Hull, Harry Moore (1873-1970)

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Christian Messenger 1907

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Primitive Methodist Magazine 1924

Early years

Harry was born 10 January 1873 at Kings Lynn, Norfolk, to parents George and Clara. George was a PM minister. Harry was the second of six sons who became preachers in the PM Church.

Harry was converted at the age of fifteen and immediately began to preach.

Ministry

Harry was an ardent evangelist, especially in his early years in the ministry. He was full of missionary enthusiasm and knew how to infect others.

Family

Harry married Ruth Jordan (1879-1959) in the summer of 1902 at Wing, Buckinghamshire. Census returns and birth records identify four children.

• Ruth Clara (1904-1992) – married Arthur Charles Brake in 1933
• Harry George (1905-1982)
• Donald Moore (1908-1979)
• Horace Lloyd (1911-1985)

Harry died on 4 February 1970 at Chippenham, Wiltshire.

Circuits

• 1895 Ludlow
• 1897 Chipping Norton
• 1898 Faringdon
• 1899 Keighley II
• 1900 Malmesbury
• 1903 Swindon I
• 1904 Hungerford
• 1908 Chipping Norton
• 1912 Calne
• 1914 Aldershot
• 1918 Penzance
• 1921 Malmsbury
• 1923 Frome
• 1927 Bristol
• 1929 Silchester
• 1932 Canterbury & Whitstable
• 1933 Faringdon
• 1936 Faringdon (S)

References

Primitive Methodist Magazine 1924/776

Methodist Minutes 1970/184

W Leary, Directory of Primitive Methodist Ministers and their Circuits, 1990

Census Returns and Births, Marriages & Deaths Registers

Note: At Harry’s request his obituary gave no information other than his record of service.