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Note: Agnes Sturman apparently had a Family Prayer Book that had been in possession of Charles and Eliza, and apparently later Agnes' father Charles James Sturman. The following is a transcription by Agnes of family information in that Prayer Book. I have the entire transcription in the notes for Charles Thomas Sturman: - Louise Sturman; born- Aug. 24, 1871 in London, England; died (cause- heart & pneumonia) on Easter April 20, 1930, age 58, Redford ================ From the 1880 Federal Census in Wayne County, Michigan, Redford Township, page 15A, taken June 14, 1880, household 244; from ancestry.com, Wayne County district #261, image 25 of 40. Louise is living in the household of her parents: ----- Louisa; female, age- 9, daughter, in school, born- England, parents born- England ================= From the Detroit, Michigan Directory, 1890, ancestry.com: ***** Louise Sturman, occupation- domestic, location- 34 Forest Avenue W, Detroit, Michigan, 1890-1891 ================= I stumbled across this record in Detroit in 1900. She is living as a servant in the houshold of a John Brown, at 717 Cass Avenue: From the 1900 Federal Census of Wayne County, Michigan, City of Detroit, District #18, page 9A, taken June 1, 1900; from ancestry.com, #18, imae 17 of 26: Sturman, Louise; servant, female, born- August 1872, age- 27, single, born- England, parents born- England, immigrated to U.S. in 1874, 26 years in U.S., occupation- Cook, r/w's ================= Then I found her in Royal Oak in Oakland County, Michigan, in the 1930 Federal Census, as a housekeeper in a Baptist Children's home. From the 1930 Federal Census of Royal Oak City, Royal Oak Township, Oakland County, district 63-110, sheet 2B, taken April 4, 1930, household 44, at Greenfield and 13 Mile Road; from ancestry.com, image 4 of 16: Sturman, Louise; Housekeeper, female, age- 59, single, r/w's, born- England, parents born- England, immigrated to U.S. in 1880, occupation- House Keeper/ Children's Home, wage worker, currently employed (Louise passed away about two weeks after this census.-RW) ============== Louise's death certificate was posted on-line by the State of Michigan: Michigan Department of Health Certificate of Death File no. 363 5281 Place of death: St. Joseph Mercy Hospital, Pontiac, Oakland County, Michigan Name: Louise Sturman Residence: Baptist Children's Home; 13 Mile Road, Oakland Co., Mich. Sex: female Color: white Marital status: single Date of birth: August 24, 1871 Age: 58 years, 7 months, 26 days Occupation: at home Birthplace: England Father's name: Charles Sturman Father's birthplace: England Maiden name of mother: Eliza Hill Mother's birthplace: England Informant: W. G. Sturman (Louise's brother Will) Address: 13555 Birwood Ave., Detroit Date of death: April 20, 1930 Cause of death: bronclio pneumonia Where disease contracted?: Royal Oak, April 16th Place of burial: Detroit, Mich.; April 21, 1930 (A person named Laura, who did a lot of work with Find a Grave, found some sort of a record that Louise is buried in the Mount Hazel Cemetery, apparently near to her parents. I did not see her grave there, and have not seen this record myself, but I think this is probably accurate. The soil in this cemetery is pretty fluid, and many markers and graves have been covered over with soil. There is a marker for her parents and some siblings who died earlier, (which I have a photo of but could not personally find), but it was probably made about the time of her mother's death in 1908. Her death certificate doesn't really help much.)
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