Esther Irwin (Forster) Pearse (1845 - 1916)

Born 13 Jan 1845 in New South Wales, Australia

Ancestors

Wife of Joseph Pearse — married 1863 in Maitland, New South Wales, Australia

Descendants

Died 23 Oct 1916 at age 71 in New South Wales, Australia

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Notes

AKA Hester

Husband Joseph Pearse 1811 Plymouth, Devon, England. Died 8 Mar. 1892. Marriage Jane White 1838, died 25 Feb 1858 Plashett, Jerry's Plains, NSW; also Hester Irwin Forster

Biography

• Birth
• Birth Index (NSW Registry of Births Deaths & Marriages : accessed 26 Feb 2022), Index entry for Forster Esther I; Parents: William T & Maria G; District: n/a; Registration Number: 2747/1845 V18452747

• Australia, Births and Baptisms, 1792-1981^[1] Name Esther Irwin Forster; Gender Female; Christening Mar 14 1845 West Maitland, New South Wales, Australia; Father William Twiss Forster; Mother Maria Graves

• Marriage
• Marriage Index (NSW Registry of Births Deaths & Marriages : accessed 26 Feb 2022), Index entry for Pearse Joseph and Forster Hester Irwin; District: Maitland; Registration Number: 2236/1863

• Land Purchase
• Heritage Impact Statement Kambala School 2020^[2]

4.2. European History

4.2.10. Mrs Joseph Pearse (or Pearce)

Tivoli was purchased by Joseph Pearse in 1891, not from the Black family, but from Elizabeth Onslow with whom Black had held a mortgage. Joseph Pearse [Pearce] of Bishopthorpe, Armidale purchaed the property in 1891 and died the following year aged 81. He left a lifetime interest in Tivoli to his wife Hester Irwin Forster Pearse along with an annuity of 1400 pounds. The provisions of Pearse’s will were contested by his daughters Marie Isabell Russell and Eva Maria Blanche Pearse in 1893 to determine what interest they had in Tivoli after the death or remarriage of their mother. The property was to be ‘converted’ and trusts set up for the two daughers, each of 22,000 pounds and the estate paid the cost of the courtcase. The sale in December 1895 of two American buggies, a very stylish buggy horse, a brougham horse, a milking cow and heifer were put up for sale at Tivoli may indicate that the family was downsizing.

Horses were however still kept at Tivoli until at least 1903. Although the Pearse family had not lived at Tivoli since the mid 1890s, press coverage for the next 20 years still mentioned the late Joseph Pearce or Pearse of Tivoli, Rose Bay. As both of the daughters were living overseas, the trustees were forced in 1914 to bring a case that would enable them to lease the property without the consent of the widowed Mrs Hester Pearse. Mrs Marion Isabel Russell, wife of Doctor W J Russell, had died in Kent England in 1910. The outbreak of war in Europe forced the return of Eva Pearse, now Madam Wolfcarious. There was considerable press coverage describing her flight from Belgium, accompanied by her two children, in 1915. Mrs Wolfcarius returned to Mosman following her ordeal in Europe. Her mother the widowed Mrs Hester Pearse died in Mosman in 1916, her residence noted as Prince Albert Street that is a modest Federation house. In a third court case in the 1917 the Permanent Trustee Company were appointed deal with the estate, the existing trustees wished to retire. The court decided not to split the estate to provide a separate provision for Eva Wolfcarius, as this was deemed to be detrimental to the estate as a whole, as she intended to rejoin her husband at the end of the war. Although her husband survived the war, Eva and her children did not return to Brussels. Madame Wolcarius died in 1939 and the contents of her flat at the Astor were sold, including furniture from England, Canton and Burma, some of which may have been in the family since their days at Tivoli. She was one of the shareholders in the Astor flats and had also commissioned a house from the Griffins. Tivoli appears to have held no interest for her, it was simply part of the family estate, with was, in 1917, worth 90,000 pounds exclusive of Tivoli. From 1896 until 1913 Tivoli was rented or leased. Mrs Pearse and then her executors continued to pay the rates until the sale of the property in the 1920s.

3.1.6. The Sale and Subdivision of Tivoli, 1892-1913^[3]

Joseph Pearse [Pearce] of Bishopthorpe, Armidale purchased the property in 1891 and died the following year aged 81. He left a lifetime interest in Tivoli to his wife Hester Irwin Forster Pearse along with an annuity of 1400 pounds (Table Talk Melbourne, 1882). The provisions of Pearse’s will were contested by his daughters Marie Isabell Russell and Eva Maria Blanche Pearse in 1893 to determine what interest they had in Tivoli after the death or remarriage of their mother. The property was to be ‘converted’ and trusts set up for the two daughters, each of 22,000 pounds and the estate paid the cost of the court case. The sale in December 1895 of two American buggies, a very stylish buggy horse, a brougham horse, a milking cow and heifer were put up for sale at Tivoli may indicate that the family was downsizing (SMH, 1895). Horses were however still kept at Tivoli until at least 1903. Although the Pearse family had not lived at Tivoli since the mid-1890s, press coverage for the next 20 years still mentioned the late Joseph Pearce or Pearse of Tivoli, Rose Bay (National Advocate, 1915). From 1896 until 1913 Tivoli was rented or leased. Mrs Pearse and then her executors continued to pay the rates until the sale of the property in the 1920s. Lessee’s of Tivoli during this time included Barney Allen, a racehorse owner, and The Love family

• Death
• Death Index (NSW Registry of Births Deaths & Marriages : accessed 26 Feb 2022), Index entry for Pearse Hester Irwin; Parents: William Twiss & Maria Graves; District: Mosman; Registration Number: 18645/1916

• Australia Death Notices, 1860-2019^[4] Name Esther Irwin Pearse; Birth Circa 1844; Death Oct 23 1916; Notice type Death notice; Age at death 72; Published Oct 25 1916; Published by Sydney Morning Herald; Other details late of Mosman and Rose Bay

• Burial
• Findagrave: Hester Irwin Pearse; BIRTH 1844; DEATH 25 Oct 1916 (aged 71–72); BURIAL South Head Cemetery Vaucluse, Waverley Council, New South Wales, Australia^[5]

Sources

1. ↑ "Australia Births and Baptisms, 1792-1981", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XTDB-XBT : 28 January 2020), Esther Irwin Forster, 1845.
2. ↑ https://majorprojects.planningportal.nsw.gov.au/prweb/PRRestService/mp/01/getContent?AttachRef=SSD-10385%2120200904T072152.731%20GMT
3. ↑ https://majorprojects.planningportal.nsw.gov.au/prweb/PRRestService/mp/01/getContent?AttachRef=EXH-10287031%2120210430T011752.346%20GMT
4. ↑ https://www.myheritage.com/research/record-10738-4963684/esther-irwin-pearse-in-australia-death-notices?s=1150524011
5. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/218834737/hester-irwin-pearse : accessed 26 February 2022), memorial page for Hester Irwin Pearse (1844–25 Oct 1916), Find a Grave Memorial ID 218834737, citing South Head Cemetery, Vaucluse, Waverley Council, New South Wales, Australia ; Maintained by woowoo (contributor 49949980) .