Simon, Hurd, Dolan, and Related Families

The Genealogy of the Following Families:

The Simon Family of Willebadessen, Germany, and its Descendants in America

The Barcant, Krogh, d'Abadie, and Related Families of Trinidad and Tobago

The Hurd and Clark Families of Kent County, Delaware and Caroline County, Maryland

The Dolan and Carr Families of County Tyrone, Northern Ireland; County Donegal, Ireland; and America

The McGillin Families of County Tyrone, Northern Ireland and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

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1846 - 1934 (87 years)

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Name Thomas Gilman Hurd

Born 27 Nov 1846 Kent County, Delaware, United States

Gender Male

Died 10 Feb 1934 Kent County, Delaware, United States

Buried Harrington, Kent County, Delaware, United States

Siblings 10 siblings

	1. Mary Hurd , b. 24 Jun 1838, Delaware, United States , d. 4 Feb 1860 (Age 21 years)
	2. John Hurd , b. 30 Dec 1839, Delaware, United States , d. 17 Feb 1840, Delaware, United States (Age 0 years)
	3. Elizabeth M. Hurd , b. 26 Jan 1842, Delaware, United States , d. 28 Jun 1940, Camden, Camden County, New Jersey, United States (Age 98 years)
	4. Sarah Gilder Hurd , b. 20 Jul 1844, Delaware, United States , d. Sep 1876, Delaware, United States (Age 32 years)
	5. Thomas Gilman Hurd , b. 27 Nov 1846, Kent County, Delaware, United States , d. 10 Feb 1934, Kent County, Delaware, United States (Age 87 years)
	6. David Hurd , b. 12 Jan 1850, Kent County, Delaware, United States , d. 8 Mar 1936, near Burrsville, Kent County, Delaware, United States (Age 86 years)
	7. Fanny Hurd , b. 19 Oct 1852, Delaware, United States , d. 14 Oct 1942, Lock Haven, Clinton County, Pennsylvania, United States (Age 89 years)
	8. Margaret A. Hurd , b. 26 Sep 1855, Delaware, United States , d. 19 Apr 1935 (Age 79 years)
	9. Peter Hurd , b. 25 Sep 1858, Delaware, United States , d. 28 Jul 1935, Camden, Kent County, Delaware, United States (Age 76 years)
	10. William Henry Dill Hurd , b. 30 Jan 1860, Kent County, Delaware, United States , d. 7 Mar 1932, Bridgeville, Sussex County, Delaware, United States (Age 72 years)
	11. Robert Watson Hurd , b. 3 Aug 1862, South Murderkill Hundred, Kent County, Delaware, United States , d. 14 May 1961, New Castle, New Castle County, Delaware, United States (Age 98 years)

Person ID I2614 Simon and Related Families | Descendants of William Hurd (died after 1778), Descendants of John Clark

Last Modified 13 Dec 2001

Father	Thomas Hurd, b. Abt 1810, Delaware, United States , d. 15 Sep 1865, Murderkill Hundred, Kent County, Delaware, United States (Age ~ 55 years)
Mother	Ann Clark, b. Aug 1819, Sandtown, Kent County, Delaware, United States , d. 27 Apr 1907, New Castle County, Delaware, United States (Age ~ 87 years)
Married	19 Jul 1837	Kent County, Delaware, United States
Family ID	F810	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family Sarah Ann Barker, b. 28 Sep 1845, Sussex County, Delaware, United States , d. 7 Oct 1933, Harrington, Kent County, Delaware, United States (Age 88 years)

Married 25 Mar 1869 Kent County, Delaware, United States

Children

	1. Irene "Rena" Hurd, b. 16 Jun 1870, Harrington, Kent County, Delaware, United States , d. 5 May 1953 (Age 82 years)
	2. Mary Ina Hurd, b. 6 Nov 1871, Delaware, United States , d. 28 Apr 1947, Delaware, United States (Age 75 years)
	3. Fanny Hurd, b. Sep 1876, Kent County, Delaware, United States , d. 24 Dec 1960, Farnhurst, New Castle County, Delaware, United States (Age ~ 84 years)
	4. Louis Hurd, b. 9 Feb 1881, Harrington, Kent County, Delaware, United States , d. 7 May 1959, Wilmington, New Castle County, Delaware, United States (Age 78 years)

Last Modified 26 Jan 2015

Family ID F815 Group Sheet | Family Chart

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Buried - - Harrington, Kent County, Delaware, United States

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Photos » Slide Show		Thomas Gilman Hurd. Photograph from collection of Catherine Baynard Hurd Dolan. Identified by comparison to known picture of Thomas G. Hurd. 10 cm by 14 cm print, mounted on cardboard, by Fearn's studio, Camden, N.J. Original in possession of Catherine Dolan Simon.
		Thomas Gilman Hurd. Tintype. Photograph from collection of Catherine Baynard Hurd Dolan. Identified by comparison with known photograph of Thomas G. Hurd from collection of Angela Curtis Page. Original in possession of Catherine Dolan Simon.
		Thomas G. and Sarah Ann Barker Hurd. Photocopy of photograph from collection of Angela Curtis Page, who provided the identification. Original in possession of Angela Curtis Page.

Notes

BIRTH:
Family history information compiled by Irene (Rena) Hurd.
Year of birth given as 1846 in tombstone inscription in Hollywood Cemetery, Section G, as recorded on page 1045 in "Souls in Heaven, Names in Stone: Kent County, Delaware, Cemetery Records," by Raymond Walter Dill, William Martin Dill, and Elizabeth Ann Bostick Dill, Gateway Press, Baltimore, 1989.
Approximate date confirmed by age (3 years) given in 1850 U.S. Census for Delaware, Kent County, p. 264B, line 37. State of birth given as Delaware. Enumerated as Thomas Herd with parents, Thomas and Ann Herd.
Consistent with age (13 years) given in 1860 U.S. Census for Delaware, Kent County, p. 32, line 18.
Consistent with age (23 years) given in 1870 U.S. Census for Delaware, Kent County, p. 148B, line 30. State of birth given as Delaware. Enumerated as Thomas G. Hurd.
Apparently enumerated twice in 1870. "Thomas Hurd," age 23, also appears in the 1870 U.S. Census for Delaware, Kent County, on page 147B, line 27, along with his wife, Sarah A. Hurd, age 24. Enumerations only separated by 1 day (August 3 and August 4, 1870)
Consistent with age (34 years) given in 1880 U.S. Census for Delaware, Kent County, E.D. 39, p. 209B, line 47. State of birth given as Delaware. Enumerated as Thomas Hurd, with wife Sarah A. Hurd, and 3 children.
Month and year of birth is given as April 1849, however, in the 1900 U.S. Census for Delaware, Kent County, Vol. 1, E.D. 75, Sheet 23B, Line 58. This latter date seems unlikely, though, as it is only 9 months prior to the birth of the next child, David Hurd. State of birth given as Delaware.
Tombstone inscription roughly consistent with age (62 years) in 1910 U.S. Census for Delaware, Kent County, E.D. 17, Sheet 9A, Line 29. State of birth given as Delaware. Enumerated as Thomas G. Hurd with wife Sarah Hurd.
Tombstone inscription consistent with age (73 years) in 1920 U.S. Census for Delaware, Kent County, E.D. 17, Sheet 14A, Line 17.

MARRIAGE:
Date from family history information compiled by Irene (Rena) Hurd.
Marriage Bond dated 24 March 1869 is found in Delaware Marriage Records for Kent County, Vol. 32, p. 130.
A second record of the marriage, dated 25 March 1869 is found in the Delaware Marriage Records for Kent County, Vol. 90, p. 83. In Delaware Public Archives, Hall of Records, Dover, Delaware.
Consistent with number of years married (31 years) in 1900 U.S. Census and (41 years) in 1910 U.S. Census.

OCCUPATION:
Works on R.R. [railroad] (1880 U.S. Census)
Day laborer, RR [railroad] (1900 U.S. Census)
Laborer, railroad (1910 U.S. Census)

ADDRESSES:
Hollandsville, South Murderkill Hundred, Kent County, Delaware (1870 U.S. Census)
Mispillion Hundred, Kent County, Delaware (1880 U.S. Census)
Werner Avenue, Harrington, Mispillion Hundred, Kent County, Delaware (1900 U.S. Census) - Owns house.
Werner Avenue, Harrington, Delaware (1910 U.S. Census)
Gimlet Street, Harrington, Delaware (1920 U.S. Census)

ADDITIONAL FAMILY INFORMATION:
According to Margaret Dolan Callaghan, her mother (Catherine Baynard Hurd) related that the farm belonging to Thomas Hurd was turned over to Thomas Gilman Hurd by his mother, Ann Clark. Ann Clark, though, did not get along with Thomas's wife, Sarah, and so often traveled to visit and stay with her other children.

DEATH:
Family history information compiled by Irene (Rena) Hurd.
Year of death confirmed by tombstone inscription in Hollywood Cemetery, Section G, as recorded on page 1045 in "Souls in Heaven, Names in Stone: Kent County, Delaware, Cemetery Records," by Raymond Walter Dill, William Martin Dill, and Elizabeth Ann Bostick Dill, Gateway Press, Baltimore, 1989.

BURIAL: Hollywood Cemetery, Harrington, Delaware.