Category Archives: Research

Origins

This topic gets more and more interesting.  Most of the earliest known records of the name Hurwood come from various parish sources from the latter half of the 16th century in and around Somerset and Yorkshire.  Most of the given names from this period appear to be (or written in) latin, ending in “is”, “us” […]

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Name

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, […]

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Lost Tribes

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 […]

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Monuments

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 […]

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Achievers

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 […]

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