Driver. Slipped from his engine and was crushed against the wall at Blackwall on 30 Jan 1884. [RAIL 529/52 4 Mar 1884, Loco Com Min 5384.]

Driver. Age 65, service 34 years. Granted Good Conduct Retiring Allowance of 17s. 6d. per week. [RAIL 529/30, 26 Apr 1900 Board Min 5832.]

Would have joined NLR 1900 – 34 = 1866.

Weekly wage would have been 3 x 17s 6d = ￡2 12s 6d.

Died 20 Jul 1901. [RAIL 529/31, 14 Apr 1904 Board Min 6353.]

Son Harry

Nothing so far found

Son Frank.

Train register boy. Age 14. Appt 7 Nov 1881. [RAIL 529/134/43 Folio 13.]

Train register boy. New appt. Pay 6s. [RAIL 529/50 29 Nov 1881, Loco Com Min 4590.]

Train register boy, Dalston. Pay 6s. to 8s. [RAIL 529/51, 28 Nov 1882, Loco Com Min Min 4941.]

Train register boy, Dalston. Pay 8s. Resigned. [RAIL 529/52, 1 Apr 1884, Loco Com Min Min 5423.]

Apprentice, Bow Shops. Finger cut, through his own want of caution, on 14 Mar 1885. [RAIL 529/52 28 Apr 1885, Loco Com Min 5803.]

Baptisms, Marriage and Deaths

Oswald. Baptism in Parish of Dursley, 8 Mar 1835, Oswald, son of Richard, mill man, and Elizabeth Hurcumb of Dursley. [Gloucestershire Archives, P124 IN 1/13, page 77.]

Sarah. Baptism in Parish of Dursley, 26 Feb 1837, Sarah, daughter of Edmund, labourer, and Selina Gwinnell of Dursley. [Gloucestershire Archives, P124 IN 1/13, page 94.] The baptism that followed on 26 Feb 1837 was that of Mary Anne daughter of William, labourer, and Anne Hurc?mbe of Dursley.

Married 20 or 21 May 1861 The Parish Church, Poplar, Oswald or Oswell Hercum, labourer, and Sarah Gwinnell, Fathers: Richard Hercum and Edmund Gwinnell, both labourers. [LMA. All Saints, Poplar, Register of marriages, P88/ALL1, Item 035.]

Death Sep qtr 1901. Oswald Hurcumb, 66. [GRO. Polar, 1c, 348.] 20 Jul 1901.]

Census
Name	Relationship	Status	M/F	Age	YOB±1	Occupation	Born
1861 Census [RG 9/302, Folio 122, Page 8.]
Registration district: Poplar Parish: Bromley Address: 9 Mill Cottages
Hoswell Hercam	Head	Single	M	26	1835	Labourer at chemical works	Dursley
1871 Census [RG 10/576, Folio 47, Page 35.] Oswald Hurcom
Registration district: Poplar Parish: St Mary Stratford Bow Address: 2 Gawthorne Street
Oswald Hurcom	Head	Married	M	33	1838	Engine driver	Dursley
Sarah Hurcom	Wife	Married	F	30	1841		Dursley
Emma Hurcom	Daughter	Single	F	5	1866		Bow
Henry Hurcom	Son	Single	M	3	1868		Bow
Frank Hurcom	Son	Single	M	1	1870		Bow
George Middleton	Lodger	Single	M	22	1849	Railway fireman	Nuneaton
Charles Foxon	Lodger	Single	M	26	1845	Railway fireman	Toddington
1881 Census [RG 11/492, Folio 127, Page 50.]
Registration district: Poplar Parish: Bow Aka St Mary Stratford-Le-Bow Address: 672 Old Ford Road.
Oswald Hurcumb	Head	Married	M	46	1835	Railway engine driver	Dursley
Sarah Hurcumb	Wife	Married	F	43	1838		Dursley
Emma Hurcumb	Daughter	Single	F	15	1866	Engaged in City warehouse	Bow
Harry Hurcumb	Son	Single	M	13	1868	Office boy in London	Bow
Frank Hurcumb	Son	Single	M	11	1870	Scholar	Bow
Walter Hurcumb	Son	Single	M	9	1872	Scholar	Bow
Alfred Hurcumb	Son	Single	M	7	1874	Scholar	Bow
Salina Hurcumb	Daughter	Single	F	5	1876	Scholar	Bow
Elizabeth Hurcumb	Daughter	Single	F	2	1879		Old Ford
1891 Census [RG 12/316, Folio 167, Page 39.] Oswald Harcambe
Registration district: Poplar Parish: Bow or Stratford Le Bow Address: 672 Old Ford Road
Oswald Hurcombe	Head	Married	M	56	1835	Steam engine driver	Dursley
Sarah Hurcombe	Wife	Married	F	54	1837		Dursley
Emma Hurcombe	Daughter	Single	F	25	1866	Corset maker	Bowd
Harry Hurcombe	Son	Single	M	23	1868	Steam engine fitter	Bow
Frank Hurcombe	Son	Single	M	21	1870	Steam engine fitter	Bow
Walter Hurcombe	Son	Single	M	19	1872	Carman	Bow
Alfred Hurcombe	Son	Single	M	17	1874	Letter forter	Bow
Selena Hurcombe	Daughter	Single	F	14	1877		Bow
Elizabeth Hurcombe	Daughter	Single	F	12	1879	Scholar	Bow
1901 Census [RG 13/342, Folio 82, Page 45.]
Registration district: Poplar Parish: Bow or Stratford-Le-Bow Address: 672 Old Ford Road
Oswald Hurcumb	Head	Married	M	66	1835		Dursley
Sarah Hurcumb	Wife	Married	F	64	1837		Dursley
Walter Hurcumb	Son	Single	M	29	1872	Carpenter	Bow
Selina Hurcumb	Daughter	Single	F	25	1876	Corset Maker	Bow
Elizabeth Hurcumb	Daughter	Single	F	23	1878	Corset Maker	Bow