Publications
An unexpected discovery, by David Pearce, published December 2011 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 19 no. 8, article, pp.376-377) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 15860] & The Keep [LIB/508849] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.
Preview:We all uncover facts and hitherto unknown information as family historians about our ancestors that our forebears might well have been shocked by. Researching my family history I discovered that my paternal great-grandparents, David James and Sarah Ann, had the same surname - PEARCE - when they married on 16 October 1875 in Brighton Register Office and on their marriage certificate they were described as widower and widow. I knew from censuses that David James had three brothers. Abraham, John and Alfred and from David and Sarah's marriage certificate that her maiden name was CRITTALL.