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Title: marriage and children for John Stearn (1811-1860)
Post by: FrancisGrn on Monday 26 May 25 21:19 BST (UK)
Dear all,
I would like to find out if my relative John Stearn had any children. He was born in Fressingfield in 1811 to Charles Stearn and Mary Ann Bullock. He was the brother to Henry Bullock Stearn (1807-1875), Mary Ann Stearn (1808-1865) and Charles Stearn (1810-1884). He is living in Ipswich in 1851 as a widower, along with his sister and niece.
https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/8860/records/4890056
He died in Ipswich in 1861. Unfortunately, I can neither find a marriage for him nor find him in 1841, and I would like to find out if he left any children.
Best wishes,
Francis
Title: Re: marriage and children for John Stearn (1811-1860)
Post by: rosie99 on Monday 26 May 25 22:27 BST (UK)
There is a John Stearn occ Journeyman painter with a Sarah Stearn in Ipswich in 1841, no children with them
Title: Re: marriage and children for John Stearn (1811-1860)
Post by: FrancisGrn on Monday 26 May 25 23:25 BST (UK)
Looks very promising. Thanks so much!
Title: Re: marriage and children for John Stearn (1811-1860)
Post by: hepburn on Tuesday 27 May 25 11:53 BST (UK)
There's also a death in  Ipswich of a Sarah Stearn in 1846?
Title: Re: marriage and children for John Stearn (1811-1860)
Post by: Ladyhawk on Tuesday 27 May 25 13:32 BST (UK)
Quote from: FrancisGrn on Monday 26 May 25 21:19 BST (UK)

He died in Ipswich in 1861. Unfortunately, I can neither find a marriage for him nor find him in 1841, and I would like to find out if he left any children.


If you have his d/c was the informant a family member?

There is a William John Stearn marriage to Sarah West in 1833 St Mary Elms, Ipswich but no image to view https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NL9F-F9W?lang=en

Quote from: hepburn on Tuesday 27 May 25 11:53 BST (UK)
There's also a death in  Ipswich of a Sarah Stearn in 1846?

A digital image is available for £3.00 from GRO online indexes

STEARN, SARAH       age 36 
GRO Reference: 1846  D Quarter in IPSWICH  Volume 12  Page 275
Title: Re: marriage and children for John Stearn (1811-1860)
Post by: rosie99 on Tuesday 27 May 25 15:57 BST (UK)
Link to the 1841 entry which is transcribed as Hearn on Ancestry    (Stearn on FindMyPast)

http://www.rootschat.com/links/01tsl/
Title: Re: marriage and children for John Stearn (1811-1860)
Post by: FrancisGrn on Tuesday 27 May 25 16:31 BST (UK)
This is all excellent. I don't have the death cert. but the 1860 date chimes with everything else and is in the right location. Thanks so much guys!
Title: Re: marriage and children for John Stearn (1811-1860)
Post by: Ladyhawk on Thursday 29 May 25 09:40 BST (UK)
Quote from: FrancisGrn on Tuesday 27 May 25 16:31 BST (UK)
I don't have the death cert. but the 1860 date chimes with everything else and is in the right location.

If you do decide to purchase the death certificate to confirm and find out who the informant was it's available as a digital image

STEARN, JOHN       48 
GRO Reference: 1860  M Quarter in IPSWICH  Volume 04A  Page 421
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