914 documented Pierce ancestors, drawn from public records such as death indexes and county histories. Every name below is a real person in the public record.
English & Welsh, from the personal name Piers (a medieval form of Peter).
Where the records place them: Iowa (100%), out of 906 Pierce records with a known place.
The most common first names among them: Mary, Robert, James, John and Charles.
Of the 910 with both a birth and a death year, the median lifespan was 78 years.
The earliest recorded birth is Mary E Pierce, born 1758 in New York.
Documented Pierce families on this page come from History of Highland County, Ohio.
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Deceased Pierce ancestors, earliest first. Living family members are deliberately omitted.
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English & Welsh, from the personal name Piers (a medieval form of Peter).
The documented line here reaches back to 1758. Most Pierce lines can be traced to the end of the surviving public record.
No. Deceased ancestors only, from public records. Living people are excluded for privacy.
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