davidbohl Posted 21 April , 2021 Share Posted 21 April , 2021 Pte George Pearson #25751 King's Liverpool CWGC Soldiers Effects state his father was Arthur E. Pearson, it would be handy to find a pension card and confirm this is Arthur Edwin Pearson. If it is, from census records, we can confirm the casualty is George Francis Pearson, born 1884 Liverpool, son of Arthur Edwin and Elizabeth of Wavertree. Many thanks Dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matlock1418 Posted 21 April , 2021 Share Posted 21 April , 2021 52 minutes ago, davidbohl said: Soldiers Effects state his father was Arthur E. Pearson, it would be handy to find a pension card and confirm this is Arthur Edwin Pearson. The fact that his father was named as the legatee on Soldier's Effects might suggest his mother had pre-deceased his father His mother would seem likely have been the recipient of a Soldiers Effects and any pension claim if she was alive [at least that seems very common in my experience as they would have been less likely to be in employment c/w a father and soldiers would more normally make remittances to their mother instead] Fathers seem very much less commonly named on pension claims [and if employed this, and/or lack of remittances, would probably commonly foil such a pension claim] I couldn't find a pension record(s) at WFA/Fold3. There need not be one/any as there would have had to have been some prior dependency for a claim to succeed - so perhaps one wasn't made in the first place. ??? Have you found a Soldier's Will? [Unfortunately I haven't] :-/ M Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davidbohl Posted 21 April , 2021 Author Share Posted 21 April , 2021 11 minutes ago, Matlock1418 said: Have you found a Soldier's Will? [Unfortunately I haven't] :-/ M Thanks for looking, no will on the .Gov website. His potential father remarried in 1911 to a Margaret Barber. SDGW says Pte Pearson was born and resided in Liverpool. With the absence of any other George Pearson's at the time I think Arthur Edwin's family is my choice. Dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Promenade Posted 21 April , 2021 Share Posted 21 April , 2021 At embarkation George Pearson nominated his father Arthur Pearson of 2 Alfred Street, Wavertree as his nok. The 1911 census return for 2 Alfred St appears to be missing on FMP but seems to be The Bridge House pub. Promenade Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
corisande Posted 21 April , 2021 Share Posted 21 April , 2021 This is probably George F's school record. Gives a dob and address in 1896 Find my Past Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davidbohl Posted 21 April , 2021 Author Share Posted 21 April , 2021 11 minutes ago, Promenade said: his father Arthur Pearson of 2 Alfred Street, Wavertree 1 minute ago, corisande said: George F's school record. Gives a dob and address in 1896 That's good news, I've got Arthur Edwin on the Electoral Rolls at Prince Alfred Road, Wavertree and George himself at 26 Wellington Grove, Wavertree in 1911, single aged 27, which makes him b.1884 It's looking more the promising now Dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnmelling1979 Posted 21 April , 2021 Share Posted 21 April , 2021 (edited) According to a family tree I can confirm Arthur E Pearson married Elizabeth Knowles on 25 Feb 1873 Marriage Place: Everton, St Augustine, Lancashire, England Children are Lionel, John, Frederick, Henry, GEORGE and Mabel And by 1911, Arthur is Widower living at 28 Abyssinia, Wavertree With Elizabeth dying on 19 January 1911 John Edited 21 April , 2021 by johnmelling1979 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnmelling1979 Posted 21 April , 2021 Share Posted 21 April , 2021 1 hour ago, davidbohl said: Thanks for looking, no will on the .Gov website. His potential father remarried in 1911 to a Margaret Barber. SDGW says Pte Pearson was born and resided in Liverpool. With the absence of any other George Pearson's at the time I think Arthur Edwin's family is my choice. Dave Arthur Edwin Pearson Gender: Male Marital Status: Widowed Age: 56 Birth Date: 1855 Marriage Date: 02 Oct 1911 Marriage Place: St. Peter's Church, Liverpool, Lancashire, England Father: Edmund Pearson Spouse: Margaret Barber Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davidbohl Posted 21 April , 2021 Author Share Posted 21 April , 2021 Freebmd has him born Mar qtr 1884 in Liverpool Pearson George Francis W. Derby Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnmelling1979 Posted 21 April , 2021 Share Posted 21 April , 2021 At least you now have the right family! Just so little else to go on Didn't last long though did he, Disembarking on 7\11\1915 and killed 31\1\1916 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davidbohl Posted 21 April , 2021 Author Share Posted 21 April , 2021 A good result, so once again thanks everybody. The 1911 census record I identified says he was a labourer for the Wigan Coal and Iron Coy, there is a IWM memorial for them but his name is not on it. So a small caveat is that he had stopped working for them or the chap on the census is not him. Still looking. Dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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