Clara Brien

  General Notes:

Records show Clara's husband Robert was one of the Murrumbidgee's first settlers, in 1832 he took up a run which he called "Wagga Wagga". Wagga means a crow, and Wagga Wagga means many crows. His back station was called Sandy Creek. Clara and Robert with family moved to Wagga Wagga in 1847, they were flooded out by the big flood in 1852, and they then built "Flowerdale", which may still be seen beside the road leading south to Albury. Records show most of the family are buried in a private cemetery on the
property at Flowerdale.
In 1856 Clara remarried a Edward Charles Pearson at the private residence of Frederick Anslow Tompson (C.P.S.) in South Wagga Wagga. Edward is also buried at Flowerdale.

  Noted events in her life were:

• Baptism, 2 Dec 1821, St Philips C of E, York St, Sydney, NSW Australia.

Clara married Robert Holt Best, son of George Best and Martha Chamberlain, on 26 Dec 1836 in St Johns C of E, Parramatta, Sydney, NSW Australia. (Robert Holt Best was born on 27 Aug 1812 in Seven Hills, Sydney, NSW Australia, died on 26 Sep 1853 in "Flowerdale", Wagga Wagga, NSW Australia and was buried in Sep 1853 in "Flowerdale Private Cemetery", Wagga, NSW Australia.)

Clara next married Edward Charles Pearson on 4 Dec 1856 in South Wagga Wagga, NSW Australia. (Edward Charles Pearson was born in 1825 in Portsmouth, Hampshire England, christened on 18 Nov 1833 on board the 'Edward Caulson', died on 18 Dec 1887 in Sandy Creek, Wagga Wagga, NSW Australia and was buried in Dec 1887 in "Flowerdale Private Cemetery", Wagga, NSW Australia.)