James Pearce (South Australian politician)

James Pearce (1825 – 5 November 1904) was a South Australian businessman and politician based in Kapunda.

History

Pearce was born in Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, England, in 1825. He arrived in South Australia in August 1849 and went to work with his brother William Pearce (ca.1815 – 19 November 1878), who had a business at the Beehive Corner, then went to Burra. He later ran a business in Kapunda for 36 years.^[1]

Politics

He represented Light in the South Australian House of Assembly from April 1870 to February 1875. In 1875 he was elected at the top of the list for Wooroora. He was elected to the South Australian Legislative Assembly in April 1877 and retired in April 1885.

Family

James Pearce married Harrietta Edmonds (ca.1825 – 10 July 1909) on 7 September 1843, lived at Kapunda; later in Kenilworth Avenue, Norwood

• eldest son Samuel William married Mary Williams on 8 July 1867
• second son Harry Edmonds Pearce (ca.1857 – 18 May 1881)
• third son James S. married Bessie S. Fotheringham on 10 February 1880

second son? James S. married Lizzie Moyle on 18 May 1896

• Emma married John Bradford Scott on 7 December 1876
• fourth daughter Agnes married H. B. Kiddell on 13 July 1889
• youngest daughter Ada Caroline married John Gould Kelly on 20 September 1887

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