There is also an interesting earlier Emmanuel STURGESS mentoned on I.G.I. in Rutland about 18 miles from your Lincolnshire marriage which might give a clue. Emmanuel isn't, in my experience, a very common name? Anne PalingSHEFFIELD, U.K. > From: fiorel@bigpond.net.au> To: marthae101@sbcglobal.net; leicestershire-plus@rootsweb.com> Date: Tue, 10 Jun 2008 16:59:14 +0800> Subject: Re: [LEI] Sturges/Sturgess Family Lines> > Hi Martha> > > > On checking my Leicester CD (which only covers 66 parishes) I have found 539> Sturges/Sturgess/Sturgis names, are you able to narrow things down in any> way?> > > > The parishes covered in this 539 are as follows:> > Belgrave, Bilton, Burbage, Burton Overy, Earl Shilton, Fleckney, Glooston,> > Great Bowden, Great glen, Gumley, Houghton on the Hill, Ilston on the Hill,> Kings Norton, Mountsorrel, Narborough, North Kilworth, Queniborough,> Saddington, Skiffington, Swinford, Syston, Tilton, Tugby, Twyford, Wigston> Magna and Wymeswold.> > > > The years covering 1560 - 1964. > > > > > > cheers> > Linda> > > > LRFHS Member #F0298; SAG Member #4825; WAGS Member #10490 researching -> ASTON - Staffordshire UK; BILLINGTON - Belgrave, Leicestershire & WA; BROWN> - Middlesex, England; CONNOR - Philipstown, Co. Offaly, Ireland, Windsor,> NSW; DERRY - Belgrave, Leicestershire; GARNER - Wasperton, Warwickshire;> GODDARD - Kenilworth & Coventry, Warwickshire; GOODWIN - Caddington,> Bedfordshire, Sydney, NSW; GREENWAY - Staffordshire UK, Belmont WA,> Bairnsdale VIC; HARRIS - Belgrave, Leicestershire; KELLY - Armagh, Co.> Armagh, Ireland, Melbourne, VIC; LUMLEY - Belgrave, Leicestershire; MARKS -> Kenilworth, Warwickshire; MURPHY - Midleton, Co. Cork, Ireland; O'BRIEN -> Co. Clare, Ireland; SMITH - Belgrave, Leicestershire, Perth WA; WILLIS -> London, England, Albany WA, Sydney NSW & Melbourne VIC; > > > > > > -----Original Message-----> From: leicestershire-plus-bounces@rootsweb.com> [mailto:leicestershire-plus-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Martha> El-Maguid> Sent: Monday, 9 June 2008 11:45 PM> To: leicestershire-plus@rootsweb.com> Subject: [LEI] Sturges/Sturgess Family Lines> > > > Hello:> > I hope some kind soul on this list can assist me in trying to find my> family lines.> > I live in the USA and have only been able to go back to 1798, Horbling> where my> > fourth GrGrandparents married. Emmanuel Sturgis and Mary Twells: 4 July> 1798.> > I have tried for years to go past them, and look in Lincolnshire for more> prior to 1798 > > for any spelling of Sturgess, Sturgis, Sturges and so on.> > No one can be found there.> > A friend of mine here who had a temporary subscription to Ancestory.com,> UK found> > a number of Sturges' in Leicestershire. First in the 1841 then in the 1851> census.> > I am used to by now the many veried spellings of Sturges, here in the US.> > After many of the grandchildren of Emanuel & Mary Sturgis came to the US,> many other> > Sturgis came as well. Stayed and lived with them. Trying to find out where> in England they came from, has be extremely difficult.> > But I will list some of the continued first names:> > William, Emanuel, Sadie/Sarah, Ann, Jane, James, Robert, Mary, Thomas.> > I do not know if any of these Sturges/Sturgess families in Leicestershire> are related to mine,> > but since my Emmanuel Sturgis was not born in the area where he was> married nor where his children and grandchildren were born, I must look else> where.> > I would appreicate any and all assistance.> > Thank you in advance.> > Kind reguards,> > Martha> > > > > > > > -------------------------------> > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to> LEICESTERSHIRE-PLUS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without> the quotes in the subject and the body of the message> > > -------------------------------> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to LEICESTERSHIRE-PLUS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message