Sarah Matilda Silk was the third child of Jessie Wilson and Henry Silk. She was born in Richmond in 1863 and died there in 1910. In 1897 Sarah married Lawson Pearce.
They had three children.
1. Foncie Doris 1894 - 1967. Married Richard Edward Wilson.
2. William Henry Leslie 1898 - 1918. Died in France in World War 1.
3. Kenneth Jack 1902 - ?