Maj. Henry William Hull Coleman Piers ⁵ ^,13

Born: 29 Jun 1813, Messina, Sicily, Italy
Marriage (1): Ann Weakley on 30 Mar 1842 in Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa
Died: 18 May 1887, Cape Town, Cape Province, South Africa aged 73
Buried: Cape Town, Cape Province, South Africa

Family Links

Spouses/Children:

1. Ann Weakley

(+ Shows person has known children.)

bullet Birth Notes:

http://www.1820settlers.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=Genealogy&file=getperson&personID=I17477&tree=1

And

Per email from DR dated 24 Aug 2013.

bullet Death Notes:

http://www.1820settlers.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=Genealogy&file=getperson&personID=I17477&tree=1

And

http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Search/igi/individual_record.asp?recid=100046401638&lds=1®ion=0

bullet Burial Notes:

http://www.1820settlers.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=Genealogy&file=getperson&personID=I17477&tree=1

And

South African National Archives

DEPOT Genealogical Society of SA, Peter Holden
DESCRIPTION Piers, HW - Gravestone.
STARTING 0000
ENDING 0000
REMARKS St Paul's Church Cemetery, Rondebosch, Cape Town, Cape.
Compiler: W Trollip, 1927. Amended and corrected: M Cairns, 1978. Published: Familia, No. 3, 1978.
SUMMARY + Henry W Piers. Member of Royal Staff Corps and RM Cape Colony. Father of Alfred Hayton and James Rumbold Piers.

bullet Sources of information or noted events in his life were:

• Ancestors. Direct descendant of Sir Henry Piers

Birth - 1678
1682 - Published a book "A Chorographical Description of the County of West-Meath. Written A. D. 1682."
2 Jun 1693 - Baronet of Tristernagh Abbey
Death - 14 Mar 1733 Due to an overdose of opium.
Marriage - 8 Dec 1729 Capard House, Rosenalis, Laois, Ireland
Father Sir William PIERS
Mother Hon. Honora F FITZMAURICE

http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~apiers/f38.html

The Piers family goes back to Sir Henry Piers, 1st Baronet (c. 1628-1691)
See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piers_Baronets

• Children. They had 11 Children:-

1. William Henry Joseph Piers, b. 1845, Bathurst Lodge, Cape Town
2. Walter Rumbold Piers, b. 22 Jan 1846, 'The Castle', Cape Town , d. 5 Oct 1913, East London, Eastern Cape Province, South Africa
3. Alfred Hayton Piers, b. 20 Sep 1846, Bathurst Lodge, Cape Town
4. Frederick Charles Piers, b. 1850, Bathurst Lodge, Cape Town
5. Arthur Shute Piers, b. 1854, Bathurst Lodge, Cape Town
6. Henrietta Hedley Piers, b. 1856, Bathurst Lodge, Cape Town
7. Letitia Kinton Piers, b. 1858, Bathurst Lodge, Cape Town
8. Anna Maria Piers, b. Mar 1860, Bathurst Lodge, Cape Town , d. 17 Mar 1931, Cape Town, Western Cape Province, South Africa
9. Charles Edward Piers, b. Sep 1860, Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape Province, South Africa , d. 28 May 1912, East London, Eastern Cape Province, South Africa
10. James Henry Rumbold Piers, b. 6 Nov 1878, Bathurst Lodge, Cape Town
11. Henry Trueman Piers, b. 1880, Bathurst Lodge, Cape Town

There is more info at:- http://www.1820settlers.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=Genealogy&file=getperson&personID=I17477&tree=1

And

http://www.mytrees.com/ancestry/Other/Born-1858/Pi/Piers-family/Letitia-Piers-ro002212-184.htmll

6 Sept 2011

There is some confusion on the children -

http://www.1820settlers.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=Genealogy&file=getperson&personID=I17477&tree=1

has most of their children born at "Bathurst Lodge" Cape Town

whereas

http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~apiers/f1.html

has all of them born in Port Elizabeth. The confusion is probably in the name "Bathurst" which is near Port Elizabeth in the Eastern Cape.

I have left the Cape Town address until further info comes to light.

The Cape Town address is in ALL the LDS records as well.

Originally I had two James Henry Rumbolds. I have deleted one as his birth date was the same as the death date of the other. This is an LDS generated error. Coincidentally the St Paul's website in Rondebosch lists his second name as Harry. I am sure this is an error.

• Estate. There are numerous estate documents in the National Archives of South Africa.

• Siblings. His sister was Anna Maria Piers (b Abt 1828 Hythe St Leonard, Kent, England
and d 11 Nov 1867 in South Africa) who married John Edward Montagu on 6 Jan 1848 in Cape Town. His brother was Charles Piers.

See
http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Search/igi/individual_record.asp?recid=100045981377&lds=1®ion=0

And

http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Search/igi/individual_record.asp?recid=100046401633&lds=1®ion=0

And

http://trees.ancestry.co.uk/tree/1116618/person/1285676579

There is extensive info on the Montagus at http://trees.ancestry.co.uk/tree/19127411/person/762146550

• Web Based Info. http://www.1820settlers.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=Genealogy&file=getperson&personID=I17477&tree=1

And

http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~apiers/f1.html

And

http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Search/igi/individual_record.asp?recid=100046401638&lds=1®ion=0

Henry married Ann Weakley, daughter of Joseph Weakley and Emma Kinton, on 30 Mar 1842 in Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa. (Ann Weakley was born on 21 Jul 1822 in Bathurst, Eastern Cape, South Africa, christened on 18 Feb 1830 in Bathurst, Eastern Cape, South Africa and died on 5 Oct 1892 in Bathurst, Eastern Cape, South Africa.)

bullet Sources of information or n events in their marriage were:

• Web Based Info. http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Search/igi/individual_record.asp?recid=100126758381&lds=1®ion=0

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Caveat:- Throughout the project UK GRO birth, marriage and death index data appears. The GRO data appears in Quarters. Q1 = January, February and March, Q2 = April, May, June , Q3 = July, August and September and Q4 = October, November and December. Similarly, Mar Q = January, February and March, Jun Q = April, May, June , Sep Q = July, August and September and Dec Q = October, November and December. Where these dates occur, they represent the date of Registration of the event rather than the date of the actual event. Logically, registration occurs AFTER the event. In some cases this may be days or months or even years after the event. The important thing is that the event was recorded and a copy of the document of registration could be obtained if necessary. This also applies to South African NAAIRS records.

Similarly, the UK system is confusing to the uninitiated because registration districts can span several counties. Accordingly GRO locations may not record the true location of the event. They do record where the record is actually kept or recorded.

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Maj. Henry William Hull Coleman Piers 5,13

Maj. Henry William Hull Coleman Piers ⁵ ^,13