Emma (Colvin) Pearson (1840 - 1877)

Born 22 Jan 1840 in Allahabad, Bengal, India

Ancestors

Wife of George Falconer Pearson — married 7 Dec 1870 in Naini Tal, Bengal, India

Descendants

Died 18 Sep 1877 at age 37 in Nancy, France

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Biography

Emma was born at Allahabad, Bengal, in 1840, the daughter of John Russell Colvin and Emma Sophia Sneyd.^[1]

On the 7th December 1870, she married Major George Falconer Pearson, a widower, at Naini Tal in Bengal.^[2]

Emma Pearson née Colvin died in Nancy, France, on the 18th September 1877, aged thirty-seven years.^[3][4]

Census enumerations

1861 census (England):

• Emma S. Colvin, head, widow, age 54; born in Isle of White [sic], Hants.
• James Hy B, son, unmarried, age 32, late Bengal Civil Service; born in Hyshavad, East Indies
• Emma, daughter, unmarried, age 21; born in Allohabad Indies [sic]
• Maria Worsley, daughter, unmarried, age 19; born in Calcutta, East Indies
• Constance, daughter, unmarried, age 15; born in London, Middlesex
• Walter Mytton, son, unmarried, age 13; born in Moulmein Bwamah [Burmah]
• household servants (4), including at attendant for an invalid.
• census place: 18 Montpelier Villas, The Palace, Brighton, Sussex.^[5]

Legacy

Children

• Philip Colquhoun Pearson (1872–1933)
• Ralph Sneyd Pearson (1874–1958)
• George Colvin Pearson (1877–1906)

Sources

1. ↑ British India Office. Ecclesiastical Returns. (1) “Baptisms within the Chaplaincy District and Station of Allahabad in the Archdeacondry and Diocese of Calcutta. Emma Colvin, born 22d January 1840 at Allahabad; daughter of J.R. Colvin, Honble C’s Civil Service & Private Sec’y to the Governor General, and Emma Sophia , his wife (maiden name, Sneyd), of Allahabad; baptised 9th February 1840 by C. Wimberley, B.A., Chaplain to Governor General. (2) “Baptisms at Calcutta Fort William in Bengal A.D. 1840.” Emma Colvin, born 221d January 1840; daughter of John Russell Colvin, Civil Service, and of Emma Sophia his wife; baptised 22d April 1840 in St John’s Cathedral, by T. Deattry [Dealtry?], Archdeacon of Calcutta. Digital images online at findmypast.co.uk (accessed by Alison Kilpatrick by subscription, 2018-08-10).
2. ↑ British India Office. Ecclesiastical Returns. “Marriages solemnized at Nynee Tal under the Government of the N.W.P. [North West Provinces].” George Falconer Pearson, of age, widower, Major, resident of Nyntee Tal, son of George Pearson; and Emma Colvin, of age, spinster, Madras S.C., resident of Nyntee Tal, daughter of John Russell Colvin; married 10th October 1870, by licence, by J. Richards, Chaplain. witnesses: C. Pearson, A. Colvin, E. Colvin, R.P. Colvin. Digital image online at findmypast.co.uk (accessed by Alison Kilpatrick by subscription, 2018-08-10).
3. ↑ Freeman’s Journal, 1 October 1877 (pg 1). Death notice: ‘PEARSON—At Nancy, France, Emma, the beloved wife of Colonel G.F. Pearson.” Digital image online at The British Newspaper Archive, britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk (accessed by subscription, and transcribed by Alison Kilpatrick, 2018-08-18).
4. ↑ National Probate Calendar, England and Wales. “PEARSON, Emma. Effects under £1,500. 29 November [1877]. Administration of the effects of Emma Pearson (Wife of George Falconer Pearson, Esquire), late of Nancy in France, who died 18 September at Nancy, was granted at the Principal Registry to the said George Falconer Pearson at Nancy.” (ref. 1877, pg. 175.) Digital image online at ancestry.ca (accessed by Alison Kilpatrick 2018-08-18, by subscription).
5. ↑ England 1861 Census. Emma S. Colvin [née Sneyd], widow, age 54; with children, James Hy B (32), Emma (21), Maria Worsley (19), Constance (15), and Walter Mytton (13); in Brighton, Sussex. Original record: Census Returns of England and Wales, 1861. Kew, Surrey, England: The National Archives of the UK (TNA): Public Record Office (PRO), 1861; PRO ref. RG9, piece 602, folio 75, pg. 23, household schedule no. 172; Brighton registration district, The Palace sub-registration district, enumeration district no. 17. Digital image online at ancestry.ca (accessed by Alison Kilpatrick 2018-08-09, by subscription).