George Colvin Pearson (1877 - 1906)

Born 18 Sep 1877 in Nancy, France

Ancestors

Died 26 Oct 1906 at age 29 in Clifton, Gloucestershire, England

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Biography

Life events

George was born in Nancy, France, in 1877, the son of Lieut.-Colonel George Falconer Pearson and Emma Colvin.^[1]

George Colvin Pearson died in Clifton, Gloucestershire, on the 26th October 1906, aged twenty-nine years.^[2][3]

Career notes

George passed the preliminary examination for the Incorporated Law Society in February, 1897.^[4]

Mr Pearson was listed in Kelly's 1906 Directory for Bristol as a solicitor, with address: St. Stephen’s Avenue. Clare Street to Quay Hea. (Parish—St. Stephen.)^[5]

Census enumerations

1891 census (Wales):

• George F Pearson, head, widower, age 64, Colonel Retired list, born in Chester
• Caroline, daughter, single, age 25; born in Abergele, Denbighshire
• George C., son, age 13; born in France, British Subject
• household servants (7)
• census place: Downton, New Radnor, Radnorshire.^[6]

When the 1901 census was enumerated, George was recorded as a lodger in the household of Henrietta Cousin, a boarding house proprietor, 53 Bernard Street, Bloomsbury (London). He was 23 years of age, and employed as an articled law clerk.^[7]

Sources

1. ↑ Belfast News-Letter, 25 September 1877 (pg 1). Birth notice: “PEARSON—September 18, at Nancy, France, the wife of Lieut.-Colonel G.F. Pearson, of a son.” Digital image online at The British Newspaper Archive, britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk (accessed by subscription, and transcribed by Alison Kilpatrick, 2018-08-18)
2. ↑ Morning Post, 27 October 1906 (pg 1). Death notice: “PEARSON.—On the 26th Oct., at Clifton, George C. Pearson, son of Colonel G.F. Pearson, aged twenty-nine.” Digital image online at The British Newspaper Archive, britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk (accessed by subscription, and transcribed by Alison Kilpatrick, 2018-08-18).
3. ↑ National Probate Calendar, England and Wales. “PEARSON, George Colvin, of Clifton Down-house, Clifton, Bristol; died 26 October 1906 at 6 Arlington-villas Clifton; Administration: London, 23 November [1906] to George Falconer Pearson, retired colonel in H.M. Indian-army.” (ref. 1906, pg. 134.) Digital image online at ancestry.ca (accessed by Alison Kilpatrick 2018-08-18, by subscription).
4. ↑ The Weekly Notes. Vol. XXXII. Part II. (27 February 1897). “Incorporated Law Society. Preliminary Examination.” Citing George Colvin Pearson as a successful candidate (pg 71). London: Incorporated Council of Law Reporting for England and Wales, [1897].
5. ↑ 1906 Kelly’s Directory of Bristol, Gloucestershire. “St. Stephen’s Avenue. Clare Street to Quay Hea. (Parish—St. Stephen.) … Pearson George Colvin, solicitor.” (pg 266).
6. ↑ Wales 1891 Census. George F Pearson, age 64, widower, with daughter, Caroline (25), and son, George C. (age 13, born in France; in Downton, Radnorshire. Original records: Census Returns of England & Wales, 1891 (Kew, Surrey: The National Archives of the UK, 1891); registration district: Kington, sub-registration district: Radnor, enumeration district no. 8, civil parish of New Radnor; PRO ref. RG12, piece 2076, folio 56, pg 1. Digital image online at ancestry.ca (accessed by Alison Kilpatrick by subscription, 2018-08-18).
7. ↑ England 1901 Census. George C Pearson, single, age 23, Clerk Articled Law; born in France (British Subject); in Bloomsbury, London. Original record: Census Returns for England & Wales, 1911 (Kew, Surrey: National Archives of the UK, 1911), PRO ref. RG 13, piece 236, folio 44, registration district: St Giles, subregistration district: Bloomsbury and St Giles South; ecclesiastical parish of Christchurch, Woburn Square; enumeration district no. 3, pg. 1, household schedule 1. Digital image online at ancestry.ca (accessed by Alison Kilpatrick 2018-08-18, by subscription).