Sarah Frances PEARSON

Abt 1784 - 1873  (~ 89 years)

• Name	Sarah Frances PEARSON
  Born	Abt 1784	London
  Gender	Female
  Died	1 Sep 1873	Port Beaufort, Breda Rivier, SA
  Person ID	I105	PedigreeFAGreeff
  Last Modified	21 Jul 2009

  
  

  Father	Thomas PEARSON,   d. 22 Dec 1853, Somerset Hospital, Cape Town, SA
  Mother	Sarah
  Family ID	F50	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	William DUNN,   b. 1774,   d. 17 Sep 1839  (Age 65 years)
  Children	+ 1. James Gambold Alexander DUNN,   b. 1827,   bur. Jakkalsfontein, between Witsand & Heidelberg, 30 miles from Malgas.
  Last Modified	7 Jul 2009
  Family ID	F45	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	William DUNN,   b. 1774,   d. 17 Sep 1839  (Age 65 years)
  Children	+ 1. John Gambold DUNN,   b. 1808,   d. 9 Nov 1868, St Sebastiaansbaai  (Age 60 years)
  Last Modified	7 Jul 2009
  Family ID	F47	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Notes on SARAH FRANCES PEARSON (7) 1784-1873 Sarah continued to live for another 34 years after the death of William. She was 55 when her husband passed away. She had the 3 children, aged 17, 15 and 12 from her and William's marriage to take care off as well as his two daughters Sarah Francis and Mary Emma from his first marriage. They all remained at Rietfontein. Probably because of the isolated conditions, they lived in and the lack of suitable male companions in the small community, the three daughters never got married. Sarah and the remaining children must have gone through financial hardship with no breadwinner to support them. On 28 August 1844, she writes a letter to his Excellency Maitland, Governor of the Cape of Good Hope, requesting financial assistance for her and the children. It is not known if this request was ever granted. Sarah and the daughters died one after the other in desperate poverty. TOM T DUNN EMPANGENI KWA ZULU-NATAL SOUTH AFRICA TEL/FAX +2735 772 5985 MOBILE +2782 771 3935 _______________________________________