PACE FAMILY History
Ancestry from UK Midlands
 
PACE FAMILY ANCESTRY
Shropshire - The Welsh Marches - Staffordshire

Findings from parish records, related researchers, my notes and opinions, Jacek Lowinski in Poland

Partial SURNAME LIST
ADAMS ARCH BAKER BAKEWELL BROWN BURNS CHAMBERS COOPER CULWICK DAVENPORT DREW EMERY EVANS-1 EVANS-2 FENTON GRAINGER HICKIN LANE LLOYD LOWBRIDGE PITT MATHERS REEVES SLIN SQUIRE-1 SQUIRE-2 WOOTTON

St. Chad's Church - May 2001

Early PACE Christenings
from microfilm of PARISH REGISTERS
  1. St. Chads Church, PREES, Shropshire
  2. Church of St. Mary and St. Luke
    Shareshill, Staffordshire
View the PACE Christenings
and form your own opinion
based on these facts
The main person on this page - GEORGE PACE
Through the investigation of many previous generations and confirming with other PACE family researchers
Kathryn Jones of Walsall, West Midlands, UK and Adrian Fenton of Pennsylvania in the US, both of whom had got back through many generations of PACE marriages to a GEORGE PACE. The origin of this GEORGE PACE was unknown, at that point. I set out and found GEORGE's Christening at PREES, Shropshire in 1670 at St. Chads Church. His father was shown in the parish register as JOSEPH PACE, no mother was given. In a nearby church, at WROCKWARDINE, five years earlier, in 1665, I found the Christening of a JOHN PACE, father JOSEPH PACE, mother MARGARET. Since I searched all the near-by church parish records I could find in the IGI, I figured this couple were likely GEORGE's parents too. Further searching of near-by church records, I found a MARRIAGE record for JOSEPH and MARGARET at near-by HIGH ERCALL. Getting back to GEORGE, his first child was named MARGARET, which would correspond with GEORGE's mother also being a MARGARET. With this KNOWLEDGE, and searching several near-by parish records on the IGI, I feel safe to assume GEORGE's parents were this JOSEPH and MARGARET and that JOHN - 1665 was his brother. These family goings-on were all in near-by Shropshire parishes of PREES, WROCKWARDINE and HIGH ERCALL. I felt it was safe to assume - this was the family that I descend from.

I am satisfied with this assumption.

It's apparent - to me, I descend from
GEORGE PACE
Chr. 28 MAY 1670 PREES, Shropshire

GEORGE's parents
(through my research findings)

There is a marriage record at
St. Michael and All Angels Church
HIGH ERCALL, Shropshire - 04 MAR 1653 -

AT THIS POINT
An observance of name
needs to be made aware of
JOSHUA or JOSEPH
I did an extensive search
for Christenings, JOSEPH and JOSHUA in PACE families of north Shropshire parishes - on the LDS site to see if I could find a Joseph or Joshua and came up with:-
  • JOSUAH PACE
    Christening: 07 JUN 1618
    PREES, Shropshire
    Father: ROWLAND PACE
Since at PREES
  • GEORGE was Christened there in 1670 - and this
  • JOSUAH was Christened there in 1618
It's likely
GEORGE and JOSUAH are from the same PACE family. They were both Christened in the same church but because of this name variation, Joshua - Joseph, this needs to be critically considered - In a later generation of this PACE family, the same JOSEPH - JOSHUA situation occured. Perhaps, since these are Biblical given names, there is a reason for this. In this case, I will believe GEORGE's father JOSEPH and Margaret's spouse JOSHUA are the same person. In JOHN's 1665 Christening, parents were clearly JOSEPH and MARGARET. In the 1653 marriage, it was MARGARET and JOSHUAH

In conclusion
After finding this info and thinking about it - I feel that the two names refer to the same ancestor, a son of the ROWLAND PACE. I'll assume, the priest or church warden who wrote in the records, mixed the names.

This 1618 name, in the records, is rather obscure. The first letter is a J, last letter looks like an H but in between is unclear.

- the names JOSEPH and JOSHUA
In both Christening at Prees and marriage at High Ercall (Ercall Magna) to MARGARET PALMER, the name appears as JOSUAH in the parish records for Christening then JOSHUAH for marriage.

What seems to tie things together
Christenings of children

FATHER's name appears as JOSEPH - This name change also happened a few generations later - So, I ask you to form your own conception of these facts - since I made an extensive study of all available LDS parish records of north Shropshire - I conclude that Joshua and Joseph are the same person. As I said - the same name change JOSEPH-JOSHUA occured a few generations later. These are the facts I found; I'm not 100% convinced.

JOSUAH PACE
Christening: 07 JUN 1618
Prees, Shropshire
Father: ROWLAND PACE

JOSHUAH PACE
Spouse: MARGARETTE PALLMER
Marriage: 04 MAR 1653
High Ercall

In their childrens' Christenings, the father's name appears as JOSEPH: In the Father's Christening and marriage - the name appears as JOSHUA

NOTE the father's name varies in Christenings at nearby parish records In a study of several north Shropshire local parish registers I was looking for Christenings with a father JOSEPH PACE, and came up with evidence that GEORGE PACE Chr. 1670 at PREES appeared having a brother
JOHN PACE Chr.1665 at St. Peters Church at Wrockwardine Shropshire

WROCKWARDINE is about 12 or 15 miles south of PREES with HIGH ERCALL in between and WELLINGTON only a couple miles south/east of WROCKWARDINE in Shropshire

WELLINGTON being the local MARKET TOWN.

JOHN PACE Chr. 1665 - appears likely to have been the JOHN PACE who showed up in COLONIAL VIRGINIA - bought land 1693 and had family with same given names of his children as GEORGE, back in England, who looks to have been his brother.

AT THIS POINT - I refer to ROY JOHNSON's main objective of the PACE DNA study ".....to settle the question of the ancestry of JOHN PACE - Middlesex Co. VA. of the latter 1600s"

SEE DNA RESULTS - PACE SOCIETY.org site


My DNA test results #8033
  • matched descendants, in the USA, of
    JOHN PACE of Middlesex County, Virginia.
  • I was born in England,
    my ancestry goes back through
  • GEORGE PACE Chr 1670 St.Chad's Church, Prees
  • apparent brother of JOHN PACE Chr. 1665
This DNA match indicates
JOHN PACE came from the same family in the latter 1600s and the parish register at Wrockwardine, Shropshire showed a JOHN PACE Christened in 1665.

The mother of JOHN and GEORGE appears as
MARGARET PALMER from Wellington, Shropshire
  • In Christ Church records, Middlesex County, Virginia appear PALMER and "BLAZEDON".
  • In Wellington, Shropshire parish records appear PALMER and BLADEN Christenings, marriages.
  • Other surnames from Shropshire parishes where PACE family was found were also found in colonial Virginia parishes where PACE families were.
With such evidence,
the origin in England of JOHN PACE of Middlesex County, Virginia seems to be indicated.

GEORGE PACE
Chr 1670 Prees apparently migrated - showed up in NORBURY, Staffordshire in a 1693 marriage record
- Mary Elizabetha COTTERELL - and then some Christenings
  • - GEORGE and MARY went on to RANTON
    where Mary died, 15 Apr 1708
    - about 10 days after Christening of son GEORGE Chr 5 Apr 1708 RANTON, Staffordshire.
  • - Later, the same year 1708
    - GEORGE married ELIZABETH PICKEN 30 Dec 1708 Ranton
  • - son JOSEPH PACE recorded PASTE - my 5X great grandfather - was Christened 10 Sep 1709 Ranton, Staffordshire - after which they moved on, showing up in parish records at SHARESHILL, Staffordshire
  • Two deaths of GEORGE PACE are recorded at Shareshill in the 1740s - These would likely be father and son George.
My aunt Marion Pace told me, before I became interested in our family history, that her father and our ancestors came from a place called LANEY GREEN in Staffordshire, near WALSALL, and that is where PACE descendants live today and run HOLLY's FARM MARKET on a farm that's probably been in the PACE family for many generations. This is near the WHEATSHEAF Public House. I visited these descendants, my cousins, Ann and Terry Murphy in 2005. We went for dinner at the Littleton Arms Pub in nearby Penkridge

On a previous trip to England - I met my cousins Janet Anderson nee Pace and her sister Kathryn Jones, their parents, John Pace of Huntington near Cannock Wood, and their uncle Ron Pace of Brownhills.

Cousin Janet had been to a college in Ann Arbour, Michigan - was informed about Roy Johnson's PACE NETWORK and posted her message which I discovered and replied to and the ball started rolling, so to say.

FOLLOWING PARISH RECORDS
- GEORGE PACE's presence is indicated at
  1. PREES, Shropshire and
  2. Staffordshire at
    • NORBURY,
    • RANTON and
    • SHARESHILL - Laney Green, Little or Greater Saredon area.
At SHARESHILL parish there are two death records of GEORGE PACEs in the 1740s (somewhere below)

I conclude (for now) - these travels of
GEORGE PACE-my 6X great grandfather
-based upon combined research work of
  • KATHRYN JONES
    2nd cousin of Walsall in Staffordshire who gave me her lineage notes which agree with another's notes in Pennsylvania, USA
  • ADRIAN FENTON
    of Wexford, Pennsylvania, and then
  • GORDON THOMAS PACE - myself,
    and likely others.
1st MARRIAGE of GEORGE PACE 2nd MARRIAGE of GEORGE PACE
  • ELIZABETH PICKEN spouse
  • 30 Dec 1708 at RANTON Staffordshire
FINAL LOCATION
  • - SHARESHILL Staffordshire
  • - two GEORGE PACE deaths registered
  • - 30 Mar 1738 and 10 Sept 1744
  • GEORGE had a son GEORGE from 1st marriage.
  • PACE descendents still at SHARESHILL parish today

GEORGE PACE
+ MARY (ELIZABETHA) COTTERELL

records from NORBURY Staffordshire
Family from 1st marriage
  • MARGARET PACE - Chr 19 Aug 1694 NORBURY, Staffs.
  • MARY PACE - Chr 3 Dec 1696 NORBURY
    + RICHARD BARNETT - m 4 Feb 1720 at RANTON, Staffs.
    • FRANCIS BARNETT
      - Chr 02 AUG 1723 Ranton
    • SARAH BARNETT
      - Christening: 26 FEB 1724 Ranton
    • RICHARD BARNETT
      - Christening: 12 SEP 1725 Ranton
    • ANN BARNETT
      - 14 DEC 1725 Ranton
    • THOMAS BARNETT
      - Christening: 22 SEP 1728 Ranton
    • JOHN BARNETT
      - Christening: 09 MAR 1729 Ranton
    • Barnett Rootsweb list
  • JANE PACE - Chr 12 Nov 1699 RANTON
  • GEORGE PACE - Chr 5 Apr 1708 RANTON
    15th of April, 1708, a few days after George's birth, mother Mary Cotterell died

Family of RICHARD BARNETT - MARY PACE
(daughter of GEORGE PACE)
seemed to disappear from Staffordshire records
and from knowledge of present day researchers of BARNETT family history that I've been able to contact.

Was emigration a factor,
why this BARNETT family seemed to disappear from Staffordshire?

SURPRISING INTEREST -
(.....may or may not mean anything)
I've communicated with a researcher, saying he descends from PACES of Cole County, Missouri and BURNETT ancestors.

ORIGINS of the PACE LINE of Cole County, Missouri
go back a few generations to JOHN PACE of Middlesex County, Virginia, now thought same JOHN PACE Christened in 1665 at St. Peters Church, Wrockwardine, Shropshire and brother of GEORGE PACE, father of the MARY who married RICHARD BARNETT

It is remotely possible, this researcher
who says he descends from this

PACE line of COLE COUNTY, MISSOURI and a
BURNETT family of tidewater NORTH CAROLINA

THESE FACTS MAY INDICATE
his BURNETT ancestors were possibly from the PACE - BARNETT family MENTIONED ABOVE that seemed to disappear from Staffordshire records.


MARY PACE (daughter of GEORGE PACE - my 6X great grandfather) would be a neice of JOHN PACE Chr. 1665 Wrockwardine If our research and thinking, are correct.

Perhaps the above BARNETT-PACE family of RANTON, STAFFORDSHIRE did emigrate to colonial Virginia and then North Carolina.

It's interesting that PACE and BURNETT (notice spelling variant) had shown up in colonial Virginia, North Carolina and being researched by a descendant of JOHN PACE of Middlesex County, Virginia through PACE family of COLE County, Missouri
- they seemed to disappear from Staffordshire. records

MARY COTTERELL died 15 Apr 1708 at Ranton,
about 10 days after the birth of son GEORGE.

GEORGE PACE, the elder,
wed ELIZABETH PICKEN
30 Dec 1708 at nearby Ranton.

+ 2nd wife ELIZABETH PICKEN - m 30 Dec 1708 RANTON, Staffordshire
... possibly dau of Thomas PICKEN & Elizabeth

No info found from Staffordshire records for this JOSEPH

He MAY HAVE emmigrated to AMERICA
DARRELL PACE of Charlotte, North Carolina - says
JOSEPH B PACE Sr.
  1. is my ancestor,
  2. he appears in our family records
    in CHOWAN COUNTY, North Carolina,
  3. September 23, 1788
    he married ZILPHA WOODWARD
From that point on to present,
we have a clear record of my family line of Paces. This seems to possibly relate to a JOSEPH PACE of BLOXWICH, Staffordshire (adjacent to SHARESHILL parish) of this time frame.

from North Carolina descendent DARRELL PACE of
JOSEPH B PACE Sr

  • NC census records show he was born in England.
  • He was born between the years of 1756 - 1766.
  • After his marriage in 1788, he was given
    a land grant in ORANGE COUNTY, North Carolina

  • 6 MARY PACE 1760-1763 - Chr 25 Jan 1760 SHARESHILL - bur 26 Jul 1763
  • 6 JOHN PACE - Chr 18 Oct 1761 SHARESHILL

    - evidence indicates
    1. this JOHN may have stayed with father JOSEPH and 2nd wife MARY PITT
    2. and settled at BILSTON
    3. a son and daughter went to POLAND
    4. + SPOUSE (possibly) Catherine (Elizabeth) HARGROVE


  • 6 THOMAS PACE 1764-1764 - Chr 29 Jan 1764 SHARESHILL - buried 22 Jun 1764
  • 6 WILLIAM PACE 1765-1811 - Chr 14 Jul 1765 - my 3X great grandfather

    WILLIAM PACE 1765-1811 who I (GTP) descend from was said to be from BRADLEY in his marriage to MARY BROWN of nearby HAUGHTON. So it could be asked, if father JOSEPH and 2nd wife went to BILSTON - who brought up son WILLIAM of Bradley ?

  • 6 ANN PACE 1768-1769 - Chr 15 May 1768 - buried 8 Feb 1769
  • 6 CHARLES PACE 1770-1770 - Chr 6 May 1770 - buried 14 Aug 1770, SHARESHILL

    + 2nd wife - MARY PITT - m 10 June 1771 ~ Descendents in Pennsylvania, Arkansas, Poland, Finland, Canada

    JOSEPH re-married MARY PITT (a popular surname - PITT - of SHARESHILL parish) J OSEPH & MARY moved to BILSTON, a few miles south of SHARESHILL. It seems son JOHN b 1761 of 1st marriage, accompanied JOSEPH & MARY to BILSTON.

  • 6 JOHN PACE - Chr 18 Oct 1761 SHARESHILL
    + (possibly) CATHERINE (Elizabeth) HARGROVE

    Museum Historii Kielc
    Jacek sends PDF file - magazine story includes JOHN FOUNS PACE his ancestor

    JACEK LOWINSKI - about JOHN FOUNS PACE of Staffordshire, England (webmaster's PACE family)
    a mechanic who went to POLAND to install industrial machinery.
    I saw Jacek's posting on GenForum, recognized the names in his request, and answered.

    GenForum
    a GENFORUM posting - JOHN PACE - and follow-ups:
    click on LINK - see correspondence with descendent JACEK LOWINSKI in Poland

    who was asking:

    I'm looking any information, on John Pace from Birmingham, born abt 1789 in England, died april 1831 in Bialogon Poland. He married Ann Tetley (Fitley), her dougther Mathilde Pace as Christianing in July 1817 Wedensbury.

    Jacek later sent this - CLICK ON highlighted link
    PDF file - magazine story includes JOHN FOUNS PACE his ancestor

    I answered September 04, 2005 saying:
    Jacek, your JOHN PACE b JUL 1794 Wednesbury appears son of

    • JOHN PACE b Oct 1761 SHARESHILL,
    • son of my 4X great grandfather
      JOSEPH PACE - b 1 Feb 1735 at Little Saredon, Staffordshire (Shareshill parish).
    • MARY PACE 1760-1763 - Chr 25 Jan 1760 SHARESHILL - bur 26 Jul 1763
    • JOHN PACE - Chr 18 Oct 1761 SHARESHILL

      + Christening records indicate parents JOHN and CATHRINE
      and a son was named JOHN HARGROVE PACE
      so the mother was likely CATHRINE HARGROVE
      although I couldn't find a marriage to indicate this.
      - evidence indicates
        this JOHN b 1761 likely stayed with father JOSEPH b 1735
        and 2nd wife MARY PITT and settled at BILSTON
        see-BILSTON CHRISTENINGS
        Includes MATILDA PACE Christening: Jul 1817 SAINT BARTHOLOMEW, WEDNESBURY, Staffordshire
        a son and daughter went to POLAND


        JOHN b 1761 - spouse (possibly) Catherine (Elizabeth) HARGROVE
        because his son JOHN (Chr.1794) had HARGROVE as his middle name
    • THOMAS PACE 1764-1764 - Chr 29 Jan 1764 SHARESHILL - buried 22 Jun 1764
    • WILLIAM PACE 1765-1811 - Chr 14 Jul 1765 - my 3X great grandfather
      WILLIAM PACE 1765-1811 who I (GTP) descend from was said to be from BRADLEY in his marriage to
      MARY BROWN of nearby HAUGHTON.
    • ANN PACE 1768-1769 - Chr 15 May 1768 - buried 8 Feb 1769
    • CHARLES PACE 1770-1770 - Chr 6 May 1770 - buried 14 Aug 1770, SHARESHILL
      Many deaths occurred in the family - I tried to learn if there was an epidemic around 1760s.
    • In JOSEPH's 2nd marriage, his PACE family moved to BILSTON,
      which is near to WEDNESBURY where your JOHN PACE was born 1794.
    • His parents, JOHN & CATHERINE also had Christenings at BILSTON.
    • This JOHN PACE who married a CATHERINE (Elizabeth) appears as brother of WILLIAM PACE 1765-1811 - my 3X great grandfather - It's making sence. This JOHN must have followed his father JOSEPH PACE b 1735 (my 4th great grandfather) to the BILSTON - WEDNESBURY area of Staffordshire (West Midlands today) and carried on life there; not a great distance actually, maybe 10 miles. I previously knew nothing of JOHN PACE. brother of WILLIAM PACE b 1765-1811 - my 3X gg/f - until I read your posting.

      GO TO:
      CLICK HERE to see where - in PACE lineage

      If you look at this page, it may help. I'll have a look for the marriage of JOHN PACE b 1761 SHARESHILL to CATHERINE.

      (I didn't find one)

      Maybe Catherine's surname was HARGROVE,
      probably where the JOHN HARGROVE PACE b 1794, got his middle name from.



      SURNAME - FOUNES or FOWNS has been a mystery until I came across a FOWNES web site
      Welcome to the Fones (Fownes) Family Web Site


      Jacek sends PDF file - magazine story of his ancestor JOHN FOUNS PACE

          POLISH HISTORICAL FACT indicates
          • JOHN PACE had emigrated to POLAND
          • being a STEAM ENGINEER
            conducting start-up of steam engines
            manufactured in ENGLAND for use in POLAND.
          • Two of these English engines worked 'till 1956.

          POLISH HISTORICAL FACT also indicates sister SARAH also went to POLAND.
          In 1831, due to an unfortunate industrial accident, his life was lost.

          + ANNA TETLEY
          1st marriage - WILLIAM FOUNES
          died abt 1814 Birmingham Eng
            Child of ANNA TETLEY
            and WILLIAM FOUNES
          • JÓZEF FOUNES-PACE 1813-1883
              b 24-04-1813 Staffordshire
              d 08-01-1883, PILICA
            + AUGUSTA SOPHIE FREDERICKE THUSNELDA PFEIFFER 1817-1897
              married 16-05-1836 in Kraków, sw. Marcin,
              daughter of FRYDERYK PFEIFFER
              and JOANNA VON OBERKAMPF
              She was born 16-05-1817 in Barbathka,
              and died 20-08-1897 in PILICA
            Children of
            JÓZEF FOUNES-PACE
            and AUGUSTA PFEIFFER
            • EMMA ANNA3 FOUNES-PACE 1837-1908
              b. 11-07-1837 Zlozeniec pow. Olkusz d 28-04-1908 Wola Libertowska
            • MATYLDA FOUNES-PACE 1839-1917
              b 05-06-1839 Bzów d 19-02-1917 Mstyczów
            • KAROL ALFRED FOUNES-PACE 1843-1910
                b 01-10-1843 Bzów
                d 23-07-1910 Miechów
              BERTA ELZBIETA HOLTZ
                born 17-09-1852 in Warszawa
                m 19-11-1877 in Warszawa
              Children of
              KAROL ALFRED FOUNES-PACE
              and BERTA HOLTZ
              • EDGAR4 FOUNES-PACE
                m. ZOFIA BUDZYNSKA.
              • NATALIA ZOFIA AUGUSTA FOUNES-PACE
                  b. 09-09-1880, Warszawa
                  d. 1955
              • JULIUSZ EMIL FOUNES-PACE
                  b 13-01-1883, Warszawa
              • WALDEMAR FOUNES-PACE 1888-1978
                  b 21-09-1888 Warszawa
                  d 04-1978 MONTGOMERY, Maryland, USA
              • EMILIA FOUNES-PACE 1845-1908
                  b 26-12-1845
                  d 26-04-1908 Jeziorna
              • JULIA FOUNES-PACE 1850-1888
                  b 01-07-1850 Mstyczów
                  d 03-03-1888
              • NATALIA FOUNES-PACE 1852-1897
                  b 18-09-1852 Mstyczów
                  + m. EUGENIUSZ KNAUT b 14-01-1842
                  d 14-08-1897
          2nd marriage - JOHN HARGROVE PACE

          • 8 MATYLDA FOUNES-PACE 1816-1853
              b Birmingham, England
              d Kroczyce,Poland
            + ERNEST SCHIRMER
              b 1807 Monjoe (Prusy Nadrenskie)
              m 1833 Krakow
            • 9 EDWARD SCHIRMER
              b 1839 Biala Blotna
              + MARIA MALCZEWSKA
              m 1865 Kroczyce b 1843 Igancowka
            • 9 ADOLFINA SCHIRMER
              b 1840 Biala Blotna pow. Olkusz
            • 9 FLORENTYNA SCHIRMER
              b 08 listopad 1844 Wlodowice
            • 9 ANNA ROZALIA SCHIRMER
              b 04 sierpien 1846 Wlodowice
            • 9 HENRYK JULIAN SCHIRMER
              b 02 sierpien 1848 Wlodowice
            • 9 LEOKADIA MATYLDA SCHIRMER
              b 07 sierpien 1850 Wlodowice
            • 9 RUDOLF ROMUALD SCHIRMER
              b 10 maj 1853 Kroczyce d 08 sierpien 1925 Jedrzejow
          • 8 JOHN FOUNES PACE Bialogon


        • 7 SARAH (LUDWIKA) FOUNES PACE
          Chr 10 APR 1803 Bilston,Stafford
          + JOZEF KUGLER 1787-1864 b Buczek d Bzow
          1. 8 TEOFIL IGNACY HENRYK LUDWIK KUGLER 1829-1892
            b 19 Grudzien 1829 Miedzno k.Czestochowy
            d 09 czerwiec 1892 Mstyczow
        • 7 ISAIAH PACE
          Chr 18 JAN 1807 Saint Bartholomew, Wednesbury
        • 7 CATHERINE PACE
          Chr 06 NOV 1808 Bilston, Stafford
        • 7 EDWIN PACE
          Chr 09 APR 1815 Bilston, Stafford
        • DESCENDANT WRITES
          - JACEK LOWINSKI, in Poland
          has sent details of this lineage - connected to my Staffordshire PACE lineage - including picture of SARAH (LUDWIKA) FOUNES PACE and
          sends the following
          which references the death of JOHN PACE

          Certificate of death John Pace
          It happened in Kielce on the 20th of March 1831 at 8 AM. 40 years old Wilhelm Precher, mechanic and 40 years old Eliasz Kisielewski, inspector, both living in Bialogon village, appeared in front of me and stated, that on the 18th of March at 8 PM, in that village, 43 years old John Pace, husband of Marianna, father of Jozef and Matylda, has died. After making sure about John's death personally, this document was read to the present, and signed together with them.

          From Jacek in Poland

          from Poland

          SARAH (LUDWIKA) FOUNES PACE


          Subject: Waldemar Pace
          Date: Tue, 18 Aug
          From: Jacek Łowiński - jacek_lowinski@wp.pl
          To: Gordon Pace - gtp3066@nexicom.net
          Hello Gordon
          I'm looking any information on Waldemar Pace (Founes-Pace) son of Karol Alfred and Berta Elzbieta (Elisabeth) Holtz, he was born in Warsaw-Poland September 21, 1888, died april 1978? in Sandy Springs Montgomery, Maryland. He arrived to USA on August 1908.
          Best regards
          Jacek Łowiński
          Okrąg 6 c 38
          00-407 Warszawa

          .....Since WALDEMAR emigrated to the USA,
          I posted on the PACE ROOTSWEB mailing list and several PACE researchers took interest so here is some response:

          • Jacek,
            I found this information on the free www.ellisisland.org web site:
            • First Name: Waldemar
            • Last Name: Pace
            • Ethnicity: Austrian, German
            • Last Place of Residence: Warschau, Russia
            • Date of Arrival: Aug 06, 1908
            • Age at Arrival: 20y Gender: M Marital Status: S
            • Ship of Travel: Pretoria
            • Port of Departure: Cuxhaven
            • Manifest Line Number: 0005
            They also have a digital image of the passenger manifest and the ship.

            The passenger manifest will usually give more information. Be sure and check the whole manifest. Sometimes the pages get out of order when they are filmed/digitized. For this time period, there are usually 2 pages. There should be a page with the passenger's names and the other page has destination and where they came from or were born.

            Also, another area to check is to see if a "Declaration for Intent for Naturalization" was filed. This usually happened the minute they landed or when they reached their destination. So be sure to check to see to see if he has one. These declarations are usually located in the county courthouses during this time period. Later on, you can check and see if he received Naturalization. That is usually located in the county courthouse too.

            Another area to check is to request a copy of his Social Security Application. This is a bit more expensive to do. Before that, I would check the 1910, 1920, & 1930 census records.

            I checked Ancestry.com for the 1910 census and I believe I found him in Alliance City, Lexington Township, Stark County, Ohio. He is listed as "Wilbur" Pace. He is the right age, 29. He says he is from Russia/Poland and he is a machinist. This corresponds with his family's history of working with machines and mechanics. He is a "roomer" at 805 Patterson St. along with many others.

            I could not immediately find him in the 1920 or 1930 census. I did find him in the Social Security Death Index and it said he received or applied for his Social Security Number while he was living in Michigan around 1951.

          Hope this helps some,
          Kim Stracener Zapalac
          I checked Ancestry.com for the 1910 census and I believe I found him in Alliance City, Lexington Township, Stark County, Ohio. He is listed as "Wilbur" Pace. He is the right age, 29. He says he is from Russia/Poland and he is a machinist. This corresponds with his family's history of working with machines and mechanics. He is a "roomer" at 805 Patterson St. along with many others.

    • 6 THOMAS PACE 1764-1764 - Chr 29 Jan 1764 SHARESHILL - bur 22 Jun 1764

    • 6 WILLIAM PACE 1765-1811 - Chr 14 Jul 1765 - my 3X great grandfather
         buried William PACE - of Laney Green 21 May 1811
      + MARY BROWN - m 1 Nov 1785 bur 15 Nov 1800 - Laney Green
      dau of THOMAS BROWN & MARY REEVES of HAUGHTON - stepmother JANE SLINN

      CLICK ON THE LINKS to see the BROWN REEVES SLINN family pages

      1. 7 JOSEPH PACE - Chr 26 Feb 1786 CANNOCK

      2. 7 JOHN PACE - b 4 June 1788
        + LETITIA BAKER
        1. 8 ELIZABETH PACE - Chr CHESLYN HAY 25 Aug 1823 Wesleyan Methodist New Connexion

      3. WILLIAM PACE - b 26 Dec 1790 SHARESHILL
        + MARY
        1. 8 ANN PACE - c 25 Nov 1823 St Peter's WOLVERHAMPTON
        2. 8 THOMAS PACE - bapt 17 July 1842 St Matthew's, WALSALL

      4. 7 MARY PACE - Chr 7 July 1793 SHARESHILL
        + JOSEPH LANE - wed 3 June 1816 SHARESHILL
        1. 8 JOHN LANE Chr 11 May 1817 SHARESHILL
        2. 8 ELIZA LANE Chr 11 Jul 1819 St Michael - LITCHFIELD
          + JOSEPH PACE
          1. 9 ALFRED PACE 1844 Birmingham Son Aston Warwickshire
          2. 9 HERBERT PACE 1845 Birmingham Son Aston Warwickshire occ pearl worker
          3. 9 CATHERINE PACE 1848 Birmingham Daughter Aston Warwickshire
          4. 9 RACHEL ALICE PACE 1849 Birmingham Daughter
          5. 9 ROSINA MARY PACE 1851 Birmingham Daughter Aston Warwickshire
          6. 9 ISABELLA PACE 1853 Birmingham Daughter Aston Warwickshire
          7. 9 FREDERICK LANE PACE Birmingham Son
          8. 9 CLARA PACE 1859 Birmingham Daughter

      5. 7 ELIZABETH PACE - Chr 11 Sept 1796
        • 8 EDWARD PACE - Chr 6 Feb 1820 SHARESHILL

      6. 7 ANN PACE - Chr 25 Aug 1799

      7. 7 MARGARET PACE - bapt 5 Dec 1802 SHARESHILL

      8. 7 THOMAS PACE - bapt 26 May 1805 SHARESHILL
        + ELIZABETH BURNS - b 1810 BILSTON
        Chr 03 FEB 1811 Father JOSH BURNS Mother SARAH
        1. 8 ENOCH PACE - b 15 Jan 1832 WILLENHALL- Locksmith
          + HANNAH WOOTTON - b abt 1835 WILLENHALL


          The 1861 Willenhall census has an
          ENOCH PACE, 29 born Willenhall head of household,
          THOMAS PACE 19 brother, born Laney Green, and
          WILLIAM PACE, 21
          1861 WILLIAM was working with his two cousins ENOCH & THOMAS RICHARD PACE


          1. 9 WILLIAM PACE - b 1855 - d 30 Mar 1882 Locksmith Brass Pad
          2. 9 ENOCH - b 1857 - d 1936
            Locksmith Brass Pad
          3. 9 ADA ELIZA PACE b 1860 Willenhall
          4. 9 CLARA PACE 1863 Willenhall
          5. 9 LEONARD PACE - b 1864 Locksmith Brass Pad
            + AGNES LOWBRIDGE
            1. 10 ABEL PACE b 16 Apr 1892 Chr 15 May 1892 St Giles Church Willenhall
          6. 9 CAROLINE - b 1866
          7. 9 HANNAH PACE 1870 Willenhall
          8. 9 LOIS PACE 1871
            + HENRY WILLIAM RAGDALE
            b 1871 Willenhall m 1893 ASTON Birmingham
            1. 10 ENOCH RAGDALE 1894 Willenhall
            2. 10 ADA RAGDALE 1898 Willenhall
            3. 10 LOIS RAGDALE 1900 Willenhall
          9. 9 CLARA - b 1872
          10. 9 CALEB - b 1874
          11. 9 HENRY - b 1877
          12. 9 GEORGE - b 1880

        2. 8 MARY PACE - b 1836 BILSTON
        3. 8 THOMAS "RICHARD" PACE - b 1839 LANEY GREEN
          + ELIZA
          1. 9 STEPHEN PACE 1868
          2. 9 MARY J. PACE 1874

        4. 8 ALFRED PACE b 1851 WILLENHALL - Lock Maker 1881
          + DINAH EVANS b 1855 BUSHBURY - descendent researching EVANS
          1. 9 RUTH A. PACE b 1877 Heath Town
            + GEORGE WEBB
          2. 9 RACHEL J. PACE b 1878 Heath Town
            + JOHN PEARCE
          3. 9 ROSE ANN (Lil) 1883
          4. 9 VIOLET GERTRUDE (Gertie) 1886
          5. 9 THOMAS EVAN PACE b 1890
            + MAUD BEATRICE GUMBLEY - - descendant writes
          6. 9 GEORGE 1891
          7. 9 ARNOLD VINEYARD FREDERICK PACE (Fred?) 1896
            + NELLIE SIMMONS
          8. 9 SAM 1901

      9. 7 JOSHUA PACE 1808-1895 - Chr 10 July 1808 Laney Green/SHARESHILL
        - d Jun 1895 my 2X great grandfather
        +
        HANNAH HICKIN - m 30 Sept 1833 Walsall
        click here - for siblings & descendents
        1. 8 LUCY PACE - Chr 8 Jun 1834 SHARESHILL
          1. 9 CAROLINE HEZIAH dau b 27 Jun 1852
        2. 8 THOMAS PACE Chr 1837 Bloxwich, WALSALL
        3. 8 ARCHASADILLA PACE - b 10 Jun 1838
          + GEORGE EVANS - 30 Dec 1857/.
        4. 8 WILLIAM PACE - b 29 Mar 1840 Shareshill/Saredon
          In 1901 census WILLIAM PACE 60 Head born Laney Green, Sardon Staffordshire coal miner
          + MARY ANN FOSTER 57 wife Willenhall
          Married March 1862 at Dudley -' died on 10.01.1912.
          1. 9 ARTHUR JAMES PACE 1862 Willenhall
            + FANNY ADAMS b 1868
            1. 10 FANNY PACE 1900 Saredon (Laney Green)
            2. 10 ARTHUR JAMES PACE b 22/Feb/1903 Laney Green
              + ROSE DAVENPORT
              ........ WEBMASTER's COMMENT - message from descendent
            3. 10 WILLIAM PACE
            4. 10 THOMAS PACE
              + DORA GRAINGER
          2. 9 WILLIAM PACE 1864 Willenhall
          3. 9 ANNE PACE 1866 Willenhall
          4. 9 CHARLES PACE 1868 Willenhall
          5. 9 MARY ANNE PACE 1872 Shareshill
          6. 9 FANNY PACE 1875-1884 1875 Shareshill- dies 1884 Cannock
          7. 9 GEORGE H PACE 1882 Shareshill
          • 8 WILLIAM PACE 36 son born Shareshill Saredon Staffordshire coal miner
          • 8 MARY ANN PACE 28 dau born Shareshill Saredon Staffordshire

        5. 8 CHARLES PACE 1842-1866
          - Christened 24 Dec 1842
          - buried 12 July 1866 Laney Green - age 23

        6. 8 EDWARD PACE 1845-1877 - Chr 24 Aug 1845 - d 1877 Laney Green, Shareshill, Staffordshire
          + EMILY CULLWICK - of BROMSGROVE
          great grandparents

          1. 9 FRANCES EMILY PACE - b 22 Aug 1869 SHARESHILL
            + GEORGE EMERY m Mar 1891 - at 175 East St, Bridgtown:
            EMIGRATED to USA - TOLEDO, OHIO
            GEORGE EMERY, hd, 27, ag lab, b Cannock
            Emigrated - Toledo, Ohio

            ..... WEBMASTER's NOTE - comment from knowledgable relative

          2. 9 CHARLES VICARAGE PACE 1870-1926 - b 18 Dec 1870 LANEY GREEN
            + ANNIE ARCH - Blakenall Lane, BLOXWICH
            EMIGRATED to CANADA - Lethbridge, Alberta and Montreal, Quebec

          3. 9 MARY ANN PACE b 20 Apr 1872 LANEY GREEN
            + SAMUEL WILLIAM HAYNES
            Mother possibly LUCY PACE d/o JOSHUA and HANNAH PACE
            EMIGRATED to CANADA - (London, Ontario)

          4. 9 EDWARD "Teddy" PACE 1873-1960
            EMIGRATED to CANADA + FLORENCE MABLE DILK - of PELSALL
            + KATY ANDERSON - 29 Quebec Street, Havelock
              couple remembered by Mayor and staff - Havelock, Ontario
              who said Teddy was quite a community person - he rented tour buses for community outings - he held community pic-niks at his cottage on BELMONT LAKE - He was active in his church - my aunt Marion said he was her favourite uncle

            More on EDWARD "Teddy" PACE on SQUIRE page

          5. 9 THOMAS PACE - b 5 Apr 1875 LANEY GREEN
            + ROSE EMMA LLOYD (couple remained in MIDLANDS)

            a descendant writes: - They lived at 9 Green Lane Leamore all their married life
            Click on above line - see picture of 9 Green Lane house - thanks to Google Maps

            1901 census-THOMAS was living in Green Lane, Walsall
            • with his brother WILLIAM - who later married Elizabeth SQUIRE
            • and mother, EMILY
            who had earlier remarried REUBEN DUDLEY
            and become widowed a second time.
            • 10 THOMAS PACE
              + VIOLET
              • a son and daughter
            • 10 WILLIAM EDWARD "Ted" PACE
              + CONNIE
              • 3 boys and 2 girls
            • 10 ELSIE PACE 1915-2000
              + JOHN RENHARD
              • a son and daughter from a previous marriage
              • John and Elsie had one daughter
            • 10 REGINALD CHARLES PACE
                didn't marry, worked as a milkman
                lived a reclusive life.

          6. 9 WILLIAM PACE - b 19 Nov 1876 SHARESHILL
            + ELIZABETH SQUIRE
            • 10 MARY PACE
              + TED DENNEY

              Descendents remain at LANEY GREEN

          7. 9 EMILY D 1880-1958 - b 1880 CANNOCK
            - d/o EMILY PACE nee CULWICK and REUBEN DUDLEY

            click here - picture of EMILY D & Mr. WALTON husband

            + Mr. WALTON
            EMIGRATED to AUSTRALIA - Melborne, Victoria

        7. 8 EMILY PACE 1849-1915 - Chr 26 Apr 1849 - d 1915 buried Norwood Ontario
          + JAMES LANE SQUIRE 1848-1920
          EMIGRATED to CANADA - buried NORWOOD, Ontario in SQUIRE-PACE plot
        8. 8 FANNY PACE - Chr 2 Nov 1851
        9. 8 JOSHUA PACE 1854-1917 Chr 17 Sept 1854
          EMIGRATED to CANADA - d 1917 buried NORWOOD, Ontario
        10. 8 MARY ANN (Polly) PACE 1857-1941 Chr 5 Jul 1857 - d 1941 buried Norwood Ontario
          + HENRY SQUIRE 1850-1937
          EMIGRATED to CANADA - show in 1891 census LETHBRIDGE, Alberta
          - later settled at NORWOOD, Ontario and buried there.
        See SQUIRE-PACE MEMORIAL at NORWOOD, Ontario - ON SQUIRE-PACE PAGE
        and read SQUIRE-PACE inscriptions
        -

      10. 6 ANN PACE - Chr 15 May 1768 - bur 8 Feb 1769
      11. 6 CHARLES PACE - Chr 6 May 1770 - buried 14 Aug 1770, SHARESHILL
       
    • 5 JOSEPH PACE - b 1 Feb 1735 Little Saredon, Staffordshire
      2nd wife MARY PITT - m 10 June 1771

      1. 6 GEORGE PACE - Chr 28 Sept 1772 Shareshill
        + MARY COOPER - m 29 Sept 1799 at BUSHBURY
        1. 7 CHARLES PACE - b abt 1801 Saredon - jobbingsmith master
          died 21 May 1860 of pneumonia, aged 59
          reported by MARY SHEPHARD
          + 1st wife - MARIA - b abt 1807 - m abt 1829 - bur 1 Jan 1834 Maria PACE, aged 27
          1. 8 HANNAH PACE 1829-1849 - b abt 1829 - d 24 Nov 1849 of pneumonia, aged 20, single woman
            reported by HANNAH PICKERING
          2. 8 GEORGE PACE 1831-1869 - Chr 13 Feb 1831 - d 17 May 1869 aged 38
            jobbingsmith master
            died of cancer of the spleen, reported by FANNY LLOYD
            + SARAH HUNT - m 1853 Rowley Regis
            witnessed by JOSHUA PACE (1st cousin) and Emily PACE (nee GAMBLE)
          3. 8 SARAH PACE 1833-1852 - b Sep 1833 - d 21 May 1852 aged 18, dau of CHARLES PACE, jobbingsmith
            died of phthisis - reported by MARGARET FURGESON
          + 2nd wife - MARGARET FURGESON - m 15 Sep 1852

        2. 7 SARAH PACE - bap. 10 Apr 1803 Shareshill
          + JOSEPH JONES - Shareshill 27 Aug 1822
        3. 7 PHOEBE PACE 1805-1837 - bap 10 Feb 1805 Shareshill - died 26 Oct 1837 of consumption, aged 30
          reported by SARAH READ
          burial at Willenhall, St. Giles on 31 Oct 1837, age given 31
          + ALEXANDER READ - m 4 Apr 1831 Wolverhampton
        4. 7 MARY PACE - bap. 25 Feb 1807 Shareshill
          + GEORGE EVANS - m 10 May 1830 Wolverhampton
        5. 7 GEORGE PACE - bap. 8 Oct 1809
          + ABIGALE BROWN - m 9 May 1831 Wolverhampton
          1. 8 JOSHUA PACE - bap 23 Oct 1831 Bilston - Adrian's line
            + EMILY GAMBLE
            • 9 HAGAR PACE - b abt 1858 Rowley, Worcester
              + JAMES FENTON
              • JAMES FENTON born 30 August 1880 West Bromwich
                + MARIA ANN DREW married at Tipton on 17 September 1904
                • RALPH FENTON b 20 April 1913
              • GERTRUDE LALAN FENTON
                + WILFRED CHAMBERS 13 October-1907 at Smethwick
                • ERNEST who married
                  + Ivy Lillian PENN m in 1938
                • WINNIFRED who married
                  + Jack Robert Henry SUTTERBY m in 1941
        6. 7 MARIA PACE - bap 7 Jul 1814 Shareshill - m 29 Nov 1835 Wolverhampton
          + JOSEPH SMITH - Wolverhampton 29 Nov 1835

        7. 7 ANNE PACE - bap 7 Jul 1814 - m 10 Feb 1834 Wolverhampton
          + HUMPHREY PARKER - lock Maker, Union St.
          d 11 Apr 1882 of apoplexy aged 71, reported by Ann Maud HALLDREN niece
          1. 8 THOMAS PARKER b 1842
            + ANN BAKEWELL
            - more info from family descendant

    • 5 MARY PACE - b 1 Feb 1735 LITTLE SARDON
      + EDWARD CORBETT - m 20 April 1767 - click to see church records - Shareshill
      1. 6 JOHN CORBETT - Chr 11 APR 1773 of SARDON

    • 5 MARGARET PACE - b 18 Mar 1738
      + JOHN GOSLING - m 10 Oct 1768 - click to see church records - Shareshill
      1. 6 WILLIAM GOSLING - Chr 29 Aug 1773 SHARESHILL
      2. 6 MARY GOSLING - Chr 18 Feb 1876 76 SHARESHILL
    • 5 SARAH PACE 1742-1742 - b 11 Jul 1742 bur. 3 Sept 1742

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