See also

Family of William Welham and Phoebe Stearn

  • Husband:

  • William Welham (1865-1935)

  • Wife:

  • Phoebe Stearn (1864-1938)

  • Marriage:

  • Q4 1892

  • Windsor "Registration District", Berkshire, England1

Husband: William Welham

  • Name:

  • William Welham2 3 4 5

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Father:

  • William Welham (1834?- )

  • Mother:

  • Adah Edwards (1838- )

  • Occupation:

  •  

  • domestic servant, gardener and a market gardener6 7 8 9 10

  • Birth:

  • Q1 1865

  • Buxhall, Suffolk, England2 3 11 6 7 8 9 10

  • Baptism:

  • 5 Mar 1865 (age 0)

  • St. Mary's Church, Brettenham Road, Buxhall, Suffolk, England4

  •  

  • son of William Welham (labourer) and Ada of Buxhall

  • Census:

  • 2 Apr 1871 (age 6)

  • Worlds End Road, Buxhall, Suffolk, England11

  •  

  • son attending school and living with his parents William and Ada, brother Harry, and sister Jane. Born in Buxhall Suffolk

  • Census:

  • 3 Apr 1881 (age 16)

  • Early Wood, Winkfield, Berkshire, England6

  •  

  • son working as a domestic servant and living with his parents William and Adah, brother Harry, sisters Jane, Mary, Emma and Ellen, and a boarder. Born in Buxhall Suffolk

  • Census:

  • 5 Apr 1891 (age 25)

  • Thorncliffe, Niton, Isle of Wight, England7

  •  

  • an unmarried servant as William Walham working as a gardener and living with John and Catherine Jolliffe and two servants. Born in Buxhill (sic) Suffolk

  • Census:

  • 31 Mar 1901 (age 36)

  • Donkey Town, West End, Surrey, England8

  •  

  • married head of the household working as a market gardener on his own account and living in four rooms with his wife Phoebe. Born in Buxhall Suffolk

  • Census:

  • 2 Apr 1911 (age 46)

  • West End, Surrey, England9

  •  

  • married head of the household working as a market gardener on his own account at home and living in five rooms with his wife Phoebe, and a boarder. Born in Buxhall Suffolk

  • Census:

  • 19 Jun 1921 (age 56 yrs 6 mns)

  • Avonmore, Knaphill, Surrey, England10

  •  

  • married head of the household working as gardener to L C Wigan Esq of Linbrook Knaphill Surrey and living in five rooms with his wife Phoebe, and a visitor. Born in Buxhall Suffolk

  • Death:

  • 28 Mar 1935 (age 70)

  • The Royal Berkshire Hospital, Craven Road, Reading, Berkshire, England5 12

  • Probate:

  • 8 May 1935

  • Probate Registry, London, England12

  •  

  • of Rosedene 255 Finchampstead Road Wokingham Berkshire died 28th March 1935 at the Royal Berkshire Hospital Reading, probate of effects of £1,132 17s 9d (~£57,000 in 2017) to Phoebe Welham widow

Wife: Phoebe Stearn

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Phoebe Stearn

  • Name:

  • Phoebe Stearn13 14 1

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Father:

  • -

  • Mother:

  • -

  • Occupation:

  •  

  • domestic servant15 16

  • Birth:

  • Q2 1864

  • Winkfield, Berkshire, England13 17 15 16 8 9 10

  •  

  • 1871 and 1921 census say born in Sunninghill Berkshire, 1891 census says Sunningdale Berkshire

  • Baptism:

  • 29 May 1864 (age 0)

  • St. Michael and All Angels Church, Church Lane, Sunninghill, Surrey, England14

  •  

  • daughter of Bristow Stearn (bailiff) and Eliza of Winkfield

  • Census:

  • 2 Apr 1871 (age 6)

  • Cottagers Farm, St. Pancras, Middlesex, England17

  •  

  • granddaughter living with her widowed grandmother Susan Stearn. Born in Sunninghill Berkshire

  • Census:

  • 3 Apr 1881 (age 16)

  • Fairmile House, Fairmile, Cobham, Surrey, England15

  •  

  • an unmarried servant living with widowed Barbarma (sic) C Grey and four other servants. Born in Sunninghill Berkshire

  • Census:

  • 5 Apr 1891 (age 26)

  • 128 Sloane Street, Chelsea, London, England16

  •  

  • an unmarried domestic servant living with David and Ayersisa (sic) Gardyne, their son Evan, and five other servants. Born in Sunningdale Berkshire

  • Census:

  • 31 Mar 1901 (age 36)

  • Donkey Town, West End, Surrey, England8

  •  

  • married wife living in four rooms with her husband William. Born in Winkfield Berkshire

  • Census:

  • 2 Apr 1911 (age 46)

  • West End, Surrey, England9

  •  

  • married wife living in five rooms with her husband William, and a boarder. Born in Winkfield Berkshire and married for eighteen years without children

  • Census:

  • 19 Jun 1921 (age 57 yrs 2 mns)

  • Avonmore, Knaphill, Surrey, England10

  •  

  • married wifed living in five rooms with her husband William, and a visitor. Born in Sunninghill Berkshire

  • Administrator:

  • 8 May 1935 (age 70-71)

  •  

     

    Phoebe Stearn was appointed as an administrator at the probate hearing of William Welham on Wednesday on 8 May 1935 at the Probate Registry, London, England

  • Death:

  • 9 Jan 1938 (age 73)

  • Wokingham "Registration District", Berkshire, England18 19

  • Probate:

  • 25 Feb 1938

  • Probate Registry, London, England19

  •  

  • a widow of Rosedene 255 Finchampstead Road Wokingham Berkshire died 9th January 1938, probate of effects of £989 9s (~£43,000 in 2017) to William Bristow Stearn haulage contractor

Sources

1.

England and Wales Marriage Index 1837 - 2005, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). Windsor 1892 quarter:4 volume:2c page:1031. Cit. Date: 22 July 2025.

2.

Terri Richardson personal communication. email. Cit. Date: 3 July 2007.

3.

England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Stow 1865 quarter:1 volume:4a page:535. Cit. Date: 14 January 2022.

4.

Suffolk Family History Society - Stow and Thedwastre Baptisms 1754-1812, (2011 SFK-BPI-05/P2 own copy). Buxhall St. Mary baptisms entry:708. Cit. Date: 14 January 2022.

5.

England and Wales Death Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Reading 1935 qi volume:2c page:536. Cit. Date: 22 July 2025.

6.

England and Wales Census 1881, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG11 piece:1319 folio:68 page:18 schedule:509. Cit. Date: 14 January 2022.

7.

England and Wales Census 1891, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG12 piece:896 folio:80 page:20 schedule:121. Cit. Date: 22 July 2025.

8.

England and Wales Census 1901, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG13 piece:595 folio:76 page:15 schedule:75. Cit. Date: 22 July 2025.

9.

England and Wales Census 1911, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG14 piece:3025 class:RG78 piece:106 registration district:32 sub-district:3 enumeration district:11 schedule:36. Cit. Date: 22 July 2025.

10.

England and Wales Census 1921, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive series:RG15 piece:3176 registration district:33 sub-district:1 enumeration district:15 schedule:102. Cit. Date: 22 July 2025.

11.

England and Wales Census 1871, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG10 piece:1742 folio:16 page:4 schedule:18. Cit. Date: 8 August 2024.

12.

UK Government Probate Service, UK Government Find a Will, (on-line at www.probatesearch.service.gov.uk, www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). London 1935 page:351. Cit. Date: 22 July 2025.

13.

England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Easthampstead 1864 quarter:2 volume:2c page:383. Cit. Date: 22 July 2025.

14.

FindMyPast Parish Records Collection - Baptisms, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). Berkshire Baptisms Index Sunninghill baptisms 1813-1955 Berkshire Archives ref:D/P 126/1/7 page:93. Cit. Date: 22 July 2025.

15.

England and Wales Census 1881, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG11 piece:764 folio:52 page:22 schedule:698. Cit. Date: 22 July 2025.

16.

England and Wales Census 1891, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG12 piece:62 folio:84 page:23 schedule:179. Cit. Date: 22 July 2025.

17.

England and Wales Census 1871, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG10 piece:247 folio:73 page:7 schedule:21. Cit. Date: 22 July 2025.

18.

England and Wales Death Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Wokingham 1938 quarter:1 volume:2c page:515. Cit. Date: 22 July 2025.

19.

UK Government Probate Service, UK Government Find a Will, (on-line at www.probatesearch.service.gov.uk, www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). London 1938 page:384. Cit. Date: 22 July 2025.