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Name: PEARSON, John George

Birth Date: 16 Aug 1852 Poplar, London

Death Date: 11 Oct 1923 Lewisham

First Date: 1874

Last Date: 1876

Profession: CMS Missionary in Uganda - went back to the Coast in 1881

Area: Kisulutini

Married: In Poplar 3 Aug 1874 Jane Hudson b. 26 Nov 1852 Southwark, d. 26 July 1928 Lewisham

Children: Robert James Baillie (25 June 1875 Mombasa); Anne Jane (Grose) (23 Sep 1876 Poplar-17 Feb 1961 Cambridge); John Sydney (5 Apr 1878 Berbice, Brit. Guiana-16 Apr 1946 Finchley); Grace Daisy Beatrice (14 June 1879 Berbice-20 Jan 1978 Sydenham); Kathleen Lily Vaughan (Kemp) (25 Aug 1880 Berbice-30 Jan 1961 London); George Harold (12 Oct 1885 Berbice-1946 Edmonton, Essex); Cecil Joseph Herbert (22 Jan 1888 Isle of Dogs-14 Sep 1971 Glamorganshire); Maurice (3 Sep 1889 British Guiana); Clarence Norman (3 Dec 1891 Hackney-12 Jan 1974 Chichester); Eugene Arthur (1895 Berbice-6 Nov 1918 Lewisham)

Book Reference: Tucker, UJ, CMS

General Information:

Uganda Journal - Vol 25, p.43 - CMS Boats in East Africa by H.B. Thomas - Alice - Early in 1876, one of Price's [Rev W. Salter Price] lay assistants, a shipwright, J.G. Pearson, constructed a sailing boat, the Alice, "with a nice roomy cabin and cushioned seat". This continued to give useful ferrying service in Mombasa Harbour for some years.

CMS 1874 - Age 20. Of Cubitt Town, Poplar. 1874, Oct 8 to E. Eq. Africa Mission - Kisulutini. 1876, May invalided to England and connexion closed, Oct 17. Abs. 5 months. Service 2 years.

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