Thurger, James Curson (1812-1906)

Family

James was born on 25 December 1812 at Wells Next the Sea, Norfolk, to parents John Thurger and Mary Curson. He was baptised on 28 December 1812 at Wells Next the Sea.

Census returns identify the following occupations for James.

1841 no occupation stated – at Yarmouth
1851 PM minister
1861 bookseller’s clerk
1871 shoemaker (riveter)
1881 bootmaker
1891 boot & shoe dealer

He married Elizabeth Hannah Dew (1818-1885) on 10 July 1839 at Salthouse, Norfolk. Census returns identify eight children.

James Curson (1840-1925) – a grocer & draper (1881)
John William (1842-1933) – a grocer & sub-postmaster (1901)
Elizabeth Ann (Betsey) (1844-1915) – married Walter Wallace in 1866; married Samuel Semmens, an agricultural labourer (1891), in 1874
George Thomas (abt1847-1871) – a porter (1861)
Emma Selina (1850-1852)
Sarah Evangeline (1853-1945) – married Henri Engel, a telegraph instrument maker (1901), in 1888; married George Langston, a roadman, in 1912
Walter Edward (1855-1936) – a licensed hawker (1911)
Alfred Matthew (abt1858-1889)

He married Ann Juggins, nee Daniel (1843-1910) on 26 May 1886 at Diss, Norfolk.

James died on 4 July 1906 at Diss, Norfolk.