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Peeblesshire / Re: William PEARCE of Innerleithen
« on: Wednesday 25 May 11 17:01 BST (UK)  »
Thought you might be interested. My sister found this picture of Winfred Stuart Pearce and Margaret (nee Lamont). The girl standing behind Margaret is Grace Jane, my grandmother. The picture was probably taken around 1915.

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Peeblesshire / Re: William PEARCE of Innerleithen
« on: Tuesday 29 March 11 15:21 BST (UK)  »
Andrew,

Thank you very much for those pics. That's just brilliant. I've never seen pics of my ancestors, that far back. I love it! I've let my sister know they are out there. She too has moved back to Innerleithen and staying just along the road from where the lemonade business used to be.

Gary

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Peeblesshire / Re: William PEARCE of Innerleithen
« on: Wednesday 15 September 10 16:46 BST (UK)  »
Not sure if this thread is being tracked any more, but anyways, I too am a descendant of William Pearce. My great-great-grandfather was Winfred Stuart Pearce, married Margaret Lamont (I believe from the Dunoon area, b1871). Their daughter, Grace Jane Pearce, born 1903 in Galashiels was married to Harry Hobson, born 1895 in the Leeds area. My mother, Margaret Hobson, born 1938 in Peebles married William Brian Mather, born 1939 in Galashiels.

After many years, my mother and father are actually now living in Innerleithen and stay just a few blocks from where it all began.

From the stories my father tells, the lemonade business had something to do with the Clapertons, apparently the name Claperton didn't fit on the label so it became Pearce's Lemonade. Not sure how true that is.

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