Individual Details
Solomon Mann PEARSON 28
(27 Nov 1820 - 23 Sep 1903)
A History of Salisbury 1774-1984, by George Taylor, Barnes-Hoplins, Ltd., 1984.
Page 56, concerning the 1862 map by Walling:
"Some of the businesses in the directory are not shown on the map of the village centre since they were located a bit farther away. Pearson's tannery, for example, appears not on the inset but on the larger map. A tannery and a house beside it with the notation 'S. Pearson' is shown on east Main Street near McNaughton Brook."
Richmond Child of the Fraser, by Leslie J. Ross, Richmond '79 Centennial Society, 1979.
Page 81
"Neighbors on the north arm included James Thompson ... In 1896 he was able to buy his own farm on River Road after leasing and farming some acreage for twelve years. Just down the road lived the Pearsons."
From: http://www.virtualmuseum.ca/pm.php?id=record_detail&fl=0&lg=English&ex=00000127&rd=63044&hs=0.
The first family to settle permanently on the southwest corner of Lulu Island was Manoah and Martha Steves and their six children: Josephine, aged 21 in 1878, William Herbert 19, Mary Alice 17, Joseph Moore 15, Ida Bertha 9, and Walter Taylor 4. The family left Coverdale, New Brunswick in 1868, farmed a few years in Chatham, Ontario, and moved to Cambridge, Maryland in 1875 where most of the family got malaria. In 1877, seeking a warmer farm on tidal flats similar to his home in New Brunswick, Manoah visited William Ladner, a farmer in Delta, B.C.. Manoah then bought 400 acres half a mile north of Garry Point. He paid 75 cents per acre to owner Edward Albert Sharpe who was moving farther east. (HS).
Manoah's wife and children traveled by train across to California, by ship to Victoria, and were rowed ashore at Garry Point on May 24, 1878 from the steamship ENTERPRISE on its way to New Westminster. They lived in E.A. Sharpe's cabin until their first house was built just north of the Number Nine Road property line (now Steveston Highway). The original building was 12 by 20 feet, with a living room and kitchen downstairs and two bedrooms upstairs. The family was very proud of the windows, each with 12 real glass panes. The house was built on stilts because the high tides flooded the area until an earthen dike was built around the yard. (HS).
On April 3,1879 Manoah Steves and 24 other settlers submitted a petition for incorporation of Sea Island and Lulu Island under the name of the Township of Richmond. Only 30 male residents over age 21 lived in Richmond and were entitled to sign this petition. Richmond was incorporated on November 10, 1879. The first council was elected January 5, 1880 with Reeve Hugh Boyd and 8 councilors including Manoah Steves. The councilors rowed their boats on moonlit nights to meet at Hugh Boyd's home until the town hall was built later that year. The first important business was the construction of roads, ditches, dikes and bridges. Roads were made of thick cedar planks over a sand base but were still muddy and soft after heavy rain. (HS).
Page 56, concerning the 1862 map by Walling:
"Some of the businesses in the directory are not shown on the map of the village centre since they were located a bit farther away. Pearson's tannery, for example, appears not on the inset but on the larger map. A tannery and a house beside it with the notation 'S. Pearson' is shown on east Main Street near McNaughton Brook."
Richmond Child of the Fraser, by Leslie J. Ross, Richmond '79 Centennial Society, 1979.
Page 81
"Neighbors on the north arm included James Thompson ... In 1896 he was able to buy his own farm on River Road after leasing and farming some acreage for twelve years. Just down the road lived the Pearsons."
From: http://www.virtualmuseum.ca/pm.php?id=record_detail&fl=0&lg=English&ex=00000127&rd=63044&hs=0.
The first family to settle permanently on the southwest corner of Lulu Island was Manoah and Martha Steves and their six children: Josephine, aged 21 in 1878, William Herbert 19, Mary Alice 17, Joseph Moore 15, Ida Bertha 9, and Walter Taylor 4. The family left Coverdale, New Brunswick in 1868, farmed a few years in Chatham, Ontario, and moved to Cambridge, Maryland in 1875 where most of the family got malaria. In 1877, seeking a warmer farm on tidal flats similar to his home in New Brunswick, Manoah visited William Ladner, a farmer in Delta, B.C.. Manoah then bought 400 acres half a mile north of Garry Point. He paid 75 cents per acre to owner Edward Albert Sharpe who was moving farther east. (HS).
Manoah's wife and children traveled by train across to California, by ship to Victoria, and were rowed ashore at Garry Point on May 24, 1878 from the steamship ENTERPRISE on its way to New Westminster. They lived in E.A. Sharpe's cabin until their first house was built just north of the Number Nine Road property line (now Steveston Highway). The original building was 12 by 20 feet, with a living room and kitchen downstairs and two bedrooms upstairs. The family was very proud of the windows, each with 12 real glass panes. The house was built on stilts because the high tides flooded the area until an earthen dike was built around the yard. (HS).
On April 3,1879 Manoah Steves and 24 other settlers submitted a petition for incorporation of Sea Island and Lulu Island under the name of the Township of Richmond. Only 30 male residents over age 21 lived in Richmond and were entitled to sign this petition. Richmond was incorporated on November 10, 1879. The first council was elected January 5, 1880 with Reeve Hugh Boyd and 8 councilors including Manoah Steves. The councilors rowed their boats on moonlit nights to meet at Hugh Boyd's home until the town hall was built later that year. The first important business was the construction of roads, ditches, dikes and bridges. Roads were made of thick cedar planks over a sand base but were still muddy and soft after heavy rain. (HS).
Events
| Birth | 27 Nov 1820 | Hopewell Hill, Westmorland, New Brunswick, CAN | |||
| Marriage | 8 Oct 1840 | Westmorland, New Brunswick, CAN - Margaret Stiles |  | ||
| Marriage | 22 Dec 1853 | Salisbury, Westmorland, New Brunswick, CAN - Eliza PARKIN 29 | | ||
| Resided | Jun 1854 | Hillsborough, Albert, New Brunswick, CAN | | ||
| Resided | Jul 1856 | Moncton, Westmorland, New Brunswick, Canada | | ||
| Census | 1861 | Moncton, Westmorland, New Brunswick, Canada |  | | |
| Resided | 1867 | Salisbury, Westmorland, New Brunswick, CAN | | ||
| Occupation | 1867 | Tanner and currier | | ||
| Marriage | 1 Jul 1869 | Mary Smith Colpitts | | ||
| Resided | 1871 | Philipsburg, Wilmot Township, Ontario, CAN | | ||
| Resided | 1871 | Erbs Road, Wilmot, Ontario, CAN | | ||
| Census | 2 Apr 1871 | Wilmot, Waterloo South, Ontario, CAN | | ||
| Occupation | 23 Aug 1874 | Tanner and Currier | | ||
| Resided | 23 Aug 1874 | Taylor's Avenue, Chatham, Ontario, CAN | | ||
| Census | 1881 | New Westminster, British Columbia, CAN | | ||
| Census | 1881 | Chatham, Kent, Ontario, CAN | | ||
| Resided | 1882 | PO Ladner's Landing, Richmond, British Columbia, CAN | | ||
| Resided | 1884 | PO Ladner's Landing, Richmond, British Columbia, CAN | | ||
| Resided | 1887 | Lulu Island, British Columbia, CAN | | ||
| Resided | 1890 | Lulu Island, British Columbia, CAN | | ||
| Census | 1891 | Richmond, British Columbia, CAN | | ||
| Resided | 1898 | Lulu Island, British Columbia, CAN | | ||
| Census | 1901 | Richmond, British Columbia, CAN | | ||
| Death | 23 Sep 1903 | Lulu Island, British Columbia, CAN | | ||
| Burial | Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver, British Columbia, CAN |
Families
| Spouse | Eliza PARKIN 29 (1833 - 1868) |
| Child | Horace G Pearson (1854 - ) |
| Child | Laura Jane Pearson (1858 - 1873) |
| Child | Mary Elizabeth Pearson (1860 - 1940) |
| Child | George Randolph PEARSON 14 (1865 - 1947) |
| Child | James P.S. Pearson (1867 - 1868) |
| Spouse | Margaret Stiles (1820 - 1853) |
| Child | Isabella Pearson (1842 - ) |
| Child | Almira Pearson (1843 - 1843) |
| Child | Sarah Elizabeth Pearson (1844 - ) |
| Spouse | Mary Smith Colpitts (1843 - 1909) |
| Child | Thomas William Pearson (1871 - 1936) |
| Child | Catherine Pearson (1874 - 1878) |
| Father | Thomas PEARSON 56 (1773 - 1838) |
| Mother | Ruth STILES 57 (1785 - 1863) |
| Sibling | Thomas S. Pearson (1825 - ) |
| Sibling | Elisha Pearson (1826 - 1901) |
Notes
Census
PEARSONS Solomon M, 40, Tanner/Currier/Shoemaker, SwedenborgianEliza 28
Isabella 19
Sarah 15
Horace Goseley? 7
Laura Jane 3
Mary Elizabeth 1
HOAR Eady Apprentice 18 Tanner/Currier/Shoemaker,
HUNT Amos, Dom, 22, Domestic Servant
BISHOP James, Boa, 25 School Teacher
Endnotes
1. Marriage record.
2. Marriage record.
3. New Brunswick Courier, Saint John, via Daniel F. Johnson.
4. Poll Book, FHL tape 0,846,747.
5. Poll Book, FHL tape 0,846,747.
6. 1861 Census, Westmorland County, New Brunswick, Kenneth E Kanner, 1997.
7. Hutchinson's New Brunswick Directory, 1867-1868, image viewed on ancestry.com.
8. Hutchinson's New Brunswick Directory, 1867-1868, image viewed on ancestry.com.
9. Marriage record.
10. Lovell's Province of Ontario Directory for 1871, 701.
11. FHL tape 0,204,136.
12. Canadian Census 1871, image viewed at ancestry.com.
13. Ontario, Canada Births, 1869-1913, at ancestry.com.
14. Ontario, Canada Births, 1869-1913, at ancestry.com.
15. 1881 Census of Canada.
16. Canadian 1881 census transcribed by LDS.
17. British Columbia Directory 1882-1883.
18. British Columbia Director 1884-1885.
19. British Columbia Directory 1887, image viewed at ancestry.com.
20. Henderson's BC Gazateer and Directory 1890.
21. 1891 Census of Canada, image viewed at ancestry.com.
22. BC Voter's Registration list 1898.
23. Canadian census 1901.
24. Index to deaths in British Columbia.
25. Gravestone, Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver.