Individual Summary for William Hurt
3 Jun 2000
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Event
Date(s)
Place
Description
Born
1
25 Jun 1868
Castlebar, Ealing, Middlesex, UK 
Christened
 
Died
 
Buried
 
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Married Name: 
Sex:
M
ID:
346
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Created:
25 Sep 1999
Last Changed: 3 Oct 1999
Parents
Father
Mother
Stephen Hurt
Elizabeth Martin
Marriages
Spouse
Marriage Date/Place
25 Dec 1888
St Paul's Ch, Old Brentford, Middlesex, UK
Charlotte Ann Carter
2
Notes
William was born on 25 Jun 1868 in the Castlebar area of Ealing, his father, Stephen, was a gentleman's gardener. He married Charlotte Ann 
Carter on Christmas day in 1888 in the parish church of St Paul, Old Brentford aged 20 although the marriage certificate has him as aged 21. He 
was living at the time at 1 Paradise Place and was recorded as an ostler. He and Charlotte had a greengrocery shop in Warwick Rd, Ealing which 
was still standing as of Apr 1995 he also traded in horses, exercising common grazing rights on Ealing Common. Cyril Hurt also told me his 
grandfather had been a stone mason at one time. He also told me that his grandparents had their children in 2 'groups'; an older half including Car, 
Bill, Pat, Charles, Annie, Floss and May; and a younger half including Harold, Bob, Rose, Jim, Dolly and Lilly. As William and Charlotte had 
their family approximately 10 years either side of the turn of the century (1889 to 1908) I wonder if the '2 halves' refer to those born in the 19th 
century and thiose born in the 20th. Mum remembers seeing her grandparents from a distance dressed quite well in black but she wouldn't 
approach them and never remembers talking to them. In later years when they had retired they lived first with the Heads, friends of theirs, in 
Hartney Whitney, Hants and then with their daughter Dolly in Marlborough Forest. There was a story in the family, possibly started by Bob, that 
William's mother became pregnant whilst in service at the house of a member of royalty. Unusually she was kept on and a husband was found for 
her, Stephen. As yet I have found nothing to substantiate any part of this story. William is my Great Grandfather.
Sources
1. 
Certified Copy of an Entry of Birth, Cert No CA328544, Entry 377, 31 Aug ?.
2. 
St Pauls, Old Brentford Parish Marriage Register, Page 18, Entry 38, 27 Dec 1888.