Gertrude Marion Steer
Gertrude Marion Steer
Date of Birth 26 December 1876
Place of Residence York Street Launceston Tasmania Australia
Spouses Name Arthur Percy Petts Jones
Childrens Names Myla Gertrude & Olga Petts

Gertrude Marion (Gerty) Steer was born in Launceston on 26 Dec 1876, the seventh child of James Steer (1841-1911) and his wife Elizabeth Fanny Gould (1845-1907). She may be the Miss Steer who sang soprano in the Exhibition Choir. Gertrude married Arthur Percy Petts Jones at Launceston on 14 Mar 1900. He was listed as a miner at Mount Read in the 1903 Electoral Roll. Their two daughters were born in Launceston, Myla Gertrude on 27 May 1903 and Olga Petts on 1 Oct 1916. See The Examiner 22 Apr 2006, p.30.

Wen Steer-Faulkner Feb 2006 & Angela Prosser Green Mar 2006