Re: Any STANNARD'S in Suffolk England
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In reply to:
Re: Any STANNARD'S in Suffolk England
10/21/99
Hi Ian,
My name is Dave Stannard and I live in Queensland, Australia.
I am a descendant of one family of Stannard's who came from St. James, Southelmham.My great grandfather was born there 15-01-1852.He joined the Metropolitan Police Force in London in 1873 and went on to become a Divisional Inspector and retired in 1898.He had 3 daughters and one son (Bertie George, my grandfather)
George's father was Samuel Stannard, also born at St. James and appears to have been christened there on 25 Dec 1815.He married Lydia Barnaby who was born in Metfield, Suffolk. Samuel may have had a brother, William, also born St. James in about 1822.
The father of these two seems at this stage to have been Abraham or Abram Stannard and their mother was Martha, maiden name unknown.
The 1881 Census reveals 52 residences in St. James, three of the occupied by Stannards.Whether these three families were linked I do not know, but there is at least a 33.3% chance that we are from the same line.
Feel free to drop me an e-mail at [email protected].