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 |