18 Aug 2023                   
             Husband: Ernest Stearn    
                Born: 14 Dec 1887          in Trumpington  
          Christened:  1 Apr 1888          in Trumpington   (see note 1)
              Census: 1891                 in Whitelocks Yard, Trumpington   (see note 2)
              Census: 1901                 in Whitelocks Yard, Trumpington   (see note 3)
          Occupation: 1901                 Ag Lab  
              Census: 1911                 at 19 Alpha Terrace, Trumpington   (see note 4)
          Occupation: 1911                 Cowman on Farm  
              Member:                      Trumpington Free Church  1
            Military: 1914 - 1918            2
                Died: 28 Sep 1918          in France  3 (see note 5)
              Father: James Stearn   (1840 - 1897) 
              Mother: Emma Twinn   (1848 - 1924) 
          Media link: https://livesofthefirstworldwar.iwm.org.uk/lifestory/4240550
          Media desc: Lives of the First World War
                Wife: May Quigley     
       Also known as: Mary Quigley 
             Married: 1918                 in Cambridge  4 (see note 6)
                Born:  9 Jun 1887          in Ireland   (see note 7)
              Census: 1921                 in Church Lane, Trumpington   (see note 8)
          Occupation: 1921                 Bed Maker in College, Trinity Hall  
             Resided: 1926 - 1950          in Church Lane, Trumpington  5
          Occupation: 1939                 College Bedmaker  6
             Resided: 1951 - 1952          at 8 Church Lane, Trumpington  
             Resided: 1953 - 1970          at 19 Church Lane, Trumpington  5 (see note 9)
                Died: 1977                 in Cambridge  7 (see note 10)
              Father:
              Mother:
Other spouse 2

Sources:
(1) Trumpington Free Church war memorial. 
(2) Roll of Honour, in Trumpington Village Hall. 
(3) Commonwealth War Graves Commission website. 
(4) FreeBMD website. 
(5) Electoral Register. 
(6) 1939 Register. 
(7) Index on ancestry.co.uk. 


Event Notes
Note (1) Apr 1 STEARN [[FREESTONE]] Ernest of James & Emily of Workhouse Yard [[Mill
End]] lab born 14 Dec 1887
Note (2) Age 3, born Trumpington, with family
Note (3) Age 13, born Trumpington, with mother and family.  Ag Lab
Note (4) Age 23, born Trumpington.  Cowman on Farm, boarder with sister Clara Steggles
and her family
Note (5) Name: 	STEARN, ERNEST
Initials: 	E
Nationality: 	United Kingdom
Rank: 	Private
Regiment/Service: 	Suffolk Regiment
Unit Text: 	2nd Bn.
Age: 	33
Date of Death: 	28/09/1918
Service No: 	42279
Additional information: 	Son of James and Emma Stearn; husband of May Seely
(formerly Stearn), of Church St., Trumpington, Cambs. Born at Trumpington.
Casualty Type: 	Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: 	XIV. C. 23.
Cemetery: 	GREVILLERS BRITISH CEMETERY
Note (6) Mar 1918 Cambridge 3b 883
Note (7) 1939 register has born 9 Jul 1890
Note (8) Age 30, born Nenagh, Ireland, with husband Nathan Seeby and his brother.  Bed
Maker in College, Trinity Hall
Note (9) Mary Seeby
Note (10) Dec 1977 Cambridge 9 0834   born 9 Jun 1887

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