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1878 Patent to [[Edward William West]], of Liverpool, in the county of Lancaster, Iron founder, and [[John Sturgeon]], of Newlay, near Leeds, Engineer, and [[Thomas Sturgeon]], of Newlay, near Leeds, Engineer, for the ,invention of "improvements in direct-acting steam pumping engines, parts of which improvements are applicable to other types of, motive power engines."<ref>London Gazette 13 Sept 1878</ref> | 1878 Patent to [[Edward William West]], of Liverpool, in the county of Lancaster, Iron founder, and [[John Sturgeon]], of Newlay, near Leeds, Engineer, and [[Thomas Sturgeon]], of Newlay, near Leeds, Engineer, for the ,invention of "improvements in direct-acting steam pumping engines, parts of which improvements are applicable to other types of, motive power engines."<ref>London Gazette 13 Sept 1878</ref> | ||
1879 Baptism of son [[Henry Curran Sturgeon]] in Burley, Leeds<ref>Parish records</ref> | 1879 Baptism of son [[Henry Curran Sturgeon]] in Burley, Leeds<ref>Parish records</ref> | ||
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of 3 Westminster Chambers, Victoria Street, Westminster, S.W. (1885)
1838 Born in Dublin, son of Thomas Sturgeon
Educated at Leeds Grammar School
1856-60 Pupil of Fairbairn, Greenwood and Batley and P. Fairbairn and Co, Leeds
1860-61 Trained under head draughtsman at P. Fairbairn and Co
1861 Thomas Sturgeon 61, vicar, lived in Burley, Headingley with Maria Sturgeon 44, John Sturgeon 24, mechanical engineer, William Sturgeon 23, drawing master, Marianne Catherine Sturgeon 21, Margaret Elizabeth Sturgeon 19, Thomas Sturgeon 17[1]
1861-2 Trained at Thwaites and Carbutt, Bradford
1872 An engineer when married Alice Nelson in Bolton[2]
1878 Patent to Edward William West, of Liverpool, in the county of Lancaster, Iron founder, and John Sturgeon, of Newlay, near Leeds, Engineer, and Thomas Sturgeon, of Newlay, near Leeds, Engineer, for the ,invention of "improvements in direct-acting steam pumping engines, parts of which improvements are applicable to other types of, motive power engines."[3]
1879 Baptism of son Henry Curran Sturgeon in Burley, Leeds[4]
1882 Became a Member of the Inst of Mechanical Engineers; his business address was in London.
1891 Alice Sturgeon 40, married, was living in Chester with John T. Sturgeon 18, civil engineering pupil, William E Sturgeon 16, Thomas Sturgeon 15, George N Sturgeon 13, Henry C Sturgeon 11, Kathleen Sturgeon 6, Blanche E Sturgeon 2[5]
1903 of Manchester, proposed for membership of Inst Civil Engineers. He was electrical engineer for various parts of England and Ireland for Mond Power Gas and Co
1904 Member of Inst Civil Engineers, in Leeds[6]
1910 Died in Hunslet[7]