He migrated to Western Australia with his parents and four siblings on the Morningstar arriving on 19/10/1851.
In 1869 he married Henrietta Alice Walsh in Greenough Flats. [1]
In 1883 he married Emma Elzabeth Stokes. [2]
He died age 44.
PEARSON, Robert Blackett, b. 1847 (Eng), d. 29.3.1891, son of Francis Watson & Mary Ann, arr. 19.10.1851 per Morning Star with parents, m. 1st 31.1.1869 Henrietta Alice WALSH b. 1853 d. 26.1.1876, dtr. of Thomas & Ann (nee Donohue), m. 2nd 17.10.1883 Emma STOKES b. 6.8.1864, dtr. of John & Jane, she m. 2nd 29. 6.1893 William AHERN. Chd. Mary Ann b. 1870, Anna Elizabeth. b. & d. 1871, Louisa Frances b. & d. 1876, Charles Blackett b. 1884 d. 1968, Robert Watson b. 1886 d. 1968. Farmer & blacksmith. Owned 400 acres in 1866 Greenough. Employed 6 T/L men 00 occasions 1868-1878 including a shepherd, B quarrier & a cook. Bt. "lrwin Hotel" from Walton 1877. Lit. C/ E. [3]
STOKES, Emma Eizabeth. b. 1864, dtr. of John & Jane. m. (1st) Robert BIackett PEARSON, m. (2nd) 1893 William AHERN. [4]
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