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Pearson family

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 Part 2: Elizabeth Pearson (c1800 - 1889)

 

Marriage to Edward Bryant

Elizabeth Pearson was born in Chamber Street, London, and baptised 05 January 1800 at St Mary's Parish Church, Whitechapel. She was the third child of John Pearson and Hannah (surname unknown). She married Edward Bryant (c1800 - 1859) 19 August 1827 at Poplar All Saint's Church. Edward was a merchant who was born and lived in Bristol. His business dealings must have taken him to London and he probably met the Pearson family through business (either her father or her brothers-in-law who were also in the grocer trade). Elizabeth returned to Bristol with Edward and they had five daughters and two sons (more information about them appears in the Bryant section). 

It is possible they had a loving marriage and Edward referred to her as his 'dear wife' in his will (although sometimes that was used as a standard phrase, regardless of the level of affection the couple actually had for each other!). After Edward's death in 1859,  Elizabeth moved to 19 Hampton Park, which was nearer the city centre, with her daughter Emily and son-in-law Richard Pugh, her granddaughter Agnes Trickey, and two servants. They later moved to Cardiff, Wales, where youngest daughter Martha was living. Elizabeth was able to support herself, and later her widowed daughter Emily, from the annual income her husband had provided for her. She died at 11 Cathedral Road, Cardiff, aged 89, 21 February 1889.

From a letter written by a relative, it is known that Elizabeth had a family photo album (known as 'Old Grannie Bryant's album') which was last heard of being in France (probably St Malo), pre-WWI. [1]

 

Footnotes

[1] England and Wales Census 1841, 1851, 1861, 1871, 1881, 1891, 1901, 1911 (Ancestry.co.uk and Findmypast.com); General Registry Office (GRO) certificates; Bristol Mercury newspaper archive (http://newspapers.bl.uk/blcs/); London Parish Registers (www.parishregister.com); Cayzer Family Archive (Registered Charity Number: 1122921)