Harry (5) Woodhurst


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Brief biography

Harry (5) Woodhurst was born at Ore near Hastings in 1889 to parents Harry (3) Woodhurst and his wife Frances Matilda Patterson [Birth Index: Hastings 2b 15, 1889 (Dec)].

The 1891 Census finds him at age 1 living with his parents at the Old King John Inn in Ore.

The 1901 Census finds him at age 11 living with his parents at Land View Cottage in Ore.

In 1910 he married Florence Bademan [Marriage Index: Hastings 2b 67, 1910 (March)]. She was born on January 28th 1888 [Birth Index: Merthyr T. 11a 623, 1888 (March)].

The 1911 Census finds them and their first child living in Harry (3)'s household at The Stores in St. Helen's, Hastings. Like his father he was occupied as a carpenter.

He died aged 65 in 1954 [Death Index: Hastings 5h 337, 1954 (Dec)].

Florence died in 1973 [Death Index: Hastings 5h 1097, 1973 (Sept)].

His children by Florence Bademan

  1. Edith Nellie Woodhurst - [Birth Index: Hastings 2b 11, 1910 (Sept)]
  2. Lilian A. Woodhurst - [Birth Index: Hastings 2b 15, 1913 (March)]
  3. Victor H. Woodhurst - [Birth Index: Hastings 2b 31, 1916 (March)]
  4. William Charles Woodhurst - [Birth Index: Hastings 2b 48, 1919 (Dec)]
  5. Joan P. Woodhurst - [Birth Index: Hastings 2b 13, 1926 (June)]

Edith Nellie married Harold F. Castle in 1937 [Marriage Index: Hastings 2b 37, 1937 (Sept)].

Lilian A. married Cecil V. Croft in 1939 [Marriage Index: Hastings 2b 555, 1939 (Sept)]; the GRO Marriage Index gives page 555 for her but page 55 for him.

Victor was living in 1937 at 14, Blondel Street in Battersea, London SW11 [Battersea Electoral Registers]. In 1939 he married Olwen Kathleen Shaw [Marriage Index: Epping 4a 1619, 1939 (Dec)]; she was born on April 1st 1918. In 1947 Victor and Olwen produced a son Christopher Dale [Birth Index: Epping 5a 165, 1947 (March)]. Victor died aged 40 in 1956 [Marylebone 5d 382, 1956 (March)]. In 1968 Christopher married Marilyn Ann Berrisford [Marriage Index: Horsham 5g (page unclear), 1968 (Dec)]. Christopher and Marilyn produced two daughters, Hazel (2) in 1972 and Erika in 1979; Hazel (2) was registered as "Hazel" but in adult life went by the name "Hazelle". Olwen remarried in 1969 to William E. Brooke [Marriage Index: Waltham Forest 5e 814, 1969 (June)]. She died aged "83" in 2001 [Death Index: Southend-on-Sea 4751B Reg. No. B12C Entry 72, 2001 (November)]. In 1990 Christopher remarried to Frances L. Finch [Marriage Index: Brighton 18 128, 1990 (May)]; he died shortly afterwards aged "43" [Death Index: Brighton 18 152, 1990 (July)].

William Charles was born on October 10th 1919. He died in 1986 [Death Index: Hastings 0386 18 0945, 1986].

Joan P. married John R. Cheeseman in 1942 [Marriage Index: Hastings 2b 56, 1942 (Dec)].