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John Hurst

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John Hurst

Birth
Leicestershire, England
Death
14 May 1922 (aged 86)
New South Wales, Australia
Burial
Wagga Wagga, Wagga Wagga City, New South Wales, Australia Add to Map
Plot
ANG-S-10-0028
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Immigrated with his parents on December 23, 1844, arriving in Australia in April, 1845. His parents first engaged in farming, and in 1851 he joined his father in the rush to the Turin goldfields. They returned to Campbelltown, where he remained for a few years. He drove a team to Rudd's station, Carrathool, where he worked as a stockman starting in 1856.

He married Keturah Angel in 1860, and four years later he left the Hay district for Wagga, taking up land on the Gundagai road, about 10 miles from town.

Father of Robert John Hurst, Albert Hurst, Arthur Hurst, Walter James Hurst, Frederick William Hurst, Mary Jane (Hurst) Peacock, Eliza (Hurst) Wells, Ada (Hurst) McLear, Maude (Hurst) Edmondson, Henry Hurst, Charles Hurst, and George Hurst.



Immigrated with his parents on December 23, 1844, arriving in Australia in April, 1845. His parents first engaged in farming, and in 1851 he joined his father in the rush to the Turin goldfields. They returned to Campbelltown, where he remained for a few years. He drove a team to Rudd's station, Carrathool, where he worked as a stockman starting in 1856.

He married Keturah Angel in 1860, and four years later he left the Hay district for Wagga, taking up land on the Gundagai road, about 10 miles from town.

Father of Robert John Hurst, Albert Hurst, Arthur Hurst, Walter James Hurst, Frederick William Hurst, Mary Jane (Hurst) Peacock, Eliza (Hurst) Wells, Ada (Hurst) McLear, Maude (Hurst) Edmondson, Henry Hurst, Charles Hurst, and George Hurst.





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