(submitted by Margaret Hodgson and Janis McCahill)
Oliver Myles Pierce II (c.1794–1870) was born in Quebec to Oliver Myles Pierce I (c.1770–1803). He had a younger brother, Jonathan. It is believed that the Pierces were United Empire Loyalists and had moved from New York City to eastern Quebec in the 1770s, during the upheaval of the American Revolution.
Oliver II married Sarah Armstrong (1805–1886) from the United States. They lived in Warwick Twp. on Lot 2, Con. 5 NER (Birnam Line). Oliver and Sarah raised six children: John Oliver, James S., William Henry, Ephraim, Annis, and Mary Elizabeth.
John Oliver (1835–1886) married Margaret Duncan (1841–1903), daughter of Adam and Mary (MacDonald) Duncan. John and Margaret lived on Lot 2, Con. 5 NER. They had five children: William, Selena, Alice, James, and Ethel.
There appears to be no information about James S. (c.1842–after 1871) other than he was buried at Beechwood Cemetery in Forest, Ont. William Henry (c.1843–) was born in London, Ont. and married Annie Maria Haynes (c.1849) in Watford. They lived beside his father on Lot 3, Con. 5 NER.
Ephraim (1846–1925) married Elizabeth Ann Boyce (1852–c.1930) and they also lived on Lot 3, Con. 5 NER. By 1911 they were living in Forest. Annis (c.1849–c.1913) married George Summers Stonehouse (1826–1907) in about 1881. Her husband died in Montgomery County, Iowa and Annis returned to Forest, Ont.
Mary Elizabeth (c.1832–c.1892) married William S. Stonehouse (1832–1906) in 1857 in St. Mary’s, Ont. They had six children: Oliver, Sarah Elizabeth, Maude Annie, William W., John Newton, and Morley. William S., widowed at age 60, lived in Forest with daughters Sarah and Maude (Stonehouse) Detwiler, according to the 1901 census.
Chapter 24 of 25 - Pierce, Oliver Myles
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