Lee Steere
Lee Steere (sometimes hyphenated as Lee-Steere), is the surname of several prominent Western Australians:
- James George Lee Steere (1830–1903)
- Ernest Augustus Lee Steere (1866–1957), nephew of James George Lee Steere
- Ernest Henry Lee-Steere (1912–2011), son of Ernest Augustus Lee Steere
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
- ↑ Schorer, Albert (1968). History of the Upper Blackwood. Bunbury, Western Australia: South West Printing and Publishing Co. Ltd. p. 24.
- ↑ Muir, Alison & Dinee (1982). Forrest Family, Pioneers of Western Australia, 1842-1982. J.R. Muir & Son. p. 26. ISBN 0-9592883-0-9.
- ↑ "John Steere". Halhed genealogy & family trees. Basil Halhed. Retrieved 4 May 2013.
- ↑ Birman, Wendy (1986). "Lee Steere, Sir Ernest Augustus (1866–1957)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. 10. Canberra: Australian National University. Retrieved 31 October 2015.
- ↑ "Dorking Museum". Retrieved 29 October 2015.
- ↑ Malden, Henry Elliot (1911).
The Victoria History of the County of Surrey, Volume 3. Wikisource. p. 155. - ↑ "STEER-L Archives". RootsWeb. Retrieved 4 May 2013.