In our Hunter one-name study, the General Register Office is a great place to find data on births, marriages, deaths, occupations (especially researching the medical field), and family patterns of morbidity and mortality prior to general registration. When did doctors… Read More ›
Books
Favorite Book(s)
Books of Interest
My first book in this post for Research tips: Discover Your Roots! How I Found My North American and Revolutionary War Ancestors, Bruce Alan Wright, Esq.
Hunters in Yorkshire
Census Transcript Family 1841 shows Christopher Hunter, age 70, occupation Agricultural Labourer Christopher Hunter Jane Hunter age 25, b. 1816 Elizabeth Steele age 10 Address West Field Parish Keyningham
Clan Hunter International Gathering 2020
Madam Pauline Hunter of Hunterston, 30th Clan Chief, is having another event for all Hunters worldwide in 2020 to be held at Hunterston Castle, Clan Hunter Seat, Ayrshire, Scotland. I am planning a group tour and will be posting the… Read More ›
The Journal of the Reverend John Wesley 1735-1790
William Hunter, of Berwick-upon-Tweed Biographies Reference Books
The Hunter One-Name Study
I decided to start doing a one Name study after finding my paternal lineage was associated with the Lairds of Hunterston. The current status of the study is to find the DNA connection to the common ancestor John Huntar, 14th… Read More ›
Laird of Hunterston
Robert Hunter 23rd Laird of Hunterston took over the Estate in December 1732 on the death of his elder brother. He married Janet Atchison. Their daughter Eleonora became 24th Laird of Hunterston.
Laird of Hunterston
Eleonora Hunter 24th Laird of Hunterston was born in 1764 and inherited the Estate in 1796. She married her first cousin Robert Caldwell. His mother was Margaret Hunter who married Robert Caldwell. Margaret was the daughter of the 22nd Laird… Read More ›
Laird of Hunterston
Robert Caldwell Hunter 25th Laird of Hunterston was the last Laird to be born in Hunterston Castle. He died March 14, 1880. On November 23, 1836 he married Christian MacKnight Crawford. They had two daughters Jane 26th Laird of Hunterston… Read More ›
