The Sturch family in England has it's roots in the Cotswolds, on the borders between Warwickshire, Worcestershire, Gloucestershire and Oxfordshire.
Many branches of the family can be traced back to a few individuals who lived in Whichford, Ascott, Cherington, Stourton and Sutton-under-Brailes in the late 1500's. At the same time there were Sturch families in Deddington and Bicester, so it would be nice to assume that there was a common ancestor who arrived in the area sometime in the late 1400's or early 1500's, but unfortunately this is probably impossible to prove. There were also a few Sturch's in London in the early 1600's but they could easily be descendants of the Cotswold Sturch's.
By the 1800's there were Sturch families in Shipston on Stour, Pillerton Hersey, Swerford, Barcheston, Morton-in-Marsh, Wiggington, Adderbury, Shutford, Souldern, Tredington and many more.

There are now Sturches all over the world:

  • In the early 1800's Richard Sturch (11 Apr 1791 - 13 Oct 1872) arrived in America. He married Sarah Elizabeth Dean (08 Jul 1809 - 20 Jan 1874) on the 31st of August 1827 in Georgia, and they went on to have eleven children. There are now hundreds of Richard and Sarah's descendants living all over America.
  • In the mid 1800's brothers Joseph Sturch (12 Mar 1831 - 06 Jan 1886) and Charles Sturch (22 Feb 1834 - 16 Sep 1913) went to Canada, where they met and married Canadian girls.
  • Around the same time John Sturch (c.1796 - 20 May 1873) went to New Zealand although he took his whole family with him.
  • There were many other Sturch men who disappeared off to make new lives all around the world, including both my uncles!

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History Pages:

 
Information on those that died and pictures of WW1 Memorials and Rolls of Honour.

 

Newspaper Cuttings:

 
Jane appeared in court in 1889 charged under the new Child Protection act.

 

Census Locations:

 
The locations where the Sturches were living on the night of 6 June 1841.
The locations where the Sturches were living on the night of 30 March 1851.
The locations where the Sturches were living on the night of 7 April 1861.
The locations where the Sturches were living on the night of 2 April 1871.
The locations where the Sturches were living on the night of 3 April 1881.
The locations where the Sturches were living on the night of 5 April 1891.
The locations where the Sturches were living on the night of 31 March 1901.
  

Maps:

 
This map shows most of the main Cotswolds towns and villages that the family originates from.