Evelyn Gawler Sturt (1840 - 1864)

Born 30 Jul 1840 in Grange, South Australia, Australia

Ancestors

Died 29 May 1864 at age 23 in Mhow, India

Problems/Questions Profile manager: Terry Wright [send private message]

Biography

Evelyn was born in 1840. He was the third son of Charles Sturt and Charlotte Greene.

He was baptised on 21 September 1840 at Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.^[1]

Sadly he passed away in 1864 at the age of about 23 of cholera.^[2]

DEATHS

May 29, at Mhow, Lieut. Evelyn Gawlor Sturt, General List, attached to H.M.’s 6th Regt. N.I., aged 23 years.^[3]

South Australian Register, 9 September 1864, page 2:

Captain Sturt.—A private letter from Captain Sturt to a friend in Adelaide contains the sad news of the death of his son Evelyn, who was carried off by cholera at Mhow, in Bombay, on the 29th of May last. On the Saturday he had breakfasted with his brother officers at mess at 1 o'clock, when he was apparently well and happy. At 3 he was taken ill and at 2 on Sunday morning he breathed his last in unconsciousness, having happily been spared the great hardships which usually attend that terrible malady.^[4]

Burial

29 May 1864 - Mhow, Bengal, India^[5]

Sources

1. ↑ "Australia Births and Baptisms, 1792-1981." Database. FamilySearch. http://FamilySearch.org : 18 March 2020. Index based upon data collected by the Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City. https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XT67-GPJ
2. ↑ https://familypedia.wikia.org/wiki/Evelyn_Gawler_Sturt_(1840-1864)
3. ↑ Homeward Mail from India, China and the East 09 July 1864, Pg 19, https://search.findmypast.co.uk/
4. ↑ https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/39122717
5. ↑ "India Deaths and Burials, 1719-1948." Database. FamilySearch. http://FamilySearch.org : 5 February 2020. Index based upon data collected by the Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City. https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FGVP-KJ7