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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1887 - 1971 (83 years)

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Name Edmund Hurd

Born 15 Oct 1887 Kent County, Delaware, United States

Christened 24 Oct 1894 Harrington, Kent County, Delaware, United States

Gender Male

Died 8 Jun 1971 Harrington, Kent County, Delaware, United States

Buried 11 Jun 1971 Frederica, Kent County, Delaware, United States

Siblings 3 siblings

	1. Emma Hurd , b. 3 Nov 1879, Delaware, United States , d. 27 Jan 1944, Milford, Sussex County, Delaware, United States (Age 64 years)
	2. Effa Hurd , b. 1 Jan 1885, Kent County, Delaware, United States , d. 8 Nov 1961, New Jersey, United States (Age 76 years)
	3. Edmund Hurd , b. 15 Oct 1887, Kent County, Delaware, United States , d. 8 Jun 1971, Harrington, Kent County, Delaware, United States (Age 83 years)
	4. Catherine Baynard Hurd , b. 11 Mar 1889, Kent County, Delaware, United States , d. 9 Feb 1979, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States (Age 89 years)

Person ID I2624 Simon and Related Families | Descendants of William Hurd (died after 1778), Descendants of John Clark

Last Modified 29 Dec 2014

Father	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)
Mother	Margaretta Hurd, b. 29 Apr 1850, Murderkill Hundred, Kent County, Delaware, United States , d. 22 Sep 1923, near Harrington, Kent County, Delaware, United States (Age 73 years)
Married	6 Feb 1877	Kent County, Delaware, United States
Photos		Hurd, David \| Family Hurd Farm buildings, Delaware near Maryland State Line (near Burrsville, MD).
Family ID	F494	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

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	Christened - 24 Oct 1894 - Harrington, Kent County, Delaware, United States
	Died - 8 Jun 1971 - Harrington, Kent County, Delaware, United States
	Buried - 11 Jun 1971 - Frederica, Kent County, Delaware, United States

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Photos » Slide Show		Edmund Hurd, as a boy. Photograph from collection of Catherine Baynard Hurd Dolan, who provided the identification. 6 cm by 9.5 cm photograph, mounted on cardboard, by H.L. Cohee, Greensboro, Md. Original in possession of Catherine Dolan Simon.
		Edmund Hurd, as young man. Photograph from collection of Catherine Baynard Hurd Dolan, who provided the identification. Print measures 7 cm by 13 cm and has been trimmed from original post card. Original in possession of Catherine Dolan Simon.
		Edmund Hurd with father's Studebaker. Photograph from collection of Catherine Baynard Hurd Dolan, who provided the identification. 17 cm by 12 cm print, mounted on cardboard, by H.L. Cohee studio, Greensboro, Md.. Original in possession of Catherine Dolan Simon.
		Edmund Hurd with dog Original in possession of Althea and Allen Clark, who provided the identification.
		Edmund Hurd with dog Original in possession of Althea and Allen Clark, who provided the identification.

Notes

BIRTH:
Full date of birth from Catherine Baynard Hurd Dolan (sister).
Year of birth confirmed by tombstone inscription recorded in "Souls in Heaven, Names in Stone: Kent County, Delaware Cemetery Records," by Raymond Walter Dill, William Martin Dill, and Elizabeth Ann Bostick Dill, Baltimore: Gateway Press, 1989, page 853.
Consistent with age (23 years) given in 1910 U.S. Census for Delaware, Kent County, E.D. 18, Sheet 16A, Line 5. State of birth given as Delaware. Enumerated as "Edwin Hurd" with parents, David and Margaret Hurd.
Roughly consistent with age (33 years) given in 1920 U.S. Census for Delaware, Kent County, Volume 2, E.D. 18, Sheet 6, Line 81.
Consistent with age (42 years) given in 1930 U.S. Census for Delaware, Kent County, E.D. 36, Page 1B, Line 75. State of birth given as Delaware.
Roughly consistent with age (53 years) in 1940 U.S. Census for Delaware, Kent County, E.D. 1-41, Sheet 6B, Line 43. Place of birth given as Delaware. Enumerated as Edmund Hurd, with sister Emma Hurd.
Date confirmed by a Certificate of Delayed Birth Registration, filed 11 August 1952, which relied on the family bible records, which were reviewed in the Bureau of Vital Statistics.
Date also confirmed in Social Security Death Index. SSN: 222-16-1891.

CHRISTENING: Baptismal certificate in the possession of Catherine Dolan Simon. Baptized in the Methodist Episcopal Church.

OCCUPATION: Farmer (1940 U.S. Census)

ADDRESS: Road No. 291, Ninth Representative District, Kent County, Delaware (1940 U.S. Census)

DEATH:
Full date of death from Catherine Baynard Hurd Dolan (sister).
Year of death confirmed in tombstone inscription recorded in "Souls in Heaven, Names in Stone: Kent County, Delaware Cemetery Records," page 853.
Month and year confirmed in Social Security Death Index.
Date confirmed in death certificate. Died at the Messick Nursing Home, Harrington, Delaware.

BURIAL: Barratt's Chapel Cemetery, Section 6, Frederica, Delaware. Date and location in burial records in the possession of Catherine Dolan Simon.

NEWS ACCOUNTS:
Denton Journal, 14 July 1923, page 5, column 3, under "Burrsville":
"Mr. Edmund Hurd had the misfortune to badly lacerate a finger with his tractor one day recently."

Denton Journal, Saturday, 3 November 1923, page 5, column 3, under "Burrsville":
"Mr. Edmund Hurd has had installed in his home a radio machine. This is the first machine of its kind in this neighborhood."

Denton Journal, 28 February 1925, page 2, column 3:
"Lost. On Saturday evening, February 14th, one crank for Studebaker Motor on the State road between Burrsville and Denton, Md. Finder notify me and receive a reward for same.
"Edmund Hurd, R.F.D. 4, Harrington, Del."

Denton Journal, Saturday, 9 May 1925, page 5, column 3, under "Burrsville":
"Miss Emma Hurd and brother, Mr. Edward [sic] Hurd, visited Wyoming relatives on Sunday."

Denton Journal, Saturday, 1 March 1930, page 5, column 7, under "Burrsville":
"Mrs. G.L. Blades, Mr. Harlan Blades and little son Kennard, and Mr. Edmund Hurd spent last Monday and Tuesday in Philadelphia." [Note: in 1930 U.S. Census, the Harlan Blades family is enumerated just after the David Hurd family, so they were close neighbors.]