Gertrude Blewett Pearce (1888-1943)
Personal details
Gender:
Female
Notes:
Gertrude Blewett Pearce was Emma Blewett's granddaughter. She emigrated to South Africa with her family in 1894 and married Christopher Cramond Walker, a mine clerk (who predeceased his wife by less than two months) in Johannesburg 5 March 1910. The Walkers had three children: Christopher James, Leonard Courtenay (died 1974) and Mary Geraldine.
Both Leonard and Gertrude Pearce were given the middle name Blewett, their maternal grandmother's maiden name. That they weren't given their mother's maiden name, Redman, appears to confirm that Mary's father William Henry Redman was persona non grata, having more than likely abandoned the family, leading to the Redman family's separation by the 1881 census. It suggests to me that Emma Blewett was much loved by her daughter Mary.
Both Leonard and Gertrude Pearce were given the middle name Blewett, their maternal grandmother's maiden name. That they weren't given their mother's maiden name, Redman, appears to confirm that Mary's father William Henry Redman was persona non grata, having more than likely abandoned the family, leading to the Redman family's separation by the 1881 census. It suggests to me that Emma Blewett was much loved by her daughter Mary.
Birth
Date:
25 September 1888
Notes:
Gertrude Blewett Pearce, mother's maiden name Redman - GRO Reference: 1888 D Quarter in PENZANCE Volume 05C Page 249.
Baptism
Date:
21 November 1888
England & Wales Census 1891
Date:
5 April 1891
Notes:
The Pearce household at the 1891 census included James's widowed father William Pearce, and Mary's sister, whose name was given here as Gertrude Redman, dressmaker.
Emigration
Date:
14 December 1894
Notes:
James Pearce, presumably with his young family in tow, emigrated to Africa in December 1894, not long after the birth of a son, Leonard, in September 1894.
Death
Date:
29 October 1943
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Probate
Date:
22 March 1945
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