1.1 Mary Ann HAMLIN (also HAMBLYN or HAMBLING) was christened on 23 Jul 1815 in Churchstow, Devon.
Mary Ann and her husband lived at first in Churchstow; in 1841, they were living in Charles Place with their children Ann Maria, Edmund and Selina. (Their oldest child, John Henry, was living with Mary's mother.) About 1846 the family moved to Jersey, all but the two oldest children returning to Churchstow before the 1851 census. Some time between 1851 and 1881, the family moved to Loddiswell and were living in Fore Street in 1891. In 1901, the widowed Mary Ann was living alone at 1 Phoenix Rise, Loddiswell and receiving parish relief.
Mary Ann married John Distin (1) STEER (also STEAR), son of Kingsbridge veterinary surgeon William STEER and his wife Mary n? DUSTIN, on 18 Mar 1836 in East Stonehouse, Devon. John was born about 1813, probably in Kingsbridge, and died in 1897.
John was, like his father, a veterinary surgeon. Various records describe him as a cattle doctor (1841), farrier (1837-1851), veterinaire (1847), veterinary (1881) and cattle doctor (1891). In Jersey (approximately 1846-1850), he probably looked after the horses that carted stones for the building of the St Catherine's breakwater.
Mary Ann and John had the following children.
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John Henry HAMBLYN was christened in 1835 in Churchstow and died on 7 Oct 1920 in St Helier, Jersey. |
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Ann Maria STEER was christened on 6 Jun 1837 in Churchstow and died on 23 Mar 1883 in Jersey. |
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Edmund STEER
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Mary Elizabeth Distin STEAR was christened on 27 Jul 1845 in Churchstow. |
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Distin STEAR was christened on 25 Apr 1851
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Distin married Elizabeth Ann BURGOYNE in 1875. Elizabeth, daughter of Samuel BURGOYNE and Harriett n? HORSEWELL, was born about 1853 in Loddiswell and died there on 12 Jul 1898. A gravestone in Loddiswell churchyard commemorates Distin and his wife. |
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Distin was a sailor. In 1881, he was at sea but his wife was living with her parents in Loddiswell and recorded as a sailor's wife. By 1891, he had retired to live in 8 Fore Street, Loddiswell, as a naval pensioner. Also in his household were his wife, his mother-in-law Harriet BURGOYNE and his wife's niece Florence EDGECOMBE. In 1901, Florence was still living in his household, together with her mother Amelia EDGECOMBE and another niece, Mary WORDEN. Amelia was also living with Distin in 1911. |
2.1 John Henry HAMBLYN (Mary Ann HAMLIN) was christened on 22 Nov 1835 in Churchstow. He died on 11 Oct 1920 in St Helier, Jersey.
In 1841, John was living with his mother's parents in Churchstow. He moved with his mother and her family to St Helier in about 1846. Like his sister Ann Maria, John remained there when the rest of his family returned to Devon about 1850. He lived the rest of his life in Jersey, where he assumed the surname STEAR. In 1867, he gave his name as "Henry Hamling STEARE".
In various censuses, he was described as a carter living at 14 Charles Street (1861), a farm labourer at 4 St John's Road (1871), a farmer of Beehive Cottage (1881 and 1891), and a gardener at Clubly Cottage, St John's Road (1901).
John married Harriet A ROUGET on 27 Mar 1859 at St Saviour, Jersey. Harriett was christened on 22 May 1836 at St Saviour, daughter of brick maker Henry ROUGET of St Peter Port, Guernsey. She died on 18 Mar 1911.
John and Harriet had the following children.
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John Henry (2) STEAR was born on 13 Sep 1859 in Jersey and died on 1 Dec 1930 in St Helier, Jersey. |
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George Edmund (1) STEAR was born about 1861 in St Helier and died tragically on 5 Jul 1891. |
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Richard James STEAR was born on 24 Sep 1864 in St Helier. He joined the Royal Navy and was recorded on the HMS Impregnable at Devonport in 1881; the HMS Excellent in 1890; and the HMS Royal Oak at Malta in 1901. At the time of the 1911 census, he was visiting his brother-in-law Cuthbert MUTLOW in Keynsham, Somerset. He married Alice DENT in Nov 1890 at St Mary's, Portsea, Hampshire. Alice was born about 1870 in Portsea. She was a daughter of George DENT, who at the time of her marriage was a billiard marker in St Helier. She died some time before 1911. |
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William Thomas (1) STEAR was born on 13 Sep 1865 in St Helier. |
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Mary Matilda STEAR was born on 2 Jan 1867 in St Helier. |
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An unnamed son (presumably stillborn) was buried in St Helier cemetery on 26 Dec 1867. His parents were later buried in the same grave. |
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Ellen Henriette STEAR was born on 11 Apr 1874 in St Helier and died in Jersey in 1950. In 1911, she was living with her father and her sister Mary Matilda in Jersey. |
2.2 Ann Maria STEAR (Mary Ann HAMLIN) was christened on 6 Jun 1837 in Churchstow and died on 23 Mar 1883 in Jersey.
Ann Maria lived with her parents in Churchstow and St Helier until about 1850, when the rest of her family returned to Devon and she stayed to live the rest of her life in Jersey. In 1881, she was living with her husband and five of her children at 23 Seaton Place, St Helier.
Ann Maria married Charles BUTTERS on 21 Dec 1857 in Jersey. He died on 16 Aug 1887 in Jersey.
Ann Maria and Charles had the following children.
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Francis Winter BUTTERS was born about 1865 in St Helier. In 1881, he was a carter living with his parents. |
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Emily Mary BUTTERS was born about 1866 in St Helier. In 1881, she was a home assistant (domestic) living with her parents. |
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Ely Walter George BUTTERS was born about 1868 in St Helier. |
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John Albert BUTTERS was born about 1873 in St Helier and lived there at least until 1911, working as a coachman. He married Louisa Annie, who was born about 1877 in St Helier. |
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Ada Jane BUTTERS was born about 1875 in St Helier. In 1891, she was a general domestic servant at the Jersey Orphans Home, Grouville, Jersey. |
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2.3 Edmund STEAR (Mary Ann HAMLIN) was christened on 18 Nov 1838 in Churchstow and died on 25 Sep 1914 in Loddiswell.
Edmund was a coastguard while he lived in Hope Cove, South Huish, Devon, at least in the period 1867 to 1872. In 1881, he was recorded as a colt breaker living in Loddiswell. When he retired some time before 1891, he received a naval pension. He was recorded as living at 1 Church Lane in 1891 and at 16 Court Lodge in 1901. In 1911, he was living alone in Loddiswell. A gravestone in Loddiswell churchyard commemorates him and his wife.
Edmund married Elizabeth Ann DEMERELL in 1865. Elizabeth was born about 1846 in Churchstow and died on 15 Dec 1906 in Loddiswell. They had the following children.
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Mary Ann STEAR was born on 3 Jan 1867 at Hope Cove, South Huish. |
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Tryphena STEAR was born on 9 Sep 1868 at Hope Cove, South Huish. In 1891, she was still living with her parents and recorded as a parlour maid (domestic). |
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Ellen STEAR was born on 18 Jul 1870 at Hope Cove , South Huish. In 1891, she was still living with her parents and recorded as a dressmaker. She married George Kerswell YALLAND, son of Loddiswell boot maker William Henry YALLAND and his wife Mary, in 1893. In 1901, William was sub postmaster at Loddiswell. |
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Edmund Demerell STEAR was born on 15 May 1872 at Hope Cove, South Huish. |
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John Distin (2) STEAR was born about 1876 in Loddiswell. |
3.1 John Henry (2) STEAR (John Henry HAMBLYN , Mary Ann HAMLIN) was born on 30 Sep 1859 in Jersey and died there on 1 Dec 1930.
In 1881, John was an indoor farm servant to Simon HOLMES of Ruette Pinel, near Surville, Jersey. In 1901 he was living with his wife and their two youngest children at Trinity, Jersey, and in 1911 there were a further two children.
John married Eliza Mary MALOREY on 14 Apr 1896 in Jersey. Eliza was born on 4 Dec 1863 in St Saviour, Jersey, and died on 10 Feb 1948.
John and Eliza had the following children.
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Alice Jane STEAR was born on 28 Aug 1898 at Trinity, Jersey, and died on 17 Mar 1958 in Jersey. |
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Harriet Ellen STEAR was born on 5 Jan 1900 at Trinity and died on 20 Aug 1927 in Jersey. |
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John Henry (3) STEAR was born on 12 Jan 1902 at Trinity and died on 4 Nov 1988 in Jersey. |
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Adela Lillian STEAR was born on 28 Oct 1903 in Jersey and died there on 3 Jan 1986. She married William Gordon SOADY on 28 Oct 1937. William was born in 1902 in Calstock, Cornwall, and died on 5 Aug 1981. |
3.2 George Edmund (1) STEAR (John Henry HAMBLYN , Mary Ann HAMLIN) was born in 1861 in St Helier and died in an accident on 5 Jul 1891.
In 1881, George was a farm servant to William HOLMES of Surville Manor, Jersey (probably a relative of his elder brother's employer).
George married Henriette Eugenie GAUBERT on 13 Oct 1887. Henriette (also called Henrietta) was born on 7 Dec 1866 in St Helier and died on 10 Jul 1904.
In 1901, Henriette (called Harrett) was a milliner living in St Helier with her three children.
George and Henriette had the following children.
3.4 William Thomas (1) STEAR (John Henry HAMBLYN , Mary Ann HAMLIN) was born about 1865 in St Helier, Jersey, and died about 1950.
In 1871 William was living with his parents in St Helier. By 1881, he had returned to Ham, Loddiswell, where he was a farm servant (indoors) employed by William TALLMAN. (He must have only just returned, because he is also recorded as living with his parents in St Helier.) It was probably at William's farm that he met his future wife, who was William's niece. After their marriage, the couple moved to Devonport and were still living there with three of their children in 1901 (when William was a baker working from home) and 1911.
William married Amelia TUCKER on 21 Jul 1890 in Loddiswell. Amelia was born in 1858 in Loddiswell, daughter of cordwainer James TUCKER and his wife Mary n? TALLMAN. The witnesses to her marriage were Hilda TUCKER (relationship unknown) and her uncle William TALLMAN. (William was not only her mother's brother, but he had married her father's sister). Amelia died in 1931 in Plymouth.
William and Amelia had the following children.
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William Henry STEAR was born about 1891 in Loddiswell. |
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Harriet Louise STEAR was born on 17 Mar 1894 in Devonport and died on 29 Jul 1967 in Writtle, Essex. |
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Edith Violet STEAR was born about 1895 in Devonport and died on 1 Jan 1970. In 1911 she was living with her parents in Devonport. Edith married Ernest Charles WHITE in 1927 in Devonport. Ernest was born in 1896 in East Stonehouse, Plymouth. |
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May Victoria STEAR was born about 1897 in Devonport. |
3.5 Mary Matilda STEAR (John Henry HAMBLYN , Mary Ann HAMLIN) was born on 2 Jan 1867 in St Helier, Jersey.
In 1911, Mary was living with her father John Henry and her sister Ellen Henrietta in Jersey.
Mary married Cuthbert Harvey MUTLOW on 20 Nov 1894 in Jersey. Cuthbert was born in 1866 in Ledbury, on the Herefordshire-Worcestershire border, and died in Bristol in 1938. It was his second marriage. He had married Emma Jane JONES in Bristol in 1889, but she died the following year.
In 1881, Cuthbert was a scholar boarding at Barnett House School, Hill Road, Clevedon, Somerset. In 1911, he was living in Keynsham, Somerset, with his son Benjamin and his brother-in-law Richard James STEAR.
Mary and Cuthbert had the following children.
3.13 Ely Walter George BUTTERS (Ann Maria STEAR , Mary Ann HAMLIN) was born about 1868 in St Helier.
Ely was still living in Jersey in 1911.
Ely married Mary Ann MORAN. They had 12 children, among whom was the following:
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William BUTTERS was born on 21 Aug 1912 and died on 19 Nov 1995. Under the stage name Bruce Trent, he became a well known star of West End theatre in London. |
3.1 Mary Ann STEAR (Edmund STEAR , Mary Ann HAMLIN) was born on 3 Jan 1867 at Hope Cove, South Huish.
In 1881, Mary was a domestic servant in the household of farmer Samuel Shath SQUARE at Farm Barton, Thurlestone. She was living in East Stonehouse in 1891 and continued to live there until some time between 1897 and 1901, when the family moved to Botchergate, Carlisle.
Mary Ann marriedRoyal Navy marine private Thomas Henry MAXWELL in 1887 in Plymouth, Devon. Thomas was born in Scotland in about 1858.
Mary Ann and Thomas had the following children.
3.18 Tryphena STEAR (Edmund STEAR , Mary Ann HAMLIN) was born on 9 Sep 1868 at Hope Cove, South Huish. In 1891, she was still living with her parents and recorded as a parlour maid (domestic).
In 1891 Tryphena was still living at home in Loddiswell, recorded as a parlour maid (domestic). In 1901, she and her children were living in Egg Buckland, Devon, while her husband was living in Devonport. In 1911, they were all overseas.
Tryphena married Royal Navy stoker Patrick McHUGH in 1896 in Plympton, Devon. Patrick was born in Ireland about 1870.
Tryphena and Patrick had the following children.
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3.20 Edmund Demerell STEAR (Edmund STEAR , Mary Ann HAMLIN) was born on 15 May 1872 at Hope Cove, South Huish, and died on 8 Sep 1951 in Torquay, Devon. He was cremated in Plymouth, the only crematorium in Devon at the time.
In 1891 Edmund was still living at home in Loddiswell, working as a railway labourer (possibly on the Kingsbridge branch of the Great Western Railway, which passed through Loddiswell and was completed in December 1893). In 1900, he moved with his family to Berry Pomeroy where he was reported in 1901 to be a domestic coachman.
Edmund married Sarah Ann LUSCOMBE in 1896 somewhere in the Kingsbridge registration district. Sarah was born on 11 Aug 1874 in George Inn Passage, Kingsbridge, and died about 1951 in Torquay.
Edmund and Sarah had the following children.
3.21 John Distin (2) STEAR (Edmund STEAR , Mary Ann HAMLIN) was born in 1877 in Loddiswell.
Like his brother Edmund, in 1891 John was living at home in Loddiswell and working as a railway labourer. In 1901, he was a railway porter living with his family in Buckfastleigh, Devon.
John married Clara TOPE in 1899 somewhere in the Totnes registration district (possibly in Buckfastleigh). Clara was born in 1879 in Staverton, Devon.
John and Clara had the following child.
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4.1 Alice Jane STEAR( John Henry (2) STEAR , John Henry HAMBLYN , Mary Ann HAMLIN) was born on 28 Aug 1898 at Trinity, Jersey, and died on 17 Mar 1958 in Jersey.
Alice married (1) labourer Ernest Fossy LE LUAN on 27 Sep 1921. Ernest was born about 1897 in Jersey, son of Louis LE LUAN, and died on 14 May 1950.
Alice and Ernest had the following child.
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Ernest Stear LE LUAN was born on 2 Jun 1923 in Trinity, Jersey. |
Alice married (2) widower John Henry Clarence LE COCQ on 15 Jun 1951. John was born about 1892, son of wine merchant George LE COCQ, and died 4 Mar 1981.
4.2 Harriet Ellen STEAR( John Henry (2) STEAR , John Henry HAMBLYN , Mary Ann HAMLIN) was born on 5 Jan 1900 at Trinity and died on 20 Aug 1927 in Jersey.
Harriet married Alfred Francis MILON (known in the family as Freddy) on 2 Oct 1919. Alfred was born in 1896 in Jersey, son of Louis MILON, and died on 13 Apr 1956.
Harriet and Alfred had the following children.
4.3 John Henry (3) STEAR ( John Henry (2) STEAR , John Henry HAMBLYN , Mary Ann HAMLIN) was born on 12 Jan 1902 in Trinity and died on 4 Nov 1988 in Jersey.
Harriet married Gladys Grace CARPENTER (known in the family as Freddy) on 8 Feb 1933. Gladys was born on 22 Sep 1911 in Six Bells, Abertillery, Wales, and died on 2 Sep 1992.
John and Gladys had the following children.
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4.8 William Henry STEAR ( William Thomas (1) STEAR , John Henry HAMBLYN , Mary Ann HAMLIN) was born in 1891 in Devonport.
William married Rose and had the following children.
4.9 Harriet Louise STEAR ( William Thomas (1) STEAR , John Henry HAMBLYN , Mary Ann HAMLIN) was born on 17 Mar 1894 in Devonport and died on 29 Jul 1967 in Writtle, Essex.
Harriet married Herbert FENNER in 1923 in Devonport. Herbert was born on 18 Apr 1893 in Edmonton, London, and died in 1961 in Writtle.
Harriet and Herbert had the following children.
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4.11 May Victoria STEAR ( William Thomas (1) STEAR , John Henry HAMBLYN , Mary Ann HAMLINN) was born about 1897 in Devonport. She married Tom BROWN, who was born about 1896 in Sunderland, Durham. They had the following children.
5.1 Ernest Stear LE LUAN ( Alice Jane STEAR , John Henry (2) STEAR , John Henry HAMBLYN , Mary Ann HAMLIN) was born on 2 Jun 1923 in Trinity, Jersey, and died about 1993.
Ernest married Joan. They had the following children.
5.6 John Henry (4) STEAR ( John Henry (3) STEAR, John Henry (2) STEAR , John Henry HAMBLYN , Mary Ann HAMLIN) married Babette Ilse Kathe BAETZ. They had the following children.
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6.3 Karin Gisela STEAR ( John Henry (4) STEAR , John Henry (3) STEAR, John Henry (2) STEAR , John Henry HAMBLYN , Mary Ann HAMLIN) married (1) Steve ELLIS. They had the following children.
Karin married (2) Steve WINKLER.
6.4 Jennifer Babette STEAR (John Henry (4) STEAR , John Henry (3) STEAR, John Henry (2) STEAR , John Henry HAMBLYN , Mary Ann HAMLINN) married Mathew Holford HALE. They had the following children.
6.5 Barbara Susanne STEAR (John Henry (4) STEAR , John Henry (3) STEAR, John Henry (2) STEAR , John Henry HAMBLYN , Mary Ann HAMLIN) married Paul John MACHON. They had the following children.
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6.6 Douglas John STEAR (John Henry (4) STEAR , John Henry (3) STEAR, John Henry (2) STEAR , John Henry HAMBLYN , Mary Ann HAMLIN) married Rachna Rasik VAGHADIA. They had the following children.
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