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STERLING, Elizabeth
1889 - 1970 (80 years) Has 6 ancestors but no descendants in this family tree.
1855 - 1920 (65 years)-
Name STERLING, Elizabeth Birth 6 Mar 1889 Sunderland, County Durham, England 
Gender Female Death 1970 Sunderland Registration District, County Durham Person ID I2619 Edgoose Last Modified 30 Jan 2026
Father STERLING, Henry, b. 1855, Kenton, Northumberland, England d. 7 Sep 1920, Sunderland Registration District, County Durham (Age 65 years) Mother FROST, Selina, b. 1862, East Harling, Norfolk, England d. 1934, Sunderland Registration District, County Durham (Age 72 years) Marriage 1880 Sunderland Registration District Family ID F198 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family LAVERICK, John W., b. 29 Mar 1889 d. 1960, Sunderland Registration District, County Durham (Age 70 years) Marriage 1910 Sunderland Registration District Family ID F3028 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 27 Jan 2026
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ELIZABETH STERLING 1889-1970
The birth of Elizabeth STERLING was registered in 1889. According to the 1939 Register and the registeration of her death in 1970, she was born on 6 March 1889.
(GRO June Q 1889 [FROST] Sunderland 10 570)
Fom the 1901 Census of No. 20 Westwood Street, Bishopwearmouth, County Durham:
Henry STIRLING [sic], married, aged 45, iron moulder, born at Kenton, Northumberland;
Selina STIRLING [sic], married, aged 40, born at West Harling, Norfolk;
Sarah A. STERLING [sic], daughter, aged 20, born in Sunderland, County Durham;
*Elizabeth STERLING [sic], daughter, aged 12, born in Sunderland, County Durham;
Ellen S. STERLING [sic], daughter, aged 3, born in Sunderland, County Durham.
(RG13/4711/50/25)
The marriage between John W. LAVERICK and Elizabeth STERLING was registered in 1910.
(GRO September Q 1910 Sunderland 10a 1107)
The birth and death of their daughter Elizabeth were registered in 1911 aged 0.
(GRO March Q 1911 [STERLING] Sunderland 10A 670)
(GRO March Q 1911 Sunderland 10A 363 aged 0)
From the 1911 Census of 59 Horatio Street, Sunderland, County Durham, taken on 2 April:
John William LAVERICK, head, aged 22, married, ship plater, shipbuilding worker, born in Sunderland, County Durham;
*Elizabeth LAVERICK, aged 22, married 8 months, 1 child (deceased), born in Sunderland, County Durham.
(RG14PN30228 RG78 PN1742 RD555 SD3 ED16 SN538)
The birth of a second child named Elizabeth was registered in 1912. She married John CONOLLY in 1933. According to the 1939 Register of 7 Wearmouth Street, Sunderland, she was born on 23 September 1912.
(GRO December Q 1912 [STERLING] Sunderland 10A 1484)
(GRO September Q 1933 Sunderland 10A 1402)
(RG101/2718B/005/10)
The birth and death of a third child Henry LAVERICK was registered in 1917.
(GRO March Q 1917 [STERLING] Sunderland 10A 1156)
(GRO March Q 1917 Sunderland 10A 854 aged 0)
From the 1939 Register of 76 Devonshire Street, Sunderland C.B., County Durham:
John W. LAVERICK, born 29 March 1889, ship's palter, married;
*Elizabeth LAVERICK, born 6 March 1889, housewife, married;
John W. MAVERICK, born 28 January 1922, van boy, single;
3 CLOSED RECORDS
(RG101/2717D/014/37 to 39)
Her husband John W. LAVERICK died aged 71 in 1960.
(GRO December Q 1960 Sunderland 1a 1044)
The death of Elizabeth LAVERICK was registered in 1970.
(GRO September Q 1970 Sunderland 1a 1826)
According to her granddaughter, Elizabeth LAVERICK was living at Devonshire Street, Monkwearmouth, Sunderland, County Durham, at the time of her death in 1970.
(revised 28.08.2018)