1784 - 1872 (88 years)
1791 - 1875 (84 years)
Birth |
1791 |
Died |
1875 |
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Family |
Henry (Maj) Piers, b. 1784 |
Married |
Abt 1812 |
Children |
+ | 1. Charles Piers, b. 17 Sep 1821, Montreal, Quebec, Canada |
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1821 - 1884 (62 years)
Birth |
17 Sep 1821 |
Montreal, Quebec, Canada |
Died |
3 Mar 1884 |
Rondebosch, Western Cape, South Africa |
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Father |
Henry (Maj) Piers, b. 1784 |
Mother |
Ann Rumbold, b. 1791 |
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Family |
Frances Isabella Presgrave, b. Est 1830 |
Married |
1850 |
Children |
| 1. Charles George Henry Piers, b. 13 May 1851 |
+ | 2. Jessie Anna Presgrave Piers, b. 1860 |
| 3. Harry Montagu Murrell Piers, b. 1865 |
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Name |
Henry (Maj) Piers |
Birth |
1784 [1] |
Gender |
Male |
Death |
1872 [1] |
Person ID |
I58707 |
master |
Last Modified |
13 Jan 2019 |
Family |
Ann Rumbold, b. 1791 d. 1875 (Age 84 years) |
Marriage |
Abt 1812 [1] |
Children |
+ | 1. Charles Piers, b. 17 Sep 1821, Montreal, Quebec, Canada d. 3 Mar 1884, Rondebosch, Western Cape, South Africa (Age 62 years) |
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Family ID |
F21206 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Last Modified |
22 May 2007 |
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Notes |
- MAJOR HENRY PIERS. b. 1784, d. 1872.
Henry Piers joined the British Army as an Ensign of the Royal Staff Corps in 1809 at Hythe. In 1811 be proceeded to the Mediterranean was at the taking of Genoa and Leghorn. Surveyed the Island of Ponza, and the Bay of Naples, under constant annoyance from the enemy guns, and returned to Hythe in 1817, when under Benjamin Durban commanded the Corps. In 1819 he embarked for Canada, where he was employed in the construction of the Ottowa canal. He also framed a map (120 feet long) of the disputed territory in connection with the arbitration of the King of Holland respecting the boundaries of the United States and Canada - a service for which he received the special thanks of the Earl of Dalhousie, the Governor Genera1. He returned to England at the end of 1824, and received his commission as a Captain on 17th March, 1825. He accompanied the military expedition to Portugal in 1826-27 under General Sir William H Clinton. Shortly after his return from thence he was sent to Halifax, Nova Scotia, where his company was extensivly employed in building the casements of the new citadel. In 1832 he was promoted to the rank of Major on half pay, on the reduction of the corps. At the close of 1834 he arrived at the Cape of Good Hope as Specia1 Magistrate under the Slave Emancipation act, and was stationed at Stellenbosch. Subsequently, and after the teramination of the period of slave apprenticeship, he was employed by the Colonial Government as Resident Magistrate at the Paarl and Tulbugh, and resigned his. magistracy in 1848.
(Thomas STOBIE)
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