Records of William Steer on Ancestry

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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for William Steer and the Steer Family Tree

Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Steer Genealogy that will form part of your family tree. Although records vary from country to country, they are normally the most formal record of a person's relations. From the sources listed below it will be possible to locate a birth record and, from that record, a birth certificate may be obtainable which is likely to list the names of the parents, therefore taking you back another generation. A marriage certificate may also list the names of the respective fathers of the bride and groom which may then help you to find them earlier in life on a census record enabling you to fill out more detail in the Steer family tree.

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Some Famous People called William Steer

William Bridgland Steer

William Bridgland Steer (1867 – 26 March 1939) was a British trade unionist and politician.

Born in East Grinstead, Steer attended East Grinstead Board School and then Westminster Training College, qualifying as a teacher with a degree from London University. He moved to Derby to become an assistant schoolmaster, and became active in the Derby Teachers' Association and the Derby Class Teachers’ Association, serving as president of each in the early 1900s. From 1904, he worked at Derby Municipal Secondary School.

Steer was active in the National Union of Teachers (NUT), and was first elected to its executive committee in 1905. Also prominent in the National Federation of Class Teachers, he was its president in 1907, and its treasurer from 1910 until 1927. He served as President of the NUT from 1914 to 1916.

During World War I, Steer served on the Workers' National War Emergency Committee, and from the end of the war he sat on the Secondary School Burnham Committee. He also became active in the Labour Party, standing for it in Dudley at the 1918 United Kingdom general election, where he took second place with 39.8% of the vote, and in Walthamstow East in 1922, where he again managed second place, this time with 32.6% of the votes cast.

Steer was elected to Derby Borough Council, and served as chair of the city's education committee. He retired from teaching in 1927, opening the Oakcroft Press, and writing a number of educational books for children.

Source: William Bridgland Steer, Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia

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