Bartholomew Pearce

Bartholomew "Bart" Pearce was the son of Gabriel and Samantha Pearce, and their second child. He was also the younger brother of Mildred Pearce, and grew up believing that Constance Pearce was his biological sister, and that his parents were truly in love. In 1959, it was revealed that both of these things were wrong, and that Constance's true father was Benjamin Hartley, who Samantha was truly in love with and whom she had an affair with. Following the realization that Constance wasn't his child, Gabriel kicked Samantha out of the house, and she later committed suicide. A few weeks later, Bartholomew's father killed Benjamin out of anger, and was executed for his actions.

Bartholomew's fate following Gabriel's execution is unknown; however, Samantha once stated that he, Mildred, Constance and Edmund and Archibald Hartley (Benjamin and Genevieve Hartley's children) had most likely been sent to an orphanage, and later to work in a factory.