Christened and married as Robert Edwin but otherwise known as Edwin.
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Edwin Pearce of Morton Cot died aged 53 years (burial record).
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In 1861 Edwin Pearce, aged 33, born in Redruth Cornwall, master painter, and wife Julia Pearce, aged 33, born in Camborne, were in Barn Street, Liskeard. With them were daughters (born in Redruth) Helen (6) and Catharine (4), both at school.
In 1871 Edwin Pearce, aged 42, born in Redruth, house painter, and wife Julia V. Pearce, aged 43, born in Camborne, house painter's wife, were in Foundry Row, Redruth. With them were children (born in Redruth) Ellen M. (16), draper's assistant, Catherine M. (14), scholar, Henry (10), scholar, Charles (5), scholar, and John (9), scholar.
In 1881 Edwin Pearce, aged 52, born in Redruth, painter, and wife Julia V. Pearce, aged 53, born in Camborne, were at 24 Rose Row, Redruth. Present were children (born in Redruth) Ellen (25), draper's assistant, and Charles (14), scholar.
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SUDDEN DEATH IN REDRUTH WESLEYAN CHAPEL.
On Sunday morning, at Redruth Wesleyan Chapel, whilst singing the first hymn, Mr. Edwin Pearce, of Moreton Cot, painter, who was also singing, fell on the floor of his pew in apoplexy and expired immediately. Great consternation prevailed in the chapel, and most of the congregation left. Mr. Wilton, who sat in the same pew, caught him as he fell, and Dr. Harris, who was in the chapel, came speedily to the spot in hopes of rendering assistance, but all aid was useless, death being almost instantaneous. The ambulance of the St. John's Ambulance Society was fetched, and the deceased was conveyed by his fellow-worshippers to his home, which a short time he had left, to all outward appearance, in perfect health.
The Rev. C. Symes gave out a text suitable to the occasion, and preached for a short time only. The hymns, too, were also selected. The deceased, who carried on his late father's business as a painter, was well known as an expert in his business, and was generally beloved and respected by a large circle of friends for his kind-hearted and genial disposition. He was a strong, robust, and healthy man, and had not complained of any ailment whatever previously.
Mr. Pearce's relatives have for many years been warm supporters of the Wesleyan Society, his father, the late Mr. John Pearce, having been nearly all his life a class-leader and local-preacher : also a liberal giver to all good objects, and his house a home for Wesleyan preachers. On of his brothers, Mr. Samuel Henry Pearce, of Manchester, is also well-known in the West of England. Mr. Pearce was about 50 years of age. He was married, and leaves a wife and family, and also a mother.
The Cornishman, Thursday, 8 Sep 1881, p. 7
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