William M. Hurst

Brief Life History of William M.

When William M. Hurst was born on 22 July 1867, in Georgia, United States, his father, William Daniel Hurst Jr., was 31 and his mother, Juliana Drawdy, was 21. He married Mary Matilda Register on 9 September 1888, in Columbia, Florida, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 5 daughters. He lived in District 1141, Clinch, Georgia, United States in 1880. He died on 22 July 1933, in Columbia, Florida, United States, at the age of 66, and was buried in Oak Grove Baptist Church Cemetery, Lake City, Columbia, Florida, United States.

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Family Time Line

William M. Hurst
1867–1933
Mary Matilda Register
1869–1949
Marriage: 9 September 1888
Julia Hurst
1889–
Louella Savilla Hurst
1891–1911
Lillie Essie Hurst
1893–1960
William Augustus Hurst
1895–1922
Sarah Ethel Hurst
1897–1959
David Paul Hurst
1900–1971
Amos Daniel Hurst
1904–1979
Jessie Maude HURST
1908–1977

Sources (19)

  • William Hearse in household of Danil Hearse, "United States Census, 1880"
  • William Hursh, "Florida, County Marriages, 1830-1957"
  • William M Hurst, "Find A Grave Index"

World Events (8)

1868 · Impeach the President!

Caused by many crimes and breaking the Tenure of Office Act, Many Senators and House Representatives became angry with President Johnson and began discussions of his Impeachment. After a special session of Congress, the Articles of Impeachment were approved by the House and then the Senate. Making Andrew Johnson the first President to be Impeached.

1878 · St. Mary's Episcopal Church is Built

The Episcopal Diocese of Florida organized a mission church in 1878 to provide a location that could serve seasonal guests. Visitors and residents from Green Cove Springs raised over $1000 to build the church. On March 10, 1879, the Church held its first service. This location is notable because it would eventually be added to U.S. National Register of Historic Places (February 17, 1978).

1886

Statue of Liberty is dedicated.

Name Meaning

English (Lancashire): topographic name for someone who lived near a wood or wooded hill, from Middle English hirst(e), herst(e), hurst(e) (Old English hyrst) or a habitational name from any of the places so called, such as Hurst Green (in Mitton, Lancashire), Hirst (Northumberland), Hurst (Berkshire, Kent, Warwickshire), Hurstpierpoint (Sussex), or Hirst in Longwood (Yorkshire).

Irish: re-Anglicized form of de Horsaigh, the Gaelicized form of the English habitational name Horsey , established in Ireland since the 13th century.

German and Swiss German (also Hürst): topographic name from Middle High German hurst ‘woodland, thicket’; or a habitational name from a place so named in Westphalia.

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

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