1877:
Birth record
St John de Sepulchre Church Norwich
Rosina May Grint born May 05, 1877 -
Braised Feb 14, 1878
Abode Mariners Lane
Father: (left blank)
Mother: Maria a Widow
Register Number 1590
File Number 19459
1881:
Census - 4 Mullberry Tree Yard, St Benedict,
Norwich - - -
Mulberry Tree Yard
is now the site of the Pay & Display car
park behind Toy's 'R' Us
FHLFilm: 1341469 - PRO Ref: RG11 - Piece 1949
- Page 22
Elizabeth M. Grint - Head, 'Window'
- age 31 - Charwomen - born Norwich
Alfred G. Grint - Son - age 7 - Scholar
- born Norwich
Rose M. Grint
- daughter - age 3 - born Norwich
William F. Grint - Son - age 1 - born
Norwich
1891:
Census - 162 Nelson Street, Norwich
Elizabeth M Grint - Head - age 41 - Laundry
- born Old Lakenham
Hannah M Grint - Daughter - age 19 -
Tailoress - born Norwich
George Grint - Son - age 17 - Shoemaker
- born Norwich
Rosina Grint -
Daughter - age 13 - Domestic Work Girl - born
Norwich
Bertie Grint - Son - age 7 - Scholar
- born Norwich
Rosina must
have married Robert Wurr about 1894
when she was about 17- based on the
age of her daughter Violet,
1901: Census
- 9 Dingle Row, Norwich
Robert Wurr - Head - age 27 - 4th - Soldier
- born Norwich
Rosina Wurr
- wife - age 23 - born Norwich
Violet Wurr - Daughter - age 6 - Scholar
- born Norwich
Robert Wurr - Son - age 4 - born Norwich
1904: April
30, Marriage of Bertie-Grint & Rose-Eva-Jelly
Witnesses:- Robert
Wurr & Rosina May Wurr
1911:
Census - 21 Cross Globe Street, Norwich - A
property of 5 rooms
Bertie Grint - Head - age 27 - married
- House Painter / Builder - born Norwich
Rose Grint - Wife - age 26 - married
- born Norwich
Frederick Grint - Son - age 6 - born
Norwich
Walter Grint - Son - age 4 - born Norwich
Ivy Grint - Daughter - age 3 - born Norwich
Arthur Grint - Son - age 1 - born Norwich
Violet Wurr
- Niece - age 16 - Single - born Norwich
Hilda Wurr - Niece - age 9 - born Norwich
Why
were Voilet and Hilda Wurr staying at
their uncles? It seems the family had been split
up.
1911: Census
- 32 Coach And Horses St Norwich
Reference Rg14pn11320 Rg78pn614 Rd225 Sd2 Ed31
Sn95
Type of property - Private house - 5 rooms
Elizabeth Maria Grint - Head - widow
- age 61 - Milk Seller Retail - Working at home
- born Norwich, Norfolk
John Daines - Boarder - Widow - age 68
- Agricultural Labourer - born Siddingham Norfolk
Robert Wurr
- Vistor (should be son-inlaw)
- Married - age 37 - Agricultural Labourer -
born Norwich Norfolk
Rosina May Wurr
- Vistor (should be daughter)
- Married - Housewife - age 34 - born Norwich
Norfolk
Tom Wurr
- Vistor (should be grandson)
- age 3 - Juvenile - born Norwich Norfolk
Reginald George Wurr (should
be grandson) - Vistor - age 1 - Juvenile
- born Norwich Norfolk
1924: Rosina
died at the early age of 47 - She is buried
at Mount Hope, Brantford+ Cemetery Brant Co./Reg./Dist.,
Ontario
http://www.canadianheadstones.com/on/view.php?id=51620
Ontiario
Canadian Headstones.com |
|
Mother
Rosina May
Wife of
Robert Wurr
1877 - 1924
At Rest |
| |
|
Hilda
Wurr (1901) with her father Robert Wurr
(right) with her husband Cecil John Daly
Picture from Tammy Cole |
More on Robert
Wurr....
Robert's father was the youngest
of many children born to Thomas and Sarah
Wurr a Shoemaker, living at Timber Hill
and St Stephens area of Norwich during the period
of his children's births. To
date I have not been able to find a marriage
record for them although it could be
that they were married elsewhere as I believe
Thomas (born abt 1790) was born at Newton, Norfolk,
which is near Castle Acre west of Swaffham and
Sarah (born about 1796) was born at Saxlingham
about 3 miles west of the market town of Holt,
Norfolk.
Robert's father
and Uncles
1/ Robert Wurr born Jul 8 1817
2/ William Wurr born Dec 15 1820
3/ Jonathan Wurr born Jan 5 1823
4/ Thomas Wurr born Oct 25 1827 –
died 1829 age 16months
5/ Job Wurr born Jan 21 1830
6/ Josiah Wurr born Jan 6 1836
7/ Thomas Wurr born Sep 2 1839
- Robert's father
Robert's father
1839:
Birth record
Thomas Wurr born Sep 2 1839 – Baptised
Sep 15 1839 of this parish
St John the Baptist Timberhill, Church, Norwich
Father: Thomas Wurr a Cordwainer (Shoemaker
or Leatherworker)
Mother: Sarah Dowson
Register Number 13
File Number 3604
Robert's father
grandparents and Uncles
1851: Census - Springalls Yard Ber
St, Norwich – Transcribed
as WHURR
Census Place: Norwich St John Timberhill Norwich,
Norfolk
PRO Reference: HO/107/1814 Folio: 133 Page:
16 FHL Film: 02074
Thomas Wurr – Head - 58 1793 –
Cordwainer - Newton-Norfolk
Sarah Wurr – Wife – 55 1796
- Saxlingham-Norfolk
Job Wurr – Son – single 21
1830 – Cordwainer - Norwich-Norfolk
Josiah Wurr - Son – single –
15 1836 – Cordwainer - Norwich-Norfolk
Thomas Wurr – Son – single
- 15 1836 - Errand Boy - Norwich-Norfolk
Was this Robert's
grandfather the husband of Sarah above?
1861: Census - Piece: RG9/1214 Place:
Conisford -Norfolk Enumeration District: 6
Civil Parish: St John Timberhill Ecclesiastical
Parish: St John Timberhill
Folio: 103 Page: 7 Schedule: 34
John Stebbings - Head - age 66 - Bricklayer
- born New Buckenham, Norfolk
Margaret Stebbings - Wife - age 67 -
Bricklayers wife - boen Bunwell
Thomas Wurr
- Lodger - age 70 - Shoemaker - born Newton
- (near Castle Acre)
I believe
this to be Robert's parents
1863: Marriage record - Thomas Wurr
married Harrett Trivett at Erpingham
- Sep quarter (4b 85)
1863:
Jul 20 - Marriage record
St Nicholas Church, North Walsham
Thomas Wurr - age 23 a Bachelor and Shoemaker
Harriett Trivett - age 20 and a Spinster
Father of Groom: Thomas Wurr a Shoemaker
Father of Bride: John Trivett a Lab
Witness: Josiah Wurr the
brother of Thomas and William Mower
Register Number 337
File Number 1757
Found on a Trivett
family history page
Harriett Trivett was the daughter of Thomas
Trivett (1804) and Sophia Timbers
and was born in Coltishall in 1844. In 1851
she was living in Dogget Lane, Coltishall. In
1861 she was living in Coltishall. She married
shoemaker Thomas Wurr in 1863. In 1871
she was living in Philadelphia Lane in the St.
Clement district of Norwich. She died in 1877
aged 31. Thomas had ended up in the Norwich
workhouse by 1881.
http://www.mjra.net/ps04/ps04_450.htm
1871: Census
- Norwich - I don't have
an account so cannot obtain this record but
it could confirm the information we have
Thomas Wurr - age 31 1840 - place, Norwich
Harriett Wurr - age 33 1838 - place,
Norwich
I think it would also
contain more children - A Thomas born 1866 and
Benjamin born 1869 and maybe others
1873:
- Birth record - Robert Wurr at Norwich
- Dec quarter (4b 99)
Could this be
Robert's mother's death record?
1877: Death record - Harriet Wurr
at Norwich - Mar quarter (4b 70) age 31
1881:
Census - Residents of Norwich Union Workhouse,
Heigham, Norfolk - Total residents: 549
http://www.workhouses.org.uk/index.html?Norwich/Norwich1881.shtml
Thomas Wurr - Widower - age 41 - Shoemaker
- born 1840 at Timber Hill, Norwich
Louisa Wurr - age 9 - Scholar - born
1872 born ? - no birth
record found
Robert Wurr
- age 6 - Scholar - born 1875 at ?
As these Wurr's were all
listed as imates of the workhouse I would assume
they are of the same family.
1891:
Census - 218 Northumberland Street, Norwich
Benjamin Wurr - Head - Single - age 22
- General Labourer - born 1868 at Thurton, Loddon
- Sep quarter (4b 199)
Thomas Wurr - Father - Widower - age
53 - Cordwainer - born Norwich
Robert Wurr
- Brother - age 17 - Single - General Porter
- born 1873 at Norwich - Dec quarter (4b 99)
Susanna Wurr - Vistor
- age 22 - Single - Domestic Servant - born
Swannigton, Norfolk
1901: Census
- 9 Dingle Row, Norwich
Robert Wurr
- Head - age 27 - 4th - Soldier - born Norwich
Rosina Wurr
- wife - age 23 - born Norwich
Violet Wurr - Daughter - age 6 - Scholar
- born Norwich
Robert Wurr - Son - age 4 - born Norwich
1911: Census
- see under Rosanna Grint above
It is now known that Robert
was in the 4th Battalion, Norfolk Regiment,
British Army before imigrating to Canada between
1911 and 1916 where he Enlisted in the Canadian
Infantry - Details below:-
| Regimental
Number: |
651490 |
Survived War:
|
Yes |
| Force: |
Army |
Regiment: |
Canadian Infantry |
| Battalion: |
160th Battalion |
Company: |
"D" Company |
| Place of Birth: |
Norwich, Norfolk |
Country: |
England |
| Next of Kin: |
Mrs. Rosina May Wurr, wife;
Kincardine, Ontario |
Address at Enlistment: |
Kincardine, Bruce County,
Ontario |
| Date of Birth: |
October 14, 1873 |
Trade or Calling: |
Fireman |
| Marital Status: |
Married |
Prior Military Experience: |
Yes |
| Place of Enlistment: |
Kincardine, Ontario |
Date of Enlistment: |
January 25, 1916 |
| Age at enlistment: |
42 |
Height: |
5 Feet 5 1/2 Inches |
| Religion: |
Church of England |
Enlisted or Conscripted:
|
Enlisted |
| Saw service in: |
Canada |
|
|
| Prisoner of war: |
No |
Gender: |
Male |
| LAC Reference: RG150, Accession
1992-93/166, Box 10615-37 |
| From 1934 reunion booklet
"Bruce in Khaki." |
| Rank |
Regiment |
Unit |
Company
|
| Private |
Canadian Infantry |
160th Battalion |
"D" Company |
| Private Robert Wurr, Sr.
received a medical discharge from the 160th
Battalion on May 3rd, 1916 prior to the
160th sailing for Great Britain. Prior to
enlistment he served with the 4th Battalion,
Norfolk Regiment, British Army. |
More on children
| 01
- Child of Rosina May Grint (1878)
and Robert Wurr |
| Violet
May Wurr (1894) born in Norwich, UK
married Cornelius Thomas Harvey
born May 28, 1882 at Norwich, UK ? in
1920 in Ontario, Canada - Cornelius died
Aug 26, 1927 - Violet and Cornelius are
buried in Parklawn Cemetary in Preston,
Ontario, Canada (Waterloo)
They had children:
1 - Mary Harvey
born (unknown) married Max Strong
born (unkonwn) in unknown
They had children:
1 - Laura Strong
- born (unknown) married Murlen
Sinclair born (unknown) in unknown
They had children:
1- Deanne Sinclair
born about 1976
2 - Violet Harvey
3 - Hilda Harvey
4 - Alice Harvery
5 - Robery Harvey
|
| 02
- Child of Rosina May Grint (1878)
and Robert Wurr |
| Robert
Wurr (1897) in Norwich, UK - Robert and
Rosina's son followed in his father's
foot steps and joined the Canadian Infantry
- details below:-
| Private Robert Wurr, Jnr.
|
| Regimental
Number: |
651489
|
Survived
War: |
Yes |
| Force: |
Army |
Regiment: |
Canadian Infantry
|
| Battalion: |
160th Battalion |
Company: |
"D" Company
|
| Place of Birth: |
Norwich, Norfolk |
Country: |
England |
| Next of Kin: |
Mrs. Rosina May Wurr,
mother; Kincardine, Ontario |
Address at Enlistment: |
Kincardine Bruce
County, Ontario |
| Date of Birth: |
June 16, 1897 |
Trade or Calling: |
Baker |
| Marital Status: |
Single |
Prior Military Experience: |
Yes |
| Place of Enlistment: |
Kincardine, Ontario |
Date of Enlistment:
|
January 25, 1916
|
| Age at enlistment: |
18 |
Height: |
5 Feet 3 1/2 Inches
|
| Religion: |
Church of England
Enlisted |
Enlisted or Conscripted:
|
Enlisted |
| Saw service in: |
Canada |
|
|
| Prisoner of war: |
No |
Gender: |
Male |
| LAC Reference: RG150,
Accession 1992-93/166, Box 10615-36
|
| From 1934 reunion
booklet "Bruce in Khaki."
|
| Rank |
Regiment |
Unit |
Company
|
| Private |
Canadian Infantry |
160th Battalion |
"D" Company
|
| Private Robert Wurr,
Jr. was transferred to Number 1 Special
Service Company, London, Ontario on
October 3rd, 1916 prior to the 160th
Battalion sailing for Great Britain.
|
I found
the following on the internet - this looks
as though this is Rosina's son
Robert, although the age is not
quite right, but it is not that uncommon.
1923:
- Arrival Date: 28 Dec 1923 -
Robert Wurr
NARA Publication Title: Manifests of Alien
Arrivals at Buffalo, Niagara Falls, and
Rochester, New York, 1902-1954
Arrival Port: Buffalo,
New York,
Age: 24
- NARA Publication
Number: M1480
- NARA Roll Number:
162
1927:
September 24, Marrage at Stratford, London
Robert Wurr, age
28, wood turner, of
Preston, England. Son of Robert Wurr,
born. England & Rosena May Grint.
Phoebe Crooks, age 21, cutter knot
goods, of Stratford, England. Daughter
of John Thomas Crooks, & Betsy
Hanna Milks. born England
Witnesses: Mary Moser of Stratford
& Wilfred Crooks of 100 Norfolk
St., Stratford
Ref Number: 18365-27 - http://homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~maryc/perth1927.htm
|
| 03
- Child of Rosina May Grint (1878)
and Robert Wurr |
| Hilda
Wurr (1901) born in Norwich, UK - Hilda
married Cecil John Daly (1897)
in 1930 at Cambridge, Waterloo, Ontatio,
Canada. Hilda died Dec 1946 age 45 at
Galt, Ontario, Canada - Cecil died 1988
at Cambridge, Ontario, Canada
They had children:
1 - Jack Daly born unknown
No further information.
|
| 04-
Child of Rosina May Grint (1878)
and Robert Wurr |
| Tom
Wurr (1908) - born in Norwich, UK
Tom died on Jan 8, 1913 in Kincardine,
Bruce, Ontario age 4
Reference Number: yr 1913 cn 9484 - Film
Number: 1854931 - Digital Folder Number:
4170938 - Image Number: 1548
|
| 05-
Child of Rosina May Grint (1878)
and Robert Wurr |
| Reginald
George Wurr (1909) - born in Norwich,
UK
No further information.
|
| 06-
Child of Rosina May Grint (1878)
and Robert Wurr |
| Benjamin
Henry Wurr (1911) in Kincardine, Bruce,
Ontario
No further information.
|
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