Great Great Grandfather's Gravestone

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A few years ago, I attended a baptism of a son of friends of my wife in Great Shelford (Cambridge). Whilst approaching the church, I noticed the gravestone of a John Sterns. I noticed this as the surname is similar to mine (Stearn) but didn't think much of it. More recently, I have researched my family tree and discovered that I DO have a great great grandfather named John Sterns (the spelling of the surname has changed) who was born in 1831 in Great Shelford. I was born and live in Surrey.
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