ID 216078 (Group DD)
1. William Pierce born Merionethshire, Wales 1798, died probably 1847. Married Anne Pierce, probably born Anne Edwards 1800 and died 1863. They farmed 40 acres in Pengwern, Festiniog. They had 5 children - youngest was John Pierce.

2. John Pierce, born 1837 in Festiniog, Merionethshire; married Elinor/Ellin Roberts, born 1831 in Trawsfynnydd, Merionethshire. They had 5 daughters and 2 sons - youngest was John Pierce.

3. John Pierce, a farmer born 1878 in Llanfihangel, Carnarvonshire, died in Ruthin, Denbighshire.  He seems to have had two families at the same time - he married Susannah Price, a farmers daughter, in 1909 and they had 8 children.  He also had two children with Kathleen Roberts - including my father, Gwilym Pierce, born 1910 in Carnarvonshire, died 1993 in London.

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