Researching William 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 William means "resolute guardian" and is of German origin.
Records of William Hurst on Ancestry
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for William Hurst and the Hurst Family Tree
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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 Genealogy Databases
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Hurst Forums
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| Did you know that there are currently 54688 people with the Hurst surname in the USA? Hurst is ranked number 139 for popularity in the USA. |
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Some Famous People called William Hurst
William John Hurst
William John Hurst (c.1829 – 29 September 1886) was a 19th-century Member of Parliament in New Zealand and Mayor of Auckland.
He was born in Berwick-upon-Tweed.
In January 1868, Hurst stood in a by-election in the City of Auckland East electorate for the Auckland Provincial Council. He defeated Charles Davis 163 votes to 107. Hurst remained on the provincial council until the abolition of provincial government in 1876.
Hurst represented the Auckland West electorate from the 1879 election to 1881, and then the Waitemata electorate from the 1881 election to 1886 when he died.
His homestead, built in 1860, is located in 288 Hurstmere Road in Takapuna.
Hurst was ill and given leave from Parliament to travel home to England via San Francisco. He died in Folkestone, Kent, England, in 1886, aged 57 years. He was survived by his wife, Mary E. Hurst.
Source: William John Hurst, Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaWilliam Nevin Tatlow Hurst
William Nevin Tatlow Hurst, ISO (11 April 1868 – 24 December 1946) was a senior Tasmanian civil servant. In 1925 he succeeded the Tasmanian Surveyor-General, E A Counsel, as the head of the Tasmanian Department of Lands and Surveys, although with the title of Secretary for Lands.
The Companionship of the Imperial Service Order (ISO) was bestowed upon him in June 1932.
At his retirement in 1938 he had been continuously employed in the department for fifty three years, having joined as a trainee draftsman on 1 July 1885.
Tasmania's capital city, Hobart, was where he spent his life, with the suburb of New Town being his home at his birth in 1868, his marriage in 1899 and at his death in 1946.
Source: William Nevin Tatlow Hurst, Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaOther names that sound a bit like Hurst
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