John St Pierre (1885-1917)
John Eustace St Pierre was born on 11 October 1885 in Hackney, London, to John St Pierre (a pianoforte tuner) and Mary Eliza Thomas.
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1881 census (Hackney) |
1891 census (Hackney) |
1901 census (Leyton) |
1911 census (Leyton) |
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John |
27, Pianoforte tuner [Blind] |
37, Pianoforte tuner [Blind] |
47, Pianoforte tuner [Blind] |
[Died] |
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Charles (2nd husb) |
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43, Pianoforte tuner |
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Mary |
25, Dressmaker |
35 |
45 |
55 |
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Mary |
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9, Scholar |
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Edith |
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7, Scholar |
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John |
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5 |
15, Drapers errand boy |
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Herbert |
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4 |
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Reginald |
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1 |
11 |
21, Porter (Railway) |
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Irene |
- |
3m |
10 |
20 |
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Ethel |
- |
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9 |
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Eugenie |
- |
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7 |
17 |
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John’s mother (Elizabeth, 67) |
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John (senior) became blind at age 16 and worked as a piano tuner. He died in 1903 and Mary got remarried to Charles William Mackinder in 1904. He was also a piano tuner, but not blind.
John moved to Vancouver around 1909, where he worked as a painter / decorator.
John enlisted in the Duke of Connaught’s Own (168th Overseas Battalion) on 7 October 1916. He was appointed Lance Corporal on 11 October 2017.
Photo credit: Deborah Bassingthwaighte via Ancestry
John was reported missing and wounded at Ypres on 10 November 1917. He was later presumed to have died that day, aged 32.
