Cicely Mary Sturgis

1874 - 1971  (96 years)

• Name	Cicely Mary Sturgis  [1, 2, 3]
  Birth	22 Nov 1874	Kensington   [2, 4, 5, 6]
  Residence	Apr 1881	13 Brunswick Gardens, Kensington   [4]
  Residence	Apr 1891	Manor House, Brondesbury Park ; Pupil  [7]
  	identity not certain. birth place incorrect in census return but no other Cecily Sturgis found girls' boarding school, 1882-1934 [VCH citing Grange Mus., gen. files, Brondesbury Manor]
  Marriage	28 Jan 1898	St Mary Abbots, Kensington   [1, 3, 8, 9]
  	Edward Ernst Tatham,   b. 02 Apr 1866, Great Ryburgh ,   d. 22 Dec 1948, Royal Surrey County Hospital, Guildford
  Residence	Mar 1901	Abele Grove, Epsom   [2]
  Residence	Apr 1911	Towerhill Manor, Gomshall   [10]
  Residence	1957	Rack Close, Shere   [11, 12]
  Death	23 May 1971	Worthing   [6, 13]
  	On May 23rd, 1971, Cicely Mary Tatham, of Shere, in her 97th year, dear mother of Philip and Mona. Cremation private. Memorial service at St. James's Church, Shere, on June 3rd at 2.30. No flowers. [The Times]
  Notes	Author of the poem "The Airman" privately printed Oxford University Press, London, 1917-1918 [Curtis] There is a copy in the Imperial War Museum, London. Was connected with the Leith Hill Festival. [Curtis, MS note] Tatham banner: Division 2 Women's Song. Presented by Cicely Tatham, conductor of Abinger [Choir], Festival Secretary and Vice President. Her daughter Mona was also a choir conductor. [Leith Hill Festival website accessed 03 Feb 2010] Interested in family history - special mention by Curtis
  Person ID	I0080	Tatham | Meaburn branch | Spouse
  Last Modified	24 Jul 2012

  
  

  Father	Samuel Harman Sturgis,   b. 26 Nov 1842, Marylebone ,   d. 12 Nov 1893, 10 Cleveland Gardens, Paddington  (Age 50 years)
  Mother	Sarah Emma Pontin,   b. abt 1848, Speenhamland ,   d. 22 Apr 1921, 14 Princes Square, Bayswater  (Age ~ 73 years)
  Marriage	abt May 1867	Kensington   [14]
  Notes	son Thomas G Sturgis b Bayswater abt 1868 resid with parents Apr 1871 & aunt Rosa Apr 1881 son Arthur C Sturgis b Paddington abt 1869 resid with parents Apr 1871 & Apr 1891
  Family ID	F0035	Family Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Edward Ernst Tatham,   b. 02 Apr 1866, Great Ryburgh ,   d. 22 Dec 1948, Royal Surrey County Hospital, Guildford  (Age 82 years)
  Marriage	28 Jan 1898	St Mary Abbots, Kensington ; Type: Linked: 2 bro = 2 1x coz  [1, 3, 8, 9]
  	On the 29th Jan., at S. Mary Abbot's, Kensington, by the Right Rev. the Lord Bishop of Peterborough, assisted by the Rev. Canon Pennefather (Vicar of the parish), the Rev. George E. Tatham, father of the bridegroom, and the Rev. Wm. Meaburn Tatham, brother of the bridegroom, Edward Ernst Tatham, of The Old Manor House, Carshalton, to Cicely Mary Sturgis, daughter of the late Samuel Harman Sturgis and Mrs. Sturgis, of Palace-court-mansions, W. [The Times; Morning Post]
  Association	Family: Charles Edmund Tatham / Ethel Rose Hughes (Relationship: 2 bro = 2 1x coz)
  Notes	4 serv in 1901
  Children	+ 1. Philip Robert Tatham,   b. 31 Dec 1898, Abele Grove, Epsom ,   d. 05 Dec 1976, Midhurst  (Age 77 years)   2. Mona Cicely Tatham,   b. 12 Sep 1901, Epsom ,   d. Mar 1991, Surrey S W  (Age 89 years)
  Photos		Abele Grove, Epsom Home of Edward Ernst Tatham & family in 1901
  		Towerhill Manor, Gomshall Home of Edward Ernst Tatham & family in 1911
  Last Modified	01 Apr 2015
  Family ID	F0034	Family Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Photos		George Edmund Tatham & Elizabeth Susan Block Golden Wedding, 13 Oct 1907
  		Tatham Banner - Leith Hill Music Festival Awarded annually for Women's Song (Division 2). Presented in 1912 by Mrs Cicely Tatham (née Sturgis), conductor of Abinger, Festival Secretary and Vice President. Her daughter Mona was also a choir conductor.

  
  

• Sources

  [S04] H Curtis: Notes for a Pedigree of the Tathams of Co. Durham. [S01] Census, UK, 1901. age 26 [S02] BMD Index, marriage reg Kensington, 1Q1898. [S01] Census, UK, 1881. age 6 [S02] BMD Index, birth reg Kensington, 1Q1875. [S02] BMD Index, death reg Worthing, 2Q1971. b 22 Nov 1874 [S01] Census, UK, 1891. age 16 b Bradshaw, Lancs [S05] The Times, marriage notice, 01 Feb 1898. [S11] Newspaper, Standard, 03 Feb 1898. [S01] Census, UK, 1911. [S33] Family Letters, Cicely Mary Sturgis, 07 May 1957. letter to Marjorie Tatham (Florence Marjorie Irwin Day) [S17] Telephone Directories. [S05] The Times, death notice, 25 May 1971. [S02] BMD Index, marriage reg Kensington, 2Q1867.