Sturkey Family - Tregynon

[Rosemary Fenton]

I am new to Rootschat and I have discovered that I may be a descendant of Dr Roger HD Sturkey of Tregynon through my paternal grandmother.  I believe her mother Jane Lewis was the daughter of Christopher Lewis of Llanfair and Mary Eliza Sturkey who was the daughter of Dr. Sturkey and Mary Eliza nee Hudson.  Can anyone help or confirm this for me please? 

It must have caused a stir at the time as Christopher was a carpenter/joiner and Mary Eliza the daughter of an eminiment medical practitioner. 

[KGarrad]

Welcome to RootsChat!

Do you have any dates, to help us?


Aha!
Marriage, December qtr 1843
Newtown, Montgomeryshire district     Vol 27, page 209

Lewis, Christopher
+ and on the same page +
Sturkey, Mary Eliza

[ciderdrinker]

Hi
Mary Eliza remarried at St Peter and Pauls Aston 4.11.1865
Joseph Dodo Adams 40 Draper Bordesley s of Dodo Adams draper
Mary Eliza Lewis 39 widow Bordesley d of Roger Hodson Deveruex Sturkey surgeon

witnesses Frederick James Roberts and Mary Roberts.

Baptism for her 7.5.1826 St Botolph without Aldgate to Rodger Hodson Devereux Sturky and Mary Eliza  surgeon 74 Sun St

Her daughter Jane Lewis was born 1857 Llanfair Mont.

Ciderdrinker

[KGarrad]

1841 census
Class: HO107; Piece: 1440; Book: 15; Folio: 21; Page: 7
Fachwen House & Garden, Aberhale, Tregynon, Montgomeryshire

Sturkey, Roger H D  M  50  Surgeon
Sturkey, Mary Eliza  F  35  Not born in county
Sturkey, Roger  M  15
Sturkey, Roger Owen  M  15
Sturkey, Henry George  M  15
Sturkey, Mary Eliza  F  10
Sturkey, Emma  F  10
Sturkey, Thomas Charles  M  8
Sturkey, Catherine  F  6
Sturkey, Frederick  M  4
Sturkey, Louisa  F  1
Sturkey, Catharine  F  55  Independent

With the usual caveat:
Adult ages (15+) on the 1841 census were (generally) rounded down to a multiple of 5 years.
No relationships are given
No birthplaces are given - simply Yes or No to "Whether born in same county?"

[KGarrad]

Later censuses have Mary Eliza as born in London?
So:

7th May 1826, at St Botolph Without, Bishopsgate
Mary Eliza Sturkey, daughter of Richard Hudson Devereaux (Surgeon) and Mary Eliza.
Abode: 74 Sun Street

19th December 1824, at St Botolph Without, Bishopsgate
Henry George Sturkey, Son of Richard Hudson Devereaux (Surgeon) and Mary Eliza.
Abode: 74 Sun Street

1st January 1823, at St Botolph Without, Bishopsgate
Robert Owen Sturkey, Son of Richard Hudson Devereaux (Surgeon) and Mary Eliza.
Abode: Sun Street

28th April 1822, at St Botolph Without, Bishopsgate
Robert Sturkey, Son of Richard Hudson Devereaux (Surgeon) and Mary Eliza.
Abode: Sun Street

8th October 1829, at St Botolph Without, Bishopsgate
Emma Sturkey, daughter of Richard Hudson Devereaux (Surgeon) and Mary Eliza.
Abode: Charles Peace Haytow(?)

[Rosemary Fenton]

Thanks for the replies regarding the above.  I am quite new to family history so am very grateful for any help.

Does anyone know why the Sturkey's came to live in Tregynon?  Sturkey does not sound a very Welsh name.  Also I am assuming many of them would be buried in Tregynon church.  I would hope to make a trip and find out one day.

[KGarrad]

Marriage
7th July 1819, at St Botulph Without, Bishopsgate
Roger Hudson Devereux Sturkey, Bachelor of this parish  to
Mary Eliza Harrison, minor of the parish of Chertsey, Surrey

Married by Licence, with the consent of Thomas Harrison, father


According to the 1851 census, RHD was born in Deptford?
Class: HO107; Piece: 2497; Folio: 402; Page: 8
Fachwen, Aberhaley, Montgomeryshire

Sturkey, R H D  Head  Widower  M  60  Surgeon  b Deptford, Kent
Sturkey, Robert Owen  Son  M  17  b London
Sturkey, Luiza  Daughter  F  15  b Tregynon
Sturkey, Frederick  Son  M  11  Scholar  b Tregynon
Sturkey, Edwin  Son  M  9  b Tregynon
Sturkey, Catharine  Sister  F  68  b Tregynon


So, if Catharine was born in Tregynon, it looks like the Sturkey family came from there?

[KGarrad]

Interesting piece from The Times:

To the Governers and Subscribers to the Infirmiary for Asthma, Consumption and other Diseases of the Lungs, Union Street, Bishopsgate.

My Lords, Ladies and Gentlemen,
Permit me to offer you my grateful acknowledgements for the very liberal support with which you so kindly honoured me on Thursday last, at the election for Surgeon Apothecary to your valuable institution.
To you, my professional and private friends, I feel more particularly indebted; for to you, I feel it is my duty to state, I attribute my Success.
I beg to assure you, that no exertion shall be wanting on my part towards faithfully discharging the duties of the official situation to which you have so recently elected me.
R.H.D. Sturkey    74 Sun Street, Bishopsgate.

[Rosemary Fenton]

Thank you for all the info on the Sturkey family.