William Edward Pierce

Resident planter in British Guiana.

1. William Edward Pierce, almost certainly this man's son, matriculated Corpus Christi Cambridge Michaelmas 1859, became Rector of St Michael's Kingston, Jamaica 1869-1880, then left to do missionary work on the Potaro River in British Guiana, where he was drowned with his wife and 4 children after less than a year.   

T71/886 British Guiana claim nos. 1589, 1590 and 1591. T71/887 British Guiana claim nos. 2243, 2369 (Elizabeth Anne) and 2373.

1. Ancestry.com, Cambridge University Alumni 1261-1900 [database online]; International Genealogical Index shows birth of William Edward Pierce of Georgetown Demerara 12/06/1840 and death British Guiana 28/09/1881, son of William Edward Pierce and Joseph [sic] Gibson Austin Pierce.