Pearson, R.
[Passenger list, "KOOMBANA" 37, compiled 02 April 1912, Adelaide Steamship Company. Noel Butlin Archives Centre, Australian National University, 0186/N46/634]
From.
Fremantle ...
Pearson R. Drover in the employ of Emanuel Bros.
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[Passenger list, "KOOMBANA" 37, compiled 04 June 1912, Adelaide Steamship Company. Broome Historical Society]
List of passengers known to have been bound for Derby.
From Fremantle [saloon]
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* Purcell, W.A. Enquirer Mrs. Purcell, 23 McKenzie Street,
Brunswick, Melbourne.
* Pearson, R. Brother E.W. Pearson, c/o G.P.O. Perth. Sister
in orphanage. Nephew of Captain Pearson above.
* Poor, W. Enquiry Mrs. Fanny Thomas, Mincha via Bendigo,
Victoria.
* Tayler, A.S. Enquiry from T.S. Tayler, Indstone,
Shrivingham, Berkshire.
Brunswick, Melbourne.
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* These men were engaged by Mr. Les Piper to proceed with him for work
at Margaret Downs Stations and Taylor has been working at Gingin.
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["The Passengers", The West Australian (Perth, WA), Wednesday 03 April 1912, page 7]
FOR DERBY.
Saloon.
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Mr. R. Pearson.
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["Personal Notes", The Register (Adelaide, SA), Friday 05 April 1912, page 5, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article59060591]
Personal . Notes.
The latest files of The West Australian, which reached Adelaide on Thursday, gave the following information in reference to some of the Koombana's passengers:--
Capt. Pearson, who was booked for Derby, is the wharfinger at that port, and had been formerly in the employ of the Melbourne Steamship Company. He recently returned
from a trip to Victoria, where, at Springdale, he has an orchard, which should shortly be in full bearing. He left his wife and family there, and, it is stated, intended resigning his position at Derby, to settle dawn at Springdale.
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["Some Of The Passengers", Daily Herald (Adelaide, SA), Tuesday 09 April 1912, page 4, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article105225991]
SOME OF THE PASSENGERS
Captain Pearson, the wharfinger at Derby, which was his destination by the Koombana, is an old sea captain, and was formerly in the employ of the Melbourne Steamship Company. He was for years in Fremantle, where he was very well known.
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["Springvale", South Bourke and Mornington Journal (Richmond, VIC), Thu 23 May 1912, page 3, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article66180560]
Springvale.
Owing to Mrs. Pearson resigning her position as hon. secretary to the State school picnic committee, of which she was an untiring worker (she will be greatly missed by the children), Mrs. S. Foster, on behalf of the residents of Springvale, presented Mrs. Pearson with a gold bangle, suitably inscribed. It was intended to give an evening in honor of the occasion, but owing to the sudden death of Capt. Pearson, who was lost on the ill-fated Koombana, the function was not held.
It is expected that the opening of the new State school at Springrale will take place on June 6. Arrangements are being made to hold a banquet to celebrate the occasion. The opening ceremony, as we have already stated, will be performed by the Honthe Bon. A. A. Billson, Minister of Education. A big function is anticipated.
["District News", South Bourke and Mornington Journal (Richmond, VIC), Thu 8 Jun 1916, page 2, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article66189988]
DISTRICT NEWS.
Springvale.
The Springale Junior Football Club held a concert and dance last Wednesday, and had a record attendance. The overture by Mrs. W. Black was very good, and little Gracie Davidson's dancing was greatly appreciated. The comic singers were Miss Britta Pearson and Messrs Lewis and Kennedy, who caused great laughter. The duets by Mrs Meany and Mr Easton were very good, also their respective solos. Mr J. Harris sang very nicely, and Miss Pernilla Pearson's singing was very Greatly appreciated. The recitations by Miss Sheila Keighery and Miss Jessie Bunn were splendidly received. A farce, called "John Henry's Trousers" followed, the ladies and gentlemen being heartily applauded for the style and spirit in which they negotiated their respective parts--Mesdames W. Black, J. Saunders and Messrs W. McKie, Jack Proctor, and Peter Mathews. The concert was managed by Mrs G. Rigg, with great help from the members of the football amusement committee.
AB notes:
The Pearson family - daughters Pernilla and Britta at least - were still in Springvale in 1916, four years after the loss of Koombana.
Mrs G. Rigg is almost certainly Captain Pearson's widow, remarried to George Rigg. See below.
[Family Notices, The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW), Thu 27 Oct 1921, page 6, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article28083975]
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Deaths.
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RIGG.--October 13, 1921, in Repatriation Ward, Austin Hospital, Melbourne, George, beloved husband of Nea, beloved step-father of Pernilla, Britta, and Dioni Pearson, loved son of Major R. E. and the late H. A. Rigg, loved brother of Agnes, Annie, Herbert, Frank, and Walter, of Melbourne, brother-in-law of Mrs. Cecil Hordern, Kirribilli Point, Mrs. Edwards, and Mr. M. Laycock. Interned with military honours in Brighton Cemetery, Melbourne. Late of Springvale (Melb) 2nd Vic. Con., South Africa, and 8th Light Horse, A.I.F. Another soldier passed away.
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AB notes:
It appears from this 1921 death notice that William Pearson's widow married returned serviceman named George Rigg, and that he moved to Springvale.
["Missing Uncle Sought", The Argus (Melbourne), Mon 18 Sep 1922, page 8, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article1844697]
MISSING UNCLE SOUGHT.
Sergeant Gustave Pearson, of the United States Army, Camp Eustis, Virginia, has written to the Melbourne police, inquiring for his uncle, Mr. William Pearson, who
came to Australia 30 or 35 years ago. He married and settled in Melbourne, and was employed by a navigation company, one of whose ships was the
whose ships was the Gabo. Mr. Pearson last heard from him from "Palermo," South Yarra.
