Peerage Record – 64620

     Elsie Edith Williams Newcomb was born on 1 September 1891.¹ She was the daughter of Alfred Henry Newcomb and Edith Williams.¹ She married Edward William Lyde Wiggett, son of William Mackerell Wiggett and Elizabeth Claire L. Cavagnari, in 1917 at Richmond, London, England.¹ She died in 1973.¹
     From 1917, her married name became Wiggett.¹

     James Charles Shears was born in 1857.¹ He was the son of Sarah Blackburn.¹ He married Beatrice Jane Margaret Dumas in 1883 at Wandsworth, Surrey, England.¹ He died in 1924.¹
     He was a mechanical engineer at Kingston Upon Thames, Surrey, England.¹

     Beatrice Jane Margaret Dumas was born in 1865.¹ She married James Charles Shears, son of Sarah Blackburn, in 1883 at Wandsworth, Surrey, England.¹ She died in 1917.¹
     From 1883, her married name became Shears.¹

     William Shears was born circa 1822 at Wimbledon, Surrey, England.¹ He married Sarah Blackburn, daughter of George Blackburn, in 1866.¹ He died in 1917.¹
     He was a civil engineer.¹

     Sarah Blackburn was baptised on 18 April 1824 at St. Paul, Blackburn, Lancashire, England.¹ She was the daughter of George Blackburn.¹ She married Shute Barrington Moody, son of Major Thomas Moody, on 19 January 1847 at St. Leonards, Shoreditch, London, England.¹ She married William Shears in 1866.¹ She died in 1894.¹
     From 19 January 1847, her married name became Moody.¹ From 1866, her married name became Shears.¹

     Shute Barrington Moody was born on 8 April 1818.¹ He was the son of Major Thomas Moody.¹ He married Sarah Blackburn, daughter of George Blackburn, on 19 January 1847 at St. Leonards, Shoreditch, London, England.¹

     Major Thomas Moody gained the rank of Major in the Royal Engineers.¹

     Mary E. Gibbons married Maj.-Gen. Phillip James Shears, son of James Charles Shears and Beatrice Jane Margaret Dumas, in 1911 at Kingston Upon Thames, Surrey, England.¹
     From 1911, her married name became Shears.¹

     Richard Beesly married Pauline Mary Beatrice Shears, daughter of Maj.-Gen. Phillip James Shears and Mary E. Gibbons, in 1949 at Evesham, Worcestershire, England.¹