Joshua Oscar Pierce

Brief Life History of Joshua Oscar

When Joshua Oscar Pierce was born on 27 October 1827, in Paris, Oneida, New York, United States, his father, Nathaniel Pierce, was 27 and his mother, Clarissa Simmons, was 23. He married Hannah M. Randall on 4 July 1853, in Green Lake, Green Lake, Wisconsin, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Lindina, Juneau, Wisconsin, United States in 1870. He died on 28 November 1898, in Wonewoc, Juneau, Wisconsin, United States, at the age of 71, and was buried in Eden, Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, United States.

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Family Time Line

Joshua Oscar Pierce
1827–1898
Hannah M. Randall
1832–1896
Marriage: 4 July 1853
Annie De Ettie Pierce
1852–1870
George Oscar Pierce
1856–
Trobridge Erle Pierce
1861–
Harry Simmons Pierce
1866–1868
Bertram DeWitt Pierce
1871–1922
Ruby Luella Pierce
1874–1880
Lillian May Pierce
1878–1933

Sources (8)

  • Joshua C Pierce, "United States Census, 1870"
  • Joshua Oscar PIERCE, "Find A Grave Index"
  • Oscar Pierce in entry for Lillian May Fessenden, "Arizona Deaths, 1870-1951"

World Events (8)

1830 · The Second Great Awakening

Being a second spiritual and religious awakening, like the First Great Awakening, many Churches began to spring up from other denominations. Many people began to rapidly join the Baptist and Methodist congregations. Many converts to these religions believed that the Awakening was the precursor of a new millennial age.

1836

Historical Boundaries: 1836: Fond du Lac, Wisconsin Territory, United States 1849: Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, United States

1846

U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.

Name Meaning

English, Welsh, and Irish: from the Anglo-Norman French and Middle English personal name Piers, Peres, Peris, an Old French nominative of Pierre or Per, the French form of Peter . Pierce is especially frequent in northwestern Wales and Lancashire, while Pearce is the more common spelling in the rest of England. In Ireland Pierce and Pearse represent a shortened Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Piarais ‘son of Piaras’, a Gaelicized form of Piers.

Americanized form of some similar-sounding Jewish surname.

History: Franklin Pierce (1804–69), 14th president of the US, was born in Hillsborough, NH, on the New England frontier. His English ancestor Thomas Pierce emigrated to Charlestown, MA, in 1633/34.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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