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Looks like the brother John died young

Deaths Sept 1920
PEARSON John S 26 Leicester 7a 190

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

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

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

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

Deaths Sep 1947
Pearson Gladys G 47 Leicester 3a 419

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

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.

Can you give the names of his siblings

Did his sister stay in the UK?

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.