Researching Sam Hurst
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 10694 people with the Hurst surname? In that year Hurst was ranked number 385 for popularity in the UK. |
The name Sam means "to hear" and is of Hebrew origin.
Records of Sam Hurst on Ancestry
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DNA
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Sam Hurst and the Hurst Family History
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| Did you know that there are currently 12964 people with the Hurst surname in the UK? Hurst is now ranked number 443 for popularity in the UK. |
Hurst Family Tree Databases
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Hurst Forums
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Explore the Ellis Island Database for information on Sam Hurst. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
Some Famous People called Sam Hurst
Sam Hurst
Sam Hurst (13 March 1832 – 22 May 1882), nicknamed the Stalybridge Infant in ironic reference to his considerable physical size, was the English bare-knuckle boxing champion 1860–61. He was born in Marsden, in Yorkshire, England, but in 1857 moved to Stalybridge, where he took a job in the local iron foundry and worked as a bouncer at the White House public house.
Hurst won the English championship in his first bare-knuckle fight by defeating Tom Paddock at Aldermaston on 6 November 1861, in a contest that lasted five rounds. Paddock was suffering from the effects of a knife wound, and was unable to continue after being knocked down by a punch that broke three of his ribs. Hurst's prize money of £400 is equivalent to about £29,000 as of 2010. His next fight was against Jem Mace at Medway Island on 18 June 1861. At Hurst was five inches taller than his opponent, and correspondingly heavier, but he was not a skillful boxer and was no match for Mace's speed and agility. Hurst's seconds withdrew him from the fight in the eighth round, and he never fought again except in exhibition matches.
A month after the unsuccessful defence of his title Hurst married the daughter of a Manchester publican, and in 1862 became landlord of the Wilton Arms in Shudehill, Manchester. He also took over the management of the beerhouse in the Botanical Gardens at Hyde in 1865, and the following year became landlord of the Glass House tavern in Manchester, where he remained until 1871.
By 1881 Hurst was recorded as being a shoemaker; he died in poverty the following year, aged 50.
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