page_title: Margaret Pearse
section_title: Marriage & children
hierarchical_section_title: Margaret Pearse / Marriage & children
caption_attribution_description: English: Pearse Family Portrait
context_page_description: Margaret Pearse was an Irish politician. She was born in Dublin, while her father's family were from County Meath. In 1877, she married James Pearse who was born in Bloomsbury, Middlesex on 8 December 1839. Margaret was the mother of Patrick Pearse, one of the leaders of the Easter Rising in 1916, who was executed soon after the rising. Another son Willie Pearse was also executed after the 1916 Easter Rising.
context_section_description: In 1877 she married James Pearse (his second marriage) at St. Agatha's church, off the North Strand. James was born in Bloomsbury, Middlesex, on 8 December 1839, and later lived in Birmingham. He came to Ireland to work as a sculptor in the late 1850s with his first wife, Emily Susanna Fox, who later died in 1876.
  Margaret and James had four children together. The first three children are Margaret Mary born 4 August 1878, Patrick born 10 November 1879 and William born 15 November 1881. All three children were born while the family lived in 27 Great Brunswick St. Their youngest child, Mary Brigid, was born 29 September 1888, by which time the family had moved to Newbridge Avenue, Sandymount. Margaret's aunt, Margaret Brady, an Irish speaker, was a frequent visitor to the family home and encouraged the children's interest in the Irish language and culture. Her husband James Pearse died in 1900. Margaret Pearse did not permit her children to play with other children, however, she supported her children in all their aspirations. She had a very strong relationship and consequent effect on her eldest son, Patrick. She took over the responsibility of Housekeeper at the school at St. Enda's and was respected by the pupils who attended there.
caption: Pearse Family c.1887. William stands beside his father, Mary Brigit sits on her mother's knee, while Margaret sits to their left. Patrick is standing on the ground.
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