Hi Susan, You have posted your query to the Message Board for Vancouver Island. Did Annie or family live in this area?
For Better Results: You might want to Subscribe and Post to the Rootsweb Mail list for British Columbia. There are many subscribers - perhaps even others researching or connected to the family.
http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/intl/CAN/CAN-BRITISH-COLUMBI...Wishing you much luck with your research.
Cheers, Stella
From the Govt of B.C. Vital Events site:
http://search.bcarchives.gov.bc.ca/sn-A66F49/gbsearch/Births...STURGIS does not appear to be a very common name.
There are other STURGIS names shown. perhaps also family connected.
Name: Annie Sturgis
Event Date: 1948 12 18 (Yr/Mo/Day)
Age: 84
Gender: female
Event Place: New Westminster
Reg. Number: 1948-09-011813
B.C. Archives Microfilm Number: B13199
GSU Microfilm Number: 2032569
There are Volunteers at the Random Acts of Genealogical Kindness site:
Any who offer Lookups of Public Record can view,transcribe or copy the information from the filmed registration.
Most at no fee, or only to cover their cost of photo copy [not over .50cents Cndn. - and /or postage.
There is also a Volunteer who will search obituaries.
There are also Volunteers who will take photo's of Cemetery sites.
The Death Registration will show:
Date and Place of Death. Name and Address: Date and Place of Birth.Occupation. Names of Parents. Name of Spouse.
Name and Address of Informant*May be a family member.
Cause of Death/
Name and Address of Funeral Home. Name and Address of Cemetery. Name and Address of Physician
If Annie did not live in New Westminster - perhaps just a place of death. There may not be an obituary published in the N.W. or Vancouver Newspapers.
*If she was a resident of N.W.then perhaps contacting the New Westminster Public Library - may be helpful. They do have newspapers archived.