1,648thMost Common
surname in the World
Author: Hunter One-Name Study Info Blog
Hunter Surname
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
This surname is derived from an occupation. or offic. ‘the hunter.’ The earlier form is hunte; v. Hunt. While Hunt is very common I can only find one Hunter in the Hundred Rolls (1273). It became popular soon after, however, as our directories clearly prove.
Adam le Huntere, Close Roll, 52 Henry III.
Nicholas Hunter, Yorkshire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.
Thomas le Hunter, c. 1300. Writs of Parliament.— A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames (1896) by Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley
Scottish County Names
Tips to Understanding different counties:
Midlothian (formerly Edinburghshire)
Moray (formerly Elginshire)
Angus (formerly Forfarshire)
East Lothian (formerly Haddingtonshire)
West Lothian (formerly Linlithgowshire)
If you have some confusion as to why some counties contain a hyphen before the -shire suffix, it is to avoid the triple s that would otherwise result. Counties ending in a single s do not contain a hyphen.
Inverness-shire
Kinross-shire
Dumfriesshire
Peeblesshire
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First Hunter Settlers, 1630-1800
In Albany, New York Johannes, and Eva Van Aalsteyn were new settlers. Also, included are their two children:
Jochum, b. July 22, 1767
Elizabeth b. April 5, 1775
Huntar DNA Project
All the help I can get is really appreciated in this study since I am definitely a new learner.
Ancestry’s announcement of product updates, including new tool for working with DNA match data will definitely be a big help.
One of those tools, ThruLines™, uses data from users’ public or private, searchable trees linked (to their DNA results), and data from other public and private but searchable trees to show how users could connect to their DNA matches through common ancestors. Like two other new tools, MyTreeTags™and New & Improved DNA Matches, it’s still in beta.
“Since ThruLines are based on the family trees of you and other members of Ancestry, they’re as accurate as the trees they’re based on.” – Ancestry.com
Marc McDermott, with contributions from Elizabeth Shown Mills, CG, CGL, FASG and Thomas W. Jones, Ph.D, CG, CGL, FASG, has graciously shared this great graphic, via Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivitaves 4.0 International (CC ByND 4.0): https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0/. It shows what our research process may look like, even when working with new information from ThruLines™, or any other new info.
The Canadian Virtual War Memorial – Veterans Affairs Canada
In memory of Private James Hunter August 22, 1917 Military Service Service Number: 231781 Age: 19 Force: Army Unit: Canadian Infantry (Alberta Regiment )Division: 31st Bn. Additional Information Born: September 7, 1897 Carluke, Scotland son of Mr. and Mrs. James Hunter, of Edmonton, Alberta. Commemorated
https://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/remembrance/memorials/canadian-virtual-war-memorial/detail/304694
Commonwealth War Graves
Bombardier R Hunter, Service Number: 30833, Regiment & Unit/Ship Alias, Date of Death 6 Aug 1915, age 33 years old, Buried or commemorated at HOP STORE CEMETERY, Belgium. Country of Service, United Kingdom.
Commonwealth War Graves
Corporal Stanley H. Hunter, Service Number: H/6569, Regiment & Unit/Ship Winnipeg Grenadiers, R.C.I.C., Date of Death 23 November 1943, Buried YOKOHAMA WAR CEMETERY Cdn. Sec. A.C.8. Japan, Country of Service Canadian.
Hunters in the Military
Sir Alexander Hunter, who was a Medical student at Queen’s University in Kingston, Ontario, enlisted in the Royal Canadian Air Force as a Gunner/Radar Operator and served in North Africa and Mediterranean campaigns.
Hunters in the Military
Richard Fraser Hunter, was a Gunner/Radar Operator with the 1st Canadian Radar Location Unit, posted to Hells Corner, Dover, 1942-44 then Normandy, Belgium, and the Netherlands.
