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Great Grandfather John Pearson in 1835/1836


Laurel Ashton (nee Boughton)
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Hi I am new to this site and was recommended by a very nice lady to come onto this site.

 

I am actually looking for my great grandfather whose name was John Pearson when he was naturalised in Australia in 1892.  He was born in Kragerø, Telemark, Norway possibly in 1835 or 1836 which probably would be 1835 because of the age stated on these papers.  His death notice stated he was 76 when he died and on his headstone was 77 years old so possible 1835 would be correct.

 

The story as told to me by other relatives of this man was that he was orphaned at the age of 8 years old and sent to live with relatives in the United States of America.  We do not have any information about who these relatives were and I do not have information about his actual name at his birth but I have had my DNA done and the name Pedersen or Pederson comes up in the majority of matches so more than likely his name was Pederson spelt either way I can't be sure.  The story continues that he could have joined the US navy but not sure on that either.   He sailed to Australia on a ship called the Oscar and arrived in Australia in 1860.  He met and married an English woman by the name of Martha May Alderman and they married in 1863.  They had 13 children 4 of whom died quite young.  The family lived at Hillend in the Blue Mountains of New South Wales and he was working on the railways when he first came to Australia and subsequently became a gold miner and I believe a farmer as well.   He died in 1913 in Hillend and survived until 1924.

 

One of his daughters who died 10 years before I was born in 1937 was my grandmother and the mother or my father who was named John Pearson Boughton I would say in remembrance of her father as he was born in the year that my great grandfather passed away.

 

There has been a lot of work done on the Norwegian Heritage site a few years ago and the relatives involved have given up the search but as I have had my DNA registered I thought this may throw some new light on it.

 

I would really be interested if anyone has any ideas or information how I can continue my search as I am quite a novice when it comes to this genealogy thing and need all the help I can get from experts.

 

Thank you in anticipation and I thank Ann-Mary Engum for her help.

 

Laurel Ashton (nee Boughton)

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The Blue Mountain Echo Friday 28 March 1913 p 8 Article

 

On Friday last, after a somewhat  lengthy illness, patiently and bravely borne, Mr John Pearson, one, if not the oldest of the inhabitants of Lawson,

passed away, having attained the ripe old age of 76.

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The deceased had been ailing for some time past, and, despite the loving care of his wife and children and the unremitting solicitude of his medical attendant, the sands of timo ran slowly through Life's hour glass, and at four o'clock on Good Friday the end came. The funeral took place on Saturday afternoon, leaving deceased's late residence, 'Hillside,' just after four o'clock.

 

Prior to the interment, a short funeral service was held in the Congregational Church, Lawson, and thither, carried high on the shoulders of his sons

and sons-in-law, all that remained mor tal of John Pearson, the oldest Deaconof the Church, was brought for the last time. The coffin, having been placed

on a catafalque draped in black and white, the short service was commenced the Rev. C. J. Cribb officiating. After deceased's favourite hymn had been sung,

Mr Cribb briefly addressed the congregation, speaking of the high respect and esteem in which the deceased had always been held, not alone by members of

the congregation, but by the residents of Lawson as a whole.

 

 A man of stirling worth and absolute fearless integrity, he would be greatly missed, and the deepfelt sorrow of one and all would go out to his widow and children. After the benediction, the cortegewas reformed and slowly took its way through the town that had known him for so long towardsthe last resting place. Here the magnificent sentences of the committal service were solemnly recited by Mr Crlbb, and as the casket containing the remains was slowly lowered to rest the eyes of many were dimmed, whilst all were conscious

that they were saying farewell to one who had fought the good fight, run the straight course and who was now receiving the reward of a life well spent.

 

The chief mourners were Messrs Frank and Henry Pearson (sons), Charles Boughton and J.Forrester (sons-in-law), Mesdames Sayer and Boughton (daught).

 

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I have never seen the article printed about his death in the local paper and I thank you for that it was interesting and my grandmother Emily Boughton was in attendance so that was interesting to see all about his life in this country.

I have read all that information from "Norwegian Heritage" and it turned out that several suggestions were put forward but they were proven incorrect at the last discussion I had with other relatives.

I'm beginning to think it may be a useless task to try and find this man's roots in Norway but I will try my hardest with help from nice people like yourself.

 

Thanks again I really do appreciate your help.  Not all that familiar with this site yet either and hadn't been clicking on the "quote" option till just then either and found the newspaper article.

Regards

Laurel

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Hi!

I skimmed through the Norway Heritage posts mentioned above (3).

 

1. Did the Kråkerøy-suggestion bring any results?

 

2.Here's a Johan Carl from Kragerø - father Petter Henriksen:

 

https://media.digitalarkivet.no/view/1378/19

 

This is the closest possible connection I'm able to suggest - and I believe it has been mentioned earlier. 

 

 

Jon Erik

 

 

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The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954) Saturday 24 September 1898 p 5 Article

 

Notes on the wedding of Emily Pearson and Charles Arthur Boughton, some other familymembers are mentioned. Non of them norwegian.

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Thank you so much - that's amazing but where did you find them?  My grandmother (Emily) died 10 years before I was born and I was a small child when my grandfather (Charles) died so this is really interesting information that I have never seen before.

 

Thank you again for your assistance it is much appreciated!

 

Laurel

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16 hours ago, Jon Erik Berg-Hansen said:

Hi!

I skimmed through the Norway Heritage posts mentioned above (3).

 

1. Did the Kråkerøy-suggestion bring any results?

 

2.Here's a Johan Carl from Kragerø - father Petter Henriksen:

 

https://media.digitalarkivet.no/view/1378/19

 

This is the closest possible connection I'm able to suggest - and I believe it has been mentioned earlier. 

 

 

Jon Erik

 

 

Thank you too Jon Erik so much for you assistance.  I was under the impression that all the possibilities that were found in the Norway Heritage posts were not this John Pearson as they apparently found in the census records I believe that they nearly all were still in Norway when he had come to Australia and the wives didn't match either so thank you very much for your help.

I don't think this man is him either.  I keep thinking one day something will come to light but not too confident at this stage.  Just a shame they didn't hand down more information over the years it would have been so much easier. 

 

Laurel

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Laurel - if you haven't transported your DNA from Ancestry to FTDNA yet, you should do that. As this is your ggrandfather, I'm pretty sure you will have some interesting matches there that could give you some clues. Close to 10 000 persons in Norway have taken a DNA-test, and I think that more han 90% of those have used FTDNA.

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The manifest for the Oscar arriving in Apr 1860, seems to name him Ch Peterson. No 5, to compare,  is clearly spelled John.

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