Pearl Farm

I can’t believe it has been a year since I hosted the “before” party at the Pearl Farm on July 2, 2022.  The idea was to bring people in from all over the country that had a personal connection to me or to the property, so that they could see it before I embarked on the… Read more

My great great grandparents, James H. and Rosa Pearl, who founded the Pearl Farm, and built our farmhouse, had six children, Mary, Rose, James A., John, my great grandfather Tom, and Frank. Tom married Florence Doyle, and they had six children, Marjorie (Marj or Margie-my grandmother), James B. (J.B.), Robert (Bob), Maureen, Virginia (Ginger), and… Read more

The following is a story that my grandma wrote about her Aunt Genevieve Doyle Dockry, her mother’s youngest sister.   Aunt Gen By Marj Pearl Guerich Date:  Unknown -late 90s Many times during the years I have been told that I look like Aunt Gen.  She was the youngest of my mom’s sisters and only thirteen years old when… Read more

I started this site to document some of our Pearl Family history and to memorialize the long journey of rehabbing the piece of the farm that I purchased in November 2021, including the farmhouse that my great great grandfather built in the late 1800s. But we can’t talk about the Pearls without talking about the… Read more

The Jerry Pearl Era Uncle Jerry Pearl in his younger days! In Uncle Frank’s later years, he moved to town, and Uncle Jerry bought the Pearl Farm in 1960.  He and Aunt Hildegard raised their family of eight daughters (and one son who died shortly after birth). They farmed, raised hogs, and owned and operated a… Read more

The James H. Pearl Kids James H. and Rosa had six children, Mary, Rose, James A., John, Tom (my great grandpa), and Frank.   The family of James H. And Rosa Pearl Back row from left: James A., John, Tom, Frank Front row from left: Mary, James H., Rosa, Rose Aunt Rose was a single woman… Read more