MY FAMILY TREE PROJECT:

THE PEARCE FAMILY

BY: THOMASINA PEARCE

Fathers Father:
Thomas Pearce
(Death: May 9, 1989)

Little Brother:
Zachary
(Birth: Nov. 12,
2005)
Me
(Birth: Feb. 22,
1997)

Father:
Thomas Jr.

Married:
July 12,
1998

Mother:
Theresa

Married:
Dec. 27, 1960
Fathers Mother:
Ruth Pearce

Mothers Father:
Malachi Stokes
(Death: Apr. 17,
2007)
Mothers
Mother:
Daisy
Washington

Fathers
Grandfather:
James Pearce
Fathers
Grandmother:
Bertha Pearce

Mothers
Grandfather:
Solomon Stokes

Fathers
Grandfather:
John Mcniell

Fathers Grandmother:
Bessie Lee Jones
(Death: May 9, 2007)

Mothers Grandmother:
Henrietta Stokes
Mothers Grandfather:
Thomas Montgomery
Mothers Grandmother: Rosalie Montgomery

INTRO
I HAVE A VERY LARGE FAMILY; I HAVE 9 SIBLINGS IN

TOTAL, BUT I ONLY INCLUDED ON THE FAMILY

DIAGRAM BECAUSE THE REST ARE HALF SIBLINGS.

MY FAMILY IS VERY LARGE, SO THAT IS WHY IT IS

HARDER FOR EVERYONE TO KEEP UP WITH
EVERYONE ELSE IN THE FAMILY.

I TRIED INTERVIEWING PEOPLE FROM BOTH MY MOM

AND DADS SIDE, BUT FOUND THAT MY MOMS SIDE
WAS THE MOST HELPFUL.

I DIDNT REALIZE THAT MY FAMILY WAS SO

UNEDUCATED ABOUT OUR FAMILY HISTORY AND

THAT IS WHY THEY COULD NOT GIVE ME AS MUCH
INFORMATION AS I HAD HOPED FOR.

OUR COUNTRY OF ORIGIN

I FOUND THAT OUR COUNTRY OF ORIGIN IS AMERICA. MAYBE FURTHER DOWN
THE LINE, I WILL FIND OUT OTHER WISE.

THE U.S. HAS A

FLAG MADE UP OF THIRTEEN STRIPES, ALTERNATE RED AND

WHITE, THAT REPRESENT EACH OF THE ORIGINAL THIRTEEN COLONIES AND
THERE ARE FIFTY WHITE STARS IN THE UPPER LEFT CORNER OF THE FLAG
THAT REPRESENT EACH OF THE FIFTY STATES OF THE UNION.

THERE IS A NATIONAL ANTHEM KNOWN AS, THE STAR SPANGLED BANNER. THE
ANTHEM WAS ACTUALLY A POEM WRITTEN BY FRANCIS SCOTT KEY WHEN HE
BECAME INSPIRED DURING THE BATTLE OF BALTIMORE. HE WROTE THE POEM
TO THE TUNE OF AN OLD ENGLISH SONG CALLED, TO ANACREON IN HEAVEN. IT
BECAME SO WIDELY ACCEPTED THAT CONGRESS MADE IT THE NATIONAL
ANTHEM IN 1931 (MONGELLUZZO).

MAIN PLACES OF RESIDENCE

SOUTH CAROLINA

NORTH CAROLINA

ALTHOUGH MY GRANDMA

DAISY WAS BORN IN NEW

YORK, SHE MOVED TO SOUTH
CAROLINA AND IT WAS THERE
THAT SHE STARTED HER
FAMILY.

MY MOM WAS BORN IN SOUTH

CAROLINA AND MOST OF MY

MOMS SIDE OF THE FAMILY IS
FROM SOUTH CAROLINA. MY
MOMS SIDE OF THE FAMILY
THEN MOVED FROM SOUTH
CAROLINA BACK TO NEW YORK.

NEW YORK
MY DADS SIDE OF THE

FAMILY ORIGINATED IN
BROOKLYN NEW YORK, THEN
EVENTUALLY SPREAD OUT
TO OTHER PARTS OF NEW
YORK LIKE LONG ISLAND,
THE BRONX, AND QUEENS.

MY PARENTS MET IN NEW

YORK.

MANY FAMILY MEMBERS

THEN MIGRATED TO NORTH

CAROLINA.

MY FAMILY WAS THE FIRST

TO MOVE TO NORTH
CAROLINA AND THEN CAME
BOTH MY GRANDMOTHERS.

THERE WERE SOME MEMBERS

OF THE PEARCE FAMILY THAT
WERE ALREADY LOCATED IN
FAYETTEVILLE.

MANY OTHER FAMILY

MEMBERS ARE STILL
PLANNING TO MOVE TO NC
AS WELL.

PEARCE FAMILY FACTS

My family has two tribes of Indian in our genes. On my dads
side, his father is mixed with Cherokee Indian and his mother
is mixed with Blackfoot Indian.
My brother served in the military and my dad worked in Iraq
alongside him.
Elephants are important to our family because of my
grandmas love for them. Elephants are revered by many
African cultures because they are a symbol of strength and
power. We have them all over our house.
Our main religions practiced are Muslim & Christianity.

My
Grandm
a Daisy
and
Grandpa
Malachi
(Moms
side)

My
Grand
ma
Ruthy
&
Grandp
a
Thoma
s

WORKS CITED
MONGELLUZZO, AMATO P. A SHORT ESSAY ON THE STAR SPANGLED-BANNER AMATO P. MONGELLUZZO.
N.P., N.D. WEB. 15 JULY 2015.