Richard
William
"Mad Pearse"
Pearse
Born in Temuka, Canterbury, New Zealand
Ancestors 
Son of Digory Sargent Pearse
and Sarah Ann (Brown) Pearse
Brother of
Thomas Sargent Pearse, Charlotte Annie (Pearse) Smart, John Brown Pearse, Maggie May Mary (Pearse) Galt, Digory Warne Pearse, Reginald Pearse, Nicholas Sydney Pearse, Florence Sarah (Pearse) Higgins and Ruth Beatrice (Pearse) Gilpin
[spouse(s) unknown]
[children unknown]
Died
at age 75
in Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand
Profile last modified
| Created 28 Apr 2017
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Biography
Richard Pearse is Notable.
- Pioneer in Aviation in New Zealand
- Inventor, Aviator, Farmer, Builder
Research Notes
Parents - Digory Sargeant Pearse / Sarah Anne
9 Children
Several Books on Richard's life have been published - he was 'perhaps' the first man to actually fly a heavier than air 'plane' , in March 1903 prior to the Wright Brothers in Dec of that year.
Sources
- nz BDM (New Zealand Births, Deaths, Marriages)
- 1877 - Birth - nz BDM 1877/14571 Pearse, Richard William (m=) Sarah Anne (f=) Digory Sargeant
- 1953 - Death - nz BDM 1953/28470 Pearse, Richard William (75Y)
- Hill, Ronald A., The Ancestry of Richard William Pearse, The Genealogist (American Society of Genealogists, 2014) Vol. 28, Page 3.
- Woodlawn Memorial Gardens, Christchurch, New Zealand
- Wikidata: Item Q1969133, en:Wikipedia
- Richard Pearse
- https://nzhistory.govt.nz/culture/richard-pearse
- http://www.teara.govt.nz/en/biographies/3p19/pearse-richard-william
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My Pearse ancestors came Australia…they were cousins to Richard William Pearse and his family.