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Joseph Hunter and Rebecca George Hunter

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Lori

Lori Report 4 Jan 2024 20:20

Thank you everyone for all of the information that you have provided. I will verify all of this and see where I am at. It is all such a puzzle.

Thank you again.

Lori

ErikaH

ErikaH Report 24 Dec 2023 14:27

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Name Joseph Hunter
Birth Year abt 1821
Age 028
Gender Male
Embarkation Belfast
Ship
Alice Frazier
Ship Alice Frazier
Occupation Farmer
Passengers 169
Compartment Steerage
Native Country Ireland
Destination USA
Arrival Place New York, New York, USA
Arrival Date 14 Mar 1849
Transit Type Staying in the U.S.

Name Joseph Hunter Sr
Probate Date 5 Jan 1894
Probate Place Will, Illinois, USA
Inferred Death Date 1894
Inferred Death Place Illinois, USA
Item Description Probate Records, Vol 11-13, 1893-1895

ErikaH

ErikaH Report 24 Dec 2023 14:20

Posting for info.......no proof of relevance to the couple being sought

Name Rebecca Hunter
Age in 1870 44
Birth Date abt 1826
Birthplace Ireland
Dwelling Number 89
Home in 1870 Salem, Kenosha, Wisconsin
Race White
Gender Female
Post Office Salem
Occupation Keeping House
Father of Foreign Birth Yes
Mother of Foreign Birth Yes
Inferred Spouse
Joseph Hunter
Inferred Children
William Hunter
Mary Hunter
John Hunter
Maria Hunter
Henry Hunter
Household Members (Name) Age
Joseph Hunter 50......Farmer, born Ireland
Rebecca Hunter 44.........born Ireland
William Hunter 15
Mary Hunter 13
John Hunter 9
Maria Hunter 7
Henry Hunter 3********Henry G in other records

ALL above children recorded as being born ILLINOIS

Jink20

Jink20 Report 24 Dec 2023 00:50

Rebecca's Parents on Family Search

Parents and Siblings
Robert George
Sarah Phillips
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Sibling
Martha Jane George

Martha George, "Ireland Civil Registration, 1845-1913"
George Nichole and Martha George, Marriage 06 Jan 1852, Limavady, Ireland; citing General Register Office, Dublin; FHL microfilm 101,340.
Name George Nichole
Sex Male
Father's Name George Nichole
Father's Sex Male
Spouse's Name Martha George
Spouse's Sex Female
Spouse's Father's Name Robt George
Spouse's Father's Sex Male
Event Type Marriage
Event Date 06 Jan 1852
Event Place Limavady, Ireland
Event Place (Original) Roscoe, Newtown Limavady, Ireland

Jink20

Jink20 Report 23 Dec 2023 23:54

Catholic Parish Registers at the NLI only include the following events/dates

Dungiven
Diocese of Derry | County of Derry
See Also: Ballinascreen (see below)

Baptisms 04 July 1847 to 04 May 1863
Deaths 04 Mar. 1870 to 31 Dec. 1871
64 images

Baptisms 7 Sep. 1863 to 23 Jan. 1881
112 images

Marriages 29 Sep. 1864 to 22 Dec. 1881
31 images
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Ballinascreen
Baptisms 20 Nov. 1825 to 21 Feb. 1834
Baptisms 05 June 1836 to 31 May 1863
Marriages 29 Nov. 1825 to 11 Feb. 1834
Marriages 03 Apr. 1834 to 17 May 1863
Deaths 27 Nov. 1825 to 23 Apr. 1832

Jink20

Jink20 Report 23 Dec 2023 23:38

Family Search has a tree with the following information.
You would need to check these entries for accuracy/ verify sources

https://www.familysearch.org/tree/pedigree/portrait/GWXS-LTY

Joseph W Hunter Sr
Birth: 12 Feb 1819
Aberdeen, Scotland

Death: 20 Dec 1896
Richmond, McHenry, Illinois, United States

Marriage
1842
Ireland

Spouse
Rebecca George
Birth: 12 April 1823
Dungiven, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom

Death: 27 Sept 1895
Antioch, Lake, Illinois, United States

lived in Salem, Kenosha, Wisconsin, United States for about 10 years.

Children (13)

Sarah Ann Hunter
Birth: 25 August 1843
Derry, Londonderry, Ireland

Death: 8 August 1920
Spring Grove, McHenry, Illinois, United States
1843–1920
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Robert Hunter
Birth: 12 Apr 1845
Derry, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom

Death: 11 Oct 1937
Richmond, McHenry, Illinois, United States
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Joseph Wyman Hunter
Birth: 24 Sep 1846
Derry, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom

Death: 20 March 1924
Long Beach, Los Angeles, California, United States
1846–1924
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Martha Jane Hunter
Birth: 20 Nov 1848
Derry, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom

Death: 27 Jul 1898
Richmond, McHenry, Illinois, United States
1848–1898
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Elizabeth Hunter
Birth: 18 Sept 1850
Derry, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
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Hugh Benjamin Hunter
Birth: 12 July 1851
Derryork County, Derry, Northern Ireland

Death: 10 June 1927
Guide Rock, Webster, Nebraska, United States
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William A Hunter
Birth: 21 June 1855
Antioch, Lake, Illinois, United States

Death: 25 March 1925
Antioch, Lake, Illinois, United States
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Mary E Hunter

Birth: 15 August 1857
Illinois, United States

Death: 23 April 1937
Kenosha, Wisconsin, United States
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John A Hunter
Birth: 26 February 1859
Antioch, Lake, Illinois, United States
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Maria Hunter
Birth: 05 Nov 1860
Antioch, Lake, Illinois, United States

Death: 28 Jun 1921
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Lucinda Hunter
Birth: 13 Jul 1862
Antioch, Lake, Illinois, United States

Death: 16 April 1864
Kenosha, Wisconsin, United States
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George Hunter
Birth: 30 Mar 1864
Antioch, Lake, Illinois, United States

Death: 15 Sep 1865
Kenosha, Kenosha, Wisconsin, United States
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Henry Hunter
Birth: January 1867
Randall, Kenosha, Wisconsin

ArgyllGran

ArgyllGran Report 23 Dec 2023 18:51

This is the only Rebecca George baptism on Scotland's People - but that DOESN'T mean it's the right one.

GEORGE
REBECCA
SAMUEL GEORGE/REBECCA REID FR416V2-2 (FR416)
F
19/08/1821
612 / 2
20 / 18
Newton On Ayr


IF that's correct, and IF they both came from the same area, there's this baptism of a Joseph Hunter - but note this is PURE SPECULATION:

HUNTER
JOSEPH
HUGH HUNTER/JANET PRATT FR2715 (FR2715)
M
09/05/1824
578
100 / 84
Ayr

ArgyllGran

ArgyllGran Report 23 Dec 2023 18:46

There is no parish record of them marrying in Scotland - which doesn't mean they didn't.
Also no record of them marrying in Ireland, at least per irishgenealogy.ie

Their children (or at least all that there are death records for on FS) :

Robert 1844; Joseph 1847-9; both born in Ireland.
William A 1856; John 1859; Maria 1860.; both born at Antioch, Lake, Illinois.

greyghost

greyghost Report 23 Dec 2023 17:54

Presume married rather than say - brother and sister

If married, did they have children - their names may give clues ie naming patterns were quite common in Scotland / Ireland

Do you have the family on a census - when and where - can you post or at least give year, ages and address at the time

nameslessone

nameslessone Report 23 Dec 2023 17:36

Welcome to Genes and the boards.

If the church burnt down then the parish records will have been destroyed. They may appear on a Scottish census but there is no equivalent in Ireland as they were destroyed.

Use Scotland’s people as suggested to find their births and hopefully their marriage.

Added: lots of Scottish Joseph Hunters in Search/ search all members trees.

ErikaH

ErikaH Report 23 Dec 2023 17:17

Try looking for info on Scotland’s People website

Basic info can be seen without cost.

Which Church burned down?

Doesn’t the US Census record their birthplaces?

Lori

Lori Report 23 Dec 2023 17:06

I am looking for any information on Joseph and Rebecca Hunter. Family history states that they were born in Scotland, about 1820, and migrated to Ireland. Not sure if Rebecca was born in Scotland or Ireland. Church burned down in Ireland and no records are available by standard search.

I have the passenger list for their move to the USA around 1852.

Thank you for any help.

Lori