THE   Streeter name is very much researched and posted on the internet – primarily due to  the American connection. The

research has   pointed to some facts about the name of Streeter.Streeter origins are mainly of 2 counties of England – Sussex

and Kent , possibly the Sussex  Streeters being the earlier  The Streeter name being a “location” name e.g a man from (the)

street was therefore Streeter families were not   actually related. It seems my Streeter line was  centred on the area  of Worthing

in Sussex

(My great great great grandfather.) On the 23rd of may 1829 Michael married Charlotte Denn born @1806 in  Sompting.  By the 1841 census Michael and Charlotte had 4 children ., Stephen born @ 1831 , George born @1833 , David born @1835 and Susannah born @1840 . Michael was always on the census as an agricultural worker (farm hand?) though by 1881 at the age of 76 was down as a gardener .. Of the children , it seems George became a bricklayers assistant ,while Susannah stayed with her parents ,  in the  1881 census Susannah was noted as “ of feeble mind since childhood” . David  it seems took to the  sea and in 1881 was master of the trawler Isobella .

(My great great grandfather)  It seems like his uncle David he was a wanderer . He actually got married on the  26th dec 1853 at Findon to Mary Mitchell (born 1833 in Findon ) No record has been found yet beyond that date for Stephen  However in 1861 Mary was living with her windowed mother . In the 1871 census however Mary was living with just her children and was marked as a “widow” Stephen never reached 40 years old   Their children were David (middle name Binley -unusual )  Born in Worthing in 1858 . By the time David was 23 in 1881 he was a bricklayer living with grandparents , Michael and Charlotte . (He did it seems move to London ) Daughters Sarah was born in Worthing  in 1864 and Diana was born in Findon in 1860 . The final offspring was Isaac

( my great grandfather) Isaac  seems to have had the desire to go wandering  like his father and uncle . Not been traced in 1881, he appeared in the north-east in Sunderland and married a local girl Jane Branders  (born 1860), Jane and her sister were“fishmongers assistants “ and their father was a pilot probably for the port of Sunderland    .In the 1891 census Isaac was down as a mariner ( seaman was written down but crossed out) By the 1901 census they were settled in Sunderland and Isaac was now a miner , a hewer ( the miner chipping away at the coal face) In total they had 4 children Stephen born 1878 , Mary born 1891 ,  William born 1895  and Robert born  1898

(my grandfather ) By 1911 the family were living in Birtley just south of Gateshead ,however   sadly Jane had died , under 50 and Isaac was a widower . Still in the pits as a hewer as was the eldest son Stephen . William ,just being 17 was obviously a junior in the pit and was a  putter ( a Putter was a miner who propelled the  underground trucks – usually one of the younger crew)  By 1922 he was a coal hewer and married to Barbara Powell