First Generation

1

   GEORGE STEER, born 21 November 1780 Aveton Gifford Devon died 16 April 1826 Aveton Gifford
    married ELIZABETH BROOKING LAKE daughter of HENRY LAKE and ELIZABETH BROOKING  7 January 1801 Aveton Gifford
    ELIZABETH was born 22 March 1779 Aveton Gifford died 7 February 1845 Aveton Gifford
    Children of GEORGE and ELIZABETH are:

2

 i HENRY STEERE, born 1804 Devon died 1885 Devon
  ii WILLIAM STEERE, born 25 October 1807 Aveton Gifford died M/1860 Aveton Gifford

3

 iii GEORGE STEERE, born 1809 Devon died 1875 Devon
  iv SARAH STEERE, born 1810 Aveton Gifford died unknown
  v JAMES STEERE, born 6 January 1814 Aveton Gifford died 20 May 1895 Aveton Gifford married MARY WAKEFIELD J/1849 Kingsbridge
  vi RHODA MAY STEERE, born 8 February 1818 Aveton Gifford died unknown

4

 vii JOHN ANDREW STEERE, born 1820 Devon died 1875 Devon
                                                                                       Second Generation

2

   HENRY STEERE (George1) born 13 May 1804 Aveton Gifford died 28 April 1885 East Stonehouse Devon
    married ELIZABETH ANN SAUNDERS 14 November 1825 Aveton Gifford
    ELIZABETH was born 7 October 1805 Lodiswell Devon died M/1877 East Stonehouse
    Children of HENRY and ELIZABETH are:
5 i THOMAS SAUNDERS STEERE, born 1827 Devon died 1890 Australia
6 ii GEORGE HENRY STEERE, born 1829 Devon died 1903 Hampshire
  iii ELIZABETH ANN STEERE, born 1831 Lodiswell died 1897 Warrnambool Victoria sailed from Plymouth arrived Australia 22 January 1887 aboard the CHIMBORAZO
    married ROBERT RUNDLE  son of GEORGE RUNDLE and ELIZABETH LIGHT J/1856 Plymouth Devon
7 iv EDWIN STEERE, born 1835 Devon died 1906 Gloucestershire
8 v JAMES STEERE, born 1838 Devon died 1915 Australia
  vi JOHN STEERE, born M/1841 Lodiswell died after 3 April 1881
9 vii HENRY STEERE, born 1843 Devon died 1897 Devon
  viii SARAH JANE STEER, born J/1846 Lodiswell died after 1867
    as SARAH JANE STEERE married RICHARD FACEY PERCY son of CHARLES PERCY and MARY FACEY D/1867 Plymouth
    RICHARD was born 14 November 1840 St Germans Cornwall died 8 February 1922 Liverpool
    from the 1881 census onwards RICHARD is shown married to a MATILDA born c1847 Hull Yorkshire died 23 April 1922 Liverpool
    can find no death record for SARAH  or a marriage of a RICHARD to a MATILDA (shown married 42 years 1911 census)
    a child of  RICHARD is HARRY STEERE PERCY shown born 1873 USA. married  LAURA SELF 23 March 1901 Liverpool

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   GEORGE STEERE,(George1)  born 15 January 1809 Aveton Gifford died 24 February 1875 Devon
    married JANE ADAMS RICH 27 January 1841 Marlborough  Devon
    JANE was born 1810 Salcombe Devon died 12 June 1899 Kingsbridge (shown as a widow when married to GEORGE)
    wedding witnesses his brothers JOHN and HENRY
    Children of GEORGE and JANE are:
  i MARY ANN STEERE, born M/1842 Kingsbridge died after 3 April 1901
    as MARY STEER married HENRY VIVIAN SAUNDERS son of JAMES SAUNDERS and SARAH VIVIAN D/1865 Kingsbridge
  ii GEORGE STEERE, born D/1843 Kingsbridge died after 3 April 1911 married SARAH CROCKER 27 June 1868 Plymouth
  iii RHODA STEERE, born 1845 Kingsbridge died J/1912 Kingsbridge married (1) EDMOND HEATH MOORE M/1870 Plymouth married (2) SIMON GUNN D/1883 Stepney London
  iv FRANCIS STEERE, born S/1846 Kingsbridge died M/1900 Kingsbridge married ROSINA SIBLEY HINGSTON daughter of WILLIAM HINGSTON and MARY SIBLEY M/1873 Kingsbridge
  v JANE STEERE, born 2 May 1848 Kingsbridge died 7 June 1920 Palmerston New Zealand married JOSEPH CLARK MAUNDER 29 June 1870 Kingsbridge family emigrated to New Zealand 1879
  vi BENJAMIN STEERE, born J/1850 Kingsbridge died February 1925 Nelson New Zealand
    a BENJAMIN STEERE is shown in the 1896 and 1905 Electoral Registers for Palmerston shown as married to ANNIE 1896 register  (he lives near his sister JANE)
    a BENJAMIN STEERE born 1850 sailed from Plymouth to Freemantle Australia 21 December 1901 on the AUSTRAL shown as married
  vii WILLIAM STEERE, born S/1852 Aveton Gifford died after 3 April 1881
  viii SARAH ELIZABETH STEERE, born S/1854 Aveton Gifford died 14 September 1936 Plymouth married WILLIAM HENRY MURCH J/1872 Kingsbridge

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   JOHN ANDREW STEERE, (George1) born 21 January 1820 Aveton Gifford died 3 October 1875 Aveton Gifford
    married MARGARET KERSWELL M/1847 Kingsbridge
    MARGARET was born 1828 Aveton Gifford died 2 December 1912 Aveton Gifford
    Children of JOHN and MARGARET are:
  i ELIZABETH JANE STEERE, born S/1847 Kingsbridge died after 3 April 1851
10 ii JOHN ANDREW STEERE, born 1849 Devon died 1912 Devon
  iii MARGARET KERSWELL STEERE, born M/1852 Kingsbridge
11 iv ALFRED STEERE, born 1854 Devon died 1931 Devon
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