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JAMES
HURST (1860 - 1910)
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James
Hurst was born in 1860 in Westhoughton and was the son of Thomas
Hurst (1819) and Ann Green. He married Fanny Ainscough (1867), the
daughter of Ralph Ainscough and Ellen Booth in 1885. In 1901 he was
living at 11 Manchester Road, Westhoughton, and was working as a Coal
Hewer. He died from carbon monoxide poisoning in the Pretoria Pit disaster of
21st December 1910. His body was found in the South Plodder area of the pit on 26th December and identified by his wife. James was buried at St. John, Wingates, near Westhoughton. Relations of James also killed in the pit disaster include his brother Thomas, brother-in-law John Tyldesley, and nephews John Tyldesley Junior, Joseph Tyldesley, Thomas Hurst Tyldesley and William Tyldesley.
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| Unknown
Hurst |
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Unknown
Green |
Unknown |
| Thomas
Hurst (1819) |
Ann
Green |
| James
Hurst (1860) |
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| Spouse:
Fanny Ainscough (1867) |
| Children:
William Hurst (?) : Ellen A Hurst
(1886) : Ann Hurst (1893) : Mary Hurst (1894) : James Hurst (1899)
: Fanny Hurst (1902) : Jane Hurst (1900) : Edward Hurst (1904) : Woodville Hurst (1908) |
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updated 5th January 2007 |
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