Hunter

Hunter Family

The Hunter family’s lineage can be traced back to approximately 1751, with Thomas Hunter, born around that era, though there is no existing record to confirm this. On 11 May 1776, Thomas tied the knot with Elspeth Thomson, and together they brought eight children into the world, all of whom were born in Dysart, Fife.

Among their offspring, Ebenezer, the second youngest, came into the world on May 30, 1797. Ebenezer would later wed Christian Thomson, and their union bore a son, who was aptly named after Ebenezer’s own father, Thomas. Ebenezer’s occupation was that of a coal miner, a profession that often necessitated migration in search of employment opportunities. Sometime between 1799 and 1841, the Hunter family relocated to Lightburn, Glasgow. Subsequently, between 1841 and 1851, they made yet another move, settling in Dalry, Ayrshire. Regrettably, records of either Ebenezer or Christian’s deaths remain elusive. Thus, it is presumed that both passed away between 1851 and 1855.

1st Generation

Thomas Hunter and Elspeth Thomson

2nd Generation

Thomas Hunter and Elspeth Thomson’s children

William Hunter
Thomas Hunter b 12 Mar 1779 in Dysart
John Hunter b 11 Jan 1781 in Dysart
Elizabeth Hunter b 6 Nov 1786 in Dysart
Jean Hunter b 21 Dec 1791 in Dysart
Burt Hunter b 21 Feb 1794 in Dysart
Ebenezer Hunter
Robert Hunter b 6 Sep 1799 in Dysart

3rd Generation

Ebenezer Hunter and Christina Thomson’s children

Thomas Hunter

4th Generation

Thomas Hunter and Helen Butters’ children

Christina Thomson Hunter
Ebenezer Hunter
Helen Hunter b abt 1852 in Stevenson d 1870 in Glasgow
John Dryburgh Hunter
Margaret Hunter
Mary Hunter
Jean Hunter
Agnes Hunter b 1863 in Denny d 1864 in Denny
William Hunter
Thomas Hunter b 1866 in Denny d 1866 in Denny

5th Generation

Christina Hunter and Henry Watson’s children

David Watson b 5 Feb 1866 in Denny d 1867 in Denny
Thomas Hunter Watson
Henry Watson b 2 Mar 1870 in Glasgow d 1873 in Glasgow
Ebenezer Hunter Watson b 4 Mar 1872 in Glasgow d 1872 in Glasgow

Ebenezer Hunter and Mary Jane Backhouse’s children

John Hunter b 1875 in Newport, Pennsylvania, USA d 1875 Newport, Pennsylvania, USA
Hannah Florence Hunter
Helen Christine Hunter
William E Hunter b 17 Mar 1884 in Pennsylvania, USA d 26 Apr 1884 in Newport, Pennsylvania, USA
Mary (Marion) Hunter
Jeanette May Hunter b 1 May 1888 in Winton, Pennsylvania, USA  d 1972 in Scranton, Pennsylvania, USA
Margaret May Hunter b 1 May 1888 n Winton, Pennsylvania, USA  d 20 Aug 1943 in Scranton, Pennsylvania, USA
Mabel Charlotte Ebenetta Hunter

Mary Hunter and Peter Martin’s children

George Martin
Helen Martin
Christina Hunter Martin

William Hunter and Mary McDermott’s children

Thomas Hunter b 1887 in Glasgow d 1889 in Glasgow

William Hunter and Margaret Reid Andrew’s children

Ebenezer Hunter
Margaret Andrews Hunter
 John Dryburgh Hunter b 1894 in Glasgow d 9 May 1915 in France
Helen Butters Hunter
Christina Hunter b 1898 in Glasgow d 1902 in Glasgow
William Hunter b 1900 in Glasgow d 1911 in Glasgow
Annie Graham Hunter b 1903 in Glasgow d 1908 in Glasgow
Edith Agnes Andrews Hunter
Rachel Andrews Hunter b 1908 in Glasgow d 1998 in Glasgow
Thomas Hunter b 1910 in Glasgow  d 1919 in Glasgow
William Hunter

6th Generation

Thomas Hunter Watson and Frances Wilhelmina Fraetas’ children

Thomas Francis Watson
Henry Victor Watson

Hannah Florence Hunter and George Franklin Taylor’s children

Edna Taylor
Marion Eugenia Taylor

Helen Christine Hunter and William Jacob Vockroth’s children

Helen Florence Vockroth
Christine Jean Vockroth
Harold J Vockroth b 1918 in Scranton, Pennsylvania, USA
William Hunter Vockroth

Mary (Marion) Hunter and Frank Hofsommer’s children

Frank Donald Hofsommer
Carl Willis Hofsommer
Gertrude Hofsommer

Mabel Charlotte Ebenetta Hunter and Charles M Zimmerman’s children

Elsie Zimmerman

George Martin and Bridget Brown’s children

Peter Martin 
Nelly Martin b 1905 in Glasgow d unknown

Helen Martin and James Thomson’s children

James Thomson b abt 1899 in Glasgow d 1980 in Glasgow
Peter Thomson b 1900 in Glasgow d 1976 in Glasgow
Elizabeth Thomson
George McGregor Thomson
John Bulloch Thomson

Christina Hunter Martin and William Pryde’s children

Jeanie McGill Pryde
Mary Hunter Martin Pryde
David Neil Pryde
William Pryde
James Thomson Pryde b 1922 in Glasgow d 1922 in Glasgow
Peter Martin Pryde b 1923 in Glasgow d 5 Apr 1945 in Germany
George Duncan Pryde

Ebenezer Hunter and Sarah Jane Fullerton’s children

William Hunter
John Hunter b 1913 in Glasgow d 1913 in Glasgow
Ebenezer Hunter b 1912 in Glasgow d 1912 in Glasgow
Eliza-Ann Hunter b 1914 in Glasgow d 1914 in Glasgow
Ebenezer Hunter b 1915 in Glasgow d 1916 in Glasgow
George Hunter b 1918 in Glasgow d 2000 in Irvine
Margaret Hunter b 1923 in Glasgow d 1924 in Glasgow
Ebenezer Hunter b 1925 in Glasgow d 1928 in Glasgow

Margaret Andrews Hunter and William McKay’s children

William McKay
Margaret Reid McKay b 1912 in Glasgow d 1913 in Glasgow
Frank Davidson McKay b 1913 in Glasgow d 1914 in Glasgow

Helen Butters Hunter and Andrew Tierney’s children

Thomas Tierney

7th Generation

Thomas Hunter Watson and Frances Wilhelmina Fraetas

Basil Angus Watson
Myra Watson
Living
Living
Living

Marion Eugenia Taylor and Robert Henry Stark’s children

Janet Florence Stark

William Hunter Vockroth and Ella Virginia Shappell’s children

Shirley Anne Vockroth b 1 Dec 1946 in Philadelphia, USA d 13 Jun 2023 in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA

Jeanie McGill Pryde and David Scott Findlay’s children

David Scott Findlay b 1933 in Glasgow d 1933 in Glasgow
William Pryde Findlay b 1933 in Glasgow d 1933 in Glasgow
George Pryde Findlay

David Neil Pryde and Elizabeth Burrell’s children

Ian Burrell Pryde b 1949 in Glasgow d 1949 in Glasgow
Living
Living

William McKay and Olive Anita May Nash’s children

Anita Cecilia Annabel McKay
Living
Ian William McKay b 1948 in Kensington, London, England d 11 Mar 1957 in Battersea, London, England

Thomas Tierney and Margaret Burns Carrick’s children

Andrew Tierney b 1941 in Glasgow d 2012 in Glasgow
Living
Jane Devine Tierney b 1951 in Glasgow d 2024 in Glasgow