Brief Life History of Martha
When Martha Hurst was born on 26 September 1798, in Padbury, Buckinghamshire, England, her father, Edward Henry Hurst, was 25 and her mother, Ann Marcham, was 22. She married Thomas Pittam on 1 September 1818, in Leckhampstead, Buckinghamshire, England. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 4 daughters. She died in 1859, in Jo Daviess, Illinois, United States, at the age of 61, and was buried in East Dubuque Cemetery, East Dubuque, Jo Daviess, Illinois, United States.
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Sources (29)
- Martha Hurst, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
- Martha Hurst Goth, "England Marriages, 1538–1973 "
- Martha Hurst Pittam, "Find A Grave Index"
Spouse and Children
1796–1854 Male
1798–1859 Female
Children (8)
1819–1852 Female
1820–1904 Female
1822– Male
1824– Female
1826–1903 Female
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Parents and Siblings
1773–1859 Male
1776–1851 Female
Siblings (11)
1798–1859 Female
1801–1802 Female
1802– Male
1804–1829 Female
1806–1869 Male
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World Events (8)
1800 · Movement to Washington D.C.
Age 2
1803
Age 5
1818
Age 20
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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