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Darwin Correspondence Project

Charles Pearson

1845/6–1914

Schoolteacher, innkeeper, and organist. Schoolmaster at Down national school from 1867; taught at Down until at least 1881. By 1881, he was a shopkeeper, wine and spirit merchant, and proprietor of the George Inn, Down.

Sources

BMD (Death index)

CD’s Account books–banking account (Down House MS)

Census returns of England and Wales 1871 (The National Archives: Public Record Office RG10/875/37/8), 1881 (RG11/855/87/9)

Post Office directory of the six home counties 1866, 1874, 1882

Bibliography

BMD: General Register Office, England and Wales civil registration indexes. England & Wales birth index, 1837–1983. England and Wales marriage index, 1837–1983. England and Wales death index, 1837–1983. Online database. Provo, Utah: The Generations Network. 2006. www.ancestry.com.

Post Office directory of the six home counties: Post Office directory of the six home counties, viz., Essex, Herts, Kent, Middlesex, Surrey and Sussex. London: W. Kelly & Co. 1845–78.

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