See also

Family of William Bristow Stearn and Elsie May Cooper

Husband: William Bristow Stearn

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William Bristow Stearn

  • Name:

  • William Bristow Stearn2 3

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Father:

  • Thomas James Bristow Stearn (1867-1946)

  • Mother:

  • Jane Welham (1867-1944)

  • Occupation:

  •  

  • farmer's son becoming a coal haulage contractor4 5

  • Birth:

  • 21 Sep 1895

  • Sunningdale, Berkshire, England2 6 4 7 5 3

  • Census:

  • 31 Mar 1901 (age 5)

  • The Rise, Sunningdale, Berkshire, England6

  •  

  • son living with his parents Thomas and Jane, sister Rose and a lodger. Born in Sunningdale Berkshire

  • Census:

  • 2 Apr 1911 (age 15)

  • Titlarks Farm, Sunningdale, Berkshire, England4

  •  

  • unmarried son working on the farm and living in seven rooms with his parents Thomas and Jane, his grandparents William and Ada Welham, two boarders and a visitor. Born in Sunningdale Berkshire

  • Military Service:

  • frm 1914 to 1918 (age 18-23)

  • British Army

  •  

  • as evidenced by a photograph and in the 1921 census he was receiving daily treatment, presumably for wounds sustained during this conflict

  • Census:

  • 19 Jun 1921 (age 25 yrs 9 mns)

  • Heathfield, Sunningdale, Berkshire, England7

  •  

  • unmarried son and an out of work pensioner attending daily treatment under S.W.P.C and living in six rooms with his parents Thomas Jane. Born in Sunningdale Berkshire

  • Census:

  • 29 Sep 1939 (age 44)

  • Billericay, Onslow Road, Sunninghill, Surrey, England5

  •  

  • a married coal haulage contractor living with his wife Elsie, son Philip and daughter Vivien. Born on 21st September 1895

  • Administrator:

  • 11 Aug 1944 (age 48)

  •  

     

    William Bristow Stearn was appointed as an administrator at the probate hearing of Jane Welham on Friday on 11 August 1944 at the Probate Registry, Llandudno, Caernarvonshire, Wales

  • Death:

  • 19 Nov 1971 (age 76)

  • Surrey "North Western Registration District", Surrey, England3 8 9

  • Miscellaneous:

  • 21 Dec 19719

  •  

  •  

  • solicitors placed a notice in the London Gazette stating that notices of claims against his estate are to be given by 23rd February 1972. He died on 19th November 1971, was retired of Billericay, Onslow Road Sunningdale Berkshire and his representatives were Philip Bristow Stearn, Vivian Merle Moore and Joan Elizabeth Francis

  • Probate:

  • 16 Jun 1972

  • Probate Registry, Greater London, England8 10

  •  

  • of Billericay Onslow Road Sunningdale Berkshire died 19th November 1971, probate of £18,357 (~£211,000 in 2017)

Wife: Elsie May Cooper

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Elsie May Cooper

  • Name:

  • Elsie May Cooper11 1

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Father:

  • -

  • Mother:

  • -

  • Occupation:

  •  

  • dressmaker12

  • Birth:

  • 26 Dec 1894

  • Reading, Berkshire, England11 13 12 5

  • Census:

  • 31 Mar 1901 (age 6)

  • 27 Abbey Square, Reading, Berkshire, England13

  •  

  • daughter living with her widowed mother Jane, aunt Mary A Arnold, sisters Emma, Ada and Mercy, brothers Alfred, Ernest and Arthur, a boarder and two visitors. Born in Reading Berkshire

  • Census:

  • 2 Apr 1911 (age 16)

  • London Road, Sunningdale, Berkshire, England12

  •  

  • unmarried sister-in-law working as a dressmaker and living in six rooms with her brother-in-law Alfred William Coffee, her sister Emma Naomi, and two visitors. Born in Reading Berkshire

  • Census:

  • 29 Sep 1939 (age 44)

  • Billericay, Onslow Road, Sunninghill, Surrey, England5

  •  

  • married doing unpaid domestic duties and living with her husband William, son Philip and daughter Vivien. Born on 26th December 1894

  • Death:

  • Q3 1960 (age 65)

  • Surrey "North Western Registration District", Surrey, England14

Child 1: Neil Bristow Stearn

  • Name:

  • Neil Bristow Stearn15 16

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Birth:

  • Q3 1924

  • Chertsey "Registration District", Surrey, England15

  • Death:

  • 23 Feb 1925 (age 8 mns)

  • Chertsey "Registration District", Surrey, England16 17

  • Burial:

  • 26 Feb 1925

  • Baptist Church The Hope Centre, High Street, Sunningdale, Berkshire, England17

  •  

  • aged 8 months and of Heathfield Sunningdale, died 23rd February 1925

Child 2: Philip Bristow Stearn

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Son: Philip Bristow Stearn

  • Name:

  • Philip Bristow Stearn18

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Birth:

  • 9 Jan 1926

  • Chertsey "Registration District", Surrey, England18 5

  • Census:

  • 29 Sep 1939 (age 13)

  • Billericay, Onslow Road, Sunninghill, Surrey, England5

  •  

  • attending school and living with his parents William and Elsie, and sister Vivien. Born on 9th January 1926

  • representative:

  • 21 Dec 1971 (age 45)

  •  

     

    Philip Bristow Stearn was a representative of William Bristow Stearn on 21 December 1971 when his father's solicitors placed a notice in the London Gazette about claims against the estate

  •  

  • when his father's solicitors placed a notice in the London Gazette about claims against the estate

  • Death:

  • 28 Oct 1997 (age 71)

  • Lisbon, Portugal19 20

  • Probate:

  • 26 Mar 1998

  • Probate Registry, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England20

  •  

  • grant and will, died 28th October 1997

Child 3: Vivien Merle Stearn

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Daughter: Vivien Merle Stearn

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Spouse: Robert Frank Moore

  • Name:

  • Vivien Merle Stearn21

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Spouse:

  • Robert Frank Moore (1925-2018)

  • Birth:

  • 15 Mar 1928

  • Billericay, Onslow Road, Sunninghill, Surrey, England21 22 23

  • Census:

  • 29 Sep 1939 (age 11)

  • Billericay, Onslow Road, Sunninghill, Surrey, England5

  •  

  • attending school and living with her parents William and Elsie, and brother Philip. Born on 15th March 1928 and married a Moore at a later date

  • representative:

  • 21 Dec 1971 (age 43)

  •  

     

    Vivien Merle Stearn was a representative of William Bristow Stearn on 21 December 1971 when his father's solicitors placed a notice in the London Gazette about claims against the estate

  •  

  • when her father's solicitors placed a notice in the London Gazette about claims against the estate

  • Death:

  • Oct 1999 (age 71)

  • Royal United Hospital, Combe Park, Bath, Bath and North East Somerset, England22 23

Sources

1.

England and Wales Marriage Index 1837 - 2005, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). Windsor 1923 quarter:2 volume:2c page:1109. Cit. Date: 10 June 2021.

2.

England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Windsor 1895 quarter:4 volume:2c page:408. Cit. Date: 10 June 2021.

3.

England and Wales Death Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Surrey North Western 1971 quarter:4 volume:5g page:784. Cit. Date: 11 June 2021.

4.

England and Wales Census 1911, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG14 piece:3026 class:RG78 piece:106 registration district:32 sub-district:3 enumeration district:12 schedule:130. Cit. Date: 10 June 2021.

5.

UK 1939 Register, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG101 piece:1934F page:25 line:2 letter code:DNAE. Cit. Date: 11 June 2021.

6.

England and Wales Census 1901, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG13 piece:1166 folio:126 page:30. Cit. Date: 10 June 2021.

7.

England and Wales Census 1921, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive series:RG15 piece:3157 registration district:32 sub-district:3 enumeration district:4, 5, 6 schedule:96. Cit. Date: 8 August 2024.

8.

UK Government Probate Service, UK Government Find a Will, (on-line at www.probatesearch.service.gov.uk, www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). London 1972 page:475. Cit. Date: 11 June 2021.

9.

FindMyPast London Gazette 1665-2018, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). London Gazette 1971 issue:4550 21st December 1971 page:14054. Cit. Date: 12 June 2012.

10.

Ibid.

11.

England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Reading 1895 quarter:1 volume:2c page:380. Cit. Date: 12 June 2021.

12.

England and Wales Census 1911, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG14 piece:6695 class:RG78 piece:333 registration district:125 sub-district:1 enumeration district:11 schedule:137. Cit. Date: 12 June 2021.

13.

England and Wales Census 1901, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG13 piece:1153 folio:48 page:36. Cit. Date: 12 June 2021.

14.

England and Wales Death Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Surrey North Western 1960 quarter:3 volume:5g page:634. Cit. Date: 13 June 2021.

15.

England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Chertsey 1924 quarter:3 volume:2a page:122. Cit. Date: 11 June 2021.

16.

England and Wales Death Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Chertsey 1925 quarter:1 volume:2a page:125. Cit. Date: 12 June 2021.

17.

FindMyPast Parish Records Collection - Burials, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). Sunningdale Baptist Church. Cit. Date: 12 June 2021.

18.

England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Chertsey 1926 quarter:1 volume:2a page:107. Cit. Date: 11 June 2021.

19.

Ancestry Family Trees, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk). Moore & Stearn Tree by petemoorebass. Cit. Date: 12 June 2021.

20.

UK Government Probate Service, UK Government Find a Will, (on-line at www.probatesearch.service.gov.uk, www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). Oxford 1998 no:9852206284. Cit. Date: 12 June 2021.

21.

England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Chertsey 1928 quarter:2 volume:2a page:124. Cit. Date: 11 June 2021.

22.

England and Wales Death Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Bath and North East Somerset 1999 quarter:4 district:3001A register:A60C entry:258 date:1099. Cit. Date: 11 June 2021.

23.

Ancestry Family Trees, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk). Moore & Stearn Tree by petemoorebass. Cit. Date: 11 June 2021.