Sturgeon - Help

[bullywee]

I am looking for any information on the Sturgeon branch of my family. Unfortunately I have very little information on them. I would be grateful if I could trace where in Ireland they came from.

They are:

Thomas Sturgeon b.@1867 in Ireland (I know he married Mary Ann Fagan in Glasgow according to the forms of the United Presbyterian church)

His parents:
David Sturgeon b.@1825 in Ireland - d. 1884 Glasgow
Mary Brown b.@1825 in Ireland - d. 1893 Glasgow

And David Sturgeon and Mary Browns Parents:
John Sturgeon and Elizabeth Williamson
David Brown and Mary Baxter

I have absolutely no information from Ireland on this family and would appreciate any help.
Thank you,
Bullywee

[shanew147]

Full civil registration started in 1864 (non-Catholic marriages from 1845), so you may locate details for Thomas's birth in that, for earlier details you would require church records.

The best match I see for his birth on the index is :

 Name: Thomas Sturgeon
 Registration district: Lurgan
 Record type: Birth
 Quarter and year: 1868
 Volume: 6 / Page: 878

many births from this timeframe are listed on the IGI (www.familysearch.org)

See : 2 Minute Introduction to Irish Records  for details on the BMD index, ordering certs etc..


Shane

[leprechaun]

Also in the Griffiths Valuation on askabout ireland. There is one David Sturgeon
 Co,Down Townland Bleary Parish Tullyish.

[kingskerswell]

Hi
   I think that the Bleary/Lurgan Thomas Sturgeon may be the son of David Sturgeon and Sarah Whiteside, This couple has eight children. Did your Thomas have any siblings?

Regards

[bullywee]

Hi,
The only siblings of Thomas, that I know of, are Mary Ann Sturgeon b. @ 1855 in Ireland, dying in Glasgow in 1897. She married a Thomas Wright in Glasgow in 1876.
And John Sturgeon b. @1848. He married a Jane Clark (Location Unknown) dying in 1899 in Glasgow.
This, I suspect, means that the family moved from Ireland to Scotland between 1867 and 1876.

Thank you for taking an interest,
Bullywee

[kingskerswell]

Hi,
   David Sturgeon and his wife, Sarah, did have a daughter Mary Ann in 1865 but there is no record of a John and the family were still in Ireland in 1879.

Regards

[bullywee]

I have just discovered that doing a search in familysearch.org that there were 3 children born to a John Sturgeon (Brother of Thomas) and Jane Clark.

They are:
Mary b. 03/03/1869, Down, Ireland
Elizabeth b. 13/11/1866, Waringstown, Down, Ireland
Samuel b. 21/08/1873, Lurgan No.1, Armagh.

I am struck with the Lurgan link given the previous posts.
Also Thomas lived next door to a Samuel Sturgeon (b. @1851 Ireland) in Glasgow in 1891. Although they are different ages. I am note the common name.
Regards,
Bullywee

             

[kingskerswell]

Hi,
   John Sturgeon married Jane Clarke in Lurgan Civil Registrars Office on 11 Sept 1860.

Regards

[kingskerswell]

Hi,
   If you google, Ros Davies, and look up the Sturgeon name you will find what appears to be other members of the families we have been discussing.

Regards