Sherren Family Tree » James Gear Sherren (1840-1902)

Personal data James Gear Sherren 

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Household of James Gear Sherren

He is married to Spencer.

They got married October 1896 at Blandford, Dorset, England, he was 56 years old.Source 4


Notes about James Gear Sherren

James Gear Sherren, like his brother lived with his grandparents in Galton and he also received a 200 pound legacy from his uncle James. In 1861 and 1871 he was with his aunt by marriage, Barbara Sherren (widow of James) in Wareham. In 1881 he was at Lower Bockhamton, Sinsford age 40, unmarried and a farmer with 1000 acres employing 22 men, and 10 boys. During the next 10 years, he moved to Middle Farm, Fordington, he was still at that address in 1901 and died there aged 62, on 14 October 1902 and buried in Whitcombe on 17 October 1902.
He made a will in January 1893 in which he mentioned land and a house at Broadmayne occupied by J. Christopher and mortgaged to John L. Drew of Wareham for the sum of 2800 pounds. John Drew was paid in full and the residue together with the sale of shares was converted to cash. That was divided between Jessie Wright and Alice Wright except for the following items;" reversion of pew rents to the church (at St Mary's, Weymouth); to Harry Wheeler of Weymouth, a friend,"a watch which was my father's with J. Sherren marked on the back; to my cousin Henry Wright of The Firs, Loughton, Essex 100 pounds plus a gold watch; to my cousin Charles Henry Warne of Standish Park, Stoneham, Gloucestershire, 100 pounds plus a silver hunter watch; and my cousin Louisa Ware of Chudleleigh Villa, Weymouth 100 pounds." His executors were John Drew of Wareham and Henry and Alice Wright. The probate was granted on 17 January 1903 to William Henry Wright, gentleman and Alice Wright, spinster.

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Ancestors (and descendant) of James Gear Sherren

James Sherren
± 1768-1852
Margaret Willis
± 1773-1856
Mary Gear
± 1806-1843

James Gear Sherren
1840-1902

1896

Spencer
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Sources

  1. Dorset, England, Wills and Probates, 1565-1858, Ancestry.com, Dorset History Centre; Reference Number: Ad/Dt/W/1852; Event Record Number: 18 / Ancestry.com
  2. UK, City and County Directories, 1766 - 1946, Ancestry.com, 1859 Post Office Directory of Dorsetshire; Publisher: Kelly / Ancestry.com
  3. England, Select Dorset Church of England Parish Registers, 1538-1999, Ancestry.com / Ancestry.com
  4. England & Wales, Civil Registration Marriage Index, 1837-1915, FreeBMD / Ancestry.com
  5. England & Wales, Civil Registration Death Index, 1837-1915, FreeBMD / Ancestry.com
  6. England, United Grand Lodge of England Freemason Membership Registers, 1751-1921, Ancestry.com, Library and Museum of Freemasonry; London, England; Freemasonry Membership Registers; Description: Register of Contributions: Country and Foreign Lodges, 591-719 (1832); 408-489 (1863) / Ancestry.com
  7. England & Wales, FreeBMD Birth Index, 1837-1915, FreeBMD
    Birth date: Jan 1840 Birth place: Dorset, United Kingdom
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  8. England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1861-1941, Ancestry.com
    Death date: 14 Oct 1902 Death place: Dorset, England
    / Ancestry.ca
  9. Thea Clayton's book: The Sherrens of Broadmayne
    The Sherren's of Broadmayne book, pg. 7/3
  10. Dorset, England, Births and Baptisms, 1813-1906, Ancestry.com
    Baptism date: 5 Apr 1840 Baptism place: Cheselbourne, Dorset, England
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Historical events

Christening day April 5, 1840

  • The temperature on April 5, 1840 was about 9.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west-northwest. Weather type: betrokken. Source: KNMI
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    De Republiek der Verenigde Nederlanden werd in 1794-1795 door de Fransen veroverd onder leiding van bevelhebber Charles Pichegru (geholpen door de Nederlander Herman Willem Daendels); de verovering werd vergemakkelijkt door het dichtvriezen van de Waterlinie; Willem V moest op 18 januari 1795 uitwijken naar Engeland (en van daaruit in 1801 naar Duitsland); de patriotten namen de macht over van de aristocratische regenten en proclameerden de Bataafsche Republiek; op 16 mei 1795 werd het Haags Verdrag gesloten, waarmee ons land een vazalstaat werd van Frankrijk; in 3.1796 kwam er een Nationale Vergadering; in 1798 pleegde Daendels een staatsgreep, die de unitarissen aan de macht bracht; er kwam een nieuwe grondwet, die een Vertegenwoordigend Lichaam (met een Eerste en Tweede Kamer) instelde en als regering een Directoire; in 1799 sloeg Daendels bij Castricum een Brits-Russische invasie af; in 1801 kwam er een nieuwe grondwet; bij de Vrede van Amiens (1802) kreeg ons land van Engeland zijn koloniën terug (behalve Ceylon); na de grondwetswijziging van 1805 kwam er een raadpensionaris als eenhoofdig gezag, namelijk Rutger Jan Schimmelpenninck (van 31 oktober 1761 tot 25 maart 1825).
  • In the year 1840: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 2.9 million citizens.
    • February 6 » Signing of the Treaty of Waitangi, establishing New Zealand as a British colony.
    • February 11 » Gaetano Donizetti's opera La fille du régiment receives its first performance in Paris, France.
    • May 1 » The Penny Black, the first official adhesive postage stamp, is issued in the United Kingdom.
    • May 20 » York Minster is badly damaged by fire.
    • May 22 » The penal transportation of British convicts to the New South Wales colony is abolished.
    • October 11 » The Maronite leader Bashir Shihab II surrenders to the Ottoman Empire and later is sent to Malta in exile.

Day of death October 14, 1902

  • The temperature on October 14, 1902 was between 8.0 °C and 13.0 °C and averaged 10.5 °C. Source: KNMI
  • Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from August 1, 1901 to August 16, 1905 the cabinet Kuijper, with Dr. A. Kuijper (AR) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1902: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 5.2 million citizens.
    • January 28 » The Carnegie Institution of Washington is founded in Washington, D.C. with a $10 million gift from Andrew Carnegie.
    • May 20 » Cuba gains independence from the United States. Tomás Estrada Palma becomes the country's first President.
    • June 28 » The U.S. Congress passes the Spooner Act, authorizing President Theodore Roosevelt to acquire rights from Colombia for the Panama Canal.
    • October 24 » Guatemala's Santa María Volcano begins to erupt, becoming the third-largest eruption of the 20th century.
    • November 21 » The Philadelphia Football Athletics defeated the Kanaweola Athletic Club of Elmira, New York, 39–0, in the first ever professional American football night game.
    • December 10 » The opening of the reservoir of the Aswan Dam in Egypt.

Day of burial October 17, 1902

  • The temperature on October 17, 1902 was between 5.5 °C and 11.3 °C and averaged 8.7 °C. There was 0.3 hours of sunshine (3%). Source: KNMI
  • Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from August 1, 1901 to August 16, 1905 the cabinet Kuijper, with Dr. A. Kuijper (AR) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1902: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 5.2 million citizens.
    • January 1 » The first American college football bowl game, the Rose Bowl between Michigan and Stanford, is held in Pasadena, California.
    • April 2 » Dmitry Sipyagin, Minister of Interior of the Russian Empire, is assassinated in the Marie Palace, Saint Petersburg.
    • April 20 » Pierre and Marie Curie refine radium chloride.
    • May 31 » Second Boer War: The Treaty of Vereeniging ends the war and ensures British control of South Africa.
    • August 22 » Theodore Roosevelt becomes the first President of the United States to make a public appearance in an automobile.
    • December 10 » The opening of the reservoir of the Aswan Dam in Egypt.


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