| First Generation | ||
| GEORGE STEER, born 21 November 1780 Aveton Gifford Devon buried 27 April 1826 Aveton Gifford | ||
| married ELIZABETH BROOKING LAKE daughter of HENRY LAKE and ELIZABETH BROOKING 7 April 1801 Aveton Gifford | ||
| ELIZABETH was born 22 March 1779 Aveton Gifford died 7 February 1845 Aveton Gifford | ||
| Children of GEORGE and ELIZABETH are: | ||
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i | HENRY STEERE, born 1804 Devon died 1885 Devon |
| ii | WILLIAM STEERE, born 25 October 1807 Aveton Gifford died M/1860 Aveton Gifford | |
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iii | GEORGE STEERE, born 1809 Devon died 1875 Devon |
| iv | SARAH STEERE, born 1810 Aveton Gifford died unknown | |
| v | JAMES STEERE, baptised 16 January 1814 Aveton Gifford (as JAMES STEER) died 20 May 1895 Aveton Gifford | |
| married MARY WAKEFIELD J/1849 Kingsbridge | ||
| vi | RHODA MARY STEERE, baptised 8 February 1818 Aveton Gifford died unknown | |
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vii | JOHN ANDREW STEERE, born 1820 Devon died 1875 Devon | Second Generation |
| HENRY STEERE (George1) born 13 May 1804 Aveton Gifford died 28 April 1885 East Stonehouse Devon (family shown as STEER 1841 census) | ||
| married ELIZABETH ANN SAUNDERS 14 November 1825 Aveton Gifford | ||
| ELIZABETH was born 7 October 1805 Lodiswell Devon died M/1877 East Stonehouse | ||
| Children of HENRY and ELIZABETH are: | ||
| 5 | i | THOMAS SAUNDERS STEERE, born 1827 Devon died 1890 Australia |
| 6 | ii | GEORGE HENRY STEERE, born 1829 Devon died 1903 Hampshire |
| iii | ELIZABETH ANN STEERE, born 1831 Lodiswell died 1897 Warrnambool Victoria sailed from Plymouth arrived Australia 22 January 1887 aboard the CHIMBORAZO | |
| married ROBERT RUNDLE son of GEORGE RUNDLE and ELIZABETH LIGHT J/1856 Plymouth Devon | ||
| ROBERT was born 1829 Deven died J/1886 Totnes Devon | ||
| 7 | iv | EDWIN STEERE, born 1835 Devon died 1906 Gloucestershire |
| 8 | v | JAMES STEERE, born 1838 Devon died 1915 Australia |
| vi | JOHN STEERE, born M/1841 Lodiswell died after 3 April 1881 | |
| 9 | vii | HENRY STEERE, born 1843 Devon died 1897 Devon |
| viii | SARAH JANE STEER, born J/1846 Lodiswell died after 1872 | |
| as SARAH JANE STEERE married RICHARD FACEY PERCY son of CHARLES PERCY and MARY FACEY D/1867 Plymouth | ||
| RICHARD was born 14 November 1840 St Germans Cornwall died 8 February 1922 Liverpool | ||
| from the 1881 census onwards RICHARD is shown married to a MATILDA born c1843 Hull Yorkshire died 23 April 1922 Liverpool | ||
| can find no death record for SARAH or a marriage of a RICHARD to a MATILDA (shown married 42 years 1911 census) | ||
| a child of RICHARD and SARAH is HARRY STEERE PERCY shown born 1873 USA died 1936 NSW Australia | ||
| married LAURA SELF daughter of ROBERT SELF and ANNA MARIA KERRY 23 March 1901 St Catherine's Church Liverpool | ||
| LAURA was born M/1870 Hartismere Suffolk died unknown | ||
| HARRY married (2) MINNIE LAIRD COUPER daughter of WILLIAM COUPER and ANNIE ISBISTER c1907 Wellington | ||
| 1911 Electral list for Wellington N.Z. and the 1914 list for Victoria NSW show a HARRY STEERE PERCY shares a house with a MINNIE LAIRD PERCY. | ||
| COUPER family from Orkney Scotland emigrated to New Zealand left London 18 October 1894 aboard the KAIKOURA | ||
| GEORGE STEERE,(George1) born 15 January 1809 Aveton Gifford died 24 February 1875 Kingsbridge Devon | ||
| married JANE ADAMS RICH 27 January 1841 Marlborough Devon | ||
| JANE was born 13 January 1811 Salcombe Devon as JANE ADAMS MASTERS died 12 June 1899 Kingsbridge (shown as a widow when she married GEORGE) | ||
| JANE married (1) RICHARD RICH 1835 Devon RICHARD died 1839 Devon | ||
| wedding witnesses his brothers JOHN and HENRY | ||
| family shown as STEER 1871 census | ||
| Children of GEORGE and JANE are: | ||
| i | MARY ANN STEERE, born M/1842 Kingsbridge died after 3 April 1901 | |
| as MARY STEER married HENRY VIVIAN SAUNDERS son of JAMES SAUNDERS and SARAH VIVIAN D/1865 Kingsbridge | ||
| ii | GEORGE STEERE, born D/1843 Kingsbridge died 9 October 1923 Nelson New Zealand married SARAH CROCKER 27 June 1868 Plymouth | |
| iii | RHODA STEERE, born 1845 Kingsbridge died J/1912 Kingsbridge | |
| married (1) EDMUND HEATH MOORE M/1870 Plymouth married (2) SIMON GUNN D/1883 Stepney London | ||
| 10 | iv | FRANCIS STEERE, born 1846 Salcombe died 1900 Kingsbridge |
| v | JANE STEERE, born 2 May 1848 Kingsbridge baptised 14 November 1856 Salford died 7 June 1920 Palmerston New Zealand | |
| married JOSEPH CLARKE MAUNDER 29 June 1870 Kingsbridge, family emigrated to New Zealand 1879 | ||
| vi | BENJAMIN STEERE, born J/1850 Salcombe baptised 14 November 1856 Salford died February 1925 Nelson New Zealand | |
| a BENJAMIN STEERE is shown in the 1896 and 1905 Electoral Registers for Palmerston shown as married to ANNIE,1896 register (he lives near his sister JANE) | ||
| a BENJAMIN STEERE born 1850 sailed from Plymouth to Freemantle Australia 21 December 1901 on the AUSTRAL shown as married | ||
| 11 | vii | WILLIAM STEERE, born 1852 Salcombe 1921 Kingsbridge |
| viii | SARAH ELIZABETH STEERE, born S/1854 Salcombe baptised 14 November 1856 Salford died 14 September 1936 Plymouth | |
| married WILLIAM HENRY MURCH J/1872 Kingsbridge | ||
| JOHN ANDREW STEERE, (George1) baptised 21 January 1821 Aveton Gifford died 3 October 1875 Aveton Gifford buried St Andrew's Churchyard | ||
| married MARGARET KERSWELL M/1847 Kingsbridge | ||
| MARGARET was born 1828 Aveton Gifford died 2 December 1912 Aveton Gifford buried St Andrew's Churchyard | ||
| Children of JOHN and MARGARET are: | ||
| i | ELIZABETH JANE STEERE, born S/1847 Kingsbridge died J/1939 Kingdbridge married WILLIAM HENRY BURNER D/1869 Kingsbridge | |
| 12 | ii | JOHN ANDREW STEERE, born 1849 Devon died 1912 Devon |
| iii | MARGARET KERSWELL STEERE, born M/1852 Kingsbridge died 21 January 1942 Totnes Devonshire buried St Andrew's Churchyard | |
| 13 | iv | ALFRED STEERE, born 1854 Devon died 1931 Devon |
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