Son of John Hursthouse and Helen (née Wilson). Arrived in New Plymouth with his parents in 1843. In 1855 he entered the Survey Department as a cadet and two years later became assistant surveyor. In 1871 he was appointed a surveyor in the Public Works Department to lay out railway routes; in 1875 resident enginéer in Taranaki and in 1880 a road surveyor making roads to Parihaka. He then proceeded to make explorations for the North Island main trunk railway. While on this duty in Mar 1883, he and T Newsham were captured by Mahuki and held captive for 48 hours. In 1901 made chief enginéer of the new Department of Roads. He married a daughter of Dr E L Humphries. See Dictionary of New Zealand Biography Vol 1 / Scholefield; C A Lawn. The Pionéer land surveyors of NZ (qMS-1138).
Hursthouse, Charles Wilson, 1841-1911
Outward telegrams
Date: 13-31 Oct 1881
From: Rolleston, William, 1831-1903 : Papers
Reference: 77-248-05/6
Description: Identifiable recipients entered in name field Quantity: 1 volume(s).
Research notes on New Zealand surveyors
Date: [ca 1840-1900]
From: Easdale, Nola, fl 1984-1998 : Papers
Reference: 90-143-2
Description: Includes surnames J to S Quantity: 1 box(es).
Chart of the bay and roadstead at Opunake [by] C W Hursthouse, July 1882. [ms map]
Date: 1882
By: Hursthouse, Charles Wilson, 1841-1911
Reference: MapColl-832.2gmfs/1882/Acc.444
Description: Another [photo]copy with Report of Mr Hursthouse on the bay and monthly shipping register Quantity: 1 map(s). Physical Description: 42 x 58 cm. Scale: 1:5 280
Richmond family - Newspaper cuttings removed from scrapbook (77-173-67/6)
Date: 1900-1959
From: Richmond family : Papers
Reference: 77-173-67/6
Description: Newspaper cuttings re family members, kindergarten movement, obituaries, etc Also League of Mothers' Monthly Paper, Christmas 1933 Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Inward correspondence
Date: Feb 1881
From: Rolleston, William, 1831-1903 : Papers
Reference: 77-248-17/2
Description: Identifiable correspondents entered in name field Quantity: 1 folder(s).
C W Hursthouse to Robert Trimble
Date: 1884
From: Trimble, Robert 1824-1899 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-0164-4
Description: C W Hursthouse to Robert Trimble re Hursthouse's treatment by Maori in Waikato on his railway survey journey Quantity: 1 folder(s). Finding Aids: Inventory available.
Correspondence
Date: Jan-Sep 1883
From: Rolleston, William, 1831-1903 : Papers
Reference: 77-248-06/2
Description: Includes correspondence re educational reserves, dummyism; telegrams re Mr Hursthouse's detention. Identifiable correspondents entered in name field Quantity: 1 folder(s).
New Zealand correspondence - Inward, H
Date: 1868-1884
From: Rolleston family : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-0446-039
Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s). Finding Aids: Inventory available.
Letters to Charles Hursthouse (Senior) and newspaper cutting re Charles W Hursthouse
Date: 1841-1842, 1909
From: Hursthouse, Harold Franklin, 1875-1965 : Papers
Reference: 83-318-02
Description: Newspaper cutting from the Evening Post, 11 Mar 1909 re career of C W Hursthouse Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Hursthouse, Charles Wilson 1841-1911: Letter books
Date: 1878-1910
By: Hursthouse, Charles Wilson, 1841-1911
Reference: Micro-MS-0261
Description: Quantity: 2 microfilm reel(s) positive.
Inward correspondence
Date: Jan 1881
From: Rolleston, William, 1831-1903 : Papers
Reference: 77-248-17/1
Description: Identifiable names entered in name field Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Hursthouse family : Papers
Date: 12 Feb 1837-11 Feb 1877
By: Hursthouse family
Reference: MS-Papers-8631
Description: Contains correspondence between members of the Hursthouse family, including a letter from Charles Wilson Hursthouse to his mother Helen Hursthouse. A letter from Blanch Hursthouse to her grandmother and a letter from Helen Hursthouse's sister following Helen's marriage to John Hursthouse. Also includes correspondence with the lawyer Christopher Richmond. Quantity: 1 folder(s). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Donated by Mr Paul Oliver, Wellington, August 2006
View of Te Kumi, King Country, scene of the Hursthouse outrage
Date: 1885
From: Burton Bros
By: Burton, Alfred Henry, 1834?-1914
Reference: PA7-36-28
Description: Photograph of the village taken by Alfred Hursthouse on 4 Jun 1885 Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom left - 3609 - Te Kumi - King Country - Scene of the Hursthouse outrage. Burton Bros, Dunedin. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Albumen print 14.8 x 19.5 cm on mount 22.8 x 29.2 cm
Te Mahuki at Te Kumi
Date: 1885
From: New Zealand Department of Justice, Commissioner of Patents :Collection of Burton Brothers prints
By: Burton, Alfred Henry, 1834?-1914
Reference: PA7-36-29
Description: Te Mahuki (centre), Paru Kau (far right), and others at a Maori village at Te Kumi in 1885. Photograph taken by Alfred Burton on 4 Jun 1885. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom centre - Te Mahuki Mr Hursthouse's chief assailant; Photographer's title on negative - bottom right - Paru Kai; Photographer's title on negative - bottom left - 3610 Te Kumi - King Country Burton Bros. Dunedin; Mount recto - bottom right - Registrar of Copyrights, New Zealand. 694 Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Albumen print 14.8 x 19.4 cm on mount 22.8 x 29.2 cm
Charles Hursthouse
Date: ca 1880s
Reference: 1/2-005118-F
Description: Head and shoulders portrait of Charles Wilson Hursthouse. Photographer unidentified. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film copy negative