GEAR, John

1853 - 1933  (79 years)

• Name	GEAR, John  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]
  Birth	15 Dec 1853	Nesting, Shetland, Scotland   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Residence	1881	Lerwick and Gulberwick, Shetland, Scotland   [1]
  	Relation to Head of House: Head
  Residence	1901	Lerwick, Shetland, Scotland   [2]
  	Relation to Head of House: Head
  Death	11 May 1933	Lerwick, Shetland, Scotland   [3, 6]
  Burial	Lerwick, Shetland, Scotland   [3]
  Person ID	I17988	Stark Family Tree
  Last Modified	19 Dec 2025

  
  

  Family	SANDISON, Barbara,   b. 30 Apr 1850, Nesting, Shetland, Scotland d. 12 May 1933, Gilbert Bain Hospital, Lerwick, Shetland, Scotland (Age 83 years)
  Marriage	23 Dec 1875	Nesting, Shetland, Scotland   [4]
  Children	+ 1. GEAR, Isabella Bruce,   b. Abt 1880, Lerwick, Shetland, Scotland d. 27 May 1959, Lerwick, Shetland, Scotland (Age 79 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural] + 2. GEAR, John James,   b. 3 Jul 1881, Lerwick, Shetland, Scotland d. 13 Jul 1924, Crescent Beach, British Columbia, Canada (Age 43 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   3. GEAR, Alexander,   b. Abt 1890, Lerwick, Shetland, Scotland  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural] + 4. GEAR, Margaret Jane,   b. Abt 1890, Lerwick, Shetland, Scotland d. 4 May 1964, Lerwick, Shetland, Scotland (Age 74 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   5. GEAR, Henry,   b. Abt 1893, Lerwick, Shetland, Scotland d. 6 May 1918, Aachen, Stadtkreis Aachen, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany (Age 25 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   6. GEAR, Barbara Ann,   b. Abt 1897, Lerwick, Shetland, Scotland  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F6627	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	19 Dec 2025

  
  

• Event Map

  Residence - Relation to Head of House: Head - 1901 - Lerwick, Shetland, Scotland Death - 11 May 1933 - Lerwick, Shetland, Scotland Burial - - Lerwick, Shetland, Scotland  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Photos		HS Adam James Christensen
  		John Gear

  
  

• Sources

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