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Pearson

Pearson Name Meaning
English: patronymic from the Middle English personal name Per(e) or Piers (see Pear and Pierce ) + son. The surname is also quite common in Ireland where it has been established for many centuries. Compare Peerson . Americanized form of one or more similar (like-sounding) Jewish (Ashkenazic) surnames.
Source:
Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022
Similar surnames:
Parson, Person, Searson, Pierson, Pehrson, Peerson, Parsons, Merson
From: https://www.ancestry.co.uk/learn/facts

Plot No. 133

Joseph Pearson 1826

Plot No. 436a

Barbara Pearson 1894 – 1975
Willie Pearson 1894 – 1983

Plot No. 1066

Harold Leslie Pearson Dso Td 1947
Annabelle Gwendoline Pearson 1940

Joseph Pearson Plot 133

Barbara Pearson Plot 436a

Harold Leslie Pearson Plot 1066

Inscription

To The Memory
Of Joseph Pearson Son Of William
And Eleanor Pearson Of Rowden-
Lane Who Departed This Life
December 22nd 1826 Aged 33 Years
“Farewell Vain World I've Had Enough Of Thee
I'm Careles Therefore What Thou Sayst Of Mee
Thy Smiles I Count Not Nor Thy Frowns Do Fear
My Cares Are Past My Bones Lay Quiet Here
What Faults Thou Found In Me Take Care To Shun
Look Well At Home Enough There's To Be Done”

Barbara Pearson
1894 – 1975
Willie Pearson
1894 – 1983

In Loving Memory Of
Harold Leslie Pearson Dso Td.
Of Carshalton, Surrey
Who Died At 3 Oak Terrace, Harrogate
On July 11th 1947
Aged 64 Years
Also Of Annabelle Gwendoline
Beloved Wife Of The Above
Who Died July 28th 1940
Aged 61 Years
Interred At Mitcham Road Cemetary
Croydon

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Plot No.	Name	Burial Date	Age
#	Ann PEARSON	23 Nov 1906	78
436b	Barbara PEARSON	14 Dec 1975	81
1066	Herbert Leslie PEARSON	15 Jul 1947	64
133	Joseph PEARSON	22 Dec 1826	33
#	Susannah PEARSON	25 Feb 1855	0
#	William PEARSON	14 Mar 1912	81
436b	Willie PEARSON	11 Dec 1983	89

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