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Charles (1) Woodhurst was born to parents Edmund (2) Woodhurst and his wife Elizabeth Wimble. He was christened at Hastings St. Clements on October 17th 1823 [St. Clements Parish Register].
His future wife was Dinah Cook. The 1841 Census appears to find her - misrendered as a male named "Dannel" - at age "10" living with her parents Daniel and Sarah in Icklesham.
He married Dinah at Ore in 1847 [Marriage Index: Hastings VII 433, 1847 (March)]. A descendant reports that the precise date was February 6th.
The 1851 Census finds them living at Ore Down with their first child Sarah Elizabeth aged 2. He was working as a carrier. The record shows that Dinah was born in Guestling around 1830.
The 1861 Census finds them living at Fairlight Down with a further child Charles Thomas (1) aged 9. Charles (1) was now working as a carman and Dinah as a grocer. The census record misspells the family's surname as Woodhams.
He was recorded as working as both a carrier and a grocer in Kelly's Post Office Directory of Essex, Herts, Middlesex, Kent, Surrey and Sussex for 1867.
The 1871 Census finds them living at Middle Road in Ore with a further child May Blanche aged 1. Charles (1) was now working as a carrier. The household included Dinah's father Daniel Cook(e), a widowed agricultural labourer aged 87.
The 1881 Census finds them still living at Middle Road, in Elston Cottage. Charles (1) was working as a carman. So also was Charles Thomas (1), now aged 29 and still unmarried.
The 1891 Census finds them again at Middle Road. Charles (1) was working as a carrier. So also was Charles Thomas (1), now aged 39 and still unmarried.
A descendant reports that Charles (1) died on February 11th 1900 [Death Index: Hastings 2b 11, 1900 (March)].
The 1901 Census finds his widow Dinah aged 71 living at Ore on her own means at 1, Shaftesbury House in Middle Road, together with her unmarried daughter May Blanche.
The same descendant reports that Dinah died on January 14th 1915 [Death Index: Hastings 2b 15, 1915 (March)].