James Shearer

Other Events and Attributes:

• Birth: 21 Aug 1824, Keith, Banffshire, Scotland
• Census: 7 Apr 1861, Camden Town, London, England; : 36y
• Occupation: 7 Apr 1861, Camden Town, London, England; a Draper, Warehouseman; : 36y
• Residence: 7 Apr 1861, Camden Town, London, England; : 36y
• Census: 2 Apr 1871, Hampstead, London, England; : 46y
• Occupation: 2 Apr 1871; a Draper, Warehouseman
• Occupation: 2 Apr 1871, Hampstead, London, England; a Draper, Warehouseman; : 46y
• Residence: 2 Apr 1871, Aberdeen Villa, Abbey Road, Hampstead, London, England
• Residence: 2 Apr 1871, Hampstead, London, England; : 46y
• Census: 3 Apr 1881, Finsbury, London, England; : 56y
• Occupation: 3 Apr 1881, Finsbury, London, England; a Draper, Warehouseman; : 56y
• Residence: 3 Apr 1881, Finsbury, London, England; : 56y

Notes:

1881 Census:Source: FHL Film 1341053 PRO Ref RG11 Piece 0242 Folio 137 Page 54
Dwelling: 76 Brecknock Rd
Census Place: Islington, London, Middlesex, England

Census:
15 Pratt St.

Residence:
15 Pratt St.

Census:
Aberdeen Villa, Abbey Road

Residence:
Aberdeen Villa, Abbey Road

Census:
76 Brecknock Rd

Residence:
76 Brecknock Rd

James married Elizabeth Johnston on 12 Apr 1853 in St Marylebone, London, England. Elizabeth (daughter of Alexander Johnston and Margaret Evans) was born in 1827 in Shoreditch, London, England; died between Jul 1881 and Sep 1881 in London, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Birth: 30 Oct 1855, Bloomsbury, London, England
• Census: 7 Apr 1861, Camden Town, London, England; : 5y
• Residence: 7 Apr 1861, Camden Town, London, England; : 5y
• Census: 2 Apr 1871, Hampstead, London, England; : 15y
• Residence: 2 Apr 1871, Hampstead, London, England; : 15y
• Census: 3 Apr 1881, Finsbury, London, England; : 25y
• Residence: 3 Apr 1881, Finsbury, London, England; : 25y
• Death: Between Jan 1890 and Mar 1890, Edmonton, Hornsey, London, England

Notes:

Copy of her son, Stuart Aylward's, birth certificate lists her as Ellen Aylward, formerly Shearer, and their residence as 3 Brownswood Road, South Hornsey. . Extract from the 1881 British Census CD's: 3rd April 1881.

Dwelling: 76 Brecknock Rd
Census Place: Islington, London, Middlesex, England
Source: FHL Film 1341053 PRO Ref RG11 Piece 0242 Folio 137 Page 54
Marr Age Sex Birthplace
James SHEARER M 56 M Keith N B
Rel: Head
Occ: Draper
Elizabeth SHEARER M 56 F London, London, Middlesex, England
Rel: Wife
Occ: Draper Wife
Ellen SHEARER U 24 F London, London, Middlesex, England
Rel: Daur
Charles BUTCHER U 41 M Golant, Cornwall, England
Rel: Boarder
Occ: Auctioneer
Sarah DAVIS U 20 F Gloucester, England
Rel: Serv
Occ: Servant

Possible Death Record
Name: Aylward, Ellen
Record Type: Deaths
Age at death: 33
Quarter: March
Year: 1890
District: Edmonton
County: Essex Hertfordshire Middlesex
Volume: 3a
Page: 177

Copy of her son, Stuart Aylward's, birth certificate lists her as Ellen Aylward, formerly Shearer, and their residence as 3 Brownswood Road, South Hornsey. . Extract from the 1881 British Census CD's: 3rd April 1881.

Dwelling: 76 Brecknock Rd
Census Place: Islington, London, Middlesex, England
Source: FHL Film 1341053 PRO Ref RG11 Piece 0242 Folio 137 Page 54
Marr Age Sex Birthplace
James SHEARER M 56 M Keith N B
Rel: Head
Occ: Draper
Elizabeth SHEARER M 56 F London, London, Middlesex, England
Rel: Wife
Occ: Draper Wife
Ellen SHEARER U 24 F London, London, Middlesex, England
Rel: Daur
Charles BUTCHER U 41 M Golant, Cornwall, England
Rel: Boarder
Occ: Auctioneer
Sarah DAVIS U 20 F Gloucester, England
Rel: Serv
Occ: Servant


Census:
15 Pratt St.

Residence:
15 Pratt St.

Census:
Aberdeen Villa, Abbey Road

Residence:
Aberdeen Villa, Abbey Road

Census:
76 Brecknock Rd

Residence:
76 Brecknock Rd

Ellen married Louis John Aylward on 4 Mar 1884 in Parish Church, Hackney, London, England. Louis (son of John Aylward and Sarah Bell) was born on 31 Mar 1857 in Stutton, Suffolk, England; was christened on 27 Aug 1857 in Stutton, Suffolk, England; died on 1 Jul 1950 in Edgerton, Settlers, Northern Transvaal, South Africa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 5 Apr 1891, Highbury, Islington, London, England; : 5y
• Residence: 5 Apr 1891, Highbury, Islington, London, England; : 5y
• Census: 31 Mar 1901, Framlingham, Suffolk, England; : 15y
• Occupation: 31 Mar 1901, Framlingham, Suffolk, England; Student; : 15y
• Residence: 31 Mar 1901, Albert Memorial College, Framlingham, Suffolk, England; : 15y
• Residence: Between 1902 and 1915, Glen Avon farm, Somerset East, Eastern Cape, South Africa
• Emigration: 22 Mar 1902, Hornsey, London, England
• Residence: Between Mar 1915 and 1918, Fonteins Hoek farm, Somerset East ward 6, Eastern Cape, South Africa
• Residence: Between 1918 and 1920, Lehau, Northern Transvaal, South Africa
• Residence: Between 1920 and 1950, Egerton, Settlers, Springbok Flats, Northern Transvaal, South Africa
• Residence: Between 1950 and 1965, Mooi River, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa
• Residence: 1966, Welkom, Free State, South Africa

Notes:

Stuart's birth was registered in the Parish of Edmonton, Hornsey, London. His parents were living at 3 Brownswood Road, South Hornsey at the time. He attended the Albert Memorial College at Framlingham, Suffolk, a boarding school which had 249 boys in residence in 1901. 1901 Census ref : RG13 ,Piece 1787, folio 145, page 6. Shows age of 15. This census record was for the Albert Memorial College at Framlingham in Suffolk East.

Stuart left England for the farm Glen Avon, at Somerset East, Cape, South Africa, to learn farming.
I could never understand the connection of Stuart to Glen Avon, until we found a postcard amongst an old photo album, which was from Louis John, Stuart's father, to Henry Mitford-Barberton! It turned out that these two gents were expert shots with rifles, and had competed against each other at the famous Bisley and Wimbledon shoots in England. They had obviously become 'friends' at the competions, and the offer made to Stuart to go to the 'family farm' in South Africa. Glen Avon was used as a training farm at the time.

He was a passenger on board the SCOT, a 4277 tonnage ship under Captain T J Bremner, departing from Southampton on 22 March 1902 for the Cape. Glen Avon was originally owned by Robert Hart, whose daughter Sarah Elizabeth married Robert Mitford Bowker, father of Oliver Osbaldiston Bowker. Whilst there he visited the farm Glen Craig, owned by Oliver Osbaldiston Bowker, and met Oliver's daughter, Vera whom he eventually married.

After John and Susie-Bell were born, the family moved firstly to Fonteinshoek farm, where they ran an Ostrich farm. When the Ostrich feather industry collapsed they sold, and moved to the Pretoria region to manage a farm for a Mr von Boskorten. They later moved to Lehau, Transvaal, where Stuart was employed as a farmer/manager on a George Marais' farm. see https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSKK-V9TW-R?i=569&cat=305287 fro Vera's genealogy report of the 1820 Settlers Centenary. Lehau siding is at -25.063535, 28.465606 on google maps. There does not appear to be any railway line in the area now (2016).

In 1920, he again moved, this time to his own farm, 'Egerton', at Settlers, Transvaal. They stayed at this farm for the best part of 30 years, and were hit by the drought in the late 1940s. John, his eldest son, took over the farm in 1950. Stuart and Vera moved to Arcadia in Pretoria, selling Insurance, and then to the farm Onverwacht at Nottingham Road, KwaZulu Natal, where Stuart was employed as an Estate Agent, specialising in farm sales in the area. They retired to Mooi River, KwaZulu Natal, in the early 1950s, and took in Susie-Bell's 4 children for the school holidays to help out Susie-Bell who was working in Pietermaritzburg at the time.

After Vera died in 1965, Stuart married Vera's sister Ella who was also widowed, and they moved to Welkom in the Free State to be closer to her family.



Census:
27 Aberdeen Road

Residence:
27 Aberdeen Road

Census:
Albert Memorial College

Emigration:
Into Place: Glen Avon farm, Somerset East, Eastern Cape, South Africa

Stuart married Vera Ferris Bowker on 27 Jun 1911 in Glen Craig farm, Somerset East, Eastern Cape, South Africa. Vera (daughter of Oliver Osbaldiston Bowker and Susan Margaret Serrurier Smuts) was born on 12 Jun 1890 in Glen Craig farm, Somerset East, Eastern Cape, South Africa; was christened on 13 Jul 1890 in Somerset East, Eastern Cape, South Africa; died in 1965 in Margate, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Stuart married Ella Josephine Bowker after 1965. Ella (daughter of Oliver Osbaldiston Bowker and Susan Margaret Serrurier Smuts) was born on 21 Oct 1893 in Craigie Burn farm, Somerset East, Eastern Cape, South Africa; was christened on 23 Dec 1893 in Somerset East, Eastern Cape, South Africa; died in Oct 1981; was buried on 13 Oct 1981 in Clumber, Bathurst (nr), Eastern Cape, South Africa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 5 Apr 1891, Highbury, Islington, London, England; : 3y
• Residence: 5 Apr 1891, Highbury, Islington, London, England; : 3y
• Census: 31 Mar 1901, Framlingham, Suffolk, England; : 13y
• Occupation: 31 Mar 1901, Framlingham, Suffolk, England; Accountant; : 13y
• Residence: 31 Mar 1901, Framlingham, Suffolk, England; : 13y
• Travelled: 2 Feb 1907; : 19y
• Travelled: 1 Nov 1915; : 28y
• Travelled: 25 Apr 1921
• Death: 30 Aug 1922, University College Hospital, Gowers Street, London, England
• Probate: 22 Sep 1922, London, England

Notes:

1901 census ref RG13/1787/147 page 10. Shows age of 13, therefore born 1887/1888 in London Hornsey. The institution record looks like a school in Suffolk East.

Birth ref : Oct-Nov-Dec 1887 Edmonton, vol 3a page 233

Gordon sailed from Southampton for Port Elizabeth on 2 Feb 1907 on board the Fort Salisbury.

Gordon sailed from Southampton for Port Elizabeth on 2 Feb 1907 on board the Fort Salisbury and returned to Plymouth in 1915.
He must have later gone to Nigeria.

He returned to Liverpool, England from Nigeria arriving on the 25th April 1921. He gave his address as 50 Queens St, which is where his father was living at the time. It is understood that he had contracted Blackwater fever and returned to London and died in the Universtiy College Hospital in London.

Census:
27 Aberdeen Road

Residence:
27 Aberdeen Road

Census:
Albert Memorial Collage

Residence:
Albert Memorial Collage

Travelled:
from London to Algoa Bay in South Africa on the Fort Salibury passenger ship

Travelled:
from Durban South Africa to Plymouth on the Llansteffan Castle

Travelled:
from Lagos, Nigeria to Liverpool, England on the S S Appam arriving

Other Events and Attributes:

• 1820 Lineage: Yes

Notes:

John was schooled firstly by a Miss Saunders, governess, and subsequently at St Pius' Convent, Pietersburg, and then at a government school in Middelburg, Transvaal and finally Pretoria Boys' High School in 1926. When he left school he worked in a Dairy Business in Johannesburg for 10 months, (one of the Duthie's), whereafter he joined his father on the farm Egerton at Settlers, Transvaal. He signed up with the Army (Natal Mounted Rifles) in 1939 and was posted North. He was taken as a prisoner of war, having been captured at Tobruk, and on release in 1945 returned to the farm at Settlers. see WWII SADF involvement.pdf in documents section.

In 1956 Egerton was sold and John and family moved to Egerton, Umhlali where they lived until 1964. They moved to the farm Morgenster, Eshowe in 1965 and sold it to retire in 1971 after which he and Margot went on a world cruise for a few months. His contact with farmers did not cease as he then sold John Deere tractors and farming implements until 1977. In the 30 odd years that they lived in Eshowe he and Margot were very active in bowling circles. She was the Zululand Sportsman of the year in 1968. They were both President of their respective sections at the Eshowe Bowling Club and Zululand. They both coached bowls in their spare time and were Zululand Umpires. John was also Greenkeeper, Secretary and Treasurer for the Club. For his 80th birthday and in memory of Margot, his children gave him a silver rose bowl trophy to present to the Club for an annual Mixed Tournament which he and family members sponsored each year.

John married Margaret Laura Hampton Cantlay on 30 Sep 1939 in Nylstroom, Northern Province, South Africa. Margaret (daughter of Vernon Cantlay and Ellen Norris) was born on 31 May 1918; died on 30 Dec 1990 in Eshowe, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• 1820 Lineage: Yes

Notes:

Her Ashes were scattered at Mottisfont Abbey, near Romsey, Hampshire, under the large London Plane tree on 21 June 2009

Susie-Bell married Henry Dirk Jackson on 6 Mar 1943 in St Wilfred's Church, Hillcrest, Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa. Henry (son of Dirk Cloete van Alphen Jackson and Maria Magdalena Schuurman) was born on 9 Mar 1918; died on 26 Oct 2008 in Perth, Western Australia, Australia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Susie-Bell married Harold Smith on 29 Oct 1960 in Estcourt, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa. Harold (son of Henry Smith and Dorothy Brooks, son of Harry Smith and Minnie Dorothy Brooks) was born on 3 Mar 1927 in Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa; died on 19 Nov 1975 in Keurboomstrand, Western Cape, South Africa; was cremated in Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape, South Africa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Susie-Bell married Kenneth Wilfred Nunn on 9 Dec 1977 in Port St Johns, Eastern Cape, South Africa. Kenneth was born on 8 Apr 1915 in Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, England; died on 18 Jan 1995 in Anerley, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• 1820 Lineage: Yes
• Residence: 10 Flamingo Court, Church Street, Florida, Gauteng, 1709, South Africa

Notes:

Surname AYLWARD
First_Names Florence Ella Adele
Parents Stuart and Vera Ferris Bowker
Birth_Date 05/10/1920
Baptised_Date 03/04/1922
Birthplace_Residence
Comments
Place_Baptised "The Manse, S.E."
Entry 370
Item_No 1
Film 1560913
Church Somerset East Presby Christenings 1870-1982
Remarks_Transcriber Ellen Stanton

Florence married Philippus Johannes Geel on 6 Nov 1939. Philippus was born on 7 Feb 1914; died on 12 Jun 1971. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]