Kear Family of Parkend (General)
I am looking into the Kear family of Parkend in 1841, I have James and Harriet and the names of all their children but I am interested in going back to James's father and grandfather. In 1841 they were living in the Fountain Inn at Parkend and in 1785 the pub which was then a large house was sold to a John Keare, so I am trying to find if the two are related. It is possible the spelling of the surname was changed at some point and James dropped the 'e' from the end of his name. If anyone has any information on the family back then or anything about the house as it was before 1785 I would be very interested as I am the current Landlady of the pub and am researching the history of it residents.
Kear Family
by slowhands 
, proud of his ancient Dean Forest roots, Wednesday, November 22, 2006, 10:04 (6577 days ago) @ michellepowell
Lesson No 9 - Do not rely on spelling !
The census data was collected and written up by people who whilst educated , would spell names as they believed them to be (in the majority of cases).
Keep an open mind, Kear, Keare, Keer, Kere, Kier etc are variants you may see.
Just like MPG claims your spelling may vary !
< In recent years Kear has been synonymous with the (Yorkley) Family Bakery, Harry Kear bought the Speech House Hotel from Trust House Forte in the late 1990's>