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I am looking for family of Henry Pearson Maples who ran some of the Paddle Steamers at Brighton Pier. He married Admiral Pearse of Bradninch House, Devon's, grand daughter Elizabeth Margaret Pearse.

Anouncement of their Marriage
Marriage may 20 by a special licence at Windsor Crescent Jersey by the Rev John de Allez, Elizabeth Margaret, only daughter of John Pearse, jun esq of Jersey and grand-daughter of the late Admiral Pearse of Bradninch House, Devon, to Henry P Maples Esq of London, son of the Late Henry Maples Esq of Thorne, in the county of Yorkshire
Henry P Maples - The Leeds Mercury, Saturday, May 31, 1851 Issue 6130 Marriage to Elizabeth Margaret Pearse.

They had four children
Florence Maples - m Charles Maples
George Pearse Maples
Gertrude Maples - m Percy Middleton Pearson
Frank Maples

I would love to hear from anybody who can help me find information on this side of the Family. He must have been the Richard Branson of his time.

Kindest Regards

Ian Pearson

Do you have these? Extracted records:

HENRY PEARSON MAPLES

Christening:
31 OCT 1821 Thorne, Yorkshire, England

Parents:
Father: HENRY MAPLES Family
Mother: MARY


HENRY MAPLES

Marriages:
Spouse: MARY PEARSON Family
Marriage:
09 JAN 1821 Thorne, Yorkshire, England


And have you google searched for him? I assume you have seen this site:

http://www.mybrightonandhove.org.uk/page_id__6112.aspx

What a great ancestor to have!

Also, have you looked at national Archives site? Might be a will or two with such an illustrious bunch!

The original reads,,Hy P Maples,,merchant.

I will let you make the correction on ancestry if you think or know this is your Henry.

1851 England Census
about Fly P Maples
Name: Fly P Maples
Age: 29
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1822
Relation: Boarder
Gender: Male
Where born: Hull, Yorkshire, England

Civil parish: Islington
Ecclesiastical parish: St Paul
County/Island: Middlesex
Country: England

Street Address:

Occupation:

Condition as to marriage:

Disability: View image

Registration district: Islington
Sub-registration district: Islington East

Possible for 1841 as it says he was not born in the county,but I cant read his occupation.

1841 England Census
about Henry Maples
Name: Henry Maples
Age: 20
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1821
Gender: Male

Civil parish: St Olave
Hundred: Southwark
County/Island: Surrey
Country: England

Street Address:

Occupation: View image

Registration district: St Olaves
Sub-registration district: St Olave and St Thomas

Thanks Janet

I have checked out http://www.mybrightonandhove.org.uk/page_id__6112.aspx and made a posting in 2008

I managed to find today this site http://www.clydesite.co.uk
and found one of his ships the PS PARIS built by Wood & Reid Port Glasgow, at Yard No F

Engines by Shipbuilder

Propulsion: Paddle 1cy 120nhp
Built: 1852
Ship Type: Iron Paddle Steamer
Ship's Role: Brighton-Newhaven-Dieppe ferry
Tonnage: 238grt
Length: 165.0ft
Breadth: 20.2ft
Owner History:
Maples & Morris (Henry Pearson Maples), London
Status: Wrecked - 7/1863

Remarks:
operated by Maples & Morris for the London, Brighton & South Coast Railway Co, London
Used as transport in the Crimean War
Struck rocks entering St Helier and sank in five minutes (all saved; St Malo for Jersey)

I have found the details of this Accident on the 19th Century Newspaper Cuttings.

This is the first time I have come across his partner - Morris. With this info It now comes up with some info on the National Archives Site. Seems like I need to make a Visit.

Many thanks

Ian Pearson

More extracted christenings.


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MARIA ADELAIDE MAPLES Pedigree
Female


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Event(s):
Birth:
Christening: 13 JUL 1830 Thorne, Yorkshire, England




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Parents:
Father: HENY. MAPLES Family
Mother: MARY

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MARY ANN MAPLES Pedigree
Female


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Event(s):
Birth:
Christening: 13 JUN 1823 Thorne, Yorkshire, England


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Parents:
Father: HENRY MAPLES Family
Mother: MARY

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Visiting?
1841 England Census
about Maria Maples
Name: Maria Maples
Age: 11
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1830
Gender: Female
Where born: Yorkshire, England

Civil parish: Sculcoates
Hundred: Harthill (Hunsley Beacon Division)
County/Island: Yorkshire
Country: England

Street Address:

Occupation: View image

Registration district: Sculcoates
Sub-registration district: East Sculcoates

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1841 England Census
about Mary Maples
Name: Mary Maples
Age: 15
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1826
Gender: Female
Where born: Yorkshire, England

Civil parish: Sculcoates
Hundred: Kingston upon Hull
County/Island: Yorkshire
Country: England

Street Address:

Occupation: View image

Registration district: Sculcoates
Sub-registration district: East Sculcoates
Neighbors: View others on page
Household Members: Name Age
Mary Maples 40 <<independant
Mary Maples 15
Jane Maples 15
Charles Maples 14
George Maples 12

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GEORGE AUGUSTUS MAPLES Pedigree
Male


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Event(s):
Birth:
Christening: 03 OCT 1828 Thorne, Yorkshire, England



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Parents:
Father: HENRY MAPLES Family
Mother: MARY


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CHARLES MAPLES Pedigree
Male


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Event(s):
Birth:
Christening: 23 MAR 1827 Thorne, Yorkshire, England


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Parents:
Father: HENRY MAPLES Family
Mother: MARY


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JANE HANNAH MAPLES Pedigree
Female


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Event(s):
Birth:
Christening: 27 AUG 1825 Thorne, Yorkshire, England



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Parents:
Father: HENRY MAPLES Family
Mother: MARY

1851 England Census
about Mary Maples
Name: Mary Maples
Age: 51
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1800
Relation: Mother-in-law
Gender: Female
Where born: Thorne, Yorkshire, England

Civil parish: Kingston Upon Hull St Mary
County/Island: Yorkshire
Country: England

Registration district: Hull
Sub-registration district: Humber
ED, institution, or vessel: 1
Neighbors: View others on page
Household schedule number: 64
Household Members: Name Age
Richard J Cortes 27 <<corn and tea merchant
Jane H Cortes 25
Mary Maples 51<<<landed proprietor
Eliza Hall 25
Mary Lofthouse 21

Thanks Vivienne

I think that Hy P Pearson is the same person and Fly is in fact Hy short for Henry.

Henry Pearson Maples's father was also a Henry Pearson. I visited Goole Museum last years and viewed the Bromley Letters

From the Bromley Letters in Goole Museum
Mr. H Mapples. Left Thorne. whant(went) out to Lisbon return O to Liverpool and died there soon after his arrival in England and its conreidrnd (!!) not a lop(!!) to his family for he left them insolvant. Mrs Maples as trace(!!) her troubles for shortly after his death follows her sister Jane Pearson.

An interesting Find. Bromley was the partner of Robert Pearson my Gt Gt Grandfather. His step sister was Mary Pearson mother of H P Maples.

Robert Pearson ran the London end of the Business at Stanton's Wharfe, Tooley Street, Southwark. It would not be surprising to find out that He helped his nephew out and the Family moved to Southwark.

Regards

Ian Pearson

If he left them insolvent and it was (considered?( a great (loss?) She appears to have had something tucked away?

Or of course you may think this is not your Mary Mapples/Maples/Pearson in 41/51

Many thanks Vivienne for your invaluable help. I missed the info on Mary Maples daughter Mary Born 1823. You have also confirmed that the dates are Christening dates not Date of Births as I had. (Maples is the correct spelling the News paper article has the wrong spelling). I believe the Pearson Family would have helped out as they were quite wealthy for the times.

Regards

Ian Pearson

Do you have these?

MAPLES, George Pearse Christening
Gender: Male
Christening Date: 11 Jan 1855 Recorded in: Brighton, Sussex, England
Collection: St Nicholas
Father: Henry Pearson MAPLES
Mother: Elizabeth Margaret
Source: FHL Film 1067112 Dates: 1852 - 1857

MAPLES, Henry Pearse Christening
Gender: Male
Christening Date: 11 Jan 1855 Recorded in: Brighton, Sussex, England
Collection: St Nicholas
Father: Henry Pearson MAPLES
Mother: Elizabeth Margaret
Source: FHL Film 1067112 Dates: 1852 - 1857

MAPLES, Frank Pearse Christening
Gender: Male
Christening Date: 29 May 1858 Recorded in: Brighton, Sussex, England
Father: Henry Pearson MAPLES
Mother: Elizabeth Margaret
Source: FHL Film 1067112 Dates: 1855 - 1858

MAPLES, Gertrude Christening
Gender: Female
Christening Date: 29 May 1858 Recorded in: Brighton, Sussex, England
Father: Henry Pearson MAPLES
Mother: Elizabeth Margaret
Source: FHL Film 1067112 Dates: 1855 - 1858

I presume you have this too?

MAPLES, Charles Age: 24 Marriage
Wife: Florence MAPLES Age: 26
Marriage Date: 30 Apr 1878 Recorded in: Brighton, Sussex, England
Collection: St Peter
Husband's Father: Charles MAPLES
Wife's Father: Henry Pearson MAPLES
Source: FHL Film 1067138 Dates: 1876 - 1881

Trees on Rootsweb.com,one for Henry Pearson Maples and two for Richard John Pearson.
In 1856 Henry Pearson Maples took mortgage out to buy SS Lyon and SS Orleans.

Maryb

Thanks Margaret

Great Help. You have nicely filled in the gaps as I didn't have some of the exact dates

Regards

Ian

Thanks Mary

I have the information from the Roots Web. The same lady has a tree on Genes. Her maiden name is Pearson and she I found out have a common Gt Gt Gt Grandfather Richard Pearson. We met up in Hull last year and visited the Hull Maritime Museum where she showed me the Old Pearson Ledgers of our Shipbuilding and owning business of Thorn and Hull.

I am interested in In 1856 Henry Pearson Maples took mortgage out to buy SS Lyon and SS Orleans. I knew he wanted to expand his business to trips to New York. His main business was Day trips to France, Belgium and the Channel Islands. He did in fact arrange one trip to New York but it didn't work out.

Regards

Ian Pearson

Many thanks

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