Birth: 20 August 1855 Frensham, Surrey, UK
Father: Richard Sturt 1820-1906
Mother: Sarah Baker 1823-1905
Christening: 11 November 1855 St Mary the Virgin, Frensham, Surrey, UK
Marriage: 20 August 1878 St Mary the Virgin, Frensham, Surrey, UK
Husband: Charles William West 1844-1891
Death: 17 December 1936 Mittagong, Wingecarribee Shire, New South Wales, Australia
Buried: Row 6, Plot 10, Mittagong Cemetery, Mittagong, Wingecarribee Shire, New South Wales, Australia.
Charles Harold West 1879-1970
Winifred Mary West 1882-1971
Dorothy Frances West [Kennedy] 1883-1972
Alice Margaret West [Topp] 1886-1947
Godfrey Hodgson West 1888-1963
Cicely Grace West 1890-1893
Birth of Fanny Sturt in FreeBMD in July-September 1855 in Farnham (2a 61).
Christening of Fanny Sturt in the IGI on 11 November 1855 in Frensham, Surrey, parents Richard and Sarah Sturt. The same information is in Ancestry England, Select Births and Christenings, 1538-1975.
Entry in Ancestry Surrey, England, Baptisms, 1813-1912 for Fanny Sturt on 11 November 1855 at Frensham, St Mary, parents Richard and Sarah Sturt. "Page 26 Baptisms solemnized in the Parish of Frensham in the County of Surrey in the Year 1855 [...] 1855 Nov 11 No. 203 Fanny [parents] Richard, [a] Wheelwright, [and] Sarah Sturt [of] Frensham".
In the 1861 census as Fanney Sturt aged 5, born in Frensham, Surrey, and living with her parents (Richard and Sarah), three sisters (Annie, Marcy and Sarah) and two servants (Elizth Court aged 19, born in Thursley, Surrey, single and a housemaid, and Emma Poulter aged 12, born in Frensham, Surrey and a nurse maid) in Frensham, Surrey.
In the 1871 census as Fanny Sturt aged 15, born in Frensham, Surrey, and living with her parents (Richard and Sarah), brother (George) and two sisters (Annie and Mary) and a servant (Elizabeth Coombs aged 17, born in Headley, Hampshire and single) in Millbridge, Frensham, Surrey.
Marriage of Fanny Sturt and Charles William West in FreeBMD in July-September 1878 in Farnham (2a 137).
Entry in Ancestry Surrey, England, Church of England Marriages, 1754-1937 for Fanny Sturt aged 23, father Richard Sturt, and Charles William West on 20 August 1878 at Frensham, St Mary. "Page 204 [...] 1878 Marriage solemnized at the Parish Church in the Parish of Frensham in the County of Surrey. [No.] 408 August 20 Charles William West [aged] 33, [a] Bachelor [and] Schoolmaster [of] Frensham, [father] William West, [a] Painter, [and] Fanny Sturt [aged] 23, [a] Spinster [of] Frensham, [father] Richard Sturt, [a] Grocer. Married in the Parish Church according to the Rites and Ceremonies of the Established Church after Banns [...] in the Presence of us, Richd Sturt and W H Williams."
In the 1881 census as Fanny West aged 25, born in Frensham, Surrey, and living with her husband (Charles W) and son (Charles H) at the School House, Frensham, Surrey.
In the 1891 census as Fanny West aged 35, born in Frensham, Surrey, and living with her wife (sic) (Annie William), son (Godfrey Holyson) and four daughters (Alice Margaret, Cicely Grace, Dorothy Fenner and Winifred Mary) at the School House, Frensham, Surrey.
Her husband died on the 19 June 1891 at the School House, Frensham, and left efftects of £534 9s. 4d. to Fanny West of the School House Widow the Relict the Sole Executrix.
In the 1901 census as Fanny West aged 45, born in Frensham, Surrey, widowed, a letter of apartments, and living with two daughters (Dorothy F and Winfred M) and two boarders (Arthur Soffe aged 23, born in Mere Wiltshire, and a solicitor's clerk, and George Shier aged 21, born in Hooe, Sussex, and a law clerk, both single) at Highbury, Weydon Hill, The Bourne, Surrey.
In the 1911 census as Fanny West aged 55, born in Ham (sic - in the index, Frensham on the original), Surrey, widowed, six children, one having died, no stated employment, and living with her son (Godfrey Hodgson) and daughter (Dorothy Frances) in five rooms at 74 Cambridge Mansions, Battersea, London.
Two entries in Ancestry New South Wales, Australia, Unassisted Immigrant Passenger Lists, 1826-1922 for Fanny West aged 59 arriving Albany in June 1913 for Nyhuma, Elizabeth B, Sydney and arriving Sydney on 9 June 1913 on the Medic from Liverpool via Cape Town, Albany and Melbourne, accompanied by Dorothy West (daughter?).
Entry in Ancestry UK and Ireland, Outward Passenger Lists, 1890-1960 for Fanny West aged 65 departed Liverpool on 18 November 1920 on the Ceramic, White Star Line for Sydney, Australia.Entry in Ancestry New South Wales, Australia, Unassisted Immigrant Passenger Lists, 1826-1922 for Fanny West aged 65 arriving Albany in December 1920 on Ceramic from Liverpool for Sydney.
Five entries in Ancestry Australia, Electoral Rolls, 1903-1980 for Fanny West address The Ridgeway, Spencer Street, Mittagong, Werriwa, New South Wales from 1930 to 1936, other occupants William Henry Malcolm and Dorothy Frances Kennedy (son-in-law and daughter?). Her daughter Winifred Mary was also living in Mittagong.Entry in Ancestry Australia, Death Index, 1787-1985 for Fanny West, parents Richard and Sarah, died in 1936 in Mittagong, New South Wales.
Entry in Ancestry New South Wales, Australia, Index to Deceased Estate Files, 1859-1958 for Fanny West, a widow, died 17 December 1936 in Mittagong, grant 15 February 1937 to W R West.
There are twenty four entries in Ancestry Public Member Trees for Fanny Sturt.
Fanny Sturt was my second cousin three times removed.
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