Biography:
Emily Hurst
1841 –1919
Emily Hurst
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Unmarked grave Emily Hurst (nee Flint)
Emily was born in 1841, the daughter of William Flint a bricklayer and his wife Mary (née Potter).
The family lived in Gossoms End and in 1851 Emily, her mother and her aunt Sarah Potter were all straw plaiters. This was a common occupation amongst the women and children of poorer families, producing straw plait for the hat industries of Luton and Dunstable. It was not well paid and had health risks, but did supplement low family incomes.
By 1861 Emily was a dressmakers’ apprentice and in 1865 she married Charles Hurst, a shoemaker nine years her junior. John was born in 1866 and Louisa in 1869 and the family lived in the High Street.
Charles died aged 42 in March 1882 but Emily kept the business going and in 1891 was recorded as “Boot manufacturer” living in the High Street with her aunt Sarah Potter and John and Emily, both of whom were assistants in the boot shop. The 1901 census locates the shop at 220, High Street. John, who had married, was working there as a boot maker with his wife and daughter.
By 1911 John had been widowed and he and daughter Emily were assisting in the boot and shoe shop still run by his mother.
Emily died in December 1919 at 220, High Street, aged 78.
Her husband’s aunt Eliza Hurst and her husband James William Wood, are buried in plot 656.
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Unmarked grave Emily Hurst (nee Flint)
Emily was born in 1841, the daughter of William Flint a bricklayer and his wife Mary (née Potter).
The family lived in Gossoms End and in 1851 Emily, her mother and her aunt Sarah Potter were all straw plaiters. This was a common occupation amongst the women and children of poorer families, producing straw plait for the hat industries of Luton and Dunstable. It was not well paid and had health risks, but did supplement low family incomes.
By 1861 Emily was a dressmakers’ apprentice and in 1865 she married Charles Hurst, a shoemaker nine years her junior. John was born in 1866 and Louisa in 1869 and the family lived in the High Street.
Charles died aged 42 in March 1882 but Emily kept the business going and in 1891 was recorded as “Boot manufacturer” living in the High Street with her aunt Sarah Potter and John and Emily, both of whom were assistants in the boot shop. The 1901 census locates the shop at 220, High Street. John, who had married, was working there as a boot maker with his wife and daughter.
By 1911 John had been widowed and he and daughter Emily were assisting in the boot and shoe shop still run by his mother.
Emily died in December 1919 at 220, High Street, aged 78.
Her husband’s aunt Eliza Hurst and her husband James William Wood, are buried in plot 656.
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