The Times, Wednesday, Dec 08, 1909; pg. 20; Issue 39137; col F
Mr Shearn, exhibit of nut foods at the Royal Horticultural Society.
The Times, Thursday, Dec 23, 1909; pg. 2; Issue 39150; col F
- mentions a William B. Shearn of Tottenham Court Road, Florist.
The Times, Thursday, Jan 20, 1910; pg. 10; Issue 39174; col E
London vegetarian society, annual meeting at Shearn's Fruitarian Saloon, Tottenham Court Road
The Times, Thursday, Mar 27, 1913; pg. 1; Issue 40170; col A
Died, on the 25th, at 42, Store-street, Bedford-square, London, WC, Benjamin Shearn, fruiterer, aged 85. Friends, please accept this intimation.
The Times, Wednesday, Sep 20, 1916; pg. 1; Issue 41277; col A
Birth - on Monday, 18th Sep, Ella Shearn, wife of W. B. Shearn of 231 Tottenham Court Road, W. - a son.
William Benjamin Shearn was born 1872 (freebmd), married 1914 to Ella L Masterton (freebmd), both these events in the district of St. Giles (London).
The Times, Friday, Jan 14, 1938; pg. 1; Issue 47892; col A
Deaths: On Jan 12, 1938, in a London nursing home, William Benjamin (Joe) Shearn, beloved husband of Ella Shearn of 4, Cambridge Gate, Regent's Park, NW1 and Tottenham Court Road. Funeral service at St. Pancras Church, Euston Road, NW1, on Tuesday next, at 2.30pm, followed by internment at St. Pancras cemetery, East Finchley.
If you look at
www.familysearch.org, you'll see a family in 1881 - Benjamin Shearn, wife Ellen Ann, daughter Helena M, son William B, nephew George F. Skipp. (Helena married Charles Chaplais). Any of these names ring a bell?