Brief Life History of Jane Ann
When Jane Ann Pierson was born in 1895, in Cottenham, Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom, her father, John Charles Pierson, was 26 and her mother, Florence Elizabeth Wilson, was 24. She died in 1971, in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom, at the age of 76.
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- Jane A Pierson in household of John C Pierson, "England and Wales Census, 1901"
- Jane Ann Pierson, "England and Wales Birth Registration Index, 1837-2008"
- Legacy NFS Source: Jane A Pierson - Government record: Census record: birth-name: Jane A Pierson
World Events (8)
1904 · The Entente Cordiale
The Entente Cordiale was signed between Britain and France on April 8, 1904, to reconcile imperial interests and pave the way for future diplomatic cooperation. This ended hundreds of years of conflict between the two states.
1908
London, United Kingdom hosts Summer Olympic Games.
1918
WWI ends in November with armistice. The number of UK war dead runs to several hundred thousand.
Name Meaning
English: variant of Pearson .
North German: patronymic from the personal name Pier, a variant of Peer, vernacular shortened form of Peter . Compare Peerson .
History: Born in Yorkshire, England, Abraham Pierson (1609–78) was the first pastor of the settlements at Southampton, Long Island, NY; Branford, CT, and Newark, NJ. He left his library of more than 400 books, one of the most extensive in the colonies, to his son Abraham, who was one of the first trustees of Yale College.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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