James Tibbett PEARSE
Date of Birth:
c 1868/9
Date of Death:
18 Mar 1942
It is not known where James was born.
He married Margaret Greenwood (born in 1867) in 1893.
They had 3 sons & one daughter.
The first son downed in the Hut River at the age of 20.
Only one of the other children married.
James came to Levin around 1894 as a labourer & then a millhand. The family moved to Upper Hutt around 1911.
James signed the 1905 Levin township petition & was also included on the unofficial census as a millhand with 5 people & 2 buildings.
Relatives mentioned in profile:
James Tibbett Pearse, Richard William Pearse, Ann Elizabeth Pryke, Margaret Greenwood, William Greenwood, Mary Greenwood, Phillip Hindle Pearse, Geoffrey Spencer Pearse, Eileen Eliza Agnes Lauchlan, Roderick George Donald Pearse, Lorna Pearse.