Peter Burr Sturges (bef. 1803 - 1873)

Born before 13 Mar 1803 in Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States

Ancestors

Died 16 Jan 1873 after age 69 in Connecticut, United States

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Biography

Peter Burr Sturges was baptized on 13 March 1803 in Fairfield, Fairfield County, Connecticut. He was the son of Joseph Sturges and Sarah Burr.

He first married Elizabeth. She died on 23 April 1836. (Find A Grave: Memorial #120476287)

He second married Emiline Edwards. (Find A Grave: Memorial #120476434)

Peter died on 16 January 1873 in Connecticut. He was buried in Fairfield East Cemetery, Fairfield, Fairfield County, Connecticut.

Sources

• "Connecticut, Church Record Abstracts, 1630-1920," database, Ancestry.com, Vol. 33, Fairfield First Congregational Church, Page 134: "Peter Burr, s. Joseph & Sarah, bp. Mar. 13, 1803"

• "Connecticut Deaths and Burials, 1772-1934," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F7J2-G5S : 9 February 2018), Peter in entry for Elizabeth Sturges, 23 Apr 1836; citing , reference pg 1; FHL microfilm 3,333.

• "Connecticut Deaths and Burials, 1772-1934," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F7X2-K4H : 9 February 2018), Peter B. Sturges, 16 Jan 1873; citing Connecticut, reference ; FHL microfilm 3,210.

• Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 01 January 2020), memorial page for Peter B. Sturges (1803–16 Jan 1873), Find A Grave: Memorial #120486394, citing Fairfield East Cemetery, Fairfield, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA; Maintained by Kathy Sturgess Ouimet (contributor 47373862).

• Jacobus, Donald Lines. History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield (Genealogical Publishing Company, 1930) Vol. 2, Page 931: "bapt. Fairfield: Peter Burr [son of Joseph Sturges and Sarah Burr], bapt. 13 Mar 1803"

• "New York, New York City Municipal Deaths, 1795-1949," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2WBC-WMG : 10 February 2018), Peter Burr Sturges in entry for Emma Elizabeth Prescott, 06 Mar 1921; citing Death, Manhattan, New York, New York, United States, New York Municipal Archives, New York; FHL microfilm 2,027,219.

• Schenck, Elizabeth Hubbell. The History of Fairfield, Fairfield County, Connecticut (J.J. Little & Co., Astor Place, New York, 1904) Vol. 2, "The First Extant Parish Record of Christ's Church, Fairfield, Record of Baptisms."

• Page 516: "March 13, 1803 Peter Burr, son of Joseph and Sarah Sturges."

• "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6DM-YL9 : 12 April 2016), Peter B Struges, Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States; citing family 154, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

• "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHRZ-N1F : 13 December 2017), Peter B Sturgess, 1860.

• "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MN7Q-J9J : 8 June 2019), Peter B Sturges, 1870.