Hurst of Ireland
Robert William Hurst 1875-1950 Hurst Family in Victoria BC by Bill Irvine Robert William Hurst 1875-1950 Robert William Hurst was born to Andrew Ephriam & Elizabeth (nee McCready) Hurst, on August 22, 1875, in Enniskillen, County Fermanagh, Ireland. When the Hursts emigrated to Bobcaygeon, Ontario, in 1885, along with mother and father came, Anna Elizabeth [July 12, 1873]; John "Jack" [1874?]; Robert William [August 22, 1875]; Mary Jane [June 8, 1879]; Ephriam Andrew [1883]. Death had already claimed one son, James, at an early age after being born March 26, 1878. There were two other children that were still-born. After their arrival in Canada, four more children were born to them:--> Margaret Theodore "Peggy"[12/13/1885]; Harriette "Hatty" [about 1886]; Jemima "Mima" [?]; Myrtle Elizabeth May [?]. Robert Hurst met and married one Florence Corrine Platt, September 27, 1899, in Bobcageon. It was not many years after that Bo...