Mary Sturt (1859-1946)

Dates

Birth: July-August 1859 Frensham, Surrey, UK
Father: Richard Sturt 1820-1906
Mother: Sarah Baker 1823-1905

Christening: 21 August 1859 St Mary the Virgin, Frensham, Surrey, UK

Marriage: Not married

Death: 13 September 1946 Thursley Crondall Lane, Farnham, Surrey, UK

Children

None known

Notes

Birth of Mary Sturt in FreeBMD in July-September 1859 in Farnham (2a 92).

Christening of Mary Sturt in the IGI on 21 August 1859 in Frenham, 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 Mary Sturt on 21 August 1859, at Frensham, St Mary, parents Richard and Sarah Sturt. "Page 45 Baptisms solemnized in the Parish of Frensham in the County of Surrey in the Year 1859 [...] 1859 Aug 21st Mary No. 355 parents Richard, a Wheelwright, and Sarah Sturt of Frensham".

Her sister was christened in Frensham in 1860.

In the 1861 census as Marcy (sic - in the index, Mary on the original) Sturt aged 9 months (sic - in the index, original illegible but could be 1 year 9 months), born in Frensham, Surrey, and living with her parents (Richard and Sarah), three sisters (Annie, Fanney 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 Mary Sturt aged 11, born in Frensham, Surrey, and living with her parents (Richard and Sarah), brother (George) and two sisters (Annie and Fanny) and a servant (Elizabeth Coombs aged 17, born in Headley, Hampshire and single) in Millbridge, Frensham, Surrey.

In the 1881 census as Mary Hart (sic - in the index, original illegible) aged 21, born in Frensham, Surrey, no stated employment and visiting with her sister Annie,, her married cousin Martha Scovell, her husband (George Scovell), four daughters (Annie, Emily J, Fanny and Marty E), her cousin William Baker, and two servants (Elizabeth Bond aged 41, born in Swaffon, Suffolk, widowed and a cook, and Mary White aged 23, born in Winchfield, Surrey, single and a housemaid) at The Mall, Hampton Road, Twickenham, Middlesex.

In the 1891 census as Mary Sturt aged 31, born in Frensham, Surrey, single, a grocer's assistant, and living with her parents (Richard and Sarah), brother (George) and sister (Annie) at the Post-telegraph Office, Millbridge, Frensham, Surrey.

In the 1901 census as Mary Sturt aged 41, born in Frensham, Surrey, single, no stated employment, and living with her parents (Richard and Sarah), and sister (Annie) at Millbridge Post Office, Frensham, Surrey.

In the 1911 census as Mary Sturt aged 51, born in Frensham, Surrey, single, a boarding house keeper, and living with her sister (Annie) in seven rooms at Highbury, Firgrove Hill Frensham Road, Farnham, Surrey.

There are four entries in Ancestry Surrey, England, Electoral Registers, 1832-1945 for Mary Sturt address Hillcrest, Ridgeway Road, Farnham in 1918 and 1919, other occupants George Sturt (brother?) and Ann Sturt (sister?),Vine Cottage near Bourne Church, Farnham in 1919 to 1923, other occupant George Sturt (brother?) and Susan Sturt, and sixteen entries Mary Sturt Rozel, Weydon Hill Road, Farnham in 1925 to 1930, other occupant Annie Sturt (sister?), 2 Sonning Villas, Crondall Lane in 1931 to 1933, other occupant Annie Sturt (sister?), and Thursley, Crondall Lane in 1934 to 1945, other occupant Annie Sturt (sister?).

Death of Mary Sturt in FreeBMD in July-September 1946 aged 87 in Surrey SW (5g 701).

Entry in Ancestry England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1966 for Mary Sturt died on 13 September 1946 in Surrey, probate 18 November 1946 in Winchester, Chester. "Sturt Mary of Thursley Crondal-lane Farnham Surrey spinster died 13 September 1946 Probate Winchester 18 November to Charles Harold West retired civil servant and Godfrey Hodgson West guest house proprietor. Effects £712 12s. 3d." Both were sons of her sister Fanny.

There are four entries in Ancestry Public Member Trees for Mary Sturt born in Frensham surrey in 1859 (one gives 1860), parents Richard and Sarah Sturt (three give her mother's maiden name as Baker), and two her death at "Thursley", Crondall Lane, Farnham, Surrey.

Relationship

Mary Sturt was my second cousin three times removed.

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