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Thursday, 26 October 2023
URCH Final history
John Urch was born in October 1843 in Kewstoke, Somerset, when his father, Edward, was 46 and his mother, Mary, was 45.
He married Hannah Milliner on 7 January 1864 in Paddington, Middlesex when he was 20 years old. Hannah Urch née Milliner was born on 22 May 1838 in Melksham, Wiltshire.
Their first child, a daughter, Minnie was born in December 1864 in Kensington, Middlesex.
They migrated to Australia in 1865 as assisted immigrants when John was 22. They sailed on the Trebolgan.
Departed: England - 1865
Arrived: Port Jackson, Sydney - 28 June 1865.
They apparently settled in Bathurst because all the rest of their eight children were born there.
Their children were:
daughter Minnie was born on in December 1864 in Kensington, Middlesex.
Minnie was married to Frederick Heath in 1913 at Rockdale. She was
his second wife.
Frederick was born on 29 February 1852 in Manchester
On Sep 18 1876 Frederick Heath was married in Liverpool, St Nicholas, Lancashire to Elizabeth Wilson (born in 1851).
In the 1901 census he was living at 2 Union Terrace, London Rd, Crayford, Kent married to Eliza (probably Elizabeth)
.
In the Apr 2 1911 census he was living in Bexley, Kent married to Elizabeth.
He died on 13 December 1928 at Bathurst.
Minnie died on 7 July 1935 in Bathurst.
daughter Hannah Maria was born in 1866 in Bathurst, New South Wales.
Married John Young McIntyre (1864 - 1924)
Daughter Lavinia McIntyre
Died in 1944 in Rockdale a suburb of Sydney
daughter Caroline was born on 5 April 1868 at Mt Pleasant, Bathurst .
Married name Tate
Died on 6 Nov 1953 st Home of Peace, Marrickville
son Willie Edwin was born in 1870 in Bathurst, New South Wales.
Marriage to: Catherine Urch (born Fulton) in 1892 in Sydney.
Son Francis Norman born in 1893
Lived in Newtown before enlisting on Aug 24 1914 - for WW1.
Departure:Sep 26 1914 on the HMAT Pera A4
Listed as a gunner
Record of death
Rank Driver
1st Australian Field Artillery Brigade
Killed in action on July 21 1917 in Belgium
Buried in Reninghelst New Military Cemetery, Reninghelst, Flanders, Belgium
Marriage to: Emily Urch (born Agnew)(1871 - 1962) in 1899 in Sydney
Died on 1 August 1951
son Henry Francis (Frank) was born on 23 December 1872 in Bathurst, New South Wales.
Married to Rosa Reynolds in 1894 in New Jersey, U.S.A.
Rosa was born on Jan 18 1869
in Merthyr, Tydfil, Wales and died on Nov 4 1951 in Bankstown.
Their daughter Maude Marietta born in 1899 Liverpool, England, married James William Stewart on June 25 1927 and died on Nov 27 1973 in Yagoona.
Frank also had a son Ernest Reynolds Urch who was born March 19 1905 in Woollarah and died on Jan 2 1993 in Yagoona.
Frank died on 21 June 1939 in North Bankstown, NSW
daughter Mary Ellen was born on 21 September 1873 in Bathurst, New South Wales
Married Thomas Mealing in 1894 in Newtown.
Died on 1 January1952 in Sydney.
daughter Sarah Everas was born on 27 December 1875 in Bathurst, New South Wales.
Married Robert John Dunbar Brown in 1895 in Sydney
Died in1952
Daughter Ethel Everas Brown was born on 13 September 1897 in Balmain, New South Wales. Ethel married Edward Sydney Chambers on 6 September 1924 in Sydney. She died on July 5 1985 in Peakhurst.
Other children Doris, Robert, Gordon and Kenneth.
daughter Ethel Rosalind was born on 11 August 1876 in Bathurst, New South Wales.
Married Louis Augustus Eugene Herbert on 7 July 1902
Died on 10 August to 1947 in Rockdale.
John's first wife Hannah died on 28 February 1894 in Redfern, New South Wales at the age of 55.
After her death he married Adelina Cordelia Potter in Hurstville/Bexley, New South Wales, on 26 April 1895 when he was 51 years old and they had two children together. He died on 1 June 1927 in Rockdale at the age of 83, and was buried in Sydney, New South Wales.
Christening of son Arthur at Bexley Anglican church on 16 February 1902. Address is Webbers Rd, Kogarah. John is a platelayer.
PHOTO OF JOHN URCH
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John Urch's father was Edward Urch (1797 - 1863) and his mother was Mary Urch (born Wallace or Wallice) (1797 - 1890). When John (Urch Deanshaw) was born in October 1843 in Kewstoke, Somerset, his father, Edward, was 46 and his mother, Mary, was 45.
Edward Urch was born on 9 April 1797 in Chedzoy, Somerset. He married Mary Wallice on 1 April 1824 in Worle, Somerset. They had eight children in 17 years. He died on 23 August 1863 in Axbridge, Somerset, at the age of 66, and was buried in Kewstoke, Somerset.
His occupation was that of carpenter.
When the census was taken in
1841, they were living in Mill Street, Bedminster, Somerset, England
At the next census in 1851 their address was Norton Weed House, Norton Beauchamp, Kewstoke, Somerset, England
Another record says he died in
August 1863 in Kewstoke, Somerset, England and was buried on August 23 1863 in
Kewstoke, Somerset, England
The parents of Edward Urch were Edward Urch who is called Charles Edward in some records and Sarah Talbert .
His father, Edward, was 36 and his mother, Sarah, was 38 when he was born.
Edward or Charles Edward Urch (1760–1820) was born on 29 July 1760 in Chilton Polden, Somerset, and died on16 Aug 1820 in East Rolstone, Banwell, Somerset, England aged 60yrs.
He was married to Sarah Talbert on 26 November 1781 in Chedzoy, Somerset.
Sarah was born on 3 September 1758 in Puxton, Somerset, England and died on 2 Apr 1852 in Banwell, North Somerset Unitary Authority, Somerset, England.
Edward Urch 1760 - 1803
Margaret COLLINGS was born in 1739 in Chilton upon Polden, Somerset. She married Edward Urch on 20 November 1759 in Moorlinch, Somerset. They had two children during their marriage. She died on 31 December 1811 in her hometown at the age of 72.
Samuel Urch 1690 - 1750
Samuel was born in 1690 in Wedmore, Somerset.
When he was born, his father, Richard, was 25 and his mother, Harriet, was 21. He married Hannah Urch née Nutticombe in 1717 in Somerset when he was 27 years old. They had eight children in 22 years. He died on 8 October 1750 in Mark, Somerset, at the age of 60, and was buried there.
Hannah "Johanna Urch" Urch (born Nutticombe)
1695 - 1769
She was born in 1695 in Mark, Somerset. She married Samuel Urch in 1717 in Somerset. They had eight children in 22 years. Edward was their fourth child. She died on 16 January 1769 in her hometown at the age of 74.
Richard Selway Urch
1665 - 1725
When Richard Selway Urch was born in 1665 in Wedmore, Somerset, his father, Thomas, was 33. He married Harriet Harris in 1688 in Mark, Somerset when he was 23 years old. His second son Samuel was born in 1690 in Wedmore, Somerset. They had four children in 10 years, 2 sons and 2 daughters. He died in 1725 in his hometown at the age of 60.
Harriet Urch (born Harris) 1669 - 1748
Thomas Urch (1632-
7th great-grandfather
When Thomas Urch was born in 1632 in Wedmore,Somerset,England, his father, Richard, was 31 and his mother, Margery, was 30. He had one son with Elizabeth in 1665. He died in his hometown.
Brothers Richard Urch
1620 - 1672
May 21 1620
May 30 1672
Wedmore,Somerset,England
and John Urch
born in 1627
Richard Urch
1601 - ?
Wedmore, Somerset,
Margery Popham
Mother of Richard born in 1620 and died in 1672,
John born in 1627 and Thomas
Birth:Aug 24 1602
Wedmore, Somerset, England
Marriage to: Richard Urch
Nov 16 1626
Wedmore, Somerset, England
Death:July 20 1684
Wedmore, Somerset
John Urch (1582 - 1627)
Wedmore, Somerset, England
Ellen Urch (born Nuberrie) Circa 1584)
Birth 1586 - Wedmore,
Death After 1622 - Wedmore, Somerset, England
Husband Joannes (John) Urch
Aug
Edward Urch
1537 - 1594
Marriage to: Joanne Urch (born Davies)
Jan 28 1562
Death:July 5 1594
Wedmore, Somerset,
Son: John Urch
1582 - 1627
Edvardi Urch
1537 - 1594)
Mudgley, Wedmore, Somerset, England
Death:July 5 1594
Wedmore, Somerset
Johannam (Joan) Urche (born Davis)
1541- 1575
Wedmore, Somerset
Death: Nov 10 1575 or 1576
Marriage:Jan 28 1562
Wedmore, Somerset
Children
Johannes 1563 - ?
Johannes Urch is actually an older brother of John 1582
but some trees mistakenly record him as his father.
Johannes Urch
1563 - ?
21 June 1563
Mudgley, Wedmore, Somerset, England
9 June 1November 1627
Wedmore, Somerset
Edwardus (Eduard)
Born 1515
Mudgley, Wedmore, Somerset, England
Death: Jan 28 1563
Wedmore, Somerset
Mary Ann Urch born Marsh
Birth:1520
Cornwall, England
Death:1575
Wedmore, Somerset
Possibly buried in Odcombe, South Somerset District, Somerset, England
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