Lee Steere

This article is about the surname. For the politician (1803-1890), see Lee Steere (MP).

Lee Steere (sometimes hyphenated as Lee-Steere), is the surname of several prominent Western Australians:

The Lee Steere family were originally from Jayes, in Surrey, England.[1][2] The family took the name Lee Steere in 1675 when John Steere (1649-1689[3]) married Fiducia Lee in Plastoe, Surrey.[4] Members of the family continued to live in Jayes Park, Ockley.[5]

Not all of John Steere and Fiducia Lee's descendants had a separate given name with "Lee Steere" as a surname. One of the female descendants married Richard Witts and had a son named Lee Steere Witts, who later "assumed the name of Steere".[6] There are also records of family members named (for example) Lee Steere Steere and Sarah Steere Steere.[7] Others were known simply as "Lee Steere" (including the 1848 High Sheriff of Surrey).

References

  1. ^ Schorer, Albert (1968). History of the Upper Blackwood. Bunbury, Western Australia: South West Printing and Publishing Co. Ltd. p. 24.
  2. ^ Muir, Alison & Dinee (1982). Forrest Family, Pioneers of Western Australia, 1842-1982. J.R. Muir & Son. p. 26. ISBN 0-9592883-0-9.
  3. ^ "John Steere". Halhed genealogy & family trees. Basil Halhed. Archived from the original on 29 June 2013. Retrieved 4 May 2013.
  4. ^ Birman, Wendy (1986). "Lee Steere, Sir Ernest Augustus (1866–1957)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Vol. 10. Canberra: National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. ISBN 978-0-522-84459-7. ISSN 1833-7538. OCLC 70677943. Retrieved 31 October 2015.
  5. ^ "Dorking Museum". Retrieved 29 October 2015.
  6. ^ Malden, Henry Elliot (1911). The Victoria History of the County of Surrey, Volume 3 . p. 155 – via Wikisource.
  7. ^ "STEER-L Archives". RootsWeb. Retrieved 4 May 2013.

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