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From: "Jack Steer" <>
Subject: [STEER] STEERE family
Date: Tue, 3 Jun 2008 15:34:48 +0100

Barbara,

Barbara you wrote

<Have just come across this information from Suzanne and Paul Morgan which seems to indicate that the George Henry STEERE I wrote to you about was NOT in fact the George STEERE who was Thomas Saunders Steere's younger brother. All these Steer/es with the same names are certainly confusing.>

I've checked the information you sent against a variety of other sources. It seems to me that there are some quite significant areas where the web site information conflicts with databases such as Free BDM, censuses and DFHS transcriptions.

All my comments are below. I think this information is correct, but you do need to check the original sources and compare them with my thought processes.

Corrections and additions would be really helpful.



Regards,
Jack Steer
Banbury


Husband: George STEER

Born: 21 NOV 1780 at: Aveton Gifford, Devon - Not born but baptised on that date

Married: 7 APR 1801 at: Aveton Gifford, Devon

Died: 16 APR 1826 at: Aveton Gifford, Devon - 27.4.1826 buried Aveton Gifford, Devon with his wife

Father: William STEER

Mother: Grace CODD

Wife: Elizabeth Brooking LAKE

Born: 27 MAR 1779 at: Aveton Gifford, Devon - Not born but baptised on that date

Died: 9 FEB 1845 at: Aveton Gifford, Devon - 11.2.1845 buried Aveton Gifford, Devon

Father: Henry LAKE

Mother: Elizabeth BROOKING



CHILDREN

Name: Henry STEER

Born: 4 MAR 1804 at: Aveton Gifford, Devon - not sure about date of birth, but he was baptised 13.3.1804 Aveton Gifford, Devon

Married: 14 NOV 1826 at: Charles The Martyr, Plymouth, Devon

Died: 1885 at: East Stonehouse Devon - Q2 1885 died East Stonehouse, Devon aged 80 (GRO 5b 209)

Spouses: Elizabeth SAUNDERS



Name: William STEER

Born: 25 OCT 1807 at: Aveton Gifford, Devon - Not born but baptised on that date

Married: 2 FEB 1834 at: Aveton Gifford, Devon

Died: 30 JUN 1860 at: Aveton Gifford, Devon - 5.7.1860 buried Aveton Gifford, Devon

Spouses: Elizabeth Lowe WEEKS - Elizabeth Lome WEEKS



Name: George STEER

Born: 15 JAN 1809 at: Aveton Gifford, Devon - Not born but baptised on that date

Married: 1841 at: Kingsbridge, Devon - Married about 1829 to Jane Elizabeth ADAMS

Died: 24 FEB 1875 at: Kingsbridge, Devon - 28.2.1875 died Kingsbridge, buried Salcombe, Devon with wife Jane Elizabeth, gravestone also commemorates son in law Edmund Heath MOORE died 1878 interred at Castletown, Berehaven, Ireland

Spouses: Jane Adams MASTERS - NO



Name: Sarah STEER

Born: 1810 at: Aveton Gifford, Devon - 5.5.1811 baptised Aveton Gifford, Devon

Married: 1 MAR 1835 at - Possibly married 1.3.1835 in Aveton Gifford, Devon to Thomas ELLIS, a witness was Henry STEERE

Spouses: Thomas ELLIS



Name: James STEER

Born: 6 JAN 1814 at: Aveton Gifford, Devon - 16.1.1814 baptised Aveton Gifford, Devon

Married: at: Stisted, Essex - I have seen no evidence whatsoever to support this claim

Died: 20 MAY 1895 at: Aveton Gifford, Devon - 20.5.1895 died, 24.5.1895 buried Aveton Gifford, Devon with his wife

Spouses: Mary



Name: Rhoda May STEERE

Born: 1818 at: Aveton Gifford, Devon - 8.2.1818 baptised Aveton Gifford, Devon



Name: John Andrew STEERE

Born: 21 JAN 1820 at: Aveton Gifford, Devon - Not born but baptised on that date

Died: 3 OCT 1875 at: Aveton Gifford, Devon - 3.10.1875 died, 6.10.1875 buried Aveton Gifford, Devon with his wife and daughter Margaret Kerswill STEERE

Spouse: Margaret KERSWELL





Husband: Henry STEER

Born: 4 MAR 1804 at: Aveton Gifford, Devon - not sure about date of birth, but he was baptised 13.3.1804 Aveton Gifford, Devon

Married: 14 NOV 1826 at: Charles The Martyr, Plymouth, Devon

Died: 1885 at: East Stonehouse Devon - Q2 1885 death registered East Stonehouse, Devon aged 80 (GRO 5b 219)

Father: George STEER

Mother: Elizabeth Brooking LAKE

Wife: Elizabeth SAUNDERS - daughter of Thomas and Elizabeth SAUNDERS

Born: 7 OCT 1805 at: Loddiswell, Devon - Not born but baptised on that date

Died: 1882 at - NO Q1 1877 death registered East Stonehouse, Devon aged 80 (GRO 5b 209)

Father: Thomas SAUNDERS

Mother: Elizabeth RUNDLE - I'm not sure about the surname



CHILDREN

Name: Thomas Saunders STEER

Born: 16 APR 1827 at: Aveton Gifford, Devon - 16.4.1827 born perhaps in Aveton Gifford, Devon or baptised elsewhere on that date, the baptism is not in Aveton Gifford register

NOTE there is a LDS file that has Thomas Saunders STEER and his daughter Elizabeth Ann STEERE born in Woodford, Victoria in 1830 and 1856 respectively. It may well be that the rest of that file is also the result of an over active imagination

Married: 11 JUN 1854 at: Charles the Martyr, Aveton Gifford, Devon - DFHS transcription has 12.6.1854 married Plymouth Charles, Devon

Died: 14 SEP 1890 at: Warrnambool, Victoria, Australia

Spouses: Emma POPPLESTONE



Name: George Henry STEER

Born: 1828 at: Loddiswell, Devon

Married: 23 APR 1854 at: Charles The Martyr, Plymouth - registered in Plymouth, Devon district (GRO 5b 209)

Spouses: Mary Ann DICKER



Name: Elizabeth Ann STEER

Born: 1831 at: Loddiswell, Devon

Spouses: James WORLAND - I have no STEER/WORLAND marriage of any sort in the UK, but do have an Elizabeth Ann marrying on 2.6.1856 in Plymouth Charles, Devon; registered in Plymouth, Devon district (GRO 5b 412) to Robert RUNDLE



Name: Edwin STEER

Born: 1835 at: Loddiswell, Devon

Married: 14 SEP 1862 at: Bristol Holy Trinity, Gloucester - NOT Gloucester but Gloucestershire, married 14.9.1862 in Bristol Holy Trinity, Gloucestershire, registered in Clifton, Gloucestershire district (GRO 6a 229) to Mary PARSONS

Spouses: Mary PARSON Mary HURRELL - second spouse very doubtful - Edwin died Q1 1906 in Bristol district, Gloucestershire aged 69 (GRO 6a 138) and Mary perhaps in Q1 1904 in Bristol district, Gloucestershire aged 67 (GRO 6a 107)



Name: James STEER

Born: 1839 at: Loddiswell, Devon - 14.11.1838 born perhaps in Loddiswell, Devon or baptised elsewhere on that date, the baptism is not in Loddiswell registers, Q4 1838 birth registered in Kingsbridge, Devon district of James STEERE (GRO IX 361)

Married: 1860 at: Plymouth, Devon - Married Q3 1860 in Plymouth, Devon district (GRO 5b 458) to Sarah Ellen RUNDLE

Died: 27 SEP 1915 at: Warrnambool, Australia

Spouses: Sarah Ellen RUNDLE



Name: John STEER

Born: 1841 at: Loddiswell, Devon -20.2.1841 born perhaps in Loddiswell, Devon, or baptised elsewhere on that date, the baptism is not in Loddiswell registers, Q1 1841 birth registered in Kingsbridge, Devon district of John STEERE (GRO IX 382)

Spouses: Ann HURRELL - I can find no evidence that suggests that this John married anyone



Name: Henry STEER

Born: 26 JUL 1843 at: Loddiswell, Devon - born perhaps in Loddiswell, Devon, or baptised elsewhere on that date, the baptism is not in Loddiswell registers, Q3 1843 birth registered in Kingsbridge, Devon district of Henry STEERE (GRO IX 354)

Married: 22 APR 1866 at: Plymouth Registry Office, Devon

Died: 26 APR 1897 at: East Stonehouse, Plymouth, Devon

Spouses: Emily CUNDY



Name: Sarah Jane STEER

Born: 1848 at: Loddiswell, Devon - 1847/8 born Loddiswell, Devon, perhaps birth registered Kingsbridge, Devon district Q2 1846 (GRO IX 380) - probably died before 1881, perhaps in New York City, USA

Married 31.10.1868 in Plymouth St Andrew, Devon; registered in Plymouth, Devon district (GRO 5b 398) to Richard Facey PERCY - 1840/1 born Millbrook, Cornwall

1871/3 - Richard and Sarah emigrated with their son Charles to New York, Sarah may have died there as Richard is back in England with a new wife in 1881





Husband: George Henry STEER

Born: 1828 at: Loddiswell, Devon

Married: 23 APR 1854 at: Charles The Martyr, Plymouth

Father: Henry STEER

Mother: Elizabeth SAUNDERS

Wife: Mary Ann DICKER

Born: 1830 at: Plymouth, Devon - 1826/7 born Plymouth, Devon from 1861 census

Died: at: Plymouth Devon - I have no evidence to suggest where she died or was buried



CHILDREN

Name: Mary Jane STEER

Born: 3 MAY 1857 at: Plymouth, Devon - this may be born or baptised Plymouth, Devon; Q2 1857 birth registered Plymouth, Devon district (GRO 5b 249)

Married: 23 DEC 1877 at: Belgrade Congregational Church, Torquay, Devon - registered in Newton Abbot, Devon district Q4 1877 (GRO 5b 310)

Died: 22 APR 1931 at: Plymouth, Devon - I have no information on this entry but see William Henry below

Spouse: William Henry HAGGETT



Name: Elizabeth Ellen STEER

Born: 1860 at: Plymouth, Devon - Q3 1860 birth registered Plymouth, Devon district (GRO 5b 258)



Name: William Henry STEERE

Born: 11 JUL 1862 at: 4 Portlan Cottages, Plymouth, Devon - I have no information on this entry apart from the registration in Plymouth, Devon district being in Q3 1862 (GRO 5b 229)

Married Q4 1883 in Plymouth, Devon district (GRO 5b 507)

Died: 22 APR 1931 at: Portsmouth, Devon - I have no information on this entry apart from the fact that Portsmouth is not in Devon and it would be a little surprising if a brother and sister died on the same day after about seventy years of life

Spouse: Elizabeth Ann Horwell REED





Husband: William STEER

Born: 25 OCT 1807 at: Aveton Gifford, Devon - Not born but baptised on that date

Married: 2 FEB 1834 at: Aveton Gifford, Devon

Died: 30 JUN 1860 at: Aveton Gifford, Devon - 5.7.1860 buried Aveton Gifford, Devon

Father: George STEER

Mother: Elizabeth Brooking LAKE

Wife: Elizabeth Lowe WEEKS - Elizabeth Lome WEEKS

Born: 1805 at - 1805/6 born Aveton Gifford, Devon

Died: 6 MAY 1900 at: Aveton Gifford Devon



CHILDREN

Name: George Henry STEERE

Born: 14 DEC 1834 at: Aveton Gifford, Devon - Not born but baptised on that date

Married: 2 FEB 1855 at: Aveton Gifford, Devon - NO Married 2.2.1855 in Tetcott, Devon, registered in Holsworthy, Devon district (GRO 5b 929)

Died: 26 FEB 1885 at: Warrnambool, Victoria, Australia

Spouse: Ann BEARE





Husband: George Henry STEERE

Born: 14 DEC 1834 at: Aveton Gifford, Devon - Not born but baptised on that date

Married: 2 FEB 1855 at: Aveton Gifford, Devon - NO Married 2.2.1855 in Tetcott, Devon, marriage registered in Holsworthy, Devon district (GRO 5b 929)

Died: 26 FEB 1885 at: Warrnambool, Victoria, Australia

Father: William STEER

Mother: Elizabeth Lowe WEEKS - Elizabeth Lome WEEKS

Wife: Ann BEARE

Born: 1830 at: Tetcott, Devon - 2.5.1830 baptised Tetcott, Devon (according to Frank Heeley)

Died: 24 APR 1917 at: St Arnaud, Victoria, Australia



CHILDREN

NOTE - is appears unlikely that any of these four children were born, baptised, died or were buried in Aveton Gifford, Devon



Name: Elizabeth Ann STEERE

Born: 1856 at: - Q1 1856 birth registered in Plymouth, Devon district (GRO 5b 246)

Died: 15 AUG 1858 at: Plymouth, Devon - 22.8.1858 buried in Plymouth Ford Park Cemetery, Devon aged 10 months in a common grave with her brother William Henry. Address given as Gibbons Street, Plymouth



Name: William Henry STEERE

Born: 1857 at: - probably - Q4 1857 probably birth registered in Plymouth, Devon district (GRO 5b 208)

Died: 18 AUG 1858 at: Plymouth, Devon - 22.8.1858 buried in Plymouth Ford Park Cemetery, Devon aged 10 months in a common grave with his sister Elizabeth Ann. Address given as Gibbons Street, Plymouth



Name: Bessie Ann STEERE

Born: 8 MAY 1859 at: Aveton Gifford, Devon - probably born Plymouth, Devon

Married: 6 FEB 1883 at: Banyan St, Warrnambool, Victoria, Australia

Died: 30 APR 1941 at: St Arnaud, Australia

Spouses: William WOODS

NOTE - there does not appear to be any record on Free BDM of the birth of Bessie Ann and it is therefore likely that she was never included in the civil registration lists. However as the first two were buried in Plymouth, from an address in that town and whose births may well have been recorded in Plymouth district, it has been assumed that Bessie Ann STEERE was also born there



Name: William George STEERE

Born: 31 MAY 1861 at: Aveton Gifford, Devon - Q3 1861 birth probably registered in Plymouth, Devon district (GRO 5b 248)

Married (1) in 1881 in Victoria, Australia to Mary Blanchford JONES [Daughter of Henry Edward JONES and Emily nee BROOK] - 1883 died Victoria, Australia aged 21

Married (2) in 1885 in Victoria, Australia to Clara Eliza BEST

Died: 8 SEP 1944 at: Irymple, Victoria, Australia NOTE two entries on LDS have Mildura, Victoria, Australia as the place of his death

Spouses: (1) Mary Blanchford JONES (2) Clara Eliza BEST

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