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Charles Hurdman (abt. 1786 - 1847)

Charles Hurdman
Born about in Belturbit, County Cavan, Irelandmap
Son of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of — married 1815 in Irelandmap
Descendants descendants
Died at about age 61 in Bytown, Canada Westmap
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Biography

Charles Hurdman is the patriarch of the family for whom the Transitway station and nearby park are named. He came to Hull Township from Ireland, by way of New York, in 1818.[1]

Hurdman, Charles, came in 1818, and after stopping a while in Hull Village, he, with his brother Henry, also took up lots 21, 22 and 27 in range 5. He located on lot 15, R. 2, on the Aylmer Road, north of Deschenes. His sons were Wm. H., who married Sarah Smith; Charles, who married Sally Wright, daughter of John; John, who married Eliza Fraser; George, who married Agnes Fraser; and Robert, who married Grace Fraser. He had one daughter, Mrs. Robert Fraser, of Cumberland, the only survivor of the family.[2]

In 1841 his sons William, Charles and Robert formed "W. Hurdman and Brothers", which went on to become a major lumber firm. William and Robert later moved to the Township of Gloucester to expand the company.[1] The jumble of roads, ramps and bridges next to RCMP Headquarters on the Vanier Parkway was once the thriving village of Hurdman's Bridge.[3]

Later descendants founded Hurdman Paving Ltd, which had the contract in the 1950s and 1960s to tear up streetcar tracks all over the city.[1]

He died in 1847 and was buried alongside many of his family members in Beechwood Cemetery, Ottawa, Ontario.[4]

Notes

Hurdman was an early settlement family in the Ottawa area and contributed to the industrial and agricultural development along the Rideau River. Charles Hurdman came to the Ottawa Valley from County Cavan, Ireland, in the first part of the 1800s. Charles and Margaret Graham had a family of five sons and one daughter. Three of their sons, William, Robert and Charles Jr. established a lumber business in 1841 with mills located at Chaudière Falls. Operating under the name of Hurdman Brothers, the company went on to become one of the largest timber operations in Quebec. Charles Jr. remained in the family home on Alymer Road while William and Robert moved to the Junction Gore of Gloucester Township in the early 1870s. William settled on Lot 13, Junction Gore and Robert acquired Lot 14. William became director of the two district agricultural societies and organized the Dominion Exhibition of 1879. Both won international awards for their horse breeding at the Centennial Exhibition of 1876 in Philadelphia. William’s property as “Waterford Farm” and Robert’s as “Victoria Cottage”.[5][6]

HURDMAN George (Agnes Caroline Fraser) Hurdman’s Bridge
HURDMAN Louisa Jane (Robert Fraser) St. Joseph (Orleans)
HURDMAN Robert (Grace Victoria Fraser) Hurdman’s Bridge
HURDMAN William Henry (Sarah Sophia Smyth) Hurdman’s Bridge
FRASER Agnes Caroline (George Hurdman) Hurdman’s Bridge
FRASER Elizabeth (John Hurdman)
FRASER Grace Victoria (Robert Hurdman) Hurdman’s Bridge
FRASER Robert (Louisa Jane Hurdman) St. Joseph (Orleans)

HENRY HURDMAN, OF EARDLEY, a brother of Charles pioneer went to Eardley. He was Henry, whose son Henry is one of the prominent farmers of that township. He is in his nintieth year (circa 1906), hale and active. He married Martha, daughter of Thomas Josey pioneer who married Rosina, daughter of the first settler of the township the noted Nathan Merrifield.[2]

Sources

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Matthew Pearson and Charlene Ruberry. Capital Facts: The Hurdman family's impact in Ottawa. The Ottawa Citizen. Updated: May 25, 2017.
  2. 2.0 2.1 Gard, Anson A. 1906. "Pioneers of the Upper Ottawa and the humors of the valley: South Hull and Aylmer Edition". Ottawa : Emerson Press. 390 pages.
  3. Gloucester Historical Society.
  4. Gravestone photo. "Maude (Hurdman) BANGS". CanadaGenWeb's Cemetery Project.
  5. Sketches of the Hurdman’s farms in "Illustrated Historical Atlas of the County of Carleton". 1879.
  6. Unterman McPhail Associates. Sep 2011. "Cultural Heritage Evaluation Report: Rideau River (Hurdman's) Bridges". Ministry of Transportation Ontario.




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