18 Aug 2023
Wife: Mary Papworth
Born: 1864 in Barton, Cambridgeshire 1 Died: 1947 in Bottisham, Cambridgeshire 1 Father: Mother: Notes
Husband: Arthur King Stearn Married: 1884 in Barton, Cambridgeshire 1,2 (see note 1)
Born: ABT 1857 in Trumpington Christened: 31 Jan 1858 in Trumpington (see note 2) Census: 1861 in Swanns Yard, Trumpington (see note 3) Census: 1871 in Fulbourn, Cambridgeshire (see note 4) Census: 1881 in Cambridge (see note 5) Occupation: 1881 Engine Cleaner Died: 1886 in Scotland 1 (see note 6) Father: Frederick King Stearn (1828 - 1910) Mother: Emma Darnell (1829 - 1901)
Sources: (1) Ancestry family tree. (2) FreeBMD website.
Event Notes Note (1) Sep 1884 Chesterton 3b 779 Note (2) Jan 31 STEARN Arthur King of Frederic & Emma otp tailor Note (3) Age 3, born Trumpington, with family Note (4) Age 13, born Trumpington, with family Note (5) Age 23, born Trumpington. Engine Cleaner, with uncle David Stearn Note (6) Further to the death of Arther King Stearn, it was thought that he died was working on the Forth railway bridge in West Lothian, Scotland. A search on the Forth bridge memorial which lists all workers who died in the construction of the bridge proved negative. Enquiries with the Queensferry history group have revealed that Arthur King Stearn died as a result of contracting Varola(Smallpox) in February 1886. There was an outbreak in Queensferry in 1886 with 60 cases being reported and a total 10 fatalities. He is recorded as being an Engine driver but as his death was not as a result of working on the bridge he does not appear on the memorial Copyright © Trumpington Local History Group 2023 Email TLHG Return to TLHG introduction page Name Index