This site started thanks to Brett Wanless, whose innocent question over a beer one night kicked the whole thing off. The family tree website has gone through a number of incarnations in the over 20 years of its existence. I obtained the hurwood.org domain around 2008 and moved into a more permanent arrangement in terms […]
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There does not seem to be any definitive meaning or source for the name “Hurwood”. Some reasonable conjecture includes: the origin of the name family rumour concerning the name plausible derivations known mis-spellings changed by deed poll proper names If anyone has more information about the Hurwood name, please let me know. Origin The name, […]
From time to time, a previously unknown branch of the family comes to light. This is the home of current conjecture about these discoveries. As such, it should be noted that this information will not necessarily be included in the database until it can be verified. To allow other researchers to easily identify lines, I […]
A number of memorials still exist in the church yard in Pickhill in Yorkshire. Unreadable portions of the stones are shown with a series of underscores. “In memory of Elizabeth wife of William Squire of Pickhill,who died October 10th 1776 aged 65 years.Also George Squire of Pickhill who died Dec 2nd 1779 aged 92.Also the […]
There aren’t that many Hurwoods to begin with, but a few have made it into the public eye. Alan Spence Hurwood Alexander Hurwood Alan Spence Hurwood A bright spark… Alan Hurwood (right) distilling oil in Roma in 1927 Alan worked for the Queensland Government for 50 years, being Deputy Government Analyst from 1946 and subsequently […]