Henry James Thurman

This is a probable identification. The only Henry James Thurman cited on the 1911 Census lived at 9 Bright Row, Hyson Green, Nottingham and was married to Mabel Florence Thurman. There is only one H Thurman cited by CWGC. Thurman gave Carrington as place of birth on the 1911 Census but Sneinton when attesting for military service. Assuming the correct identification of Henry James Thurman as above, then he was born in 1883 (reg. A/M/J Basford), the son of James George and Eliza Ann Thurman (née Mitchell). James George was probably born in 1859, the son of James Hooley Thurman and his wife Frances (née Rogers, m. 1853). Eliza Ann was born in Basford, probably in 1858. James and Eliza were married at Radford Christ Church in November 1876 and had at least three children, Esther b. 1877 bap. Christ Church September 1879 d. 1879, Fanny b. 1879 and Henry James. James and Eliza were living at Wheatsheaf Yard when Esther was baptised in 1879. James has not yet been traced on civil records after 1879 but when Henry enlisted in October 1902 he declared that his father was dead and named his mother and married sister Fanny Gillett (m. Albert Ephraim Gillett, 1902 J/F/M) both of 24 Gordon Road, Sneinton, as his next of kin. The family has not yet been traced on the 1881 Census, but in 1891 Eliza (31), a hosiery hand, was living on Coal Pit Lane, Nottingham, and described as married but head of household. Her two children, Fanny (10) and Henry (7), were scholars/inmates of the Nottingham Union School, Outgang Lane, Radford. Eliza married secondly Walter Wright in 1896; it is likely that he was a widower with young children. In 1901 Walter, a brick settler, and Eliza were living at 49 Oldham Street, Nottingham, with her children Fanny, a hosiery machinist, and Henry (17) a waggon spinner (brickyard), and three of Walter's children aged between eight and 14. Henry joined the army in 1902 and transferred to the Army Reserve in 1906. He married Mabel Florence Biggs at Nottingham Register Office in April 1910 and they had two sons, William Henry b. Nottingham 1912, and Horace Edgar b. Greasley 1913. In 1911 Henry, a bricklayer's labourer, and Mabel were living at 9 Bright Row, Hyson Green. According to one military record, Henry was living in Leicester when he was mobilized in 1914. Mabel completed a form for the army in March 1920 listing her late husband's surviving relatives. She and their sons William Henry and Horace Edgar, were living at 26 Farnham Street, Leicester, and his mother Elizabeth (sic) Wright and sister Fanny Gillett were both living at 5 Brown Street, Nottingham. Mabel was still living in Leicester with her sons in 1921. She may have married Joseph Ellis in 1926 (reg. Leicester).