Sturgess, William (1829-1891)

William Sturgess was born around 1829 in Cheshire, England, his father, William, was 31 and his mother, Mary, was 32. Wife Fanny Watson was born in 1829 in Manchester, Lancashire.

William Sturgess married Fanny Watson in 1853 at St John’s, Deansgate, Lancashire England. His occupation on the certificate stated he was a bricklayer.

William 23 years and Fanny Sturgess, 22 years of age, arrived in Port Phillip in 1853 onboard the ship Thames departing from Liverpool England. Fanny and William had 9 children.

The Sturgess family resided in the North and West Melbourne area at 9 Cobden Street Hotham, 20 Milton Street West Melbourne (both homes gone) and finally at 1 Miller Street West Melbourne at the time of William’s passing in 1891. Fanny Sturgess nee Watson sadly passed at the age of 47, during a holiday voyage back to England in 1875, she was buried at sea.

Below is a list of significant building works carried out by William Sturgess.

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Building ID Architects Owner Suburb Building State Building Type Builder Build Date (YYYY MM DD) Registration no
77412   Valance West Melbourne VIC Houses Sturgess, William – Melbourne 1853 09 6 1526
73567   Stewart, J & R Melbourne VIC Warehouses Sturgess, William – Nth Melbourne 1856 03 14 192
85360   McKenzie, John Fitzroy VIC Houses Sturgess, William 1858 03 4 198
81204   McFarlane, D East Melbourne VIC Houses Sturgess, William – Nth Melbourne 1860 07 17 404
71674 Terry, L Fanning, Nankerville & Co Melbourne VIC Warehouses Sturgess, William – Dryburgh St, Hotham 1863 11 10 403
71198   Sturgess, W West Melbourne VIC Houses Sturgess, W – Dryburgh St Hotham 1864 03 21 158
72130   Hustone, Hugh – 117 Little Bourke west West Melbourne VIC Houses Sturgess, William – Dryburgh St – Hotham 1864 05 30 275
74780   Sturgess, William – Dryburgh St, Hotham Melbourne VIC Houses Sturgess, William 1864 07 26 375
73713   Pigott Bros. Melbourne VIC Buildings Downie & Sturgess – Melbourne 1868 03 26 2531
71793   Ward, Mrs Melbourne VIC Houses Downie & Sturgess 1868 11 15 2924
74457   Robinson, G Melbourne VIC Warehouses Downie & Sturgess- 9 Cobden St Hawthorn 1868 12 21 2980
72979   Anderson & Sandilands Melbourne VIC Buildings Downer & Sturgess – 9 Cobden St Hotham 1869 05 15 3224
77367   Rogers, James West Melbourne VIC Houses Downie & Sturgess – 9 Cobden St Hotham 1870 01 12 3656
74465   Miller, Henry Melbourne VIC Buildings Downie & Sturgess – 9 Cobden St Hotham 1870 02 14 3734
86013   Wilton, – Fitzroy VIC Houses Downie & Sturgess – Melbourne 1870 03 3 3775
76116   Miller, Henry Melbourne VIC Buildings Downie & Sturgess – 9 Cobden St Hotham 1870 09 26 4134
74467   London Chartered Bank Melbourne VIC alterations Downie & Sturgess – 9 Cobden St Hotham 1870 10 10 4158
81325   Bunny, – East Melbourne VIC Houses Downie & Sturgess – 9 Cobden St Hotham 1870 10 21 4176
80887   Thatcher, – East Melbourne VIC Houses Downie & Sturgess – 20 Milton St West Melb 1871 09 11 4550
72166   Dixon, P G West Melbourne VIC Houses Downie & Sturgess – 20 Milton St West Melb. 1873 03 13 5312
72962   Robertson, George Melbourne VIC Warehouses Downie & Sturgess – 20 Milton St West Melb 1873 05 26 5406
77495   Sturgess, Wm West Melbourne VIC Houses Sturgess, Wm – 20 Milton St 1873 10 14 5634
71115   Sturgess, William West Melbourne VIC Houses Sturgess, William – West Melb. 1874 05 2 5867
77381   Merrell, Harry West Melbourne VIC Houses Sturgess, William – 1 Milller St West Melb 1879 11 14 8168
77382   Rogers, James West Melbourne VIC Houses Sturgess, William – 1 Milller St West Melb 1880 01 22 8239
71915   Sturgess, William West Melbourne VIC Houses Sturgess, William – 1 Miller St, West Melbourne 1882 11 10 62
71919   Sturgess, William West Melbourne VIC Houses Sturgess, William – 1 Miller St 1883 08 25 459
13876 Adamson, Robert Wilton, –   VIC Funerary Downie & Sturgess – Melbourne 1884 9 27 3775
13223 Beswicke & Coote McKenzie, John   VIC Factories Sturgess, William 1892 1 16 198

Table source: https://www.mileslewis.net/australian-architectural/

Main source: Public Records Office of Victoria, BDM Victoria and the Melbourne edition of the Sands & McDougall Melbourne directory.