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William (5) Woodhurst was born in Faversham in 1847 to parents William (4) Woodhurst and his wife Ann (nee Page) [Birth Index: Faversham V 171, 1847 (Dec)].
The 1851 Census finds him at age "4" living with his parents in Sittingbourne.
In the mid-1850s he emigrated with his parents to America.
The US 1860 Census finds him at age "12" living with his parents in South Fork township, Jackson County in Iowa.
The US 1870 Census finds him at age "23" still living there, apparently alone, working as a farm labourer.
He married Hellen Darling in Jackson County, Iowa on February 8th 1872 [North America Vital Records Index: FHL Film 1255477].
The US 1880 Census finds him living at Delmar township in Clinton County, Iowa, aged "33" and occupied as a butcher. The record states that he and his parents were born in England, and that his wife Hellen was born in Iowa. The only children with them were Frankie and Anna M.
With his uncle Stephen he patented lands in South Dakota during the 1880s, as shown in the Bureau of Land Management Database. Both he and Stephen appear in a list of "Early Homesteaders" in Center township in Aurora County extracted by the SDGENWEB Archives Project.
The US 1900 Census finds him living with his wife and three children at 305, Maquoketa township, Jackson County in Iowa and occupied as a salesman of implements. The record states that he was born in England in October 1849 [in error] of English parents, was naturalized, had been married for 27 years and had produced 9 children of whom only 4 were still living. Hellen was born in Iowa in January 1856.
The US 1910 Census appears to find him living with no members of his family in Brookfield township, Clinton County in Iowa. His age is cited as "65" and his birthplace as England. The full details of this record have not yet been extracted.
Nothing more is currently known of him.
The US 1900 Census implies that Frankie had died by June 1900. Nothing more is known of him.
Emma was probably the "Emma M. Woodhurst" recorded as having married W.A. Gage on July 6th 1903 [Index to Original Marriage Certificates: Richardson-Sloane Special Collections Center, Davenport Public Library, Davenport, Iowa]. This record is currently the only known evidence that she had a second initial "M".