Pearly Bliss Hurley

Male2 March 1878–25 May 1963

Brief Life History of Pearly Bliss

When Pearly Bliss Hurley was born on 2 March 1878, in Welton, Clinton, Iowa, United States, his father, John Gilbert Hurley, was 23 and his mother, Athalia Ada Van Horn, was 18. He married Polly Goodrich Rice on 18 September 1901, in Milton, Rock, Wisconsin, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. He lived in Bloomfield Township, Clinton, Iowa, United States in 1885 and Riverside Judicial Township, Riverside, California, United States in 1940. He died on 25 May 1963, in Riverside, Riverside, California, United States, at the age of 85, and was buried in Milton, Rock, Wisconsin, United States.

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Family Time Line

Pearly Bliss Hurley
1878–1963
Polly Goodrich Rice
1879–1974
Marriage: 18 September 1901
Lucile Miltonette Hurley
1904–1993
Kenneth Duane Hurley
1915–2001

Sources (18)

  • Pearly Bliss Hurley in entry for Lucile Hurley, "California, County Birth and Death Records, 1800-1994"
  • Pearley B Hurley in household of John G Hurley, "Iowa State Census, 1885"
  • Pearley Bliss Hurley, "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918"

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    18 September 1901Milton, Rock, Wisconsin, United States

    • Children (2)

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    Siblings (8)

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    World Events (8)

    1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield

    Age 3

    Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.

    1883 · The Newhall House Hotel Fire

    Age 5

    A fire erupted on January 10, 1883, at the Newhall Hotel in Milwaukee. The fire began at 4:00 am in an elevator shaft and raced up through the building. The fire spread so quickly that many could not escape. General and Mrs. Tom Thumb, stars of P.T. Barnum's circus, were guests in the hotel at the time of the fire. A firefighter reached them by ladder and they were able to escape safely. The exact number of deaths remains unknown as the hotel register was destroyed in the fire, however, the death toll is estimated between 75-90.

    1901 · Assassination of Mckinley

    Age 23

    President William McKinley was shot at the Temple of Music, in the Pan-American Exposition, while shaking hands with the public. Leon Czolgosz shot him twice in the abdomen because he thought it was his duty to do so. McKinley died after eight days of watch and care. He was the third American president to be assassinated. After his death, Congress passed legislation to officially make the Secret Service and gave them responsibility for protecting the President at all times.

    Name Meaning

    English: habitational name from any of the three places called Hurley (Somerset, Warwickshire, Berkshire). The Warwickshire and Berkshire placenames derive from Old English hyrne ‘angle, corner’ + lēah ‘woodland clearing’. The Somerset placename, for a minor place near Crowcombe, may have the same origin but this cannot be certain due to a lack of medieval forms.

    Irish (Munster): Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó hUrthuile ‘descendant of Urthuile’, a personal name possibly meaning ‘great flood’.

    Irish: variant of Herlihy .

    Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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