Farmer, municipal official.
Born in Ontario on 30 May 1852, son of James Sturgeon (1818-1886) and Ann Jane Finletter (1816-1879), he spent time in Iowa before moving to Manitoba where he owned farm land near Melita and built some prominent buildings in town.
On 24 December 1885, he married Helen Sandiland (1857-1949) at Mills, Iowa and they had three children at Melita: Florence Lenore Sturgeon (1893-1929), James Leonard Sturgeon (1895-1986), and John Harold Sturgeon (1897-1991). He was Mayor of Melita (1906-1907) before the family moved to Winnipeg. They moved to California in 1913 and lived at Inyokern and Monrovia.
He died at Los Angeles, California on 26 March 1932 and was buried there.
See also:
Historic Sites of Manitoba: Melita Cemetery and Winter Vault (Municipality of Two Borders)
Historic Sites of Manitoba: Missler House / Sturgeon House (428 Mountain Avenue, Winnipeg)
Birth registrations [Florence Lenore Sturgeon, James Leonard Sturgeon, John Harold Sturgeon], Manitoba Vital Statistics.
1901 Canada census, Automated Genealogy.
Thomas Dickson Sturgeon, FamilySearch.
James Leonard Sturgeon collection, University of Michigan William L. Clements Library.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 30 January 2024
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