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WHO WAS WHO IN OLD PLYMOUTH

HENRY ELLIOTT HURRELL (1824-1879)

Henry Hurrell was baptized on December 12th 1824 at Plymouth's Charles' Church.  He was the son of Mr John Hurrell, carpenter, and his wife Mary.  There is no evidence that he was given the middle name "Elliott" at his christening but it was used later in his life.  His mother was formerly Miss Mary Elliott, of Ugborough, Devon.  She married Mr John Hurrell at the Ancient Parish church of Saint Bartholomew, at Yealmpton, Devon, on January 30th 1809.  It is not known why there was such a gap of fifteen years between the wedding and the birth of Henry, nor why he was baptized in Plymouth.  Presumably there was more carpentry work available in the Town than in Ugborough.

In 1847 Mr Henry Elliott Hurrell married Miss Martha Lobb, of Lanivet, near Bodmin, Cornwall.

Mr Hurrell joined in partnership with Mr Joseph Crossing, father of Mr William Crossing (1847-1928), the Dartmoor explorer, and at Midsummer 1852 took over the running of the Old Town Mill in Drake's Place, Tavistock Road, Plymouth.  Unfortunately it burned down on Tuesday February 16th 1859.  The partners opened a new mill at Lambhay.

On September 29th 1865 Mr Henry E Hurrell (sic) and Mr Joseph Crossing dissolved their partnership as corn and flour merchants and milers and he also dissolved a partnership with Mr Crossing and Mr John Henry Philp, who manufactured sail cloth at South Brent under the name of Messrs J H Philp and Company.  Mr Hurrell then went into business on his own account as a grain merchant within the Plymouth Great Western Docks.  In 1870 he was joined by his son, Mr Henry Hurrell (1852-1939), who became a full partner in 1878.

Mr Henry Elliott Hurrell passed away on December 21st 1879 and the business passed into the hands of his son.