Forest of Dean FHT Forum - Gertrude Emily Sterry https://forum.forest-of-dean.net/ Connecting Forest of Dean Researchers World-Wide en Gertrude Emily Sterry (reply) The thread on Frederick George Coates a few days ago gives references to suggest that Gertrude Emily Sterry was actually William Coates housekeeper not his daughter. This seems to be borne out by the censuses of 1871 and 1881 which list that William and his wife Eliza had five children, Annie b1869, Emily b1871, William b1874, Jane b1877 and John b1879. By the 1891 census William and his wife had parted, he stayed in Cheltenham and she went to live in Gloucester.
Gertrude Emily Sterry is listed on the BMD index and the 1881 and 1891 censuses as coming from Longhope. There are no birth, marriage or death records to indicate that she was William Coates daughter or that she had been married and widowed by the age of 23 in 1901.
William's wife was actually still alive in 1901 so the census listing as a widower was inaccurate.
Gertrude's sons Frances (b 1898) and Frederick George (b 1900) are both listed on the GlosBMD birth index as COATES, mother's name Sterry, both born in Cheltenham which would indicate that they were William's sons, not his grandsons

]]> https://forum.forest-of-dean.net/index.php?id=43449 https://forum.forest-of-dean.net/index.php?id=43449 Sun, 09 Mar 2014 23:26:33 +0000 Generalkturner Gertrude Emily Sterry (reply) There is already a thread on this family four posts below this one!

]]> https://forum.forest-of-dean.net/index.php?id=43448 https://forum.forest-of-dean.net/index.php?id=43448 Sun, 09 Mar 2014 22:22:53 +0000 GeneralChrisW Gertrude Emily Sterry (reply) In the GU transcription of the 1901 census there is:-

William Coates Head, Widower, 63, Pork Butcher, born Glos, Sandhurst
Gertrude Sterry Daughter, Widow, 23, Glos, Longhope
Francis Sterry, Grandson, 3, Glos, Cheltenham
Frederick Sterry, Grandson, 9m, Glos, Cheltenham

On the face of it this suggests she was born Gertrude Coates. Do you have other information?

]]> https://forum.forest-of-dean.net/index.php?id=43446 https://forum.forest-of-dean.net/index.php?id=43446 Sun, 09 Mar 2014 20:12:08 +0000 GeneralMike Pinchin Gertrude Emily Sterry Can anyone give me any information on Gertrude Emily Sterry b October 1878 in Longhope? Father George Sterry, farmer b 1845. Mother Patience Jones
Gertrude lived in High St, Cheltenham with butcher William Coates b 1835 and had 2 children Francis and Frederick with him. William died in 1901 aged 66. In 1902 she married Wallace Jones b 1882 and returned to live in Longhope and had 4 more children with him

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