Clara (Brien) Pearson (1821 - 1899)

Born 10 Nov 1821 in Parramatta, Sydney, NSW, Australia

Ancestors

Wife of Robert Holt Best — married 26 Dec 1836 in Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia

Wife of Edward Charles Pearson — married 4 Dec 1856 in Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia

Descendants

Died 6 Sep 1899 at age 77 in Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia

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Biography

Clara (Brien) Pearson was born in the Colony of New South Wales (1788-1900)

Clara Brien was born on November 10, 1821 in Parramatta, Sydney, NSW, Australia. Her parents were Daniel Brien and Ann Parker-Wilcox.^[1]

She married Robert Best on 26th December 1836 at St John's Parramatta, New South Wales.^[2]

She married Edward Pearson on 4th December 1856 in Wagga Wagga, New South Wales.^[3]

By special license, on Thursday, the 4th December, at the private residence of Mr. Frederick A. Simpson, C.P.S., South Wagga Wagga, Edward Charles, second son of Mr. and Mrs. John Pearson, of George-street, Parramatta, to Clara, relict of the late Mr. Robert Holt Best, stockholder, of Wagga Wagga.^[4]

She died on September 06, 1899 in Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia.^[5]

DEATH. PEARSON .—At Wagga Wagga, on 6th September, 1899, CLARA, widow of the late E. C. PEARSON, of Sandy Creek Station, and beloved mother of MRS. J. R. Ross, Yass, in her 80th year.^[6]

Sources

1. ↑ NSW Government. Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages. Clara Bryan Birth. Registration number: 6645/1821 V18216645 1B Father: Daniel Mother: Mary A. Accessed 27th Jan 2021.
2. ↑ Australia Marriages, 1810-1980", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XTCT-744 : 28 January 2020), Clara Brien in entry for Robert Holt Best, 1836
3. ↑ NSW Government. Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages. Edward C Pearson and Clara Best Marriage. Registration number: 2051/1897 District: Wagga Wagga. Accessed 27th Jan 2021
4. ↑ Family Notices (1856, December 10). The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), p. 1. Retrieved January 27, 2021, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article12989836
5. ↑ NSW Government. Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages. Clara Pearson, Death. Registration number: 11114/1899 Father: Daniel Mother: Clara. District: Wagga Wagga Accessed 27th Jan 2021.
6. ↑ Family Notices (1899, September 11). Yass Evening Tribune (NSW : 1899 - 1928), p. 2. Retrieved January 27, 2021, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article248417268

• Ryerson Index - PEARSON Clara Death notice 06SEP1899 Death 79 at Wagga Wagga Sydney Morning Herald 11SEP1899

Secondary Source

• https://australianroyalty.net.au/tree/purnellmccord.ged/individual/I43231/Clara-Brien

• https://www.bellsite.id.au/gdbtree/HTMLFiles/HTMLFiles_21/P45592.html