William Adderson Pearson

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Name -"official" name and what they were known as

William Adderson Pearson

Date and place of birth

1840 Islington

Names of parents

Richard Adderson Pearson and Hannah (nee Pinkard)

Date and place of baptism - if applicable

Not known

Details of each of his or her marriages - if any

1859 m Mary Ann Dobson, daughter of William Dobson & Mary Ann Taylor

Occupation(s) - if any

Railway guard

Addresses where they lived - and please list which censuses you have or

haven't found him/her on

1851 6 West Street Islington

1861 not traced

1871 not traced

1881 207 Wick Road Hackney (shown as "William A Barham, William A

Pearson")

1891 not traced

1901 207 Wick Road Hackney widower(Mary Ann d 1898)

Date and place of burial

1918 St Michael the Archangel, Brantham, Suffolk (Mary Ann is also buried

there)

Details of will/administration of their estate - if applicable

Not known

Memorial inscription - if any

Legible names & details show "William Adderson Pearson born 1840 died 1918

Husband of Mary Ann Pearson"

I'd be interested in anything that might suggest why they relocated to

Suffolk. William appears to have returned to London some time after Mary

Ann's death in 1898, when it would seem they were both living in Brantham.

He must then have either returned to Suffolk or arranged to be interred with

his late wife.

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To start at the end, his death was registered Oct-Dec 1918 in Samford district, which was the district for Brantham.

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On 21 Apr 1867 four children of William and Mary Ann were baptised at the church of St Silas Penton Street, in the parish of St James Pentonville: William Adderson born 26 Dec 1859, Richard Adderson born 25 Apr 1862, Mary Ann born 17 Jun 1864, and Charles born 10 Mar 1867. Residence given as 5 Henry Place, father's occupation Ticket Collector.

Then Emma Jane was baptised 17 Apr 1870 at the same church, residence 11 Blomfield Street North, Dalston, date or birth 24 Mar 1870, father's occupation Ticket Collector North London Railway.

There are lots of entries for William Adderson Pearson in the London electoral registers, but of course they could be for him or for his son, so I'll leave those till later.

[kiterunner]

So this is the 1871 census entry:
1871 census on ancestry
17 Bloomfield St, Hackney
William Pearson Head Mar 31 Railway Ticket Coll St Mary Islington
Mary A Do Wife Do 31 Do Do
William Do Son 11 Do Do
Richard Do Do 8 Do Do
Mary A Do Daugh 6 Do Do
Charles Do Son 4 Do Do
Emma Pearson Daug 1 St John Hackney.

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I can't find them in 1861 at the moment, but part of Islington is missing from the 1861 census.

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And in 1891 they are at 207 Wick Road, not really surprising. Willam is a Railway Guard and they have three children at home: Emma 21, George 12 and James 8.
1891 census on ancestry

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I think this explains the Brantham connection:

1911 census on ancestry

32 Brantham New Village, Suffolk
James Purser Head 46 Married 25 yrs Acid work in xylonite London Midx
Mary Ann Purser Wife 45 Married 25 yrs, 4 children, 3 living, 1 died, London Midx
Alice Purser Daughter 21 Single Brantham Suffolk
Clara Purser Daughter 19 Single Sorter of xylonite Brantham Suffolk
Lily Purser Daughter 18 Single Sorter of xylonite Brantham Suffolk
William Pearson Father-in-law 71 Widower married 40 years, 11 children, 6 living, 5 died.

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Thanks Kite - that brilliant! Intriguing, too. Purser is a name that keeps cropping up in

my Headland research, but in the Northants/Beds lines I've yet to make a connection to.

Gran Emma Jane Pearson b 1870 married William Hawke Headland & they too retired to

Suffolk.

[kiterunner]

This is them in 1861 but the surname looks like Barson:
http://interactive.ancestry.co.uk/87...nSearchResults