Bessie Pearson was born in St-Anne's-on-Sea in Lancashire around 1866 and was the daughter of Richard Pearson (1828) and Ellen Swarbridge. In 1871, as Betty Pearson, she was living with her widowed mother at Hey-Houses in Lytham. In 1881, as Betty Pearson, she was working as housemaid and domestic servant in the household of Arthur Booker, the Vicar of Sproxton and Saltby, Leicester. The family was living at the vicarage, Top of the Hill, Sproxton. She married Robert Fryer Rawston (1863) in Little Walsingham in 1887. She was the daughter-in-law of Henry Rawston (1837). She was living with Robert in Warham All Saints between 1888 and 1892. In 1901 she was living in Scarborough Road, Great Walsingham. In 1911 she was living in Brinton.

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• 1. Marriage Registers. Pearson, Bessie. Sep. 1887. 4b. 487. Walsingham. • 2. Norfolk Transcription Archive. 1891 Census, Walsingham district, Warham All Saints. Bessie Rawston, age 25. Wife. Born St Anns on Sea. • 3. 1881 Census website. 1881 Census website. Top Of The Hill, Sproxton, Leicester. Betty Pearson. Servant. Age 15. Housemaid Domestic Servant [in the household of Arthur W. Booker, Vicar of Sproxton & Saltby]. Born St Anne's On Sea, Lancashire. • 4. 1871 Census. Hey-Houses, Lytham. Betty Pearson. Daughter. Age 4. Scholar. Born Lytham. • 5. 1901 Census. Scarboro Rd, Gt. Walsingham. Bessie Rawston. Wife. Age 34. Born St. Annes on Sea. • 6. 1891 Census. Warham All Saints. Bessie Rawston. Wife. Age 25. Born St. Anns on Sea. • 7. 1911 Census. Brinton & Birmingham. Bessie Rawston. Wife. Age 45. Married 23 years. Born St. Annes On Sea.