Dear Andy, Viv and Lorna and others,

Your messages were eventually posted to the Steer Roots Group. I believe that William Sture, the furthest back I can get with the family you all mention, is a brother of George Sture [1684-1760] from whom I am descended.

I am pasting what I have on the "Jasper Steers" after my signature. I hope it help and would appreciate any corrections or further information. My info should print out on A4 paper.

Best wishes,

Philip Steer


FIRST GENERATION
[II] WILLIAM STURE 

 married on 13th May 1712 at Churchstow to AGNES CRANCH [IIa] 

 Note : I have added these because it is possible that WILLIAM and AGNES STURE   [at the head of the “Jasper” branch of the Steer family] are related to GEORGE and SARAH STURE [note that G & S’s second son is William].   Also there is a William Sture : buried 25th February 1770 at  Aveton Gifford and his wife AGNES : buried 7th August 1768 at Aveton Gifford : so they might just be this couple.

 Note : On 14th July 1707 Jasper CRANCH married Mary PEARCE in Churchstow. 

 Note : references to Ann, wife of William Sture, being buried in Aveton Gifford in 1774 may well refer to the wife of yeoman William, who signed an indenture dated 1779 relating to a property called Langland in Aveton Gifford, in which he is referred to as William STEER of Bennish, Ruston Gifford !

SECOND GENERATION

These are the seven known children of WILLIAM [II] and AGNES STURE [IIa] :-

[II-1]  MARY STURE   

baptised  13th September 1713 at Churchstow

[II-2]  JOHN  STEER   

baptised 10th April 1716 at Churchstow,

[II-3] WILLIAM STURE 

baptised 4th March 1718 at Aveton Gifford : ? married 25th April 1742 in Dartmouth St Saviour to Elizabeth COLTON

[II-4]  THOMAS STURE  

baptised 21st April 1721 at Aveton Gifford : buried 13th May 1781 at West Allington :  married to MARY  who was buried 6th January 1794 at West  Allington  : Thomas   Stear married Mary Luckham of  West Alvington on 25th July 1744  at Saint Saviour,   Dartmouth, by license [information via Terry Steer]      Transcript of EDML reads :   1744 July 25th  STEARE, Thomas of West Alwington, Husbandman and Mary Luckham of same, spinster. (Dispatched at Dartmouth).


[II-5]  JASPER STURE  

baptised 30th August 1724 at Bigbury : married ELIZABETH MOREY on December 26th 1749 at Dartmouth Townstall 

[II-6]  SARAH STURE   

baptised 19th June 1729 at Bigbury.  

[II-7]  GEORGE STURE 

baptised 14th November 1729 at Modbury
 buried 21st August 1733 at Aveton Gifford


THIRD GENERATION

These are the known children of THOMAS [II-4] and MARY STEAR [II-4a] of West Alvington
[II-8]  WILLIAM STEAR 

 bapt 13th January 1745 at West Alvington

[II-9]  GEORGE STEAR 

 bapt 12th July 1749 at West Alvington

[II-10]  MARY STEAR  

 bapt 18th February 1750 at West Alvington

[II-11]  ANN STEAR  

 bapt 19th November 1752 at West Alvington

[II-12]  THOMAS STEAR 

 bapt 12th August 1755 at West Alvington

[II-13]  JOHN STEAR  

 bapt 22nd January 1758 at West Alvington

[II-14]  JASPER STEER  

 bapt 30th March 1760 at Charleton : buried 11th January 1845 aged 84 years at Churchstow : 
 married (1) 6th November 1781 at Loddiswell to JANE KENNARD : born 1760 :   died 22nd February 1782 at Loddiswell : 
married (2) 5th July 1784 at Loddiswell to SARAH BARTLET : born 1761 : died 23rd February 1830 aged 69 years

The Last Will and Testament of me Jasper Steer of Culverwell in the parish of Churchstow in the County of Devon Yeoman made and published the Eighth day of February in the Year of our Lord One thousand Eight hundred and Forty three in manner following, that is to say, I give to my Eldest Son William Steer of Loddiswell in the said County Labourer my Second best suit of clothes and also the Sum of Ten shillings also to his Wife Mary the sum of Ten shillings  Also I give to their Son Jasper Steer the Sum of Two pounds  And also to their five other children, namely John, Thomas, William, Sarah and Mary the sum of One pound each, the clothes to be delivered to my Son immediately after my funeral and the above Legacies to be paid to my said Son his Wife and their children at the end of three months next after my decease  Also I give my best Suit of clothes unto my Son Thomas Steer of Bigbury in the said County Carpenter to be delivered to him immediately after my funeral  Also I give to my daughter Jane the wife of John Lethbridge of Churchstow aforesaid Labourer the old bed not now in use and the box that was her Mother¹s to be delivered to her after my funeral  Also I give unto my daughter Cecilia Smale the wife of John Smale who now lives with me [the next phrase is inserted above] my best bed performed (sic in orig. - marginal note) my clock and large Clothes chest and the Corner cupboard in the parlour  Also I give to my Grandson George Smale Steer my watch   All the rest residue and remainder of my household Goods and Furniture not hereinbefore disposed of,  my Farming Stock of Cattle Corn hay growing Crops Implements in Husbandry Money Securities for money personal and Testamentary Estate and Effects whatsoever and wheresoever I do hereby give and bequeath unto my said two daughters Cecilia Smale Jane Lethbridge and my said son Thomas Steer to be equally divided between them share and share alike they first paying and discharging my Just debts Funeral Expences (sic) and the before mentioned Legacies and I hereby constiute and appoint my said two daughters Cecilia Smale Jane Lethbridge and my said son Thomas Steer my Executrixes and Executor jointly of this my Will.  Lastly I revoke all former Wills by me made and declare this to be my last Will and Testament IN WITNESS whereof I the said Jasper Steer the Testator have hereunto set my hand and Seal the day and year aforesaid     Signed sealed published and declared by the said Jasper Steer the Testator as and for his last Will and Testament in the presence of us who at his request and in the presence of him and of each other have subscribed our Names as Witnessed thereto the words my best bed performed being first interlined.      The Mark and Seal of Jasper  X   Steer the Testator    - Seal    (witnesses)    Philip Prettejohn of Hatch, Yeoman and Robt ffroude of Aveton Gifford devon Land Agent

[II-15]  RICHARD STEAR 

 bapt 13th March 1763 at West Alvington : buried 19th June 1853 at West Alvington aged 90 : 
 married first on 18th August 1791 in Woodland to Elizabeth HELE - she was buried   on 16th December 1798 in Thurlestone. They had a daughter Sally Sophia STEER, who married  William Tucker at Slapton   on 18th February 1824
    
 In the 1851 census in Blackawton at “Millcombe” we have :-

 William/TUCKER/Head/M/50/M/Paper miller/Halwell
 Sally Sophia/TUCKER/Wife/M/49/F/Paper/Thurlestone
 Sophia/TUCKER/Daughter/U/22/F/Outdoor servant/Slapton
 Lewis/TUCKER/Son/U/20/M/Ag lab/Slapton
 Henry/TUCKER/Son/U/16/M/Outdoor servant/Slapton
 Frederick/TUCKER/Son/-/12/M/Scholar/Slapton

 In 1841 census there are also three other children - William Tucker born in 1824, 
 Roger Tucker born in 1831, and John Tucker  born in 1835

 William/TUCKER/-/-/40/M/Miller/Devon
 Sally Sophia/TUCKER/-/-/40/F//Devon
 William/TUCKER/-/-/17/M//Devon
 Sophia/TUCKER/-/-/13/F//Devon
 Lewis/TUCKER/-/-/12/M//Devon
 Roger/TUCKER/-/-/10/M//Devon
 Henry/TUCKER/-/-/08/M//Devon
 John/TUCKER/-/-/06/M//Devon
 Frederick/TUCKER/-/-/03/M//Devon
  
These are the three known children of  JASPER [II-5] and ELIZABETH STEER [II-5a] :-
[II-16]     BETTY STEER  

 baptised 21st February 1753 at Dartmouth Townstall

[II-17] JASPER STEER  

 baptised 22nd September 1754 at Dartmouth Townstall  : married Sarah RADFORD   on 15th July 1782 [children Elizabeth : bapt 8th July 1783 and Sarah : bapt 18th November 1787]

[II-18] MARY STEER  

 baptised 4th January 1758 at Dartmouth Townstall

FOURTH GENERATION

There are the five known children of  JASPER [II-14] and SARAH STEER [II-14a] :-

[II-19] WILLIAM STEER 

 baptised 6th October 1785 at Loddiswell : died 16th June 1870 : married 16th  September 1806 at Chivelstone to MARY WOOD : baptised 4th April 1784 at Chivelstone : died 29th December 1867 at Loddiswell

[II-20] JANE STEER  

 baptised 17th February 1788 : married - no date to JOHN LETHBRIDGE
 of whom : GEORGE STEER LETHBRIDGE : born  27th October 1822

[II-21] JOHN STEER  

 baptised 22nd August 1790 at Loddiswell

[II-22] THOMAS STEER 

baptised 23rd June 1793 at Loddiswell [Census 1851]  [Carpenter] : mentioned in White’s Directory for 1850 at Bigbury and 1841 census : died 1870
married 1817 to MARY HILL : born 1793 (?) at Bigbury [1851 Census] : died 1876

[II-23] CECILIA STEER 

 baptised 6th December 1795 : married 12th April 1814 [Jasper is witness] to JOHN   SMALE : lived in Crispin’s Tenement in Churchstow

 1. SARAH SMALE   born 7th May 1815
 2. WILLIAM STEER SMALE born 30th March 1817
 3. SOPHIA STEER SMALE  born 18th June 1820
 4. SUSANNA STEER SMALE   born 1825
 5. EMMA SMALE   born 1831

FIFTH GENERATION
 
These are the six known children of WILLIAM [II-19] and MARY STEER [II-19a] :-

 
[II-24] SARAH STEER  

 baptised 30th November 1806 at Chivelstone : died 1884 : married to Nicholas Burgain, born 1821 ?


[II-25] JASPER STEER  

 baptised 30th October 1810 at Chivelstone : died 23rd July 1892 at Coy Pool, West Alvington : married 17th January 1832 at Blackawton to HARRIETT  WOOTON [d/o Robert and Joanna Wooton] : baptised 13th December 1813 at Blackawton : died 17th May 1891 at Coy Pool, West Alvington
 
In 1851 census
 Jasper  STEER Head M 40 Farm Labourer Chivelstone
 Harriott  STEER Wife M 37 Blackawton
 Joanna  STEER Daur  9 F West Alvington
 Maria  STEER Daur - 7 F Scholar West Alvington
 Joseph  STEER Son - 6 M Scholar West Alvington
 Elizabeth  STEER Daur - 4 F --- West Alvington
 John  STEER Son - 2 M Blackawton
 Anne  STEER Daur - 1 F Blackawton

[II-26] JOHN STEER  

 born 1812 at Chivelston : buried 28th May 1815 at Chivelstone

[II-26a]  JOHN STEER  

 baptised 4th June 1815 at Chivelstone : married in ? 1841 at Loddiswell to Ann Stone, born 1819 in Loddiswell 

[II-27] THOMAS STEER    

 born 16th March 1816 : bapt. 27th July 1817, 
 married circa 1841 to [1] Ruth Triggs [1817-1856] : 
 married [2] Elizabeth, born 1816

[II-28] MARY STEER  

 baptised 22nd August 1819 at Loddiswell

[II-29] WILLIAM STEER 

baptised 10th April 1825 at Loddiswell : He was a fisherman, who came around the south Coast of England to Kent, then to Hull in Yorkshire, ending up in Grimsby and Cleethorpes, Lincs : died 11th February 1898 at Grafton Street, Cleethorpes : buried 15th February 1898 at Cleethorpes Cemetery : married 23rd May 1846 in Lower Brixham to Janet Hamlin : born 1827 : baptised 11th February 1827 at St Mary the Virgin, Dover, Kent : daughter of John Hamlin [born 1800 in Brixham] and Mary Decent, who married 18th July 1819 at St John the Apostle, Dover, Kent.     Janett Steer nee Hamlin died 4th October  1890 at Grafton Street, Cleethorpes : buried 8th October 1890 at Cleethorpes Cemetery. 

 These are the seven known children of THOMAS [II-22] and MARY STEER [II-22a] :-

[II-30] THOMAS STEER 

born 1817 at Bigbury : died 1899 aged 82  [Carpenter and Wheelwright] also mention as at Bigbury in 1850 ie Thomas Jnr : married - no date to MARY ANN : born 1830 (?) at Churchstow : aged 24 years in 1851 census : died 1901 [after the census date, because she is described there as ‘living on her own means’, plus ADA aged 40 and Reginald, aged 6, born in Bigbury]

[II-31] MARY STEER  

 born 1819

[II-32] SARAH STEER  

 born 1821

[II-33] ELIZABETH STEER  

 born 1823

[II-34] ANN STEER  

 born 1826

[II-35]     SUSAN STEER  

 born 1830 (?) at Bigbury  [living with parents 1851 census : Dressmaker]

[II-36] JANE STEER  

 born 1832 (?) at Bigbury  [living with parents 1851 census : Servant]

SIXTH GENERATION

These are the twelve known children of JASPER [II-25] and HARRIETT STEER [II-25a] :-  

[II-37] THOMAS STEER  

baptised 12th June 1832 at Brixham (Wesleyan) : died October 1916 at Brixham aged 83 years : married circa 1856 [1] MARY, who died 24th August 1863 aged 29 years at Brixham : married [2] JANE [born 1827/8 in Devonport
 In the 1881 census he is living at Overgang,  Brixham - aged 49 - born in Blackawton,   Fisherman, with his wife Jane STEER aged 53, born in Devonport, and children Jasper   STEER Unm aged 21, born in Brixham, Fisherman No Employ : and Robert STEER U aged 18 , born in Brixham, Fisherman : and with his nephew, James STEER, aged 12 year, born in Kingsbridge, a Fisher Boy.
 In 1891 census Thomas (retired trawler, aged 59, born Blackawton) living at 8 Hollands Court, Brixham with wife Jane (62, born Devonport) and nephew James STEER (trawler fisher (employee) aged 23, born Kingsbridge)]

[II-38] MARY JANE STEER   

 baptised 1st September 1833 at Brixham   In 1851 census she is in the household of  John Dimond OLDNIVE  41 years Married Farmer of 275 Acre Employing 15 Lab, born in Chivelstone.   Mary Jane is aged 17 years, living there as a Farmhouse servant together with her brother Jasper aged 13 years at Frogwill [? Blackawton]

[II-39] SARAH STEER  
 
 baptised 14th September 1835 at Brixham

[II-40] JASPER STEER  

 baptised 5th June 1837 at Brixham.  In 1851 census living at Frogwill with sister Mary Jane, as farm labourer, in household of John Dimond Oldnive : married 26th July 1864 at Stoke Damerell to Elizabeth HARDY [widow] : born July 1836 at Loddiswell.    
 In 1901 census Jasper is aged 63 years,a Naval Pensioner, living in Plymouth with wife,  Elizabeth, aged 64 years, born in Kingsbridge 

[II-41] HARRIETT STEER 

 baptised 1838 at Blackawton.  In 1851 census Harriet is living at Black Pool,    Blackawton in household of John [70] and Susanna [62] Oldnieve, farmer of 53 acres, both born in Stoke Fleming.   Harriet is 11 year, a Farmhouse servant.

[II-42] JOANNA STEER 

 born March 2nd 1841 : baptised 17th May 1841 at West Alvington

[II-43] MARIA STEER  

 born 2nd April 1842 at Cole Park, West Alvington : baptised 21st May 1842  at West Alvington : died 25th February 1925 in Chelsea, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA   Her daughter, EMMA married ALBERT MILLER and emigrated to the United States.   Their son, HERBERT MILLER was born in 1889 in Massachusetts.    [Information from grand-daughter Marie Pleasant, San Diego, California in April 2005].
 Maria does not appear to have married, but had three known children, who were all baptised at Churchstow, which is where the Kingsbridge Union House was situated :-

 EMMA STEER born  Jan. 30th 1864in the Union House at Churchstow : died  Oct.ober 12th 1951 at Lowell, MA, USA : married to Albert MILLER on February 10th 1889 in Wesleyan Chapel, Brixham [s/o William Eveleigh MILLER & Selina LAVIS] : born  December 20th 1863 in Wingfield St., Portsea Island.      Emma Steer is great grandmother of  Marie Pleasant in the USA.     Emma and Albert Miller  had two sons.  The elder was Leonard Miller : born October 19th 1889.   The younger was Herbert Miller : born 21st November 1891 in Chelsea, Massachusetts,      USA.    He is the maternal grandfather of Marie Pleasant

 JAMES TURNER STEER   born  May 9th 1867 in the Union House, Kingsbridge : married to Emma HARRIS : they had a son, James Thomas STEER.  In 1891 he was with Thomas, his uncle      [II-37].
 
 JOHN STEER    born  28th July 1871 in the Union House, Kingsbridge : died September 1871 

[II-44] JOSEPH STEER  

 born May 1845 at West Alvington  [aged 6 in 1851 census] : married Elizabeth L. who was born in Brixham in 1847/48

[II-45] ELIZABETH STEER   

 born 1846 at West Alvington

[II-46] JOHN STEER  

 born 1847 at Blackawton or Strete : married SARAH born 1848/9
 [In 1891 census John STEER (carter aged 43, born Strete) living in Prospect Road, Brixham with wife Sarah (42) and children John R. (12), Harry (9),  Samuel (8) and Annie (1)]
 
[II-47] ANNE STEER  

 born 1849 at Blackawton

[II-48] ANN STEER  

 born February 1851 at Blackawton : married to William Rutherford [Royal Marines] on July 30th 1871 in Plymouth Register Office

[II-49] EMMA STEER  

 born 1854 at Blackawton


SEVENTH GENERATION

This is the known child of  THOMAS STEER [II-27] and RUTH STEER [II-27a] :-
II-50] ISAAC TRIGGS STEER  

 born 1st October 1853 : 
 married [1] to Emma Tilbrook : died 12th August 1880 : 
 married [2] to Martha Kerr Bray  on 25th August 1887.      
 Isaac and Martha are the grandparents of Bob Steer in Victoria, Australia.      
 Isaac, his sister Emma, his sister Jane, her husband, Charles Sanders and two children left Plymouth on 21st August 1874 on the "Saint. Vincent" arriving Port Adelaide, South Australia on 5th November 1874.

[II-51] EMMA STEER

[II-52] JANE STEER  married Charles Sanders

This is the known child of WILLIAM [II-29] and JANETT STEER [II-29a] :-

[II-53] ELIZABETH DECENT STEER  

 born 11th February 1847 Ramsgate, Kent. : died 19th February 1935 Newmarket St, Grimsby : buried 22nd February 1935 Cleethorpes Cemetery : married19th October 1867at St James Church, Grimsby to Thomas Higgins : born 1845 Chatham, Kent : died 23rd August 1908 at Harrington St Cleethorpes : buried 26th August 1908 Cleethorpes Cemetery.   They had 10 children and 6 grandchildren, of whom Deirdre Topham has details, if required.

[II-54] JANNETT HAMLIN STEER  

 born 12th March 1849 at Upton, Hull : died 1st January 1931 :  buried 3rd January 1931 at Scartho Rd Cemetery, Grimsby : married 15th February 1869 at St James Church, Grimsby to William Thomas Bullock : born 1846 : died 1926 : son of Joseph Bullock and Mary Ann Walker : they had 2 children and 3 grand children.

[II-55] WILLIAM STEER  

 born 2nd December 1851 at Myton, Hull : died 12th July 1852 at Edwards Place, Hull.

[II-56] WILLIAM STEER  

 [Deirdre’s great-grandfather : a fisherman] born 23rd June 1853 at Myton, Hull : baptised 8th April 1855 at Holy Trinity Church, Hull : died 28th November 1932 at 24 Doughty Road, Grimsby : buried 2nd December 1932 at Scartho Road Cemetery, Grimsby : married 23rd January 1873 at Methodist Chapel, Cleethorpes Road, Grimsby to Caroline Willcox : born 1852 in Hull, daughter of John Willcox [born 1824, in Brixham, a fisherman] and Sarah Mondon Monder Munday [born 1824 in Brixham]     They had 12 children and 7 grandchildren including Deirdre’s grandfather William John Steer born 1873 and Terry Steer’s grandfather John Wilcox Steer born 1891.

[II-57] MARY ANN STEER   

 born 22nd October 1855 in Myton, Hull.

[II-58]  JOHN STEER    

 born 8th February 1857 in Myton, Hull : baptised 26th February 1857 at Holy Trinity,  Hull. : died 15th February 1941 at 28 Castle Street, Grimsby : buried 19th February 1941 at Scartho Road Cemetery, Grimsby : married Emma Evison Kirk at St Peter¹s Cleethorpes on 20th November 1876 : born 1856 at Limber, Lincs, daughter of Richard Kirk.    They had 5 children and 2 grandchildren that Deirdre knows of.

[II-59] ADA CAROLINE STEER  

 born 1858 : baptised 12th May 1859 at Holy Trinity, Hull : died 9th July 1880 at New Clee : buried 13th July 1880 at Cleethorpes Cemetery : married 26th August 1879 to Robert Charles Hall : born 1856 : died 1904 : son of John and Maria Hall.   They had 1 child. After Ada's death, Robert C Hall married Ada's sister Clara Steer on 15th July 1885.

[II-60] THOMAS MAY STEER 

 born 11th November 1860 , in Myton, Hull : baptised 28th November 1860, at Holy   Trinity Church, Hull.  Thomas Steer was a fisherman : married Alice Arrandell, daughter of Thomas Arrandell, 22nd July 1880 at the Parish Church, Sculcoats, Yorkshire.   He was 19 years old, but he told the vicar he was 21.     Alice Arrandell : born 1857 in Hull : died 18th January 1893, in Grimsby : buried 25th  January 1893, in Scarthoe Road Cemetery, Grimsby.   
 In 1881 census Thomas was living at 1 Back of 69 Kent Street, Grimsby, with his 24 year old wife Alice, and Edith Yuibell, his 13 year old niece, who was born in Hull.   He  was a widower of 40, living at 70, Convamore Road, Grimsby, at the time of his second marriage, on the 9th of August 1894, at the Wesleyan Methodist Chapel, Duncombe Street, to Elizabeth Hughan (nee Fox) : daughter of James Thomas Fox, a deceased locomotive engine driver.  She was a widow of 50 and living at 79, Convamore Road, Grimsby at the time of their marriage : the witnesses were William and Jane Farrow.   Thomas was 47 years old, when he was lost at sea on 13th January 1898.   There is a memorial  vase in Cleethorpes Cemetery with the  inscription “Killed  at sea - from his loving children”.    A service was held at the cemetery on 7th February   1898.
 In the 1891 census for Great Grimsby, living at 70 St. Mathias Street were:
  Alice Steer, 34, wife, born Hull
  Fredk Steer, 8, scholar, born Hull
  Alice, 4, born Grimsby
  George R., 1, born Hull 

[II-61] CLARA STEER   

 born 11th October 1862 at Albert Street : baptised 30th November 1862 at St James  Church, Grimsby : died 9th May 1921 at Lovett St, Cleethorpes : buried13th May 1921 at Cleethorpes Cemetery.  Clara and Robert Hall had 9 children. 

[II-62] MARGARET ANN STEER  

 born 15th October 1863 in Grimsby : baptised 1st November 1863 at St James Church, Grimsby : died 4th January 1885 in Grimsby : buried 8th January 1885, at Cleethorpes Cemetery : married 5th August 1882 at St Johns Church, New Clee to Thomas Atkinson : born 1858 in New Holland, Lincs, s/o Thomas And Mary Atkinson [both born in Hull in 1826]  They had 2 children and 1 grandson that Deirdre knows of. 

[II-63] JASPER STEER  

 born 25th May 1865 at 8 Kent Street, Grimsby : baptised 14th June 1865 at St James Church, Grimsby : died 27th April 1937 at 65 Montague Street, Cleethorpes : buried 30th April 1937 at Cleethorpes Cemetery : married 10th October 1887 at Old Clee Parish Church, Grimsby to Alice Atkinson : born 1865 : died 1928 : daughter of John Atkinson  [born 1827 in Grimsby] and Jane Dawber [born 1825 in Grimsby]    Jasper and Alice had 10 children and 3 grand-children that Deirdre knows of.

 In 1901 census :-
  Jasper Steer, 36, Lincs Grimsby, Fish Labourer
  Alice Steer, 36, Lincs Grimsby, 
  Jasper Steer, 13, Lincs Grimsby, 
  Amelia Steer, 11, Lincs Grimsby, 
  Irene Steer, 9, Lincs Grimsby, 
  Harry Steer, 7, Lincs Grimsby, 
  Ada Steer, 5, Lincs Grimsby, 
  Elsie Steer, 4, Lincs Grimsby, 
  Nelly Steer, 2, Lincs Grimsby, 

[II-64] GEORGE RICHARD STEER  

 born 16th August 1867 at 8 Kent Street : baptised 8th September 1867 at St James Church, Grimsby.

 These are the six known children of THOMAS [II-30] and MARY ANNE STEER [II-30a] :- 

[II-65] SUSAN ELIZABETH STEER  

 born 1848

[II-66] JOHN THOMAS STEER  

 born 1850 at Bigbury [1851 census] : died 1931 : married 1874 to ELIZA ANNE DAVIES : born 1849 at Aveton Gifford : died 1935 : aged 86 years.  In 1901 census John is a Wheel-wright and Eliza is a Grocer

[II-67] MARY ANNE STEER   

 born 1853

[II-68] SARAH JANE STEER   

 born 1858

[II-69] ADAH CAROLINE DARE STEER  

 born 1861   In 1901 census ‘living on her own means’ aged 40 and living with mother, plus  Reginald, aged 6]


[II-70] ERNEST FREDERICK HARRIS STEER 

 born 1867[Wheelwright] : married - no date - to CLARA WILLIS ALFORD.    
 Clara is aged 38 in 1901 census : born in Kingswear.   
 The Kingsbridge Gazette of 23rd January 1891 mentions marriage of Ernest Steer of Bigbury, son of T Steer of Bigbury, to Clara Alford

These are the five known children of THOMAS [II-37] and MARY STEER [II-37a] :-

[II-71]  JOHN THOMAS  STEER   

 born 1857 in Ilfracombe [1871 census acc Andy Steer] or born 1855/6 at Brixham   married 17th January 1877 in Brixham to Margaret Ann TUCKER - born 1855/6 at Brixham : died 1930 at Brixham
 In 1881 census - John S STEER (fisherman aged 25) living at 4 Mt Pleasant Terrace, Brixham  with wife Margaret (aged 25), son Harry A (aged 2) and daughters Ellen T (aged 3) and Melena M (aged 5 months). All born Brixham]
 In 1891 census - Margaret STEER Head (wife) (aged 35) living at 2 Windmill Road, Brixham with sons Harry (scholar aged 12), Sidney (scholar aged 7) and Percy (aged 9 months) and daughters Ellen (scholar aged 13) and Elsie (scholar aged 5). All born Brixham]

 [II-72] MARY ANN STEER     

 born about 1859 in Brixham : married toWilliam George Beale HOLLAND on August 31st 1879 at Brixham

[II-73] ELIZABETH STEER     

 born  1860

[II-74] JASPER STEER     

 born  1862 in Brixham : died February 8th 1956 in Brixham aged 94 years : buried at Brixham with Susanna and son Robert : married in December 1882 at Totnes to Susanna Barratte SHRIVES : born about 1859  : died February 6th 1923 in Brixham aged 64 years : buried next to Thomas, Mary and  Harry.

 Jasper STEER - owner and skipper of the Cephas to ?1905
 Jasper STEER - skipper of the Florinda 1910? to ?
 Jasper STEER - owner of the Mur 3.10.1914 - 23.1.1915
 Jasper STEER - owner and skipper of the Shamrock 13.12.1918- ?. 16.12.1927  No longer fishing.
 Jasper STEER - 61 Bay View Terrace, Brixham - owner of the Gordon from 2.12.1922     -3.11.1928 - No longer fishing
 J. STEER - skipper of the Gordon
 Harry STEER of 6 Bay View Terrace, Brixham - owner of the Florinda from13.6.1910-30.5.1922?

[II-75]  ROBERT  L. STEER    

 born 1864 : died July 3rd 1937 in Brixham aged 74 years : married to Evelina PITTS  in March 1886 at  Totnes : born about 1863 : died November 25th 1949 aged 86 years in Brixham : buried together in Saint Mary’s churchyard, Brixham.     


EIGHTH GENERATION
 
These are the known children of WILLIAM [II-56] and CAROLINE STEER [II-56a] :-

[II-76] ROSETTA CAROLINE STEER   

 born 1875 at 165 Kent Street : baptised 4th May 1875 at St Andrew's Church, Grimsby : 
 married 7th June 1897 at St John's Church, New Clee to John Richard Marrion, an  electrician, born 1874, son of  William Marrion.

[II-77] GEORGE THOMAS STEER 

 born 1877 at Guildford Street, New Clee : baptised 1st April 1877 at St John's New Clee : died 18th July 1918 on a minesweeper in the first World War.

[II-78] ADA FLORENCE STEER  

 born 28th March 1878 at Guildford Street : married 4th December 1902 at St John's New Clee to John William Pritchett : born 1878, son of Robert Pritchett, a fisherman.

[II-79] LILY ELIZABETH ADECENT  STEER  

 born 25th November 1883 at Hamilton Street, Cleethorpes : married 22nd October 1902 at St John's, New Clee to George Seker : born 2nd July 1882 at 109 Duncombe Street, Grimsby, a fisherman, son of James Seker [born 1855 in Northrepps, Norfolk, also a fisherman, and Sarah Ann his wife, born 1861, in Grimsby.

[II-80] JASPER CHARLES STEER 

 born 18th December 1881 at Stanley Street, New Clee. 

[II-81] LILLY STEER   

 born in 1885.

[II-82] VIOLET STEER    

 born 24th April 1886 at Orwell Street, Grimsby : married 31st July 1906 at St John's, Albert Walter Howard : born 1865, a fisherman, son of  Walter William Howard, a labourer.

[II-83]  CAROLINE BEATRICE STEER  

 born 15th October 1887 at Oxford Street, Grimsby : married 26th February 1908 at St John's, New Clee to Henry Emmerson : born 1887 in Nottingham, a fisherman, s/o Henry Emmerson.

[II-84] DAISY STEER    

 born 20th May 1889 at Albert Street, Grimsby

[II-85] JOHN WILCOX STEER  

 born 24th January 1891 in Grimsby : died 14th July 1972 in Grimsby       

[II-86]  CLARA LOUISA STEER   

 born 16th January 1892 at 3 Haven Terrace : baptised 7th March 1892 at St Paul's Church, Corporation Road, Grimsby : died aged 7 weeks : buried at St James Church Grimsby on 12th March 1892.
These are the five known children of  JOHN STEER [II-58] & EMMA STEER [II-58a] :-

[II-87] JANET HAMLIN STEER  

 born 6th February 1880 : baptised 11th April 1880, at St Andrew's Church, Grimsby : died August 1880 at 60 Guildford Street  : buried 27th August 1880, at Cleethorpes Cemetery  [twin]

[II-88] JOHN WILLIAM STEER  

 born 6th February 1880 : died May 1880 at 60 Guildford Street and buried 29th May 1880, at Cleethorpes Cemetery.    [twin]

[II-89] JANET STEER    

 born 7th July 1882 at  72, Hamilton Street, Grimsby : married on 13th February 1905 at St Andrew's Church, Grimsby to Robert Craig born 1878, son of George Craig [born 1840] & Annie E. [born 1844]

[II-90] MARGARET ELIZABETH STEER  

 born 26th January 1892 at 72 Hamilton Street, Grimsby and died 20th October 1922 at the Fever Hospital, Scartho Road, Grimsby : buried 28th October 1922, at Scartho Road Cemetery, Grimsby.


[II-91] JOHN THOMAS STEER  

 born 26th August 1895 at 54 Grafton Street, Grimsby : baptised on 20th October 1895, at St John's Church, New Clee : died 21st February 1966, at 83 Hidlard Street, Grimsby : buried 1st March 1966, at Scartho Road Cemetery, Grimsby : married on 4th November 1916 at St  John’s to Annie Maria Patchett : daughter of ???   born in 1867 in Grimsby & Annie E. born 1869 in Alford, Lincs

These are the seven known children of THOMAS MAY [II-60] and ALICE STEER [II-60a] :-

[II-92] THOMAS STEER 

 born prematurely in 1880, when they were living in Garibaldi Street, died on 20th August : buried 22nd August 1880, at Ainslie Street, Cemetery, Grimsby, 

[II-93] FREDERICK STEER

 born 10th August 1882 at St Hilda¹s Terrace, Symons Street, Hull : died 17th October 1967 : buried at Milford Haven Cemetery, Pembrokeshire : married a widow, Alice Jessie Lavinia Axford, on 28th November 1901 in Milford Haven  [Alice’s first husband died in a boating accident : her maiden name was Johnson, her father originally from Sweden and her mother from Pembrokeshire] : they  had 4 daughters and 1 son.    Fredrick Steer is the grandfather of Gerry Lewis-Steer in Calgary, Canada

[II-94] ADA STEER   

 born in 1884 : baptised 23rd July 1884, at St John's Church, Cleethorpe Road : died 1st  July 1888 : buried  4th July 1888, at Cleethorpes Cemetery, Lincs  

[II-95] ALICE STEER   

 born 3rd December 1886 at 76 Charles Street, New Clee : died 16th January 1975 : married George Henry Barnett [1874 to 7th February 1978] on 15th October 1908 at St Katherine's Church, Milford Haven.  They had a daughter and two sons.

[II-96] THOMAS STEER  

 born 1888  : died on 5th oMay 1889 in Grimsby : buried on 7th May 1889 at Ainslie Street Cemetery, Grimsby

[II-97] GEORGE R STEER 

 born in 1890 at Sculcoates : died 31st May 1931 at Haverfordwest  : married Catherine Mary Bowen.    They had three sons and four daughters.

[II-98] CLARA STEER   

 born 30th May 1892 at 70 Watkin Street, Grimsby : married George Mcdonald in 1914 at Haverford West, Pembrokeshire.   They had   three daughters

 Notes : After  Alice Arrandell  died three of the children were put into orphanages.      Alice and Clara were at the Sir Titus Salt Home, Yorkshire ( as per 1901 census) and George  was at Trinity House Homes, district Hull orphan Homes ( per the 1901 census)

These are the known children of  JASPER STEER [II-63] and ALICE STEER [II-63a] :-

[II-106] JASPER GEORGE STEER  

 born 1888 in Grimsby : baptised 23rd March 1888 at St John's New Clee : married Beatrice and had a son David Roland Steer : born 19th March 1949 at 397Grimsby Road, Cleethorpes.

[II-107] AMELIA STEER    

 born 1890 in Grimsby : baptised 2nd May 1890 at St John's New Clee : married on 15th June 1915 at St Aidans Church, Cleethorpes, to Greenfield Westcott : born 1886 son of James William Westcott : born 1856 in Hull and Betsy : born 1856 in Tetney , Lincolnshire.

[II-108] IRIS IRENE STEER   

 born 9th September 1891 at 100 Grafton Street, Grimsby : baptised 2nd October 1891, at St John's Church New Clee : died in October 1964 at Cleethorpes : buried 26th October 1964 at Cleethorpes Cemetery : married 29th June 1916, at St Aidans, Cleethorpes, to William Edward Webb : born 1890, son of Thomas Webb.

 [II-109] HARRY STEER   

 born 4th January 1894 at 6 Montague Street, Cleethorpes : died 14th April 1916, on the Trawler Orcades, sunk in the Great War.

[II-110] ADA STEER   

 born 1st October 1895 at 90 Thorold Street, Grimsby : baptised 15th November 1895,  at St John's Church, New Clee : died in May 1989 : buried 22nd May 1989, at Cleethorpes Cemetery : married on 5th March 1917 to Harold Webb a sailor : born 1896, son of Thomas Webb, a fisherman : died July 1965 and buried 10th July 1965 at Cleethorpes Cemetery.

[II-111] ELSIE STEER    

 born 15th October 1896 at 90 Thorold Street : baptised 15th October 1897 at St John's : 
 married 12th December 1929 at St James Church Grimsby, to William Cunningham, a fisherman : born 1902 son of  Sidney Edward Cunningham, a fisherman.

[II-112] NELLIE STEER    

 born 1899 Grimsby : died in January 1975 : buried 3rd January 1975 at Cleethorpes  Cemetery : married 5th January 1926, at St Stephen's, Roberts Street,Cleethorpes to Albert Ernest Adams  : born 1903, a fitter by trade, son of Harry Ernest Adams, an engineer.

 [II-113] ADOLPHUS STEER  

 born 13th October 1902 at 41 Montague Street, Grimsby : baptised 31st October 1902  at St John's, a fisherman : married Clarice.   They had two sons, Harry Steer : born 22nd October 1932, at 65 Montague Street : baptised 11th November 1932 at St John's, and Norman Steer : born 20th June 1934 at 65 Montague Street : baptised 8th July 1934, at St John's.

[II-114] ALBERT STEER    

 born 30th September 1906, at 56 Montague Street : baptised 19th October 1906 : buried 2nd November 1907 at Cleethorpes Cemetery.
The known children of ERNEST FREDERICK HARRIS STEER [II-70] and CLARA WILLIS ALFORD STEER [II-70a] :-

[II-99] THOMAS HENRY JOHN STEER  

 born 1892 : Private in Devonshire Regiment : killed 29th November 1917

[II-100] REGINALD VALENTINE ALFORD STEER 

 born 1894  In 1901 census he was at house of Grandmother and Aunt Ada, aged 6 years 

[II-101] VICTOR SAMUEL STEER   

 born 1896

[II-102] WINIFRED MARY JANE STEER   

 born 1898

[II-103] ERNEST FREDERICK JASPER STEER  

 born 1900

[II-104] STANLEY STEER    

 born 1902

[II-105] ERNEST FREDERICK STEER   

 born 1905

The  known children of John Thomas STEER [II-71] and Margaret Ann nee TUCKER
[1]   ELLEN TUCKER STEER 

 born 1877/8 Brixham : Q3 1877 birth registered Totnes (GRO 5b 166)
 In 1881 - Ellen T STEER (aged 3, born Brixham) living at 4 Mt Pleasant Terrace, Brixham with parents]
 In 1891 census - Ellen STEER (scholar aged 13, born Brixham) living at 2 Windmill Road, Brixham with mother, presumably father was at sea]
 married Q1 1902 in Totnes, Devon district (GRO 5b 353) to George James FRIEND, the son of Ramsgate fisherman George FRIEND and his Brixham born wife Susan]

[2]  HARRY ARCHIBALD STEER    

 born 1878/9 Brixham, Devon, Q2 1879 birth registered Totnes, Devon district (GRO   5b 173) - 4.7.1945
 In 1881 - Harry A STEER (aged 2, born Brixham, Devon) living at 4 Mt Pleasant Terrace, Brixham, Devon with parents - see above] 
 In 1891 - Harry STEER (scholar aged 12, born Brixham, Devon) living at 2 Windmill Road, Brixham, Devon with mother, presumably father was at sea]
 By 1901, Harry was a boat builder boarding in the household of William COURTIER at 6 Sutton Court Road, West Ham, London.
 married Q3 1902 in Totnes, Devon district (GRO 5b 344) to Bessie Cleyton CUMMING - 1879 born Brixham     [Daughter of fisherman Charles CUMMINGS and his wife Ketura]

[3]   MELINA MARGARET STEER   

 born 1880 in Brixham, Devon, Q4 1880 birth registered Totnes, Devon district (GRO 5b 169) - Q4 1881 died Brixham, Devon, death registered Totnes, Devon district (GRO 5b 114)
 In 1881 - Melena M STEER (aged 5 months, born Brixham, Devon) living at 4 Mt Pleasant Terrace, Brixham, Devon with parents]

[4]   SIDNEY ERNEST STEER 

 born 1883/4 in Brixham, Devon, Q1 1884 birth registered Totnes, Devon district (GRO 5b 171)
 In 1891 - Sidney STEER (scholar aged 7, born Brixham, Devon) living at 2 Windmill Road, Brixham, Devon with mother, presumably father was at sea]
 married Q4 1907 in Totnes, Devon district (GRO 5b 337) to Alice Margaret  HOCKINGS - 1883 born Brixham, Devon

[5]   ELSIE OCTAVIA STEER 

 born 1885/6 in Brixham, Devon, Q1 1886 birth registered Totnes, Devon district (GRO 5b 177)
 In 1891 - Elsie STEER (scholar aged 5, born Brixham, Devon) living at 2 Windmill Road, Brixham, Devon with mother, presumably father was at sea]

[6]   AUBREY WILLIAM STEER 

 born 1888 in Brixham, Devon - Q4 1888 died Brixham, Devon, death registered Totnes, Devon district (GRO 5b 114) 

[7]   PERCY TUCKER STEER 

 born 1890 in Brixham, Devon, Q3 1890 birth registered Totnes, Devon district (GRO 5b 159)
 In 1891 - Percy STEER (aged 9 months, born Brixham, Devon) living at 2 Windmill Road, Brixham, Devon with mother, presumably father was at sea]

[8]   RALPH WILFRID STEER 

 born Q3 1893 in Brixham, Devon, birth registered Totnes, Devon district     (GRO 5b 165) - 
 married Lily : emigrated to Australia - info from Andy STEER]

[9]   MAY STEER  

 born 1896 in Brixham, Devon : married Bill LAWRENCE


These are the two known child of  [II-74] JASPER STEER & SUSANNA BARRATTE SHRIVES :-     

[II-115]   HARRY SHRIVES STEER 

 born 1885 : died 6th April 1949 aged 63 years : buried in Brixham with his grandparents Thomas and Mary
Harry STEER of 6 Bay View Terrace, Brixham - owner of the Florinda from 13th June 1910 to 30th May 1922 ?


[II-116]   ROBERT STEER  

 died 12th February 1905 aged 5 years : buried next to above.

TENTH GENERATION
These are the two known children of  JOHN THOMAS STEER [II-91] & ANNIE MARIA STEER [II-91a] :-

[II-117] JOHN FREDERICK STEER 

 born 27th January 1920 at 102 Hildyard Street, Grimsby : died 12th September 1921

[II-118] THOMAS WILLIAM STEER  

 born 21st June 1926 at 50 Tunnard Street, Grimsby : married Catherine

 These are the known children of FREDERICK  [II-93] and ALICE JESSIE LAVINIA STEER [II-93a] :-

[II-119] FREDERICK GEORGE HUGO OSCAR STEER  

 born 1904 in Milford Haven : married to Daisy Victoria Williams in 1926.
  I [Gerry Lewis-Steer]  am the youngest of five children - two girls and three sons. 
 I was born August 1, 1936 in Milford Haven. I was an engineer in the oil industry and emigrated to Canada on 31st December 1973. I have two girls and a son. 

[II-120] MYRTLE STEER 

 born May 5th 1906 Milford Haven : died 1981 Milford Haven : married to Melbourne Bowen. They had a girl, who has a daughter and a son.

[II-121] THELMA OSCARA STEER  

 born 1910 : died 1995 Milford Haven : married to William Gordon Lewis.   They had two daughters and a son.

[II-122] VERA PATTI SYLVIA STEER 

born Oct.ober 2nd 1913 Milford Haven : died November 5th 2002 in Peterborough :  married [1] Kenneth Cossins Pulman on October 2nd 1935 : married [2] William Hackett on October 31st 1987. 
There are three daughters.

[II-123] ALICE JESSIE MALVINA STEER 

 born July 5th 1921 Milford Haven : died December 10th 1983 in Cardiff : 
 married Leslie Hugh Davies on October 2nd 1944. They had a daughter and son.

This is the known child of Harry Archibald STEER and Bessie Cleyton nee CUMMINGS

[1]   NORA STEER   no other information 

 The known children of Sidney Ernest STEER and Alice Margaret nee HOCKINGS :-

[1]   SIDNEY ERNEST STEER 

born 2nd May 1909 in Brixham, Devon, Q2 1909 birth registered Totnes, Devon district (GRO 5b 146) : died 29th May 1990 in Torbay Hospital, Devon
[Sidney was a painter and decorator. He worked for Frank MITCHELMORE in Dartmouth for at least 20 years. He also rented the Brixham house from Frank and lived in it after 1938. 
 He purchased it from Frank about 1956 - info from Mike MITCHELMORE]
 married Edith Lottie STONE - 25.11.1913 born Brixham, Devon - now dead

[2]   ALICE STEER   

married William BLATCHFORD

[3]   PHYLLIS STEER   

married Lesley PARSONS

[4]   ETHEL STEER   

married Leonard LAKE 

[5]   WILLIAM JOHN STEER  

married Phyllis BARTLETT, born 31st August 1920 born Brixham, Devon - died 1988 in Brixham, Devon