Gertrude Pearson

Gertrude Clara Pearson 

Born: 4 March 1882, Nuneaton 

Baptised: 2 April 1882, Nuneaton 

Father: William Pearson (b. 1856)

Mother: Harriet Pearson (b. 1856)

Brothers: Arthur Pearson (b. 1885)

Marriage:        1947, Warwick 

Husband:         Frederick Charles Cooper 

                        b. 7 May 1878

                        Secretary 

In 1891 –

She is at Hinckley Road, Nuneaton, Warwickshire. Her father is listed as ‘Breaksman L & W W Railway’. Gertrude, her mother and brother, Arthur, are unlisted. John Thomas Howlett (b. 1869), a lodger, is listed as ‘Breaksman L & N W Railway’.  

In 1901 – 

She is at 97 Wheat Street, Nuneaton. Her father is listed as ‘Railway Goods Guard’. Her mother is unlisted. Gertrude is listed as ‘Teacher Elementary School’. Her cousin, Archibald Thos Meredith (b. 1891). 

In 10/01 – 

PT at Nuneaton Church.

In 10/03 – 

Appointed to Sheffield Church. £70.

In 10/05 – 

Address is Ivy House, Wheat Street, Nuneaton. 

In 1911 – 

She is at 97 Wheat Street, Nuneaton. Her father is listed as ‘Goods Guard’. Her mother is unlisted. Gertrude is listed as ‘Elementary School Teacher’. Marion Evans (b. 1886), a boarder, is listed as ‘Elementary School Teacher’. 

In 1921 – 

She is at 28 Dronfield Street, Leicester as a visitor. The head of the household, Oliver Wain (b. 1852), is listed as ‘Joiner’. His wife, Clementina Wain (b. 1878), is unlisted. Gertrude and Margaret Wilkinson (b. 1890) are listed as ‘Teacher’. 

In 1939 – 

She is at Yew Ive Farm, Padbury, Buckingham. Gertrude is listed as ‘Elementary School Teacher’. Elizabeth L Hedges (b. 1884) is unlisted. Wendy C Payne (b. 1933) is listed as ‘At School’. There is a closed record. 

d.         8 August 1959, Leamington Spa  

COOPER, Gertrude Clara of 5 Gaveston Road, Leamington Spa, widow, died 08 August 1959. Probate Birmingham 20 October to John Richard Child, chartered accountant and Philip Edward Robinson, hairdresser. Effects £8770, 15s, 3d.