William Heber Gurr

1856 - 1933  (76 years)

• Name	William Heber Gurr
  Born	12 Oct 1856	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
  Christened	12 Nov 1856	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
  Gender	Male
  Died	1 Aug 1933	Parowan, Iron, Utah, United States
  Buried	3 Aug 1933	Parowan City Cemetery, Parowan, Iron, Utah, United States
  Person ID	I2	Gurr-Barker
  Last Modified	31 Aug 2015

  
  

  Father	William Gurr,   b. 12 Oct 1834, Northiam, Sussex, England, United Kingdom ,   d. 21 Jun 1913, Parowan, Iron, Utah, United States  (Age 78 years)
  Mother	Sarah Elizabeth Barker,   b. 10 Jan 1837, Northiam, Sussex, England, United Kingdom ,   d. 3 Feb 1902, Parowan, Iron, Utah, United States  (Age 65 years)
  Married	27 Apr 1854	New South Wales, Australia
  	Name William Gurr Spouse's Name Elizabeth Baker Event Date 27 Apr 1854 Event Place Church Of England, , New South Wales, Australia "Australia Marriages, 1810-1980," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XTZV-8Y1 : accessed 1 September 2015), William Gurr and Elizabeth Baker, 27 Apr 1854; citing Church Of England, , New South Wales, Australia, reference ; FHL microfilm 993,965.
  Family ID	F2	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Anna Hansen,   b. 19 Mar 1858, Cedar City, Iron, Utah Territory, United States ,   d. 17 Aug 1935, Parowan, Iron, Utah, United States  (Age 77 years)
  Married	10 Apr 1877	Cedar City, Iron, Utah, United States
  Children	1. William John Gurr,   b. 27 Dec 1878, Parowan, Iron, Utah, United States ,   d. 10 Oct 1955, Parowan, Iron, Utah, United States  (Age 76 years)
  Last Modified	31 Aug 2015
  Family ID	F1	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 12 Oct 1856 - Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Christened - 12 Nov 1856 - Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Married - 10 Apr 1877 - Cedar City, Iron, Utah, United States Died - 1 Aug 1933 - Parowan, Iron, Utah, United States  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  Brief History of William Heber Gurr Born: 12 October 1856 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Parents: William Gurr and Sarah Elizabeth Barker Married: Anna Hansen, 10 April 1877 at Cedar City, Iron County, Utah Died: 1 August 1933, Parowan, Iron County, Utah WILLIAM HEBER GURR -- A LIFE SKETCH William Heber Gurr was born to English emigrants to Australia 12 October 1856. He was the second of nine children born to William Gurr and Sarah Elizabeth Barker. His parents joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Sydney, and determined to emigrate again, this time to the United States. They sailed to San Pedro aboard the Lucas, departing 27 June 1857, and arriving at San Pedro after a problematic voyage on 12 October 1857. They joined the Saints at San Bernardino, for a couple of months, and then were "recalled" to Utah because of the "Utah War." They stopped in Parowan, Utah. Here, William Heber grew to adulthood, and met Anna Hansen, born to Danish parents in Cedar City. In October, 1879, they were among those called to settle in San Juan County. When their first child, William, was two-years-old, they traveled through the “Hole-in- the-Rock” to help colonize Bluff, San Juan County, Utah. The party chiseled their way over slick rock hills and valleys. The trip took about six months and was filled with terrible hardships. The cattle had to be guarded each night and day as there was always the threat of Indians around who would stalk the camp in order to steal them. Once, after they arrived at Bluff, the Indians drove off a few head of cattle belonging to the colony at Bluff. William stripped off his clothes, swam across the San Juan River, and drove the cattle back. Because he was naked and so white, the Indians never fired a shot at him! A second son, Peter, was born while the family lived in Bluff. William worked on a ranch in Montezuma Canyon. By December of 1882 the family was again living in Parowan. Seven additional children were born there. Of the nine, seven survived to adulthood. In Parowan, William Gurr was a partner with other citizens in organizing the People’s store in the 1890’s. He was the manager and opened the store in one of the rooms of his housel Even though others lost interest, he continued to run the store mostly on his own for a number of years. He died 1 August 1933, at Parowan, Iron County, Utah. Anna died two years later. Both are buried in Parowan Cemetery. http://www.hirf.org/GurrWilliamHeber.html