Vital Statistics
Leslie Walter Pinson: 1881 – 1954 GRO1911 (Plumber, Annandale, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia)
Myra Crozier: xxxx – 1956
Married: 1905: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Children by Myra Crozier:
Leslie Walter Pinson: 1905 – 1987 (Married Iris Mary Garrick, Chatswood, New South Wales, Australia, 1932)
John William Pinson: 1912 – xxxx (Married Mona Barbara Vale, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 1940)
Family Branch: Bristol
PinsentID: GRO1911
Leslie Walter Pinson was the eldest son of John Pinson by his wife, Ellen (née Robinson). He grew up in Sydney with six sisters and two brothers, one of whom (John Ernest Pinson) also married and had children. The other (William John Pinson) managed to live a full life but (to the best of my knowledge) never married. Leslie’s father was a “plumber” and “gasfitter” who moved around in the Sydney area for a few years and eventually settling down on “Foucart Street” in Rozelle (Balmain).
Leslie Walter became a “plumber,” like his father. He married Myra Crozier in Sydney in 1905 and they had at least two sons – a second Leslie Walter Pinson later the same year, and a John William Pinson in 1912. I am not aware of any other children.
Leslie’s mother Ellen (née Robinson) died in June 1906 and “Mr. and Mrs. Leslie Pinson” notified their friends of the funeral arrangements (Sydney Morning Herald: Monday 4th June 1906). She had owned the family home in “Foucart Street” and she left it to her husband on the understanding that it be sold after his death, and the proceeds would be divided equally among their children, who she named as: “Isabella Elizabeth Pinson, now Wagstaff; Ethel Esther Pinson, Leslie Walter Pinson, Nellie Mabel Pinson, Edith May Pinson, John Ernest Pinson, William John Pinson, Daisy Bell Pinson and Ivy Irene Pinson:” (New South Wales Will Books: 1800-1952: Findmypast). A year later, Leslie and his wife placed a letter of remembrance of his mother’s passing in their local paper (Sydney Morning Herald: Saturday 1st June 1907).
Sadly, Leslie’s sister Ethel died – either accidentally or through suicide – on the first anniversary of her mother’s death. She had been to visit “her brother” (presumably Leslie) with another brother (William John Pinson) and he noticed that she had gone missing after they returned home. At the inquest, William deposed that she had been behaving “peculiarly” while they were out, and he had gone looking for her after she went missing. However, he had to give up at nightfall. The following morning he found her drowned, face down, on the bench at Rozelle Bay. The Coroner decided that she died through drowning but said that there was no way to determine how she had come to be in the water.
Leslie and Myra were living on “Wigram Road” in Annandale in Sydney in 1913 (New South Wales Electoral Rolls). However, they probably moved to “St. Elmo” on “Harrow Road” in Stanmore not long after, as Myra’s brother (?) Albert Edward Crozier gave a “Mrs. Pinson” at that address as his next of kin when he signed up for service in the Armed Forces. Leslie Pinson’s father, John Pinson died in 1919. The “Foucart Street” house was presumably sold in accordance with his late wife Ellen’s will, and the proceeds dispersed among the family.
Leslie’s son Leslie Walter Pinson (“junior”) took the “N.M.R.A. Mechanics’ Examination” when 21 years old in 1927 and the answers he gave were thought to be good enough to warrant publishing for the edification of motor-car owners and the general public. The topics they covered included: “The Crank Pin, … Carburettor Adjustment, … the cause of Blue Smoke in Exhaust, … reasons for Engine Overheating and … what to do about a choked muffler “ (Evening News: Thursday 14th April 1927).
On Wednesday 23rd November1932, the Sydney Morning Herald carried the following announcement: “NOTICE OF DISSOLUTION OF PARTNERSHIP: Pursuant to the Partnership Act. 1892. Notice is hereby given that the Partnership heretofore subsisting between the undersigned, EDWARD HENRY BARNES and LESLIE WALTER PINSON, carrying on business as Plumbers at Number 28 Pacific Highway (late Lane Cove-road), North Sydney, under the name of “Barnes and Pinson,” has been DISSOLVED by mutual consent as from the eighteenth day of November, 1932: All debts due to the said late firm will be received by Leslie Walter Pinson at Number 28 Pacific High- way, North Sydney, aforesaid. Dated this twenty-first day of November, 1932, (Signed) LESLIE W. PINSON”. It is not clear whether the Leslie W. Pinson here referred to is Leslie “senior” who was buying out a partner towards the end of his career or his son Leslie “junior” who was buying out of a partnership to move on in his career. It was probably the former. It is worth noting that Leslie “junior” married Iris Mary Garrick in Chatswood in 1932. I do not know if they had children or not. If they did, they would likely be alive today.
The Electoral Rolls show that Leslie “senior” was a “master plumber” by 1936. He lived at “6 Forsyth Street”, Chatswood with his wife Myra (née Crozier), their son, Leslie Walter Pinson, who was a “fitter” and his wife, Iris Mary (née Garrick), and also with his younger son, John William who was another “plumber”. L. W. Pinson had a plumbing business at “214 Pacific Highway” and lived with his family on “Forsyth Street” during the “Second World War” (Telephone Directories (1940 – 1942))
Leslie Walter “junior” must have been away for much of this time as he signed up and was an Officer in “Royal Australian Air Force” (Australia, World War II, Military Service Records, 1939 – 1945: Ancestry.com). His father, Leslie Pinson “senior,” would have been in his seventies and, presumably, retired by 1954. The Electoral Rolls show that he lived on “Hawthorne Avenue” that year with his wife Myra, and his younger son John William and his wife, Mona Barbara (neé Vale). Leslie Walter “senior” died in 1954 and his wife Myra died a couple of years later, in 1956.
The 1958 Electoral Rolls tell us that Leslie Walter “junior” was living at “87 Hawthorne Avenue” with his wife, Iris Mary and at least one son who had come of age and was a “draftsman”. The household also included Leslie’s brother John William Pinson who was a “teacher” and his wife, Mona Barbara – who helped out with the “household duties.” Leslie and Iris had moved to “Edgar Street” in Marsfield by 1977, and that is where she died. Leslie Walter Pinson “junior” died a decade later (1987) in Port Macquarie New South Wales. He was buried in the “Innes Garden Memorial Park”.
Family Tree
GRANDPARENTS
Grandfather: Joseph Pinson: 1819 – 1881
Grandmother: Elizabeth Snell: 1824 – 1880
PARENTS
Father: John Pinson: 1855 – 1919
Mother: Ellen Robinson: 1854 – 1906
FATHER’S SIBLINGS (AUNTS, UNCLES)
William Pinson: 1845 – 1845
William James Pinson: 1846 – 1899
Richard Thomas Pinson: 1850 – 1913
Louisa Pinson: 1851 – 1904
Sarah Pinson: 1853 – xxxx
John Pinson: 1855 – 1919
Frederick Arthur Pinson: 1857 – 1914
Andrew C. Pinson: 1859 – 1862
Ann A. Pinson: 1861 – 1862
Hannah Amelia Pinson: 1863 – xxxx
Henry Charles A. Pinson: 1865 – 1868
MALE SIBLINGS (BROTHERS)
Leslie Walter Pinson: 1881 – 1954
John Ernest Pinson: 1889 – 1960
William John Pinson: 1891 – 1957
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