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The Piercey’s were a prominent Halifax family, known for establishing and running Piercey Supplies Ltd. for close to a century. The founder of the company, William Drysdale Piercey, was born on June 9, 1877, to Charles E. Piercey and Eleanor Jane Drysdale. W.D. Piercey left school early to work on the family farm until the age of 14, when he went to work at a local shovel factory. From age 18 to 34, Piercey worked at Rhodes Curry and Company in Halifax. In 1915, he founded Piercey Supplies Ltd. which expanded and included many of his family members.
An active community member, Piercey was a MP of the Nova Scotia Legislature for one term. He was also Vice-President and a Director of the General Trust and Executor Corporation, President of the Yarmouth Building and Loan Society, and a Director of the Nova Scotia Trust Company. He was a Commissioner of the Supreme Court of Nova Scotia and a Justice of the Peace. He served as a Director of the Nova Scotia Home for Colored Children and on the Board of Pine Hill Divinity College. For many years he was Chairman of the Board of Trustees of Armdale School Section.
W.D. Piercey married Anne Margaret Forbes on September 16, 1903, in Halifax. The couple had four children; Reginald Matheson (October 1, 1904), William Douglas (May 27, 1909), Joyce (Jones) (1917) and George Charles (February 22, 1919). Annie passed away on June 5, 1960, and Piercey remarried Elsie May Pert. Piercey passed away at home on January 21, 1964.
The eldest son, Reginald Piercey married Lillian Marguerite MacKinnon on September 7, 1932, and they had two daughters Shelia Kathleen Piercey (November 18, 1933-May 20, 2019) and Barbara (October 9, 1938-June 27, 2013). Piercey Investors was incorporated in 1933 and continues to be run by the Piercey family.
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2023-12 Jasmine MacNeil
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Jones, Joyce (Piercey), “W.D. Piercey Developer of Dutch Village”.