Samuel Pearson
Samuel Pearson, of Scholes, Cleckheaton, in the parish of Birstal, Yorskshire, brickmaker[1]; founder of S. Pearson and Son
c.1814 Born in Scholes
1834 Married Elizabeth Asquith (b.1813) of Scholes[2]
1834 Birth of first son George Pearson
1841 Labourer; wife Elizabeth; two children[3]
1844 Founded a small brickmaking and contracting business in Bradford, which became Samuel Pearson and Son
1849 Samuel Pearson (widower), a labourer, married Elizabeth Squire (b.1822)[4]
1851 Brickmaker[5]
1856 Brush maker[6]
1861 Contractor, employing 9 men, and a farmer[7]
1871 Contractor and farmer[8]
1879 Samuel retired from the partnership Samuel Pearson and Son, of Bradford
1881 Retired brickmaker [9]
1884 Died in Scholes