Charles John Hurst was a fireman of the Titanic. He died in the sinking. He was born in Southampton, Hampshire, England on October 9th, 1871. He was the son of John Hurst (1842 - 1927), a seaman, and Harriet Thompson (1846 - 1930), both natives of Hampshire who had married in 1869. He had eight known siblings: Annie Emma (b. 1870), Mary Ursula (b. 1875), William George (b. 1877), Edward Arthur (b. 1880), James Silas (b. 1881), Ellen Eliza (b. 1883), Herbert Samuel (b. 1886) and Henry (b. 1888). Charles' widow Louisa never remarried and remained in Southampton where she died in 1958.