Oswald Hurcumb

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