Susannah “Susan” Oram 1817-1899
Born: 20 August 1817, probably at Queen Camel, Somerset, England
Parents: James Oram 1774-1839 and Susannah Bartlett 1782-1838
Siblings: William Oram 1809-1839, Mary Oram 1813-1888 , Elizabeth Oram 1818-1878, Sarah Oram 1820-1869 and John Oram 1824-1907
Partner in Australia: John Vallis aka John White Pearce 1800-1888
Offspring: John Frank Pearce 1851-1929, Henry White Pearce 1855-1888, William F Pearce 1856-1936, Charles G Pearce 1858-c1860 and Alfred Pearce 1861-1915
Lived in: Weston Bampfylde, Somerset, England and Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia
Died: 1899 at Reynard Road, Coburg, Melbourne Victoria, Australia. Buried in Fawkner and Coburg Cemetery. Named Susan in death record.
In 2012 the family had only two pieces of information about Susannah, third daughter of James and Susannah (nee Bartlett) Oram. The first was that in 1841, following the death of their parents in 1838 and 1839 Susannah and her siblings William, Elizabeth, Sarah and John were living at the family farm in Weston Bampfylde. The second was from her brother John Oram’s affidavit in the ‘Guppy Case‘ in 1905:
“Susanna Oram (born 20th August, 1817), a maternal aunt of said Albin Guppy, it is believed went to New South Wales about 50 years ago”
In February 2013 Susannah’s direct descendant Susan Wiggin contacted us and we established the connection between the Oram and Pearce Families.
No record of a marriage between Susannah and John White Pearce in England can be found in 2013. All we can deduce is that they met in 1850 or before, their eldest son John Frank Pearce was born in 1851, and lived as a married couple for the rest of their lives. In the 1850s there were Pearce families living in the Somerset villages of Ansford, East Lydford and West Lydford, all a few miles from Susannah’s home in Weston Bampfylde. If John and Susannah had been married in Somerset then Susannah’s brother John would have known and mentioned it in his affidavit, above.
John Vallis aka White Pearce 1800-1888
Birth: 1 May 1800 Evercreech, Somerset, England
Parents and siblings: No information
Married: Martha Dyke 1 March 1824 at Sutton Montis, Somerset, England
Partner in Australia: Susannah “Susan” Oram 1817-1899 place
Offspring with Susannah Oram: John Frank Pearce 1851-1929, Henry White Pearce 1855-1888, William F Pearce 1856-1936, Charles G Pearce 1858-c1860 and Alfred Pearce 1861-1915
Lived in: Somerset, England and Victoria, Australia
Died: 6 Jun 1888 at Arcadia Cottage and buried in Campbell’s Creek, Victoria, Australia
Pages for the Pearce-Oram branch of the family are password protected while they are being developed.
Susannah Oram 1817-1899 and John White Pearce 1799-1888
- John Frank Pearce 1851-1929
- + Jane Emma Stodart c1851-1916
- Frank Stodart Pearce 1880-1942
- + Blanche E Dewardt c1880-1951
- Frances E Pearce 1909 -1972
- + Henry George Dixon 1906-1973
- 3 Offspring
- Blanche B Pearce 1911 –
- + Oliver G Oppenheim (aka Oliver) c1911-
- daughter – birth registered with family name Oliver
- Kelvin George Oliver 1940-1992
- daughter – birth registered with family name Oliver
- Clive Ashby Pearce 1914-1968
- + Spouse
- 2 Offspring
- Ewen James Pearce 1920-1995
- + Spouse
- Percy Whyte Pearce 1886-1959
- + Rachael Britton 1897-1976
- Douglas Britton Pearce 1918-2001
- + Patricia Downs
- 4 Offspring
- Elsie Pearce 1885-1968
- Beatrice P Pearce 1888-1957
- Clive Ashby Pearce 1892-1893
- Henry White Pearce 1855-1888 not married, no issue
- William F Pearce 1856-1936
- + Edith May Allday 1860-1946
- Ruby May Pearce 1884-1960
- + Henry Leslie Stevens 1886-1949
- 1 Offspring
- + John Ernest Wiggin 1916-2000
- Offspring
- + Spouse
- 2 Offspring
- Harry York Pearce 1902 – ??
- Violet Irene Pearce 1887-1978
- + Victor E Rogers 1887-1956
- 3 Offspring
- Robert V Pearce 1887-1887
- Minnie Pearce 1889-1925
- + William G. Augustine 1892-1978
- 1 Offspring
- 1 Offspring
- + Spouse
- Evelyn Jane Pearce 1882-1984
- + John Howarth Blythe 1884-1921
- + Joseph R Burkett 1867-1958
- 1 Offspring
- + Spouse
- Percy Pearce
- + Clara Hazel Loveday 1892-1971
- 1 Offspring
- + Spouse
- 2 Offspring
- Daisy Bella Pearce 1879-1948
- + ? Perkins c1879-??
- Vera Pearce 1896-1898
- Ivy Jean Pearce 1891-1985
- + Cyril A. Snell 1892-1975
- 1 Offspring
- + Eric William Pemberton 1912-1986
- 2 Offspring
- Edith Allday Pearce 1880-1948
- + Unknown c1880
- Rupert Pearce 1906-1906
- Dorothy Pearce 1892-1974
- + Albert Tilley c1885-
- + Percival A Grant c1900-
- Charles G Pearce 1858-c1860 died in infancy
- Alfred Pearce 1861-1915
- + Catherine Langley 1862-1943
- Myrtle Catherine Pearce 1900-1985
- + Norman Kruse 1900-1945
- 6 Offspring
- Roy Archibald Pearce 1898-1981
- + Amelia Davies
- William Henry Pearce 1890-1922
- + Annabel Preston c1890-??
- 1 Offspring
- Hazel Pearce 1887-1965
- + Harry Usher Braid 1883-1963
- John Alfred Braid 1910-2000
- + Spouse
- 6 Offspring
- Amy Estella Pearce 1884-1960
- + Claude Victor Foley c1884-?
- 2 Offspring
- Alfred Pearce 1885-1972
- Margaret Pearce 1895-1974
- + John James Palmer 1881-1961
- 1 Offspring
