Robert Steer
Robert was born before 1802 and his baptism took place on December 29th, 1802 in
Modbury Devon.
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Robert's father was
Francis Grills Sture and his mother was
Mary Ann Morgan. His paternal grandparents were
George Sture and
Agnes Grills. He had four brothers and five sisters, named
George,
Francis,
Peter,
William,
Biddy,
Agnes,
Mary,
Elizabeth and
Nancy. He was the third youngest of the ten children.
General Notes
Robert had children called Francis and Mary Ann, and also Robert's son Francis went on to call his son Francis Grills Steer. Rebecca Steer of Ballarat, Victoria, Australia is descended from Robert Steer (1802-1870) via Henry Steer (1833-1909), Harry Steer (1877-1953), Robert "Clive" Eldridge Steer (1911- 2004), Robert "Lindsay" Steer (1951-). Both Robert Steer and Henry Steer, among other children, came to Australia on board the "Harry Lorrequer" in 1851. Rebecca has the prayer book they were given in Plymouth before they left. This line of Steers were mainly in New South Wales, Victoria and a few were in the Perth area in Western Australia
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