Genealogy Chat

My father, Douglas Pearson, was born in Leicester in 1928. His mother Gladys Gertrude Pearson, was born in 1900 and died i think in 1947.
My father came to Australia in 1947 or 1946. He said he was brought up in an orphanage, but we cant find any info regarding that.
His brother came to Australia with him, but they never saw their sister again.
There is not a father named on my father's birth certificate. I dont think Gladys ever married.
I would love some help finding out more about my Grandmother and my Aunt, who i think had 2 children.

Can you give the names of his siblings

Did his sister stay in the UK?

This looks to be Gladys Gertrude in the 1939 Register

Address Leicester Frith Certified Institution Groby Road, Leicester

Gladys G Pearson 28 Jul 1900. Certified Mental Defective.

This looks like her on the 1911 census

England Wales & Scotland Census Transcription
65 Regent Road Leicester, Leicester, Leicestershireshire
Rebecca Pearson Head Widow Female No Occupation Private Means 76 1835 Lille France
John Sheffield Pearson Son Widower Male Stone Mason 49 1862 Knighton on Hill Leicestershire
William Pearson Son Single Male Stone Mason 18 1893 Leicester
John Sheffield Pearson Son Single Male Steel Turner 16 1895 Leicester
Gladys Gertrude Pearson Daughter - Female School. 10. 1901 Leicester

Deaths Sep 1947
Pearson Gladys G 47 Leicester 3a 419

Her parents marriage

JOHN SHEFFIELD
Last name PEARSON
Marriage quarter 1
Marriage year 1886
Registration month -
MarriageFinder™ JOHN SHEFFIELD PEARSON married one of these people
ELIZABETH ARCHER, CAROLINE WORSDALL BROWN
District LEICESTER
District number -
County Leicestershire
Country England
Volume 7A
Page 230
Record set England & Wales marriages 1837-2008
Category Birth, Marriage, Death & Parish Records
Subcategory Marriages & divorces
Collections from Great Britain
© brightsolid online publishing ltd


Edit he married Caroline w Brown

Deaths Dec 1909
PEARSON Caroline Worsdell 50 Leicester 7a 130

As Gladys was in an institute in 1939 then it's highly likely that the children were put in a children's home

You could enquire of Barnardos to see if they have any records of him and his siblings

One of Gladys brothers

First name(s) John Sheffield
Last name Pearson
Age 17
Birth year 1893
Birth town Leicester
Birth county Leicestershire
Birth country England
Service number 4/1214
Regiment Leicestershire Regiment
Unit / Battalion 4th Battalion
Year 1910
Series WO 363
Series description WO 363 - First World War service records 'burnt documents'
Archive The National Archives
Record set British Army Service Records
Home address 65 Regent Road (same as the 1911 census )

Occ looks like rubber hand
Employer Warburton and Allen . Rutland Street Leicester

He joined the Territorials but said he was 17 and a half
He was discharged as end of term of engagement in 1914

Edit he was 17 in 1911
JOHN SHEFFIELD
Last name PEARSON
Birth year 1894
Birth quarter 1
Registration month -
Mother's last name -
District LEICESTER
County Leicestershire
Country England
Volume 7A
Page 256

Gladys in the 1901 census:-

1901 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription
41, Evington Street, Leicester, Leicestershire, England


First name(s) Last name Relationship Marital status Gender Age Birth year Occupation Birth place

John S Pearson Head Married Male 42 1859 Stone Mason Houghton, Leicestershire, England
Caroline Pearson Wife Married Female 42 1859 - Leicestershire, England
Annie R Pearson Daughter Single Female 14 1887 - Leicestershire, England
William Pearson Son Single Male 9 1892 - Leicestershire, England
John S Pearson Son Single Male 8 1893 - Leicestershire, England
Gladys G Pearson Daughter Single Female 0 1901 - Leicestershire, England<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<

Kath. x

Looks like the brother John died young

Deaths Sept 1920
PEARSON John S 26 Leicester 7a 190

Re Gladys's sister Annie:



Marriages Dec 1908 (>99%)
LANGRAN Albert Leicester 7a 520
LAUGRAN Albert Leicester 7a 520
PEARSON Annie Rebecca Leicester 7a 520



Annie Rebecca Langran
in the 1911 England Census
Name: Annie Rebecca Langran
Age in 1911: 25
Estimated birth year: abt 1886
Relation to Head: Wife
Gender: Female
Birth Place: Leicester
Civil Parish: Northampton
County/Island: Northamptonshire
Country: England
Street address: 16 Sheriff Road Northampton Eng
Marital Status: Married
Years Married: 2
Estimated Marriage Year: 1909
Registration district: Northampton
Registration District Number: 163
Sub-registration district: St Giles
ED, institution, or vessel: 29
Household schedule number: 360
Piece: 8417
Household Members:
Name Age
Albert Langran 24
Annie Rebecca Langran 25

What is/was your father's sister's name, Neil?

Between 1920 and 1943 (I searched 1911-47) there were 6 Pearson children born in Leicester, with mother's surname Pearson. Four of these were girls.

is your aunt called Dorothy your father's sister


Births Sep 1921 (>99%)

Pearson Dorothy Pearson Leicester 7a 577

There are three other possibilities as well, Malyon - unless you have some reason for picking Dorothy in particular?

We need Neil to come back to us.

Rule out this one as she died in 1938:

Births Sep 1920
Pearson Nora M Pearson Leicester 7a 530

Rose

This one also died in 1935:

Births Sep 1935 :
PEARSON Lilian K Pearson Leicester 7a 250

Rose

Well, that cuts the choice down to Dorothy and Glenice.

Don't see marriages conclusively for either of them, at least not in Leicestershire.

Do you know where the orphanage was, where your father was brought up, Neil? Was it in Leicestershire?

Welcome to the Community boards Neil.



(I'll let Neil know how to find his replies) :-)

Hi, thank you all for your help. Sorry i havn't replied earlier, but i sent that message before i left work. I am in Sydney Australia. I have just read all your replies now.
I think her name was Dorothy, and possibly born in 1921. She did stay in the UK. My Dad got a letter from her not long after he came to Australia, but they had no more communication.
Unfortunately we dont have that letter.
My fathers brother was Raymond. My father died 18 years ago, and it was never really talked about, his childhood.
All i and my 2 brothers know is what we were told when we were young, is that they were brought up in an orphanage in Leicester.

Í have started a family tree on here.