Pears - Family History & Genealogy Message Board

T. G. Pears from Water Valley, MS 1928

drbrownlee — 2009-05-10 01:17:08Z

T. G. is pictured in the 1928 Sea Gull, yearbook of Port Arthur High School in Texas. He is a teacher. I'm not kin but thought this might help.

Frederick S. Pears

KevinPears44 — 2009-03-01 21:59:21Z

Fraderick S. Pears Was born: 1 Feb 1819 in Leicestershire , England Died: 22 Jan 1891 Mercer County , Pennsylvania Buried:Oakhill Cemetery, Sandy Lake Township ,Mercer County, Pennsylvania. Married: 1848/1850 Mercer County , Pennsylvania Caroline H. /Clark/ Born:3 May 1821 Mercer County , Pennsylvania Died:15 Apr 1899 Mercer County , Pennsylvania Buried: Millbank Cemetery ,Fairview Township, Mercer County , Pennsylvania. Sarah Ann /Pears/Hicks Parents

Matthew Pears

jdpears188 — 2008-12-31 16:59:56Z

Hello, we're researching our family tree and would like to know if anyone has information on Matthew Pears born in Kettlewell (Nr Yorkshire) around 1819. He later moved to Bellingham in Northumberland where he married Agnes Smith (born in 1817) of Whitfield in Northumberland.

Michael Pears

Re: Cumbrian PEARS

lizziehodgson_1 — 2008-12-05 11:04:48Z

I have found a Jonathan Pears in Lazonby about 1760.
Any connection with your Pears.

Liz

Re: PEARS in Yorkshire and Essex

Dbrian11 — 2008-11-18 17:35:43Z

Hi John

Yes Edwin Pears was my mothers brother he died 17 Sept 1949 (I was 12 at the time) I have his memorial card by White and son Funeral Diretors I also have a picture of the shop they had in Hoe Street besides a lot of copies of the family original baptismn,BMD certificates.
Bertha not Martha is the name given on Baptismn, Marriage and Edwin's death certificate.
We are obviosly closely related so please get in touch my email is dbrian1@aol.com I live now in Suffolk.

Re: PEARS in Yorkshire and Essex

rtrmonty1 — 2008-11-03 15:53:18Z

Hi there!
I have just started researching the 'Pears' for my d-in-law. Her father is Stanley Pears, son of Edwin Pears (1896) and grandson of Edwin (b 1871). It would seem that your mother and he are fairly closely related.
Some of the maiden names you gave were very useful. The only name I would query is that of Edwin's wife. The 1901 census shows her being named 'Martha' not Bertha. A typing error perhaps.
Regards John

Pears Soap Advertisements archive?

doogaldetects — 2008-09-18 14:01:57Z

Hello
Does anybody know if there is a Pears Soap advert archive some place? Apparently my grandfather was a Pears Soap boy but I don't know if this was in a cinema advert or a photo advert. He was born in 1912 in Birkenhead so I am not sure if this could have been a local advert...

Hope somebody might be able to help me

Thank you

Re: PEARS in Yorkshire and Essex

Dbrian11 — 2008-09-12 21:23:36Z

I read your query regarding the PEARS family.
My family on my mothers side was a Pears
I have to date :-
Thomas Pears b Malton Yorks married Ann Megson 31 Jan 1789
son Richard b 10 Mar 1799 Malton Yorks married Ann Westcott
son James William Pears b 5 Nov 1826 Shoreditch London married Emma Standerwick
son Edwin b 5 Jan 1871 Bethnal Green London married Bertha Forman
My Mother Dorothy Born 1904 Walthamstow Essex

Ring any bells? contact me

Pears from the Famous Soap Pears

relsarecoming — 2008-08-16 08:17:20Z

I have a Maria Pear in my tree who married Patrick Dalrymple. They both died in Australia. I have Maria's parents as Mathew Pear and Elizabeth Satchwell. This is all the info I have. Can anyone help out with anything else. Please reply to debbieayres@bigpond.com

Thanks
Debbie

Re: PEARS in Yorkshire and Essex

Briscoebch — 2008-05-15 11:31:07Z

Hi Laura: Thanks for writing. I have never been able to find any connection to this one grandparent's family tree. Her name was Sarah Pears, but I can't determine who her parents were.

Re: PEARS in Yorkshire and Essex

lauratasker — 2008-05-14 10:49:46Z

Hi there, I'm not sure if you are still researching the Yorkshire side of your family tree. My great grandmother was Eva Pears, she was born in Scarborough in 1895 and moved to Leeds. Her father was William Pears born 1851. I have a lot of Pears in my tree all from either Scarborough, Malton or Eastrington all in Yorkshire, I have also some who moved down south. Hope it is of some use to you. Please contact me if your think this might be the family your looking for. Kind regards, Laura.

Re: Family ties

adbhpears — 2008-04-14 00:08:04Z

Hello Sophie,

I don't know whether you are still searching for Pears in Essex, but I'm one of them! I am from Upminster and Brentwood, but now living in Canada - actually related to Lynn who contacted you a few years ago.

Andy

Susan Pears b. abt 1845 in Louisville, married Benjamin Bollinger

kathywittes — 2007-10-05 06:58:49Z

I'm looking for info on Susan Pears b. abt 1845 in Louisville, married Benjamin Bollinger. They had many kids, including Francis, Dora, Robert, Callie, Catherine, and James, and wound up in Missouri.

Kathy Wittes

Death of Mr. Francis Pears in Honduras

davwayell — 2007-07-14 01:48:10Z

Anyone interested in a copy of the U.S. Department of State's "Report of the Death of an American Citizen" for Mr. Francis Pears, please contact me so I can conduct research to locate the record. Mr. Pears died in Honduras during 1898-1899.

Dave Ellison
davwayell@aol.com

Pears Tormohan Devon

mistee100 — 2007-03-06 19:24:31Z

If anyone has Henry Arthur Pears who may have been living in the Tormohan Devon area in the 1902 I would like to hear from you.

Osborne/Pears

cornishmaid132 — 2006-09-30 13:52:06Z

Looking for information about an Osborne who married a Pears. She (Osborne) came from Cornwall and may have died in Torquay in the 1940's. She had brothers and sisters . At least 2 brothers emigrated.
A letter I have had her as Mrs. M E Pears.

Mary Pears

BasketLady420 — 2006-04-13 21:06:49Z

___ Johnson, m. Mary Pears, Dec. 31, 1740.
~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~~ ~ ~

I am not related to this family, I am just passing on this information, which comes from a book titled "A Genealogical Register of the Inhabitants of the Town of Litchfield, Conn." by George C. Woodruff.
Joyce

Re: Fredrick S. Pears

barbaree1 — 2006-03-02 22:55:06Z

Debbie,

I am also interested in your Frederick S. Pears. I have been researches some of his relatives that immigrated to Mercer Co., PA. Please email me if you see this.

Kristine

William Pears

2004-11-27 16:33:58Z

Can anyone tell me where William Thompson Pears fits into the family tree?
I have info on his life in Kenilworth, and his marriage to a very young A H Pears grand daughter

Pears family in India

2004-08-14 00:01:14Z

Can any one help me i am trying to trace a Arnold Pears his wife Salome who had at least 2 sons maurice and James. James was born in India but marries in Australia in 1887 I have James still in Australia 1903 with his wife Louisa but loose them after that
Thank you for any help or advise
Norma

Osborne/Pears/Cornwall/Newton Abbot

2004-05-23 17:18:46Z

Still looking for possible family member. Mary Elizabeth Osborne born in Cornwall. May have married Henry Arthur Pears 1902 in Newton Abbot.

PEARS & BRISCOE

2004-04-19 23:57:18Z

Does anyone have a Sarah PEARS and Robert BRISCOE married 19 SEPT 1793 in Northampton in their family tree?

Re: FRED Pears - PA

2005-09-23 23:54:16Z

"Western PA. Genealogical Society Quarterly, august 1983, vol 10 - #1
pg. 23 "Marriage Register Of Rev. James F. Perry
Transcribed by Theodore L. Brownyard
...Crawford County Genealogy...848 North Main St., Meadville PA 16335...
Reverend James Finney Perry...Erie Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church...
pg. 31...
#23) The 1870 census of Fairview Twp., Mercer Co., shows Fred Pears, 51, Carolina Pears, 49, & John H. Pears, 19....."
not my family

Re: Julia Pears

2005-03-06 05:18:55Z

I do not have any ancestor passed Thomas Passmore, so there may or may not be a connection, at this stage I cant tell. But please keep me in mind if you find anything further and I will do the same.

Re: Julia Pears

2005-03-04 20:38:15Z

The only Pears I have found in my tree was Sarah. She married Joseph about 1800.

Re: Julia Pears

2005-03-03 01:17:00Z

I have a Thomas Pears in my tree from the Leeds area. He was born around 1900. I do not know any of his siblings names so dont know if there is any connection here.

Re: Cumbrian PEARS

2003-06-28 11:37:49Z

Hello, your message is a bit old and I really have nothing to add about the Pears but an ancester of mine [William Knight] lived in Greenah during the 1790 to 1800 period. Do you have any information on Greenah or where I might find some? Thanks, Bill Knight

Re: Pears the soap manufacturers

2003-05-25 15:28:23Z

John- I would LOVE any and all info that you could provide re: the Pears Soap Co. and family. My paternal great- grandmother was Jane Ann Pears. The family rumor was that she had started the company, but if not, she was at least, a direct relation of whoever did! Apparently my grandfather, Ernest Lowe (Jane's son) left England over some kind of feud regarding claims to the $ from the company. Is the company still alive and well???

South Yorkshire,(Sheffield area)

2003-04-26 12:48:31Z

My father's family were from the Sheffield area. My father had two brothers and two sisters.

Re: pears

2002-07-24 04:48:35Z

I was wondering if while you have been researching the Pears if you have came across the Pears that were married in Montana I dont know his name i know here name was Eva Warthen ,...Warthen is not her maiden she was once married to a Melvin Warthen this Pears adopted her children their names are Faye and Grace DeAnn ..Kathy

Annie and Harriett Pears

2001-09-25 06:40:58Z

I am looking for information pre 1862 about the above two girls who were born around 1840 and their family. Harriett was born in London and I assume Annie was too. They left England in 1862 embarking in Adelaide, South Australia. On Harriett's marriage certificate she states her father as Henry but no mother is listed. As with all people researching the Pears name we have been told down the line that Harriett was related to the Pears Soap Family but we take this with a grain of salt.

Any takers?

Re: The Pears Soap Family

2001-07-26 12:35:14Z

Elsbeth,

I know you've emailed me direct, but here is the basic Pears Soap information for this message board.

Andrew Pears snr., invented the transparent soap while working at a gentlemen's hairdressers in Gerrard Street Soho, some time after he had moved up to London in 1795 from a farm near Mevagissey in Cornwall. He recruited his brother(s) in due course, but the business remained quite small in central London for almost half a century - relying almost entirely on personal recommendations. AP retired in 1838. Then around the 1850s a marketing genius named Barratt married into the Pears family and was also recruited into the firm in a high capacity. He made the soap world-famous, and they moved to Isleworth in Middlesex in 1862, where they eventually built a total of three factories, and where they stayed for the next hundred years. Towards the end of that century they were spending a million pounds a year on advertising - at a time when you could buy a semi for about £120, and when Andrew Pears jnr., spent only £120,000 in building a magnificent 50-roomed mansion in Isleworth (the equivalent of about £7 million today). Visit SPRINGGROVEGRAMMAR.COM for details and pictures. AP jnr., had nine chldren. In the early 1960s the business was acquired by Unilever, who moved manufacture of the Pears soap to Port Sunlight in Cheshire, and disposed of the factories and the site in Middlesex.

There exists a retired Chief Historical Librarian named Andrea Cameron who, like me, went to the school that eventually occupied the Pears' mansion. Outside the descendants of the Pears family she knows virtually all there is to know about Pears and Pears Soap: having written articles and booklets on the subject. I am in regular touch with her, and I will shortly try and put her on-line here to settle all the queries about the Pears Soap Family. jhb

Re: Pears

2001-07-26 10:55:36Z

See my message headed Pears Soap dated 25 July 2001. The core of the soap family was Cornwall 1795, Central London till 1862, Isleworth Middlesex (now London)till 1960 - then company sold to international conglomerate Unilever. Factories were pulled down, and transparent soap now made near Liverpol.

jhb

Pears Soap

2001-07-25 19:44:18Z

Facts: Andrew Pears snr., came from a farm near Mevagissey in Cornwall. He moved to Soho in 1795 and worked in a gentlemen's hairdressers, where he invented transparent soap. The business remained very small for 50 years or so, until the marketing genius Barrett joined the firm. In 1962 the company moved to Isleworth in Middlesex, and over time built three factories producing soap products. They remained there for a hundred years, until they were bought by Unilever and the manufature of Pears Soap was transferred to Port Sunlight in Cheshire. So, the roots were in Cornwall, the early years were in central London, and the highly profitable years were in Isleworth, Middlesex. Barrett was the key to their becoming known world-wide. If you can trace any connection with farmer Pears in Cornwall in the eighteenth century, or Andrew Pears in Marylebone or Isleworth in the nineteenth, you may be on to something - otherwise you are probably best advised to forget it.
jhb

Re: Pears the soap manufacturers

2001-07-23 10:01:48Z

I can probably provide you with all the information you need to know about Pears Soap and the family. Andrew Pears built and occupied the mansion that became Spring Grove Grammar School. If you visit the school website springgrovegrammar.com you will get much information direct from that site. But if you want more - mail me. jhb

Pears Family

2001-05-20 19:23:07Z

Hi Debbie - long time no talk to. Tried your email but came back undeliverable. Looking to see if you have any new information on Frederick Pears (m. Caroline Clark) parents. I only have the name John Pears w/no dates and spouse of Ann ?. Show two children - Frederick & William Henry. What am I missing? Thanks!

PEARS in Yorkshire and Essex

2001-05-18 12:00:00Z

Hi, I'm trying to trace any other people with the surname Pears. I have never heard of anyone else with this name except my family who originated from Yorshire but a lot of them now live in Essex. I would also like to trace the origins of the name. Thanks.

Re: Pears the soap manufacturers

2002-01-02 19:13:17Z

I have recently been given a picture of The Miss Pears 1879, and I am interested on the history of the Pears Manufacturers competion, I would love to find out who this wonderfull little girl in the picture is, I have searched the internet, and have found the history for Bubbles, but nothing on the Miss Pears, who won it and when, please can anyone help help?

Pears of Middlesex, London

RussellBruce — 2001-09-25 16:24:38Z

I am looking for Pears ancestors. What I know: John Pears (b:abt 1835 in Chapel Place, London) married Harriet Laker (B:about the same- St. George Hanover Sq, London) 2 Jun 1860 at Parish of St George, Hanover Sq. His father was JohnPears, hers William Laker (taken from marriage certificate)

Pears

RussellBruce — 2001-09-25 16:24:38Z

No I am not Michael... but was my information familiar? Please E Mail me at Russbruce@AOL.com

"Pears"

MBallard1513 — 2003-10-20 02:21:39Z

I am researching "Pears", it is my mothers maiden name her father was Edwin Pears who had a shop in Walthamstow Essex and was married to Bertha Foreman. No dates at this stage, if we connect somewhere would be happy to share as I do further research. For the meaning of "Pears" surname try the Hall of names.
Bye for now
Mary

Re: pears

sskelly_101 — 2003-02-27 00:46:33Z

Not sure if this will be help or hinderance for you....
There is a line of Pears that immigrated to the US who have a William Henry Pears in the line...
Fred Pears (b ABT 1819) m Caroline (b ABT 1821)
children (include):
- William Henry Pears (b Abt 1855) m Ella Flora Clark
children (include, not limited to):
- Orris H Pears (b 20 dec 1883) m Zadie Lehman (b 6 oct 1883)

If anyone has detailed information on Fred or Caroline or their pedigree, please contact me.

Pears the soap manufacturers

effpears — 2004-11-29 16:45:36Z

I have been researching many Pears in Cumbria UK, many around the Hesket area and Penrith and Watermill Lock etc, have always wondered whether there is a connection with the soap firm. Does anyone have details of the 2 brothers who founded the firm and of their roots?
Many Thanks Elsbeth

Cumbrian PEARS

LeahDunc — 2003-07-07 14:02:11Z

Hi - I'd love to chat to anyone researching the family of Christopher and Mary PEARS in Cumberland, England. I'd love to make contact with descendents of their children Ann PEARS and Christopher PEARS, who married siblings John DENT and Margaret DENT in the 1840's in Cumbria.

Cumbrian PEARS

LeahDunc — 2003-07-07 14:02:11Z

I'd love to chat to anyone who has come across two PEARS siblings, Christopher (b.1820, Skelton, Cumberland, England) and Ann (b.1817, Skelton) who married two DENT siblings, Margaret (b.1825, Watermillock, Cumberland) and John (b.1816, Greenah, Cumberland). I'm keen to trace their descendents.

Re: Family ties

lynnpears — 2003-03-27 22:42:51Z

Hello Sophie - I think I must be one of the 'Pears' you are looking for. I hail from Essex; specifically - I was borne on the island of Mersea (not the Liverpool one!!). My father is Geoffrey Richard Pears, originally from Ilford in Essex. I now live in a SE coastal village called Wivenhoe. If you need any more information on the Essex connection, please contact me.
Lynn Pears

pears

@@highlites@lineone.net — 2003-06-29 10:39:23Z

Has anyone in the Pears family had the surname Osborne mentioned as I have recently come across a letter from a firm of solicitors dated 1950 and a William Henry Osborne and a Samuel Osborne were mentioned. They had emigrated to America.

Re: pears

@@highlites@lineone.net — 2003-06-29 10:39:23Z

haven.t looked into the Pears.Just wondered if one married an Osborne.I don.t as yet know quite where they fit in.

Frederick S. Pears

barbaree1 — 2005-11-01 04:06:54Z

I am interested in Frederick S. Pears who was born 1819 in Leicestershire, ENG and died in Mercer Co., Penns. I am interested to see if anyone can confirm who his parents were.

Re: Family ties

jeepsbabee — 2002-03-10 21:45:53Z

My maiden name is Pears. I am from Lafayette, Louisiana. I have 3 brothers. My great-grandfather was born in England - near Birmingham (Stonebridge, maybe?) in 1852. He came to America - to Mississippi. I am presently doing some research to find out more about him.