Emily Pearson

Contralto singer who performed under her maiden name Emily Smiles, b. 10 November 1884, d. 1971. Mother of brothers Bob And Alf Pearson, a double act popular from the 1930s to 1950s who continued performing into the 1980s. Married to Edwin Arthur Pearson (1882-1951), she was latterly known as Emily Pearson.