>From his middle name I am guessing that the name Sturge may be somewhere in his familial line. I have (a) some info on a Sturge family from Gloucestershire in England, 1722 to 1906 and (b) a member of that family who married into the HEAVEN family. Members of the Heaven family owned property in Jamaica for around a hundred years or more. Whether or not there a connection with your William I have no way of knowing but if you pursue the possible Sturge connection please get back to me. Happy hunting!   Diana Robinson (nee Gardner) Now in Rochester, NY, USA -----Original Message----- From: caribbean-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:caribbean-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of caribbean-request@rootsweb.com Sent: Thursday, June 17, 2010 3:00 AM To: caribbean@rootsweb.com Subject: CARIBBEAN Digest, Vol 5, Issue 68 Today's Topics: 1. Re: Jamaicans Who Served In WWI British Reg (sedmonds@TheWorld.com) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Sun, 13 Jun 2010 21:48:13 -0400 (EDT) From: sedmonds@TheWorld.com Subject: Re: [Carib] Jamaicans Who Served In WWI British Reg To: caribbean@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <3219.75.69.218.2.1276480093.squirrel@www.TheWorld.com> Content-Type: text/plain;charset=iso-8859-1 Hello Nivard, Thank you for your reply. Any informaiton is a great help especially about Thomas Sturge Williams. The only information I had about him was from the 1891 census and a snippet from a letter his sister Margaret Williams wrote in 1936 from the Gold Coast. Thomas (1874-1918) Edward Hewett (1878-1954) Philip Ewart (1882-1952) Williams all served in during WWI. They were the sons of Rev. Philip and Sarah Eliza Hewett Williams. Sarah Eliza Hewett (1849-1892) was a grandaughter of Rev. Thomas Burchell. According to the Margaret Williams' letter, Thomas died of malaria,after the war in Mesopotamia. My information about the Sherwood Foresters comes from the wedding article (naturally not dated) or their sister Lillah Williams (1888-1957)to Cadet Eric Edward Harden, Royal Garrison Artillery. Captain E.H. Williams Sherwood Foresters is mentioned as a guests. The only other information about him is from the 1891 and 1901 census where he is listed as teacher in London. He died in 1954 in Fordingridge, Southhampton. I'll contact the person you mentioned and ask if he might have some information. Thank you again for the leads and information. Susan Edmonds-Boston-USA End of CARIBBEAN Digest, Vol 5, Issue 68 ****************************************

The Sturge family were a well-known Quaker one, Joseph Sturge (1793-1859) see wikipedia was involved later in anti-slavery agitation. He was from Glos too Edward Riou Crawford ----- Original Message ----- From: "Diana Robinson" <drobins6@rochester.rr.com> To: <caribbean@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, June 17, 2010 12:26 PM Subject: [Carib] Thomas Sturge WILLIAMS >From his middle name I am guessing that the name Sturge may be somewhere in his familial line. I have (a) some info on a Sturge family from Gloucestershire in England, 1722 to 1906 and (b) a member of that family who married into the HEAVEN family. Members of the Heaven family owned property in Jamaica for around a hundred years or more. Whether or not there a connection with your William I have no way of knowing but if you pursue the possible Sturge connection please get back to me. Happy hunting! Diana Robinson (nee Gardner) Now in Rochester, NY, USA -----Original Message----- From: caribbean-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:caribbean-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of caribbean-request@rootsweb.com Sent: Thursday, June 17, 2010 3:00 AM To: caribbean@rootsweb.com Subject: CARIBBEAN Digest, Vol 5, Issue 68 Today's Topics: 1. Re: Jamaicans Who Served In WWI British Reg (sedmonds@TheWorld.com) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Sun, 13 Jun 2010 21:48:13 -0400 (EDT) From: sedmonds@TheWorld.com Subject: Re: [Carib] Jamaicans Who Served In WWI British Reg To: caribbean@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <3219.75.69.218.2.1276480093.squirrel@www.TheWorld.com> Content-Type: text/plain;charset=iso-8859-1 Hello Nivard, Thank you for your reply. Any informaiton is a great help especially about Thomas Sturge Williams. The only information I had about him was from the 1891 census and a snippet from a letter his sister Margaret Williams wrote in 1936 from the Gold Coast. Thomas (1874-1918) Edward Hewett (1878-1954) Philip Ewart (1882-1952) Williams all served in during WWI. They were the sons of Rev. Philip and Sarah Eliza Hewett Williams. Sarah Eliza Hewett (1849-1892) was a grandaughter of Rev. Thomas Burchell. According to the Margaret Williams' letter, Thomas died of malaria,after the war in Mesopotamia. My information about the Sherwood Foresters comes from the wedding article (naturally not dated) or their sister Lillah Williams (1888-1957)to Cadet Eric Edward Harden, Royal Garrison Artillery. Captain E.H. Williams Sherwood Foresters is mentioned as a guests. The only other information about him is from the 1891 and 1901 census where he is listed as teacher in London. He died in 1954 in Fordingridge, Southhampton. I'll contact the person you mentioned and ask if he might have some information. Thank you again for the leads and information. Susan Edmonds-Boston-USA End of CARIBBEAN Digest, Vol 5, Issue 68 **************************************** *************************** The Caribbean List now has a Resources Page at Historic Antigua and Barbuda http://www.rootsweb.com/~atgwgw/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to CARIBBEAN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message