old newspapers
At a glance

2,929 Pearce records in our database

From public death, burial and census records across 12 Midwestern states. We follow set rules to leave living people out (how). Tap a state or a decade to narrow the list of ancestors below.

Where

North Dakota: 7 Pearce recordsSouth Dakota: 30 Pearce recordsNebraska: 123 Pearce recordsKansas: 181 Pearce recordsMinnesota: 73 Pearce recordsIowa: 136 Pearce recordsMissouri: 648 Pearce recordsWisconsin: 177 Pearce recordsIllinois: 446 Pearce recordsMichigan: 405 Pearce recordsIndiana: 192 Pearce recordsOhio: 510 Pearce records73012318173136648177446405192510
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When they were born

Born in the 1840s: 140Born in the 1850s: 0Born in the 1860s: 160Born in the 1870s: 59Born in the 1880s: 23080Born in the 1890s: 419Born in the 1900s: 5701900Born in the 1910s: 587Born in the 1920s: 28320Born in the 1930s: 109Born in the 1940s: 5840Born in the 1950s: 29Born in the 1960s: 1460Born in the 1970s: 4Born in the 1980s: 280Born in the 1990s: 4
  • Most records: Missouri (648 of 2,929)
  • Most common birth decade: the 1910s
  • Earliest birth in the database: Joseph Abner Pearce, born 1843, Michigan
  • Earliest in the county histories: A. B. Pearce, born 1836
Documented families

Pearce families we have traced

Written from county histories and public records, every fact cited. We follow set rules to leave living people out (how).

The earliest Pearces in the county histories

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Biographies from the county histories (1)

People in the record

Pearce people in our records

120 of the 2,752 Pearce people in our records, from every state where the name turns up: the earliest born and the most recent deaths, newest first. Tap a name to open that person's page. Someone listed in two public indexes is shown once. Search every Pearce record →

Lorraine Marie Pearce
1922 to 2020
Otter Tail, Minnesota
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Dorothy L Pearce
1927 to 2013
Iowa
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Howard L Pearce
1963 to 2012
Iowa
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Diane M Pearce
1946 to 2011
Iowa
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Ada N Pearce
1907 to 1999
Kansas
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Aletha Pearce
1901 to 1999
Michigan
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Barbara J Pearce
1936 to 1999
Illinois
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Barbara Mary Pearce
1915 to 1999
Washington, Nebraska
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Charity Pearce
1911 to 1999
Illinois
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Charles E Pearce
1922 to 1999
Nebraska
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Clarence O Pearce
1906 to 1999
Ohio
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Clarence R Pearce
1911 to 1999
Missouri
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Clementine Pearce
1921 to 1999
Illinois
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Cornelius J Pearce
1910 to 1999
Ohio
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David T Pearce
1966 to 1999
Michigan
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Diane M Pearce
1962 to 1999
Kansas
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Edna E Pearce
1905 to 1999
Michigan
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Emily B Pearce
1921 to 1999
Indiana
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Ethel G Pearce
1909 to 1999
Kansas
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Eula M Pearce
1917 to 1999
Missouri
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Eva Pearce
1900 to 1999
Illinois
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Florence M Pearce
1920 to 1999
Wisconsin
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Floyd B Pearce
1910 to 1999
Missouri
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Floyd H Pearce
1933 to 1999
Indiana
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Francis W Pearce
1915 to 1999
Missouri
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George H Pearce
1921 to 1999
Indiana
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George M Pearce
1952 to 1999
Indiana
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Gloria L Pearce
1922 to 1999
Michigan
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Gwendora E Pearce
1927 to 1999
Michigan
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Ida K Pearce
1899 to 1999
Illinois
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Iley W Pearce
1918 to 1999
Illinois
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James H Pearce
1924 to 1999
Ohio
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John F Pearce
1921 to 1999
Ohio
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Josephine W Pearce
1918 to 1999
Wisconsin
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Joyce A Pearce
1932 to 1999
Illinois
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Lavan D Pearce
1902 to 1999
Michigan
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Leona E Pearce
1902 to 1999
Illinois
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Leslie Pearce
1909 to 1999
Michigan
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Mabel Pearce
1909 to 1999
Michigan
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Mahlon W Pearce
1903 to 1999
Ohio
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Margaret Johanna Pearce
1905 to 1999
Waukesha, Wisconsin
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Marguerite B Pearce
1914 to 1999
Missouri
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Marion W Pearce
1909 to 1999
Kansas
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Marlyn S Pearce
1924 to 1999
Illinois
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Mary Pearce
1918 to 1999
Michigan
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Mary W Pearce
1920 to 1999
Ohio
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Mildred J Pearce
1921 to 1999
Ohio
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Naomi E Pearce
1916 to 1999
Missouri
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Newta M Pearce
1904 to 1999
South Dakota
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Sheila M Pearce
1937 to 1999
Ohio
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Charles W Pearce
1925 to 1998
Ohio
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Chloe B Pearce
1916 to 1998
Missouri
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Esther G Pearce
1918 to 1998
Missouri
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Harry O Pearce
1912 to 1998
North Dakota
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Jessie B Pearce
1903 to 1998
Missouri
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John A Pearce
1935 to 1998
Missouri
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Gustave Pearce
1878 to 1980
Michigan
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John M Pearce
1884 to 1977
Hall, Nebraska
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Minnie S Pearce
1876 to 1975
Missouri
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Will Pearce
1885 to 1975
Wisconsin
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Cora O Pearce
1879 to 1974
Missouri
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Eva Pearce
1879 to 1974
Michigan
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Lottie Pearce
1880 to 1974
Minnesota
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George Pearce
1898 to 1973
North Dakota
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Tillie Pearce
1879 to 1973
Ohio
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Abram Pearce
1878 to 1972
Kansas
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Jessie Pearce
1874 to 1972
Illinois
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Leon H Pearce
1879 to 1972
Missouri
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Burt Pearce
1878 to 1971
Ohio
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Katherine Pearce
1886 to 1971
Wisconsin
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Lillian Pearce
1881 to 1971
Wisconsin
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Lutie Pearce
1879 to 1971
Ohio
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Ruth Pearce
1877 to 1971
Missouri
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Annie Pearce
1876 to 1970
Illinois
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Gilbert B Pearce
1880 to 1970
Michigan
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Gilbert D Pearce
1874 to 1970
Missouri
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Harold A Pearce
1877 to 1970
Missouri
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Rose Pearce
1876 to 1970
Kansas
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Lester E Pearce
1879 to 1969
Missouri
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Mary Pearce
1880 to 1969
Michigan
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H E Pearce
1873 to 1968
Kansas
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Harry Pearce
1880 to 1968
Michigan
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Lina Pearce
1878 to 1968
Missouri
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Rosannah Pearce
1873 to 1968
Indiana
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Theta A Pearce
1873 to 1968
Iowa
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Anna Pearce
1875 to 1967
Illinois
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Binnie Pearce
1870 to 1967
Michigan
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Charles Pearce
1877 to 1967
Ohio
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Charles Pearce
1877 to 1967
Illinois
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Charlotte Pearce
1879 to 1967
Indiana
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Emma Pearce
1866 to 1967
Illinois
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George Pearce
1873 to 1967
Iowa
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Harry Pearce
1887 to 1967
South Dakota
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James Pearce
1872 to 1967
Ohio
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Richard Pearce
1876 to 1967
Illinois
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Sarah Pearce
1878 to 1967
Michigan
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Wyona Pearce
1879 to 1967
Douglas, Nebraska
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Charles Pearce
1876 to 1966
Illinois
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Gladys Pearce
1893 to 1966
North Dakota
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John T Pearce
1874 to 1966
Iowa
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Charles Pearce
1877 to 1965
Illinois
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Ernest Pearce
1877 to 1965
Missouri
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Gertrude M Pearce
1883 to 1965
Dodge, Nebraska
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Bert Pearce
1877 to 1964
Missouri
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Grace Pearce
1875 to 1964
Illinois
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Horace Pearce
1875 to 1964
Kansas
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May Pearce
1875 to 1964
Ohio
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Alfred Pearce
1870 to 1963
Ohio
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Charles Pearce
1878 to 1963
Indiana
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Clayton Pearce
1878 to 1963
Michigan
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George Pearce
1877 to 1963
Ohio
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Samuel Pearce
1879 to 1963
Ohio
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Mae Pearce
1873 to 1962
Indiana
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Richard Pearce
1878 to 1962
Minnesota
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Thomas Pearce
1870 to 1962
Illinois
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William Pearce
1879 to 1962
Ohio
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Ernest Pearce
1879 to 1950
Wisconsin
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James Newton Pearce
1873 to 1936
Kinnick Stadium
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Joseph Abner Pearce
1843 to 1918
Michigan
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Louis Pearce
born 1886
Spink, South Dakota
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Common questions

Pearce genealogy: FAQ

Where were Pearce ancestors recorded?

Our database holds 2,929 Pearce records from all 12 Midwestern states. The most are in Missouri (648), then Ohio (510) and Illinois (446).

How far back does the Pearce family tree go?

The earliest Pearce birth in our database is 1843: Joseph Abner Pearce, Michigan. The old county histories name A. B. Pearce, born 1836. We have pieced together 130 Pearce family trees from public birth and death records.

Are living Pearce family members listed here?

Not knowingly. We follow set rules to leave living people out of our public pages. If you find a living relative listed here, email us and we will take the record down.

Is this my Pearce family?

Maybe. Many people share a name, so treat any match as a possible match until the dates and places line up with what you know about your family. Every person here links to their own page with the details, and we can trace your line for you.

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