18 Aug 2023
Wife: Alice Seymour
Born: 23 Feb 1882 in Soham, Cambridgeshire 1 (see note 1) Census: 1891 in Stuntney, Ely, Cambridgeshire (see note 2) Census: 1911 at Anstey Hall Lodge, Trumpington (see note 3) Resided: 1920 - 1957 at Anstey Hall Lodge, Trumpington 2 Census: 1921 in Anstey Hall Lodge, Trumpington (see note 4) Member: 1955 - 1956 Trumpington Friendship Club 3 Died: 21 Nov 1957 in Cambridge 4,3 (see note 5) Buried: 1957 in Trumpington Father: Joseph Seymour (1851 - 1925) Mother: Ellen Bullman (1856 - 1951)
Husband: Thomas Wallis Stearn Married: 1904 in London 1 (see note 6)
Born: 17 Dec 1878 in Dry Drayton, Cambridgeshire 5,6 (see note 7) Census: 1881 in Dry Drayton, Cambridgeshire (see note 8) Census: 1891 in Dry Drayton, Cambridgeshire (see note 9) Census: 1911 at Anstey Hall Lodge, Trumpington (see note 10) Occupation: 1911 - 1939 Chauffeur 7 Resided: 1913 - 1962 at Anstey Hall Lodge, Trumpington 2 Military: 1914 - 1918 8 Census: 1921 at Anstey Hall Lodge, Trumpington (see note 11) Occupation: 1939 Gardener 6 Died: 1963 in Cambridge 4 (see note 12) Buried: 1963 in Trumpington Father: Robert Stearn (1841 - ) Mother: Elizabeth Jakes (1845 - ) Media link: https://livesofthefirstworldwar.iwm.org.uk/lifestory/4240625 Media desc: Lives of the First World War
F Child 1: Doris Ellen Stearn Born: 20 May 1906 in London 6,1 (see note 13) Census: 1911 at Anstey Hall Lodge, Trumpington (see note 14) Census: 1921 at Anstey Hall Lodge, Trumpington (see note 15) Resided: 1929 - 1931 at Anstey Hall Lodge, Trumpington 2 Resided: 1939 in Cambridge 6 Died: 1981 in Cambridge 4 (see note 16) Husband: Bert Chapman b. 2 Apr 1905 d. 1974 Married: 31 Mar 1934 in Trumpington (see note 17)
F Child 2: Phyllis Agnes Stearn Born: 27 Nov 1907 in Great Shelford, Cambridgeshire 1 (see note 18) Census: 1911 at Anstey Hall Lodge, Trumpington (see note 19) Census: 1921 at Anstey Hall Lodge, Trumpington (see note 20) Resided: 1929 - 1931 at Anstey Hall Lodge, Trumpington 2 Resided: 1937 - 1939 in Cambridge 9,6 Died: 2003 in Bournemouth, Dorset 4 (see note 21) Husband: Reginald Driver b. 17 Jul 1906 d. 1982 Married: 23 Sep 1933 in Trumpington (see note 22)
M Child 3: Robert Seymour Stearn Born: 6 Feb 1916 in Cambridgeshire 5 (see note 23) Census: 1921 at Anstey Hall Lodge, Trumpington (see note 24) Resided: 1939 at Anstey Hall Lodge, Trumpington 6 Occupation: 1939 Carpenter 6 Died: 1985 in Dorset 4 (see note 25)
Sources: (1) FreeBMD website. (2) Electoral Register. (3) Trumpington Friendship Club records. (4) Index on ancestry.co.uk. (5) GRO index. (6) 1939 Register. (7) Spalding's Directory (Kelly's after WW2) (8) Roll of Honour, in Trumpington Village Hall. (9) Baptism records of children.
Event Notes Note (1) Jun 1882 Newmarket 3b 567. 1939 register has born 23 Feb 1875 Note (2) Age 9, born Soham, with family Note (3) Age 27, born Soham, with husband Thomas Wallace Stearn and children Note (4) Age 40, born Soham, with husband Thomas W Stearn and three children Note (5) Dec 1957 Cambridge 4a 264 age 75 Note (6) Dec 1904 Fulham 1a 555 Note (7) Mar 1879 Chesterton 3b 484 mothers surname Jakes Note (8) Age 2, born Dry Drayton, with family Note (9) Age 12, born Dry Drayton, with family Note (10) Age 31, born Dry Drayton. Chauffeur Domestic, with wife Alice and children Note (11) Age 43, born Dry Drayton. Chauffeur, with wife Alice and three children Note (12) Mar 1963 Cambridge 4a 412 age 84 Note (13) Jun 1906 Fulham 1a 289 Note (14) Age 4, born Fulham, with family Note (15) Age 15, born Shelford, with family Note (16) Mar 1981 Cambridge 9 0832 born 20 May 1906 Note (17) Mar 31 CHAPMAN Bert 28 bac clerk otp son of Herbert carpenter (deceased) STEARN Doris Ellen 27 sp [blank] otp dau of Thomas Wallis chauffeur wits: Alice M CHAPMAN, Mr T W STEARN Note (18) Dec 1907 Chesterton 3b 385 Note (19) Age 3, born Great Shelford, with family Note (20) Age 13, born Shelford, with family Note (21) Sep 2003 Bournemouth born 27 Nov 1907 Note (22) Sep 23 DRIVER Reginald 26 bac tailor otp son of Charles Henry custodian STEARN Phyllis Agnes 25 sp [blank] otp dau of Thomas Wallace chauffeur wits: D STEARN, M DRIVER, A DRIVER, D STEARN Note (23) Mar 1916 Chesterton 3b 729 mothers surname Seymour Note (24) Age 5, born Trumpington, with family Note (25) Jan 1985 Bournemouth 23 34 born 6 Feb 1916 Copyright © Trumpington Local History Group 2023 Email TLHG Return to TLHG introduction page Name Index