Brief Life History of Ira Albert
When Ira Albert Pierce was born on 29 July 1845, in Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States, his father, Josiah Pierce, was 41 and his mother, Ellen Davis, was 41. He married Jane Ekis on 13 August 1868.
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1845– Male
1839– Female
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1804– Male
1805– Female
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1828– Male
1845– Male
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1846
Age 1
1863
Age 18
1863 · The Battle at Gettysburg
Age 18
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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