1821 Info 6b: Caleb Crompton

1821 Info 6b for Caleb Crompton
The children of Caroline Cox and William Pearson

Donald william Pearson

By following the certificates it is possible to extract some facts about his life:

Where he was born and where he lived in the Melbourne area.
His employment, which changed from Blacksmith to gardener.
The years in which his children were born.
The location of graves.

Despite the date registered on the certificate Donald William was born 19 January 1902.

SECOND SCHEDULE
BIRTHS in the District of `Port Melbourne` in the State
No.	CHILD			PARENTS
	When and Where Born	Name and whether present or not	Sex	FATHER		MOTHER
				(1) Name and forename, Rank Profession of Father (2) Age And (3) Birthplace	(1) When and Where married (2) Previous issue living and deceased	(1)Name and Maiden Surname of Mother (2) Age And (3) Birthplace
`1324`	`19^th January 1913 Town of Port Melbourne County Bourke`	`Donald William Not present`	`Male`	`William John Thomas Pearson Labourer 22 Dalky South Australia`	`Melbourne, Victoria`	`Caroline Louisa Pearson formerly Cox 25 Dowling Forest, South Australia`

SECOND SCHEDULE
of Victoria Register by `Mary Gerard Rees`
6715	INFORMANT	WITNESS	REGISTRAR
	Signature, Description and Residence of Informant	Accoucheur, Nurse by whom certified And Name of Occupier or Other Witness	When Regis- tered and Where	Signature of Registrar
	`WJT Pearson Father CL Pearson Mother 35 Raglan Street Port Melbourne`	`No Accoucheur Mrs Pandl Mrs Forsyth`	`8^th March 1913 Port Melbourne`	`MG Rees by Authority`

His first marriage was to Lilian Heib who, in the 1901 UK census, was living at 11 Oglander Road, Camberwell, London SE1.

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In the State of Victoria				In the Commonwealth of Australia
FOURTH SCHEDULE ACTS Nos. 2691 AND 2790 FORM B. CERTIFICATE OF MARRIAGE.

Year 1923 Parish or Church District Vermont Denomination Church of England

No. in Register	When and where Married	Name and Surname of each Party	Conjugal Condition, also date of Decease of each former Spouse (if Wid- owed, if Divorced)	Children by each former Marriage		Birthplace
				Living	Dead
`28`	`22-12-23 Bayswater`	`Donald William Pearson Lilian Heib`	`Bachelor Spinster`			`Port Melbourne London`

Occupation	Age in years (last Birthday)	Exact Residence of each Party		Father Also Occupation	Mother (Full Maiden Name)
		Present	Usual
`Blacksmith House Duties`	`21 21`	`Bayswater Bayswater`	`Bayswater Bayswater`	`William John Thomas Pearson John Heib`	`Caroline Cox Lilian Smith`

We declare that the above is a true statement of the particulars relating to us respec-} tively and that the Marriage `by Banns` as solemnized between us on the date and } at the place mentioned according to `the rites of the Church of England }`	`Donald W Pearson Lilian Heib` Signatures of the Parties
Signatures of `} John ? Sullivan` Witness `} Florence L Bambridge`
I `Alfred Clay` being `Clerk in Holy Orders` do hereby certify that I have this day duly celebrated Marriage between the above mentioned parties after, notice made as by law required Dated this `twenty second` day of `December` 19`23`

THIRD SCHEDULE
DEATHS in the District of `Bayswater` in the State
No.	DESCRIPTION			(1)Cause of death (2)Duration of last illness (3)Legally qualified Medical Practitioner (4)When he last saw the Deceased	Name and Surname of Father and Mother (Maiden name if known), with Occupation
	Where and When Died	Name and Surname Occupation	Sex and Age
`22`	`11^th July 1926 Bayswater Victoria Shire of Lillydale County Mornington`	`Lilian Pearson Home duties`	`Female 23 years`	`(1) Chronic nephritis (2) 2 years (3) AJ Langley (4) 4^th July 1926`	`John Heib Furniture Dealer Lilian Heib (nee Smith)`

THIRD SCHEDULE
of Victoria Register by `HN Pegler`
Signature, Description and Residence of Informant	(1) Signature of Registrar (2) Date and (3) Where Registered	IF BURIAL REGISTERED		Where Born and how long in the Australian States, stating which	IF DECEASED WAS MARRIED
		When and where buried. Undertaker by whom certified	Name and Reli- gion of Minister or Name of Wit- nesses of Burial		(1) Where and what (2) Age and to (3)Whom	Issue, in order of Birth, the Names and Ages.
`Don. Pearson Husband Bayswater Present at death`	`(1) HN Peglar (2) 12^th July 1926 (3) Bayswater Victoria`	`13^th July 1926 Box Hill Cemetery A Padbury`	`Rev A Craig Church of England`	`London England 14 years in Victoria`	`(1) Bayswater Victoria (2) 21 years (3) Donald William Pearson`	`Myrtle Dorothy 1 year 7months`

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In Australia the Heibs had a furniture business and close connections with Donald. Donald and John Heibs, Lilian's brother, played a card game called penny poker. Donald and The Heibs played cricket for Benheigh Goofs, Grand Order of Old fellows, where Donald opened the batting and the Heibs arrived with a keg of beer that had 'fallen out of the back of a van'.

At a very young age, and with a young daughter, Lilian died of an acute inflammation of the kidney. After a period of five years Donald william married, in 1931, for a second time to Annie Murphy ...

In the State of Victoria				In the Commonwealth of Australia
FOURTH SCHEDULE ACTS Nos. 2691 AND 2790 FORM B. CERTIFICATE OF MARRIAGE.

Year 1931 Parish or Church District Bacchus Marsh Denomination R C

No. in Register	When and where Married	Name and Surname of each Party	Conjugal Condition, also date of Decease of each former Spouse (if Wid- owed, if Divorced)	Children by each former Marriage		Birthplace
				Living	Dead
64	`June 6^th 1931 St Bernards Bacchus Marsh`	`Donald William Pearson Annie Murphy`	`Bachelor Spinster`			`Port Melbourne Blackwood`

Occupation	Age in years (last Birthday)	Exact Residence of each Party		Father. Also Occupation	Mother (Full Maiden Name)
		Present	Usual
`Gardener House Duties`	`29 27`	`Bayswater Bayswater`	`Bayswater Bayswater`	`Wm John Thomas Pearson Labourer John Murphy Farmer`	`Caroline Louisa Cox Margaret Kenny`

We declare that the above is a true statement of the particulars relating to us respec-} tively and that the Marriage `by Licence` as solemnized between us on the date and } at the place mentioned according to `the rites of the Catholic Church }`	`Donald W Pearson Annie Murphy` Signatures of the Parties
Signatures of `} B ?` Witness `} Edward Murphy`
I `Leo Thomas Curran` being `a Catholic priest` do hereby certify that I have this day duly celebrated Marriage between the abovementioned parties after, notice made as by law required Dated this `6^th` day of `June` 19`31`

... but because Don adopted Annie's Catholic faith, Caroline never spoke to him again. Annie predeceased Donald by five years.

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DEATH IN THE STATE OF VICTORIA
1 No	No 7006/78
Description - 2 (1) When and where died .. (2) Usual place of residence .. 3 Name and Surname Occupation 4 Sex and age	27th March 1978 Cheltenham 10/2 Thomas Street, Clayton Annie PEARSON Home Duties Female 74 Years
5 (1) Cause of death and duration of last illness (2) Legally qualified medical practitioner by whom certified and when he last saw deceased	Recurrent cerebral thromboses - 8/1/78, 14/1/78, and 27/3/78, Arteriolosclerosis - years Essential hypertension - years R. Adams, 23rd March 1978
6 Name and surname of father and mother (maiden name, if known), with occupation	John Murphy Margaret Murphy maiden name Kenny Farmer
7 Signature, description and resi- dence of informer	DW Pearson 10/2 Thomas Street Clayton Husband
8 (1) Signature of Registration Officer (2) Date (3) Where registered	6th April 1978 Melbourne
If burial registered - 9 When and where buried Undertaker by whom certified 10 Name of Religious Minister or names of witnesses of burial	30th March 1978 Springvale Cemetery T. Quick W. Horton N. Nicol
11 (1) Where born (2) Period of residence in Australia	Blackwood, Victoria 74 years
If deceased was married - 12 (1) Where and (2) At what age and (3) To whom (4) Conjugal Condition at date of Death	Baccush Marsh, Victoria 28 years Donald William Pearson Married
13 Issue in order of birth, the name and ages	Beryl Margaret 43 years Donald William Barry 41 years

Though he died from a heart attack in his last years must have suffered painful joints and difficult breathing. A smoker?.

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DEATH IN THE STATE OF VICTORIA
1 No	No 25786/83
Description - 2 (1) When and where died .. (2) Usual place of residence .. 3 Name and Surname Occupation 4 Sex and age	11 November 1983 Sale 1/34 Wantirna Road Ringwood Donald William PEARSON Retired Male 81 Years
5 (1) Cause of death and duration of last illness (2) Legally qualified medical practitioner by whom certified and when he last saw deceased	Myocardial infarction - 12 hours Emphysema - years Rheumatoid arthritis - years Dr. Sawers 10 November 1983
6 Name and surname of father and mother (maiden name, if known), with occupation	William Thomas Pearson Caroline Louisa Pearson maiden name Cox Manager
7 Signature, description and resi- dence of informer	J Dowd 52 Guthridge Parade Sale 3850 Son-in-Law
8 (1) Signature of Registration Officer (2) Date (3) Where registered	15 November 1983 Melbourne
If burial registered - 9 When and where buried Undertaker by whom certified 10 Name of Religious Minister or names of witnesses of burial	14 November 1983 Springvale Cemetery G. Eaton J. Germantsis C. Webb
11 (1) Where born (2) Period of residence in Australia	Melbourne, Victoria 81 years
If deceased was married - 12 (1) Where and (2) At what age and (3) To whom (4) Conjugal Condition at date of Death	First marriage Melbourne, Victoria 21 years Lillian Heib Second marriage Bacchus Marsh, Victoria 29 years Annie Murphy Widower
13 Issue in order of birth, the name and ages	Myrtle 58 years Beryl Margaret 48 years Donald William Barry 46 years

Note the error defining the length of time of Donlad william's first marriage to Lilian.

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Hector Pearson

SECOND SCHEDULE
BIRTHS in the District of `Port Melbourne` in the State
No.	CHILD			PARENTS
	When and Where Born	Name and whether present or not	Sex	FATHER		MOTHER
				(1)Name and forename, Profession of Father (2)Age and (3)Birthplace	(1)When and Where married (2) Previous issue living and deceased	(1) Name and Maiden Surname of Mother (2)Age and (3)Birthplace
`10862`	`22^nd April 1906 190 Heath Street Town of Port Melbourne County Bourke`	Hector`Not present`	`Male`	`William John Pearson Labourer 26 South Australia`	`26th August 1905 Melbourne Victoria`	`Caroline Louisa Pearson formerly Cox 28 Dowling Forest, Victoria`

SECOND SCHEDULE
of Victoria Register by `Riversdale Doicro Rees`
6715	INFORMANT	WITNESS	REGISTRAR
	Signature, Description and Residence of Informant	Accoucheur, Nurse by whom certified And Name of Occupier or Other Witness	When Regis- tered and Where	Signature of Registrar
	`CL Pearson Mother 190 Heath St Port Melbourne`	`No Accoucheur Mrs Pandl Mrs Forsyth`	15`^th May 1906 Port Melbourne`	RD `Rees`

Right: From left to right - Don, Hec and Les Pearson in 1973

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In the State of Victoria				In the Commonwealth of Australia
FOURTH SCHEDULE ACTS Nos. 2691 AND 2790 FORM B. CERTIFICATE OF MARRIAGE.

Year 1923 Parish or Church District Vermont Denomination Church of England

No. in Register	When and where Married	Name and Surname of each Party	Conjugal Condition, also date of Decease of each former Spouse (if Wid- owed, if Divorced)	Children by each former Marriage		Birthplace
				Living	Dead
90	`May 14^th 1937 St Stephen's Bayswater`	`Hector Pearson Florence May Brown`	`Bachelor Spinster`			`Port Melbourne S^th Yarra`

Occupation	Age in years (last Birthday)	Exact Residence of each Party		Father. Also Occupation	Mother (Full Maiden Name)
		Present	Usual
`Landscape Gardener Home Duties`	`28 31 21`	`Woodman Road Bayswater Canterbury Road Bayswater`	`Woodman Road Bayswater Canterbury Road Bayswater`	`William Thomas Pearson Gardener John William Brown (adopted father) Bricklayer's Labourer`	`Caroline Louisa Cox Ellen Goodacre(adopted mother)`

We declare that the above is a true statement of the particulars relating to us respec-} tively and that the Marriage `by Banns` as solemnized between us on the date and at } the place mentioned according to `the rites of the Church of England }`	`H Pearson F. M. Brown` Signatures of the Parties
Signatures of `} J.D. Baring` Witness `} J Smith`
I `Ernest Thomas Leslie` being `a priest of the Church of England` do hereby certify that I have this day duly celebrated Marriage between the abovementioned parties after, notice made as by law required Dated this `First` day of `May` 19`37`

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VICTORIA BIRTHS, DEATHS AND MARRIAGES REGISTRATION 1996 DEATH CERTIFICATE
Registration Number	16279/1999
1 DECEASED Surname Christian or given name Date of Death Place of Death Sex and age Place of Birth Period of Residence in Australia Place of Residence Usual Occupation Marital Status at Date of Death	PEARSON Hector 01 July 1999 Mitcham Male 93 Years Port Melbourne Life 361 Bayswater Road Bayswater 3153 Coach Builder Married
2 MARRIAGE(S) Place of Marriage Age when Married Full Name of Spouse	Bayswater, Victoria 31 years Florence May Brown
3 CHILDREN In order of birth names and ages	Alan Hector 61 Sylvia May 57 years
4 PARENTS Father's Name Father's Occupation Mother's Name Mother's Maiden Name Mother's Occupation	William John Thomas PEARSON Labourer Caroline Louisa PEARSON Cox School Teacher
5 MEDICAL Cause of Death and Duration of last illness Name of Certifying Medical Practitioner or Coroner	Ventricular Fibrilation - minutes Left Ventricular Failure - weeks Coronary Artery Disease - years Dementia, Carcinoma of Prostate, Chest Infection, Hematoma - variable Dr R Dupuche
6 BURIAL OR CREMATION Date Place Undertaker	06 July 1999 Ferntree Gully Cemetery G Wynne: Pine Heritage Funeral Services
7 INFORMANT Name Address Relationship to deceased	F Pearson 361 Bayswater Rd Bayswater 3153 Wife
8 REGISTRATION OFFICER Name Date	R.F.Sizer 13 July 1999
9 ENDOSEMENT(S) Not any

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William leslie Pearson

SECOND SCHEDULE
BIRTHS in the District of `Port Melbourne` in the State
No.	CHILD			PARENTS
	When and Where Born	Name and whether present or not	Sex	FATHER		MOTHER
				(1) Name and forename, Rank Profession of Father (3) Age And (4) Birthplace	(1) When and Where married (2) Previous issue living and deceased	(1) Name and Maiden Surname of Mother (2) Age And (3) Birthplace
`1083`	`30^th June 1912 Town of Port Melbourne County Bourke`	`William Leslie Not present`	`Male`	`William John Thomas Pearson Labourer 33 Dalky South Australia`	`26th August 1905 Melbourne, Victoria Hector 6 years`	`Caroline Louisa Pearson formerly Cox 36 Dowling Forest, Victoria`

SECOND SCHEDULE
of Victoria Register by `Mary Gerard Rees`
23338	INFORMANT	WITNESS	REGISTRAR
	Signature, Description and Residence of Informant	Accoucheur, Nurse by whom certified And Name of Occupier or Other Witness	When Regis- tered and Where	Signature of Registrar
	`WJT Pearson Father 35 Raglan Street Port Melbourne`	`No Accoucheur Mrs Pandt Mrs Forsyth`	30`^th July 1912 Port Melbourne`	`MG Rees`

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In the State of Victoria				In the Commonwealth of Australia
FOURTH SCHEDULE ACTS Nos. 2691 AND 2790 FORM B. CERTIFICATE OF MARRIAGE.

Year 1937 Parish or Church District Vermont Denomination Methodist

No. in Register	When and where Married	Name and Surname of each Party	Conjugal Condition, also date of Decease of each former Spouse (if Wid- owed, if Divorced)	Children by each former Marriage		Birthplace
				Living	Dead
174	April`23^rd 1937 Richmond`	`William Leslie Pearson Magdalene Isobel Forrester`	`Bachelor Spinster`			`Port Melbourne South Melbourne`

Occupation	Age in years (last Birthday)	Exact Residence of each Party		Father. Also Occupation	Mother (Full Maiden Name)
		Present	Usual
`French Polisher Dress-Maker`	`24 21`	`Bayswater 173 Park Street South Melbourne`	`Bayswater 173 Park Street South Melbourne`	`William John Thomas Pearson (Gardener) John Alexander Forrester (Electrician)`	`Caroline Louisa Cox Magdalene Wor????Hall`

We declare that the above is a true statement of the particulars relating to us respec- } tively and that the Marriage `by licence` as solemnized between us on the date and at} the place mentioned according to `the rites of the Methodist Church }`	`W.L. Pearson M.I. Forrester` Signatures of the Parties
Signatures of `} P.V. Doidge` Witness `} J.V Forrester`
I `Alexander George Day` being `Minister of the Methodist Church` do hereby certify that I have this day duly celebrated Marriage between the abovementioned parties after, notice made as by law required Dated this `23 ^rd` day of `April` 19`37`

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Myra elizabeth Pearson

In the State of Victoria				In the Commonwealth of Australia
FOURTH SCHEDULE ACTS Nos. 2691 AND 2790 FORM B. CERTIFICATE OF MARRIAGE.

Year 1937 Parish or Church District Vermont Denomination Church of England

No. in Register	When and where Married	Name and Surname of each Party	Conjugal Condition, also date of Decease of each former Spouse (if Wid- owed, if Divorced)	Children by each former Marriage		Birthplace
				Living	Dead
88	March`27^th 1937 St Stephen's Bayswater`	`Harold Kardo Marshall Myra Elizabeth Pearson`	`Bachelor Spinster`			Bl`ackpool England Bayswater`

Occupation	Age in years (last Birthday)	Exact Residence of each Party		Father. Also Occupation	Mother (Full Maiden Name)
		Present	Usual
`Airman Tailoress`	`25 22`	`11 Warner Street Malvern Woodmason Road Bayswater`	`Port Cooke Victoria Woodmason Road Bayswater`	`Robert Lawrence Marshall Storeman William John Pearson Gardener`	`Nellie Brierely Caroline Louisa Cox`

We declare that the above is a true statement of the particulars relating to us respec-} tively and that the Marriage `by Banns` as solemnized between us on the date and at } the place mentioned according to `the rites of the Church of England }`	`Harold K, Marshall Myra E. Pearson` Signatures of the Parties
Signatures of `} W. Rapo??s` Witness `} A Heil`
I `Ernest Thomas Leslie` being `a priest of the Church of England` do hereby certify that I have this day duly celebrated Marriage between the abovementioned parties after, notice made as by law required Dated this `Twenty Seventh` day of `March` 19`37`

Myra married Harold Marshall, who after his time as an airman worked for the department of agricultural. She continued to use her trained operatic voice to sing inthe local Church of England choir.

Myrtle said that had Myra not married she would have become a nun.

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VICTORIA BIRTHS, DEATHS AND MARRIAGES REGISTRATION - FORM 6 DEATH CERTIFICATE
Registration Number	18022/1996
1 DECEASED Surname Christian or given name Date of Death Place of Death Sex and age Place of Birth Period of Residence in Australia Place of Residence Usual Occupation Marital Status at Date of Death	MARSHALL Harold 11 July 1996 Monbulk Male 84 Years Blackpool, Lancashire, England 83 years 315 Allen Road Monbulk 3793 Horticulturalist Widowed
2 MARRIAGE(S) Place of Marriage Age when Married Full Name of Spouse	Bayswater, Victoria 26 years Myra Pearson
3 CHILDREN In order of birth names and ages	Cheryl Caroline 51 Vicki Elizabeth 48 years
4 PARENTS Father's Name Father's Occupation Mother's Name Mother's Maiden Name Mother's Occupation	Robert Lawrence MARSHALL Storeman Nellie MARSHALL Brierley Home Duties
5 MEDICAL Cause of Death and Duration of last illness Name of Certifying Medical Practitioner or Coroner	Myocardial Infarction - seconds Essential Hypertension - months Dr C Grant
6 BURIAL OR CREMATION Date Place Undertaker	17 July 1996 Ferntree Gully Cemetery J Lemon: Pine Heritage Funeral Services
7 INFORMANT Name Address Relationship to deceased	V Marshall 3/21 Elit Cres Nobel Park 3174 Daughter
8 REGISTRATION OFFICER Name Date	R.J.Greig 29 July 1996
9 ENDOSEMENT(S) Not any

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1821 Info 6b for Caleb Crompton The children of Caroline Cox and William Pearson

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1821 Info 6b for Caleb Crompton
The children of Caroline Cox and William Pearson