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In order to deduce the specific lineage of any person, persons or branch herein contained backward toward the earliest extant record or first recorded progenitor on the ascending pedigree, one need simply select the relevant parent atop the entry in question whose data as shown includes the identities of his own parents in turn followed by the parenthetical phrase "(to whom refer)"; then proceed alphabetically to the entry for the couple to whom so referred, indexed always for the sake of consistency and clarity under the masculine surname, and again repeat the process.
In order to deduce the specific lineage of any person, persons or branch herein contained forward toward the latest generation of recorded posterity on the descending pedigree, one need simply examine the list of offspring presented in the entry in question and select from amongst same the child or children whose issue it is desired to further trace. If the child thus selected be male, one merely notes the name of his wife, then refers alphabetically in turn to the entry for such couple, indexed always for the sake of consistency and clarity under the masculine surname, and the process is then again repeated. If, conversely, the selected child be female, it is necessary only that one instead note the name of her husband, then refer to that couple's own entry likewise alphabetically under his surname rather than hers, and proceed as before adumbrated.
The Individual Nuclear Family Group Entries are simply listed alphabetically by Husband's surname, and within a surname by Husband's given names. Where the Husband's complete name is identical to more than one individual, such persons are indexed according to order of birth. Information contained within each such entry is arranged internally according to a complex prearranged and standardised formula. Unmarried persons appear only within their parents' entries and require no additional entry for themselves, inasmuch as such would be repetitious, redundant and unnecessarily self-defeating of its purpose, namely the addition of further otherwise unrecorded data for spouse and offspring.
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In addition it is anticipated that as detailed a narrative biography as can be compiled pertaining to each life, whether Husband, Wife or child, should eventually be appended to each individual entry, including every bit as much as can be reconstructed of each person's activities, adventures and personality, as well as any and all surviving anecdotes surrounding same. Such material may be submitted either in the form of rough jottings or a final draft; all necessary adjustments will be accordingly made for publication, with all due care being taken to retain intact the integrity of the account itself. In the case of a personal autobiography the same may also be couched in the first person if so desired.
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Readers are wholeheartedly invited to scrutinise the entries contained herein, and to forward any of the following data which may be missing, even though it be but a single item at a time if no more is available. Whilst the format for each entry follows a very rigidly structured and meticulous pattern of arrangement, readers are encouraged simply to contribute data without in any way or sense personally concerning themselves overly much with the integral mechanics of organisation in its final form.
Some of the details thus requested, required and desired would ideally include the following or any part or portion thereof.
1. Full legal name(s) of each and every family member and of each and every spouse, (including maiden surnames)
2. Full legal names of parent(s) of each and every member and spouse, as above, (including maiden surnames)
3. Derivations or reasons for choices of all given names, including specific personages, if any, for whom named, and persons suggesting or influencing said decisions, as well as circumstances surrounding or affecting same
4. All legal changes, alterations, additions to or deletions from full names, as well as in spelling, order or sequence thereof
1. Full date, (day, month and year), of each and every birth, whether of member or spouse
2. Approximate time of day, as precisely as possible, of each and every birth, whether of member or spouse
3. Actual location, as precisely as possible, of each and every birth, whether of member or spouse, together with rural land description, street address or name of building or institution, if any
4. Full names, insofar as possible, of all persons known to have been present in attendance at time of birth, medical or otherwise, together with rank, style, title, office or official or personal relationship as the case may be
5. Weight, measurements, eye and hair colour or other physical characteristics or statistics pertaining to infant at time of birth
1. Full date, (day, month and year), of each and every infant blessing or christening, whether of member or spouse
2. Approximate time of day, as precisely as possible, of each and every infant blessing or christening, whether of member or spouse
3. Actual location, as precisely as possible, of each and every infant blessing or christening, whether of member or spouse, together with rural land description, street address or name of building or institution, if any
4. Full names, insofar as possible, of all persons conducting or officiating at, assisting with, participating in, or acting as Godparents or sponsors at infant blessing or christening, together with rank, style, title, office or official or personal relationship as the case may be
5. Religious denomination under whose auspices the ordinance was performed
1. Same points as above, also noting full names and status of proxies where applicable
1. Same points as for Baptism above
1. Same points as for Baptism above
1. Same points as for Baptism above
1. Full date, (day, month and year), of each and every marriage (and later sealing), also noting full names and status of proxies where applicable
2. Same points as immediately above, with regard to any previous or subsequent marriages of the spouse
3. Approximate time of day, as precisely as possible, of each and every such marriage and later sealing
4. Actual location, as precisely as possible, of each and every such marriage or sealing, whether of member, or other marriage previously or subsequently of spouse, together with rural land description, street address or name of building or institution, if any
5. Full names, insofar as possible, of all persons conducting or officiating at, assisting with, acting as attendants or as legal witnesses to, or otherwise participating in the official party at marriage or later sealing, together with rank, style, title, office or official or personal relationship as the case may be
6. Religious denomination or civil authority under whose auspices the ordinance was performed
1. Full date, (day, month and year), of each and every death, whether of member or spouse
2. Approximate time of day, as precisely as possible, of each and every death, whether of member or spouse
3. Actual location, as precisely as possible, of each and every death, whether of member or spouse, together with rural land description, street address or name of building or institution, if any
4. Full names, insofar as possible, of all persons known to have been present in attendance at time of death, medical or otherwise, together with rank, style, title, office or official or personal relationship, as the case may be
5. Weight, measurements, eye and hair colour, or other physical characteristics or statistics pertaining to deceased at time of demise
6. Certified medical cause of death
1. Full date, (day, month and year), of each and every memorial service, whether for member or spouse
2. Approximate time of day, as precisely as possible, of each and every memorial service, whether for member or spouse
3. Actual location, as precisely as possible, of each and every memorial service, whether for member or spouse, together with rural land description, street address or name of building or institution, if any
4. Full names, insofar as possible, of all persons conducting or officiating at, assisting with or participating in memorial services or portions thereof, together with rank, style, title, office or official or personal relationship as the case may be
5. Religious denomination or civil authority, if any, under whose auspices memorial services were performed
6. Full names, insofar as possible, of all members, both honourary and active, of bearer party, if any, at memorial services
7. Official corporate name of firm, if any, acting as directors of memorial services
1. Full date, (day, month and year), of each and every actual interment or committal, whether of member or spouse
2. Approximate time of day, as precisely as possible, of each and every actual interment or committal, whether of member or spouse
3. Actual legal and official name and designation of cemetery and of municipal unit, urban or rural, within whose boundaries (as then constituted) the same is located, complete with plot number or legal description within cemetery, if available
4. Full names, insofar as possible, of all persons conducting, officiating at, assisting with or participating in interment or committal services or portions thereof, together with rank, style, title, office or official or personal relationship, as the case may be
5. Religious denomination or civil authority, if any, under whose auspices interment or committal services were performed
6. Full names, insofar as possible, of all members, both honourary and active, of bearer party, if any, at interment or committal
7. Official corporate name of firm, if any, acting as directors of interment or committal services
1. Any and all ranks, styles, titles, offices, honours, awards, prizes, appointments or distinctions achieved or attained by a member or spouse from whatever source, whether public, private, social, fraternal, academic, scholastic, athletic, political, diplomatic, religious, corporate, military or otherwise, with all dates of such conferral or bestowal, etc., as precisely as possible
2. Any and all personal characteristics or traits, including average adult weight, height and measurements at prime, eye and hair colour, complexion or any other similarly notable physical attributes
3. Life history, including movements, associations, experiences, interests, recreations, hobbies, talents or abilities, personal habits, preferences or tastes, curious sayings or favourite phrases, or any other similar items, together with any anecdotes and tales which might conceivably aid in reconstructing, reviving or revealing in any way any aspect of the individual personality
1. Where documentation exists apart from personal knowledge alone in support of any of the facts thus indicated or stated, the precise nature of the document(s) or source(s) from which such information has been gleaned, or by means of which it may be re-obtained or verified
1. Finally, it need only be clarified that throughout this work the specific terminology in reference to place-names follows insofar as possible the usage current in each instance at time of event. Consequently changes in designation, jurisdiction or status for a given locality over a period of time may be reflected either from one entry to another, or even within a given entry. It will therefore not be at all uncommon to find an entire change of name for a community, or alteration in type or order of local government units, as well as various other combinations or permutations which may from time to time appear at first to the uninitiated as possible errors, inconsistencies or omissions; however, every care has been taken to enter such changes consistent with the historically proper style of the moment.
The history of the very ancient and noble race of the Hunters is well worthy of study, inasmuch as it affords abounding interest to scholar and layman alike. Seldom if ever has any family, apart perhaps from a Royal lineage, produced such a multitude of heroes and men of note as have they, - and justly so, for it must not be overlooked that the Hunters of Hunterston also bear in their veins the Regal blood of Sovereign houses.
The Hunters constitute probably one of the oldest extant dynasties continuously bearing one hereditary surname in Europe or in the world, and their eminence as soldiers and statesmen in war and in peace for nearly a thousand years is firmly attested by the many memorials dedicated in their honour upon every continent and in lands washed by the seven seas. Their praises have been sung in many climes and in many tongues, but perhaps two of the most outstanding monuments to their dazzling prowess must lie in the naming of Australia's mighty river, the Hunter, for one of the Clan, and well upwards of 50 streets, together with shopping and residential complexes and other features and institutions, in the city of Calgary, Canada, for persons, places and events which have played a vital role across the ages in shaping the wonderful destiny of one of the world's foremost families, - including both Hunter and its principal Sept, Hunt.
The proud surname of Hunter is obviously in the first instance of occupational origin, deriving from their much-relished participation in the "Sport of Kings". From the very dawn of Heraldry they have been accustomed to bear in their Arms three hunting horns and three dogs of chase, and in fact the various versions of their Armorial Bearings are in themselves well worthy of being looked into, as each in itself contains a miniature account of the origin of the family. The oldest example now intact, that of Abbot Andrew Hunter, Confessor to James II., King of Scots, and incumbent of numerous great offices during the 15th Century including that of Lord High Treasurer of Scotland, is still to be seen ornately carved into the venerable stone of Melrose Abbey, and will be further discussed in the account in this work of the House of Polmood.
But the connexion of that most noble sport with the Hunters predates even the origin of the surname itself, to which it ultimately gave rise. It begins, not in a mediaeval Scottish fortress, but, rather, in a rustic Viking court somewhere in Norway about 800 years after the birth of Christ. The tale is a romantic one, of the type of which sagas are shaped.
The first truly distinct and discernible event in the traditionary story of the origin of the family concerns the coming of the Normans into present-day France. Sometime after the year 870, and almost definitely in 872, a certain Rollo, son of Reginald, a Prince of a reigning dynasty of Norway, was expelled from his country together with his entire retinue by the Viking King in consequence of the piratical activities of his motley band, they being apparently too lawless even for the lawless Vikings themselves, in a land and amongst a people scarcely renowned at any time for qualities of gentility and civility. For a short time this hardy crew of Norsemen held a tenuous foothold upon the coast of Anglo-Saxon England, then, inspired by a dream, Rollo rallied his faithful followers about him. In his vision a swarm of bees which had been idly circling the mast of his galley had suddenly clustered and taken flight to the south. Accepting this as a sign or omen, Rollo and his fleet set sail and, following the direction of the bees, in due course arrived upon the shores of France.
Amongst Rollo's loyal companions throughout these wanderings was his devoted Huntsman, the eventual ancestor of the Hunters. Apparently during the Ninth Century the family's extraordinary ability in the sports of the field was already well recognised, and it was supposed that this talent was a gift or inheritance from the gods from whom they claimed descent. The noble and vital office of Huntsman was hereditary within this privileged family, and, after their entry into France, it remained so for about two centuries more. In the course of time the only significant alteration in its status lay in its steady enhancement across the years to a point almost of reverence. But all this was to be changed by the Conquest of 1066.
So, from about the year 876 onward, Rollo and his warriors ravaged the European coastline. At first the invaders may have proved but equal to the defenders, but soon they began to overwhelm them, and, as the intermittent skirmishes grew more frequent, intense looting and plundering became a way of life in the Frankish kingdoms for a colourful and turbulent 30 years. Meanwhile in 896 the ancestor of the Hunters undoubtedly attended Rollo at the decisive Sack of Paris which once and for all shifted the course of history. This was in the days of King Charles the Simple, who, alarmed by the loss to these newcomers of the city of Paris, and in the face of further, perhaps insurmountable, threats to his Realm, resolved at all costs to secure an end to these raids of pillage. The situation persisted until an agreement was finally sealed in 911 pacifying the Norse and preserving the Franks. By its terms Rollo received in marriage the King's daughter Gisella and was created Duke of Normandy with a grant of the latter territory. In return the pagan Rollo, having satisfied for the moment his lust for a tract of land over which he might hold sway, accepted compromise and submitted to and received the prevailing religion of the region with the new name of Robert, and his whole entourage, including that earliest-known progenitor of the Hunters, were forever converted to the Christian faith, - which of course at that time meant the form of Roman Catholicism.
The military ways of south Europe, the refinements of court life and the natural intermingling with the indigenous populations, allied also with the ruthless bravery and daring of the Norsemen, soon combined to produce a whole new race of fighting-men to be known to posterity as the Normans. Two centuries less a decade after the first landing upon the coast of Normandy, Rollo's great-great-great-grandson William, seventh Duke of Normandy, otherwise remembered as "the Conqueror", ascended the Throne of England.
Now, the sport of venery, or hunting, was a pastime of the nobility, and the position of Huntsman was one of vast importance, dignity, prestige and responsibility. From the obscurest mists of antiquity this high office had been vested in the forebears of the Hunters, and by the title of "Hunter" this officer and even his family itself gradually came to be known and distinguished. Its earliest recorded form was the Latin "Venator", which, when anglicised, later became the modern surname of the race. (From the same root comes the familiar term "venison", originally applied generally to all edible game, but latterly more restricted in meaning and connotation and usually confined today to the meat of the deer family.) Another branch of the same patrimony, however, instead adapted and retained the Old French version of the Huntsman's title, - "le Gros Veneur", or "Great Hunter", - and became the Grosvenors, the head of which distinct family and name today is His Grace the present Duke of Westminster. Yet other offshoots, centuries later in the British Isles, were, for numerous reasons elsewhere described, destined to become the Foresters or Forsters, of which surnames copious other variants are still in use today. Various other families and names which have evolved with the passage of time likewise share similar descent as well.
The blood precursors of the Hunters crossed the Channel to England in Queen Matilda's train shortly after the Norman Conquest, for which reason they do not specifically appear amongst the Companions of the Conqueror himself. The wife of the Huntsman or Hunter of that day was a Lady-in-Waiting to Matilda, William's consort, and as such is stated to have personally assisted with her own hands in the weaving of the fabulous Bayeux Tapestry recording those momentous events. The main stream of the Venators, together with a number of their fellow Norman nobles, are traditionally said to have fled into Scotland about the year 1110 in order to escape the arbitrary oppression of the Norman Conqueror's successors upon the English Throne. The exiled Normans, including the Venators, are supposed to have been given sanctuary by the powerful Prince of Cumbria, (afterward David I., King of Scots), who, together with his sister, had been brought up at the Norman court in England and ever maintained a sympathetic attitude toward these people, many of whom he had previously known. With his approval the various exiles settled on Scottish soil, amongst them the Venators, who, even at that early date, probably staked their claim to what would one day soon become their exclusive part of the Ayrshire coast, - the future lands of Hunterston. There are and remain, in this somewhat more critical era, some authorities today who would fain place less emphasis on legend, however strong, and who instead maintain that this exodus, far from having been precipitated and perpetrated by the seeking of shelter and asylum in adverse times and circumstances, actually occurred as the result of a general, and much more peaceable, influx of Anglo-Normans into the northern Kingdom after the Conquest in consequence of the marriage of this David, Prince of Cumbria, to Maud, grand-niece of the Conqueror. In truth, such fresh migration is certainly known to have been encouraged by David at that time, and again renewed and vigourously pursued upon his accession to the Scottish Throne in 1124. In either case, whether of necessity or voluntarily, it is clear that the arrival of the antecedents of the Hunters, an event generally set in or about the year 1110, must surely have taken place before the year 1116, at which time one of them, Gulielmus (William) Venator was witness to an inquisition into the lands of the church at Glasgow, then still in Catholic form. The same year or the year following he also witnessed the subsequent Charter of erection of those lands into the Roman Catholic Bishopric of Glasgow, which document has been preserved intact from that date to this.
The Grosvenor branch, however, remained in the south, as also did certain of the Venators, - who, when their name was translated to Hunter, became the root of some of the various families of that name still to be found in England, and of many prominent men in that direction, not the least of whom were the celebrated antiquary Joseph Hunter, who solved the riddle of Robin Hood, and the noted philanthropist Sir Robert Hunter, the founder of modern ecology. Also from English branches sprang Sir George Burton Hunter, Britain's most famous shipbuilder, amongst whose greatest achievements ranks the mighty Mauretania, in its time the swiftest ship afloat, and Sir Claudius Stephen Hunter and William Hunter, both in their turn Lord Mayor of London, of whom but little mention is necessary herein. The heir of Sir Claudius, of course, was the distinguished statesman Sir Charles Roderick Hunter, Member of Parliament, with whom the Baronetcy became extinct, whilst a direct descendant of William, through two lines of descent, Miss Joan Hunter Dunn, became immortalised during World War II. as the heroine of one of the finest poetical works of the future Poet Laureate of England, Sir John Betjeman.
Some branches, whether via Scottish, Irish or English descent from the original stock, eventually made their fortune in the American colonies, opportunistically remaining there after the rebellion. Of one of these, a descendant, Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter, was for many years Speaker of the House of Representatives and later a highly-respected United States Senator. He was a candidate for nomination to the office of President of the United States the year Lincoln was first nominated and elected, and later reluctantly guided his state of Virginia out of the Union when all hopes and proposals for reconciliation proved barren.
Finally, amongst several American members of the family in this dispensation privileged to be called to serve as General Authorities of the Lord's true Church since the restoration of the Holy Gospel to the earth in these latter days, Edward Hunter (of English descent) was Presiding Bishop from 7 April 1851 until his death on 16 October 1883, both Milton Reed Hunter and William Hunter Bennett sat amongst the First Quorum of the Seventy, and Howard William Hunter was ordained one of the Twelve Apostles of the Lord on 15 October 1959, being set apart as Acting President of the Council of the Twelve on 10 November 1985, and as President of that august Quorum on 2 June 1988. Almost exactly six years later to the very day, on 5 June 1994, he received in their fulness the custody of the Keys of the Kingdom of Heaven in that highest and holiest of mortal honours, as the living Prophet, Seer and Revelator of the Word and Will of Almighty God unto all mankind, and the 14th President of The Church and Kingdom of God on earth in this, the Dispensation of the Fulness of Times, thus standing in the place of Abraham and Moses and all the Prophets of old as their literal successor, the very oracle and mouthpiece of Deity Himself, and the Presiding Authority of God's earthly Government, the greatest man in the world, the most important man on earth and the holiest man alive, - truly the "noblest scion of a noble race and the greatest Hunter of them all".
Numerous other illustrious kinsfolk from various walks and stations of life, including political, religious, military, scientific, literary, artistic and medical fame, will be duly mentioned in the most suitable and appropriate separate Parts hereafter dealing with the particular and specific branches to which they rightly appertain and belong.
The honoured surname of the Hunters has undergone many transformations across the years, appearing in early Charters as Huntar, Huntare, Huntair, Huntayr and even Hwntar and Hwntare, as well as Hounttar, Hountter, Huntter and Huntere, amongst others, together with translations such as Venator and Grosvenor, and variants such as Huntsman, Hunty, Hunte and Hunt. This account of the history of the family does not propose to deal in detail with the latter, except to note that Hunt has been officially recognised by the Court of the Lord Lyon in a 1992 ruling as an official Sept of the Clan Hunter; but some mention should be made of the translated versions.
Venator was the direct Charter-Latin equivalent of Hunter, and the two were at one time used interchangeably. There are no Venators left in the world today; all of them, whether north or south of the Border, have long since taken the Anglo-Saxon version of the name. But whilst the Latin form has fallen into disuse, the Norman French has persisted, and today Grosvenors may be found in limited quantities wherever the English language is spoken.
This form, taken from the designation "le Gros Veneur", - "the Great Hunter", - had its connexion with the main stock long ere the Norman Conquest of 1066 brought the family across the English Channel from Normandy, and, amongst the nobles of the era of William the Conqueror, the ancestor of the Grosvenors was distinguished quite specifically and without any reference to the Venators, who were later to become the Hunters of history.
When, after the death of the Conqueror, the larger part of the Venators, like so many other Normanic nobles, removed, for whatever reason or cause, into the northern Kingdom, the Grosvenors were amongst those who elected to remain behind. The various exiled Norman tribes became the founders of some of Scotland's most powerful Clans, of whom the Bruces, the Stewarts, the Sinclairs and the Crawfords form but a few examples; but their kin who tarried in England, after the passage of several generations, proved in most cases hardly less fortunate. The Grosvenors were certainly no exception. Indeed, when the third Grosvenor Duke of Westminster died in 1963, he was regarded as the head of the wealthiest land-owning family in England.
The rise of this, the direct line of the Grosvenor name, to greatness, began, as with their cousins the Venators, about the year 1160, when one Robert le Grosvenor, grandson to Gilbert, the knight of William's time, received a vast grant of lands in England from the then Earl of Chester. He it was who is supposed to have borne the Arms which some two centuries later inspired the famous dispute betwixt Scrope and Grosvenor in the College of Arms. This Robert's descendant in the 16th generation, Sir Richard, the fourth of the line to receive the accolade of Knighthood, served as Member of Parliament for Chester from 1621 to 1629 and was belted a Knight Baronet on 23 February 1662. Five of his successors in turn also represented that constituency in the Commons.
Sir Thomas, third Baronet, occupied the seat from 1679 to 1700, during which time he was also Mayor of Chester in 1685; and the fourth Baronet, Sir Richard, held it from 1715 onward. He served as Great Cup Bearer at the Coronation of George II., by virtue of which capacity he was privileged to present the first cup of wine to the newly-crowned King, afterward, according to custom, receiving the cup as his fee.
The fifth Baronet, Sir Thomas, represented Chester in the House from 1727 to 1733, and at his death the latter year Sir Robert, his successor in the title, also took up the Parliamentary representation, which he retained until 1755, the date of his own demise.
The seventh Baronet, another Sir Robert, was raised to the Peerage as Baron Grosvenor of Eaton, 8 April 1761, and advanced to the dignities of Viscount Belgrave and Earl Grosvenor on 5 July 1784. His son Sir Robert, later Lord Lieutenant of Flint, who succeeded 5 August 1802, was further elevated to the Marquessate of Westminster on 13 September 1831. Sir Richard, second Marquess, was a Knight of the Garter and a Privy Counsellor, as well as Lord Lieutenant of Chester. At his death on 31 October 1869 his son Sir Hugh Lupus Grosvenor, who had represented Chester in the Commons since 1847, the sixth of his family to do so, of necessity exchanged his courtesy title and Parliamentary seat for a stall in the Upper House, and the ultimate honour of a Ducal coronet was bestowed upon him on 27 February 1874. He, too, was Lord Lieutenant of Chester and of London, and served as Master of the Horse from 1880 to 1885. He wore the Garter Star with great distinction and was much admired for his eloquence in the Privy Council, even as his father before him had been.
The second Duke, Sir Hugh Richard Arthur, Lord Lieutenant of Chester from 1906 to 1920, was a most eminent officer in both the Boer and first World Wars, for which services he was awarded the Royal Victorian Order and the Distinguished Service Order.
The five Peerages above-named, together with the ancient Baronetcy and the combined Estates of the House, have devolved today upon the person of His Grace the present Duke of Westminster; but several other branches of Grosvenors have likewise become established and ennobled in their own right, and many of Britain's most respected Peerage families also bear Grosvenor blood through female lines of descent.
The American branches of the family, for the most part, became hardly less affluent. One Thomas Grosvenor, who had emigrated to the colonies, turned rebel and fought in the colonial revolution, and his grandson Charles Henry Grosvenor became a noted soldier and a United States Congressman. Professor Edwin Augustus Grosvenor had twin sons, the distinguished lawyer Edwin Prescott Grosvenor, and Gilbert Hovey Grosvenor, President and Chairman of the Board of the prestigious National Geographic Society and long-time Editor of its famous Magazine, who died 4 February 1966 in his 91st year. By his marriage with the daughter of the genius Alexander Graham Bell, his progeny and that of the renowned claimant to the invention of the telephone became forever merged in blood.
Thus are the Grosvenors well fitted to share a mutual ancestry with the Hunters. The heirs of Gilbert le Gros Veneur enjoyed no meaner a destiny by remaining in England than that which befell the offspring of the Norman Huntsman who departed into Scotland; but coupled with the unparalleled romance of the Scottish Nation the wanderings of the Venators provide by far the more stirring and fascinating saga of adventure, and to it the remainder of this work will hereafter be devoted.
That Venator who first led his kinsmen across the Scottish Border in the "Great Exodus" of the family, was called Norman. For centuries tradition has held that that was his proper name; but, perhaps, more likely, in his new home he came to be known as the "Norman Hunter" owing to his nationality and profession. In this somewhat more enlightened age, modern scholarship and research has definitively established and shown him to have been identical with that William, or, in the Latin, Gulielmus Venator, who witnessed the inquisition and Charter aforementioned. Whatever the truth of the matter, the noble Huntsman and his followers promptly settled upon the western coast of Ayrshire, and there their progeny have continued to flourish for nearly a millennium.
That same David, Prince of Cumbria, who afterward became King of all Scotland as David I., and who befriended the Hunters, tacitly permitting if not actively encouraging their settlement there, probably may in all likelihood very well have already been well aware of their skill and dexterity from his own youthful days in the south at the English court. Certainly in any case their status and ability had previously been well known to their fellow Norman, Hugh de Morville, who soon rose to be High Constable of the Kingdom and overlord of the Barony of Cunningham, the area in Ayrshire in which the Hunters settled and ever after made their home. This being the case, they, almost without interruption, were able to resume their habitual activities and position of pre-eminence and import in de Morville's semi-Regal establishment of the district, and, no doubt, indirectly through him, in the service of The King himself.
Their special situation and brand of respect commanded is all the more evident when one considers that they were in fact regularly using a bona fide surname at this period of a nature not yet generally known in Scotland. Those surnames arising from personal peculiarities, or from callings or occupations, such as Venator, did not for the most part appear or become established in Scots practice until sometime in the 13th Century; and in this context it is both noteworthy and significant that even the mighty race of Stewart or Stuart, already first amongst Scottish families in terms of opulence, splendour, grandeur and power, whose name likewise derives from office held, were themselves distinguished by no specific surname until several more generations after the Conquest. Yet the Venators, whose name quite obviously was one descriptive of just such a profession, were so designated at least as early as the 11th Century, and certainly carried it with them when they reached Scotland, speaking roundly, about the beginning of the 12th, it being readily accepted and perpetuated after arrival. The very presence and continuance of such usage itself once more bespeaks existence of some compelling necessity or reason which did not similarly extend to their fellows. Its appearance at so early a date again clearly and implicitly attests to derivation not merely from a particular pastime, but, rather, from a specific and recognised function and office, and one, at that, with which at least their immediate superiors must have been fully familiar and conversant. Such cognisance and awareness moreover must have been elicited and drawn from quite remarkable circumstances in order to stand them out ahead of their neighbours and countrymen, in view of the general proficiency and predilection of the people in all venatic endeavours and sports of the chase.
The well-documented fact that some certain special implication and application was therefore associated with and attached to this individual appellative very early on, placing them in a stature and distinction over and above all other inhabitants, Normans included, thus again confirms that they were truly an elite lineage amongst a race already the elite of the field, and that the surnames Venator and Gros Veneur, the Latin and Normanic French forms respectively for the same honoured title and designation, had been at some point definitively and distinctively conferred upon the holder par eminence of an exalted and hereditary station, and thence ultimately by prescription appropriated in the course of time by the heirs of his blood, who, presumably, also shared in his calling by functioning in a team-like fashion under his delegation of authority. Thus, too, it will be seen that probably most of the family were at one time engaged in aiding The King's Hunter himself in his official duties, and the name collectively spread out with them. If The King himself had not at first been directly acquainted with them, it was not long before their praises reached even his Royal ears, and he came round to investigate for himself, as shown hereafter.
In the meanwhile, the continual pursuit of their hereditary skills with hound and horn in this picturesque corner of the countryside had independently, apart even from any imported foreign heritage, again developed for the family in its own right a reputation at the chase unexcelled by any other established House, even as it had done in former days in Norway and in Normandy. Their motto became "Cursum Perficio", meaning, "I perfect (or accomplish or finish) the course", a dualistic phrase obviously on the surface at least bearing direct reference no doubt to the successful "coursing" by their symbolic hound and the profession thereby represented, but also, on a deeper or more philosophical level presumably originally borrowed from and based upon the Second Epistle of Paul the Apostle to Timothy, the fourth chapter and seventh verse, and possibly upon the Saviour's own words as recorded in the Gospel according to John, Chapter 17, Verse 4; which sentiment ever afterward has remained the theme of the race. A slightly looser though equally authentic and authoritative translation might even as well be rendered "I complete the task" or "I get the job done", a motto of which any family in this day and age could well be justly proud. In 1992 as a result of a scholarly Canadian recommendation, the 29th Chief of the Clan officially authorised an alternative interpretation, "I lead the way".
It was in the time of King David's successor, King Malcolm IV., usually known as "the Maiden", who reigned from 1153 to 1165, that the lands of Hunterston, which had been occupied by them de facto since the exodus, were formally confirmed in the de jure possession of the Hunters forevermore. The story of how the original grant was obtained is an intriguing one indeed. The Chief of the race at that time was yet another Norman Hunter, presumably the son or grandson of the former Norman, for they could scarcely seem to have been one and the same. It is an unfortunate fact of the effects and tricks played by time upon history that a whole succession of individuals living over an extended period have long since become confused and finally fused together in one under the generic term "Norman Hunter", to such extent that it eventually has been erroneously assumed by otherwise credible and competent sources and authorities that this was as much a personal name as a mere description or even a title of honour. This particular Norman, (who is more correctly identified as Sir Aylmer of Arnele in the first of the six famed "Hunterston Legends", to be discussed in the more detailed account of the Chiefly line contained elsewhere in this overall work, and who is not to be unwittingly merged with his descendant, the Aylmer of the Ragman Roll of 1296), was wont to spend much of his time coursing across the Ayrshire countryside on the heels of his fleet-footed quarry. One day, so the story goes, he was joined by a total stranger, obviously of the nobility, and together they shared a most successful hunt in which the skill and local knowledge of our Venator or Hunter played the most considerable part.Some time later a company of courtly gentlemen called upon Hunter for his advice and guidance in organising a hunt. To his astonishment the leader of the party was no less a personage than The King of Scotland himself, who proved also to be none other than the agreeable stranger of the earlier encounter. The outcome of all this was that this Norman Hunter was confirmed in a grant of these lands, - which have remained in the family to the present day, - and was once again elevated to the rank of Huntsman-Royal, even as his forebears had been on their native shores, by a Sovereign who, having heard marvellous tales of exceptional acumen, had first to see for himself whether this subject could be truly worthy of such extraordinary laudatory repute. The grant itself is proof sufficient of the fact that Sir Aylmer the Norman did indeed measure up favourably and admirably to the challenge and expectations, and he thus became the first "official" Hunter of Hunterston, a feudal noble holding directly of The Crown, - although the Chiefs, according to age-old customary Scots procedure, are in fact reckoned from his predecessor Gulielmus or William, the first to actually occupy the property by right of possession, the manner in which all Scots Clans had their origin before introduction of Anglo-Norman feudal structures resulted in absorption of the Scottish Chiefs, previously independent Sovereigns, as vassals to the Ard-Righ, or High King, as Chief of Chiefs.
The Estate was not, of course, designated by that name in these earliest Charters. It was usually described as the lands of Arnele, Arnell or Ardneill, often with various other deviations in spelling. But in the old Lowland Scots dialect a farm was a "toun", and Arnele was Hunter's toun. This was soon corrupted into "Hunterstoun", whence the modern derivation of its time-revered name may readily be traced.
Nothing remains today of that original Charter from King Malcolm IV. about the year 1160, but the land itself speaks more loudly and clearly and eloquently than any mere shred of paper could ever possibly hope to do, of a direct hereditary succession unbroken by time. Although each successive Laird has traditionally received a fresh Royal Charter, the earliest one which has survived the ages and the ravages of time, and which has come down to us intact, is that issued by Robert II. of Scotland on 2 May 1374 to the ninth Laird, William Huntar of Arnell, "for faithful services" as his hereditary Huntsman, and the old parchment may still be viewed, duly and expertly preserved, mounted and framed by the talented conservators of the British Museum, together with a literal translation of its original Latin text, on display at Hunterston. It was also during the tenure of this William or his successor that Hunters were numbered amongst representatives of several ancient Norman families from Ayrshire as well as other parts of Scotland who accompanied the Chief of Clan Sinclair, himself a Norman, on a holy assignment to the (officially) not-yet-discovered New World, the very existence of which was quite possibly one of the best-kept secrets of the time.
Unfortunately there are very few old family papers now remaining in the Hunterston Charter Chest, and nothing prior to this document of 1374; but we know of a surety the truth of the legend that the Estate was first vested in a Norman Huntar of Arnele, (clearly and undoubtedly, as we have seen, the first Sir Aylmer), by King Malcolm IV. betwixt 1153 and 1165 because an instrument of Alexander III. of Scotland in 1271 granting the lands of Manners to William Baddebie bears special reference expressly exempting from its scope the property in question in these terms: "excepta terra quondam Normani Venatoris quod Rex Malcolums frater Regis Wilmi avi nostri ei dedit". Translated, this basically reads, "except the lands of the Norman Hunter, which King Malcolm, brother to our grandfather King William, gave him". At that point in time at any rate there evidently could have been no doubt about the matter, and the original Charter itself was undoubtedly then still extant as well.
The lands of Hunterston are traditionally rented from The Crown under the terms of the ancient Charter at a rate of one silver penny Scots payable each year at the Feast of Pentecost if so demanded by the Monarch of the Realm and if the Sovereign should in fact come to Hunterston at that time to collect the fee; and to this day silver pennies minted during the reigns of Robert II. and George V., amongst others, some secured inside the frame of the actual parchment itself, are maintained at Hunterston to meet the demand, should it ever be made. Finally, on 5 June 1979, for the first time in modern memory, the "blenche ferme" or "Royal Rent", in the form of a silver penny of Alexander III., was able to be formally presented at a special ceremony at Hunterston to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother upon the occasion of an official visit to the West of Scotland during the course of which Her Majesty also inaugurated some new industrial facilities on the foreshore near the Hunterston nuclear power generating station.
The present Estate of Hunterston, technically now comprising both Hunterston and Campbelton, two conterminous properties which, whilst ever retaining their own distinctive names, rights and privileges, have been for centuries incorporated and jointly administered, on the coast of the Clyde to the westward of Southanan, is the only portion of what is now the Parish of West Kilbride which, from its earliest division in the 12th Century, has consistently remained entirely unalienated from the family to which it was originally granted. It is certainly most pleasing and gratifying indeed to find that this very ancient lineage, or for that matter any family of such great antiquity, have ever continued in absolute and uninterrupted heritable succession down to our own time, a period soon approaching a thousand years, in this, their original feudal territory, whilst most of the principal barons and great landholders under the de Morvilles, as well as the de Morvilles themselves, have long since utterly disappeared, and have been all but forgotten today in their wide domains and once-proud feudal prerogatives. From this, the undisputed inheritance of the Hunters, the seed of this far-flung race has gone forth throughout the land and into all the world to achieve even higher acclaim heaped upon them in countless fields, and to thereby still further justify and magnify the well-warranted and richly-deserved glories which they have merited and which society has so willingly and gladly attributed, ascribed and added unto them in undying appreciation and gratitude for their many deeds of self-sacrifice and valour, and their innumerable acts of devotion and selfless services to humanity above and beyond any mere call of compassionate obligation or moral duty.
The first in the direct line of this Branch of the Hunter race to set foot upon the shores of the New World was Andrew Hunter, a native of the Parish of Sorn and at time of emigration a resident of the Parish of Old Cumnock, both in the County of Ayr on the West Lowland coast of Scotland. Descended on his father's side from the ancient and noble Ayrshire House and Family of Hunter of Hunterston, Andrew was formally christened according to the rites and ceremonies of the Established Kirk of Scotland at Sorn on 26 February 1764, being the firstborn son and second child to John Hunter and Margaret Patrick who had been married there on 6 May preceding and who at the time of his birth were residing at North Catrine in that Parish. In accordance with an old traditional Scots custom and practice staunchly observed and adhered to by the Hunters until 1880 even in Canada, Andrew, as the eldest son, bore his paternal grandfather's forename.
It is understood that insofar as the Hunters are concerned this naming pattern had begun when one of Andrew's predecessors, another Andrew, a younger son to Hunterston, had a heated dispute with his elder brother, the Heir-Apparent to the Chiefship of Clan Hunter. The Heir evidently bore the same name as their father the Laird, and Andrew's ancestor, it is said, vowed never again to speak the name of his elder brother, (and, unfortunately, by extension, his father). Leaving home, he made good this pledge never to use that name in his own family; but he had a beloved younger brother John, and with John's name he chose to honour and endow his own eldest son. In due course this son John similarly favoured his son with the name Andrew, and thereafter Andrews and Johns continued to alternate in the eldest degree in each generation for nigh on 200 years.
At a date likewise uncertain but undoubtedly well prior to 1781, in consequence of their having foreseen the gradual but eventual and indeed altogether inevitable swallowing-up of their lands and home at North Catrine on the north bank of the River Ayr by the expansion of the proposed new industrial village of Catrine, the family removed from Sorn Parish to the nearby Parish of Old Cumnock where they occupied the property there known, then as now, as Little Auchengibbert.
It was whilst dwelling in this latter place that young Andrew met and eventually married, on 21 September 1792, his wife of more than 40 years, Janet Spiers, or Speirs. The couple in due course produced a family of eight children, all of whom survived to achieve adulthood and all of whom finally reached Canada to settle, like their parents, in Edwardsburgh Township in what was then still part of the old Municipal District of Johnstown in the Province of Upper Canada. These eight were: Jane or Jean, born probably at Old Cumnock Parish, 29 March 1793; John, christened at Auchinleck, 23 November 1794; and, all born probably at Old Cumnock Parish, Andrew, 25 April 1797; Allan, 22 April 1799; Margaret, 25 November 1801; Mary, 11 May 1804; Thomas, 1 September 1806; and Christian, 22 January 1810. Of these, all save Thomas yet have living descendants today scattered across the length and breadth of the North American continent, and some have even returned beyond the seas.
Upon the 18th day of April in the year 1818 Andrew and Janet, together with five of their eight children, set sail from the Port of Edinburgh, whither they had previously resorted in order to obtain and secure passage, bound for a new home in British North America. Jane, who had already married at Cumnock on 2 July 1813 another native of the same place, one Robert McLatchie, at this time remained behind with her husband and young family, as also did her two younger brothers John and Allan, both as yet unmarried. The family travelled aboard an old sailing vessel and the voyage was a most turbulent and hazardous one, beset as it was with high winds, violent storms and rough, heaving seas, so much so in fact that the weary passengers more than once had great cause to fear for their very lives; but at long last the little party finally reached the Gulf of St. Lawrence, entered the mouth of the mighty river bearing the same name, and, awestruck at its magnificence, progressed upriver to Montréal where they boarded smaller barges or vessels, which craft were necessary to carry them on the final stages of the arduous ordeal. The remainder of the lengthy journey proved comparatively calm and uneventful, and in due course the beleaguered group of travellers made the final docking and stepped ashore onto the soil of Upper Canada just below the present Forwarders' Museum at Prescott, which building was even then already standing, one day sometime late in the month of July 1818. During the entire three months' time the crossing had occupied whilst making their way to this new land, 21-year-old Andrew Jr., with an eye to the future and a sense of historic mission, had meticulously recorded a journal of the day-to-day proceedings and experiences for the edification and benefit of posterity, and at one point even noted his surprise at sighting a starling unusually far out at sea. When at a later date in another of his writings he once referred to his father as having been, prior to leaving Scotland, the "oldest man of the name of Hunter in all the land", he was most probably making reference not so much to his mere chronological age, actually only 54, but rather, more likely, to the fact that the senior line of Hunterston had by then passed into female representation, being at the time in possession of an Heiress.
The family soon relocated from Prescott to Edwardsburgh, where within the space of the next three years, in 1821 to be precise, they were shortly joined by the eldest daughter Jane, her husband Robert, and the four McLatchie children then born, six more being duly added after emigration. Here it was, too, after a brief time, that the second daughter Margaret met another young neighbouring settler, Adam Linnen by name, whom she subsequently married on the first of December 1820 across the river at Ogdensburg, New York, the ceremony being performed there in consequence of the fact that there was then no authorised person qualified to solemnise the act of matrimony in all the closer territory round about. This same Adam Linnen, whilst serving as a Private Militiaman in the First Regiment of the Grenville Militia under the command of the famous Hugh Munro, later became one of the 13 gallant Canadian volunteers who, together with one regular British officer and one regular soldier, fell in action in mortal combat in defence of freedom at Windmill Point along the riverfront on the banks of the St. Lawrence, fending off the rebel American brigands in the celebrated four-day Battle of the Windmill there, his death occurring in meritorious circumstances at the height of the bloody fray on that fateful Tuesday, 13 November 1838. Adam fell beside a pigsty and, although left much mutilated by the swine, it is not known whether at the time the mauling began he was alive or dead. Eight of their children survived childhood, the youngest being George Linnen, a mere infant at the time of his father's heroic though tragic and untimely death, and afterward the master stonemason who constructed both the Presbyterian and Roman Catholic churches at Spencerville. So sturdy were the walls he erected with his own hands that they endured and withstood even the fiery conflagration which engulfed St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church nearly a century after its completion, standing gutted but intact, and in the newly-reconstructed interior today a plaque has been mounted to the memory of this durable builder of a bygone era. Nearly eight years after Adam Linnen paid the supreme sacrifice and laid down his life for Queen and country his widow Margaret Hunter remarried, this time another Cumnock native, Richard Welsh, a widower with a son and daughter of his own, and she reared also these children of his previous marriage.
History was made on 24 March 1821 when Andrew Hunter Sr. obtained by nominal purchase from James Jackson and Samuel Hunter, a cousin by way of Ireland and Loyalist America, the tract of 100 acres comprising the East Half of Lot 21 in the Fifth Concession of Edwardsburgh, which had originally been granted by Letters Patent from The Crown on 17 May 1802 to Jackson and to Samuel's father David. This land was destined therefore to become the nucleus of that which would one day come to form and be known as The Hunter Settlement, or, popularly, as Huntertown, Hunterville or other similar designations at various periods. In the many years and generations which followed, the hugely expanding family spread outward from this place to acquire further adjacent properties until for a considerable radius the surrounding area was populated primarily by Andrew's own descendants under a wide variety of names including, amongst many others, Hunter, McLatchie, Linnen, Smail and Gladstone, on lands each bearing their own distinctive place-names in the old Scots tradition.
Within the next five years after the Hunters' settling on the land in the Fifth Concession the third daughter Mary married William Smail, a native of the countryside around historic Jedburgh in Roxburghshire, and, with his brother Robert who came with him and their nephew Andrew who followed later, one of the three male progenitors of the numerous Smails who have since inhabited the district. William was an active and prominent citizen in later years, serving many terms as a Township Councillor and several times as Deputy Reeve and Reeve of Edwardsburgh and Counties Councillor of the United Counties of Leeds and Grenville. He was one of the principal organisers of the Reform Movement in that area of the Province at a special meeting held for the purpose at Spencerville in 1851. Soon after the marriage of William and Mary, Christian, the youngest of the Hunters, likewise married a neighbour, Charles Lewis, some of whose family were of United Empire Loyalist stock, and both Mary and Christian went on thereafter to rear large families as well.
About this time The Hunter Settlement began to overflow from the Fifth Concession northward and southward into the adjoining Concessions as well as eastward and westward along its own line. One of the principal acquisitions took place when, on 7 December 1829, Lot 22 in the Sixth Concession of Edwardsburgh, some 200 acres in all, was purchased from the executors of the estate of that celebrated Loyalist, Captain Peter Drummond, the West Half being deeded to Andrew Hunter Jr. and the East Half to his brother Thomas, the two sons who had accompanied Andrew Sr. to Canada. Andrew Jr. had fairly recently married Isabella Ramage, (sister to Robert Smail's wife Ellen Ramage), whose father William Ramage, (who died 25 September 1831 aged 69 years), is rumoured to have been the metalsmith who had created the original Corporate Seal of The Corporation of Prescott, but which claim his death-date alone would, in light of the best scholarly research, seem to belie and tend to suggest should or ought to probably more properly accrue to a son instead. Upon settling upon this land in the Sixth Concession Andrew Jr. promptly designated the road running past it Park Street, it is said, for the street upon which the Ramages had once dwelt in their native Scotland. (In later years this roadway would also become known for a time as Hunter Street.) About 1849 - 1850 this Andrew, an accomplished artisan and craftsman and a skilled stonemason by trade, erected the fine stone residence which he called "Edinburgh Castle" and which, despite modernisation to a degree, was still standing in much the same essential form nearly a century and a half later, being then yet in the Hunter name and occupied by his great-grandson Dean and family until finally sold in 1996. This old family home had seen many changes and witnessed many dramas, particularly in times of crises and epidemics, such as the great diphtheria outbreaks of 1880 and 1885 which tragically claimed a total of three Hunter babies in this house. It was on the formermost occasion, with the death of young Rebecca, and the entire family in quarantine, that her grieving father John personally had to crudely hammer together a rough wooden casket and pass it through a window of Edinburgh Castle to the neighbouring men waiting outside, for a hasty interment in her grandfather Andrew's plot at St. Andrew's, Spencerville.
Having thus helped his two sons in Canada become established, Andrew Hunter Sr. now naturally turned his sights, wishing to ensure that his other two sons, John and Allan, both still in Scotland, would also share in his inheritance. No doubt, growing older and in failing health, Andrew also desired once more to see the two lads he had left so many years before, as well as the wives they had married and the offspring he had never seen who had been born in the old land across the ocean. Thus it was, then, that on the last day of December in the year 1831, with his son-in-law Adam Linnen, (signing his name "Linen"), as a witness, Andrew Hunter executed at Prescott a most curious document as his Last Will and Testament, (afterward proved by Allan Hunter at Prescott before the famed Robert Headlam on 5 January 1835 following the testator's death), in which he required that prior to the demise of Janet his wife, John and Allan or either of them must settle and take up permanent residence in Upper Canada in order to qualify to claim his property, which would then accordingly devolve upon both or either of them exclusively; failing which it would jointly revert solely to the other two sons Andrew and Thomas, or the survivor of them, instead. These provisions were then communicated to the two sons in Scotland who, being self-respecting Scots, could scarcely resist and forfeit a share in their father's legacy. By the time notification was received and they could attend to having their affairs wound up, (including divestiture of John's weaving and textile interests at Paisley and Allan's own mercantile establishment at Cumnock), the year 1832 was drawing to a close and it was too late to arrange passage that year; but early the next spring, 1833, the last of the Hunters, with their respective families, bade farewell to the old sod and their lifelong acquaintances and associations, and departed for Canada and the kin they had not seen in 15 years, setting out, it is said, from Paisley as their final Scottish base.
Despite having done well in their more civilised homeland, the newcomers, after a perilous sailing voyage lasting precisely 14 weeks and four days, took quickly to their new and more strenuous lifestyle in The Hunter Settlement in a land still very much a frontier wilderness. John shortly took up residence with his brother Thomas on the Sixth Concession whilst Allan temporarily joined his parents on the Fifth with a view to acquiring an adjoining tract in Lot 22 next door, beside his sister Margaret and her husband Adam Linnen. Here Allan almost immediately re-established the lucrative business enterprises he had abandoned that spring at Cumnock, and his subsequent life and times proved of particular interest. He became very active in community affairs as well, and, like his brother-in-law William Smail, he too served many years in public office as Councillor, Deputy Reeve and Reeve of the Township of Edwardsburgh and Justice of the Peace, and sat on the last Municipal Council of the old District of Johnstown as well as the first and many succeeding Counties Councils of the new United Counties, thus beginning a family tradition of public service seldom punctuated by interruption ever since. Rarely has there been a protracted period of time during the intervening years when a descendant of Andrew Hunter Sr., or a spouse of same, has not occupied the so-called "family seat" on Edwardsburgh Township Council. Allan was a member of numerous committees of both Township and Counties Councils over the years, but interested himself primarily in finance and public works. He was the self-appointed "financial watchdog" of Council, often criticising wastage and undue expenditures, and many of the Counties' roads and bridges owed their origins or improvements to his efforts and concerns as well. Allan Hunter was also one of the founders of the Reform Movement in South Grenville, (which movement was the direct forerunner of and laid the foundations for the Liberal Party of Canada), and was present, together with William Smail, James Hurley, Edward McGannon, David Spencer, James Stitt, Hugh Boyle, Levi Adams, John Cook and James Keeler, at an organisational meeting at Spencerville on Wednesday, 23 July 1851 which arranged a second or public meeting for the same place on 2 September which in turn attracted 54 prominent leading locals and resulted in the nomination of a Reform candidate, Dr. William Patrick, a distant Hunter kinsman, who was thus launched on what at that point promised to flower into a brilliant political career. Some three years later Allan likewise became one of the principal organisers of the Edwardsburgh Agricultural Society and its now-famous Spencerville Fair, serving moreover as one of its earliest Presidents. Allan Hunter continued also to serve the region in many other capacities and ways, and in fact the 1861 Census Return for his home vicinity is recorded in his own bold script, as enumerator, for all the world to see.
Andrew Hunter Sr., as stated, died toward the close of the year 1834, (in all probability at his historic house where once even the renowned pioneer missionary, the Reverend Dr. Robert Boyd himself, was wont to preach on alternate Sabbaths prior to the establishment of any church at Spencerville, for which cause Andrew was posthumously honoured by the selection of the name St. Andrew's for that church), having accomplished the final fulfilment of his greatest personal dreams and lifelong heart's desires in successfully at last regathering his entire family about him. He had presided over his flock in the accustomed style of an old-time Scottish Branch Chieftain, and, now, according to his fondest wishes and the groundwork he had lain, his eldest son John was looked to as his lawful and legitimate successor and continued to do much the same. In accordance with Andrew's express oral instructions, arrangements were eventually made for John to secure Allan's share and interest, under terms of the will, in the original homestead in order that John might thus take over unencumbered the traditional Clan seat, where Allan had been previously resident. (Such action was in fact necessitated by the very existence of a will, for, without one, the usual laws of inheritance in effect in Upper Canada at that time would have left John, as the eldest son, sole heir-at-law to his father's entire estate, and Allan would have had no claim whatsoever.) This plan was duly effected and by 1840 Allan had vacated the parental family property for a 100 acre tract in Lot 22 of the Fifth Concession, which thereafter became the permanent site of his own stone residence and business facilities, and which later passed to his daughter Catherine, "Kitty", and her husband and first cousin Andrew Hunter Linnen. This enabled John to remove back to the old home place just in time to leave his own newly-married son and heir, another Andrew, in possession of the Sixth Concession premises which John had since inherited outright from his deceased younger brother Thomas. It had long been John's intention that his two surviving children, Andrew and Janet, should eventually succeed to the two pieces of land, with an exchange of locations so that Andrew in his turn might inherit the original seat and Janet the newer one; however, when John died intestate on 14 October 1860 at the age of 65 after a long decline, they elected for the sake of convenience to dispense with such preordained uprooting and reorganisation of their families, and instead to simply remain where they were, - Andrew on the Sixth Concession, and Janet and her cousin-husband John Linnen on the original land in the Fifth Concession where they had already been living with her parents John and Margaret during John's lifetime.
So the old family home at length passed out of the Hunter name and into the Linnens, and the new official seat came to be Andrew's home on the northerly tract as the principal residence of the head of the whole Branch in Canada, as it then remained until Andrew's own death on 26 June 1895 at the age of 74, at which time his eldest son and successor, John, who had a few years earlier withdrawn from the Township in consequence of a dispute, and also to better safeguard the information he held in trust from his parents, declined to return to The Settlement when he took up the rightful representation of the family and name. This latter individual was, of course, the direct lineal progenitor of the Compiler of the present work, who yet holds and bears the selfsame birthright in his own due time. John, in his old age, and living away from The Settlement, with his eldest son in far-off California and his second son dead, both without issue, passed over his youngest son and tiny grandson to entrust the mysteries of British Israel and the secrets of the Order of Zion to a properly-attuned cousin, the Reverend Dr. Harvey David Linnen, as temporary custodian. The latter accordingly eventually withdrew from his own family, removed alone to Western Canada and devoted himself wholly to the cause for well more than half a century, finally, when extremely aged, restoring or returning that knowledge to the rightful surviving heir-of-line as having been adjudged and found trustworthy to receive, and worthy to hold and retain, the weighty responsibilities of bearing same, it being a burden of such nature and magnitude, when taken seriously, as to virtually necessitate separation from kith, kin and all former associations.
(It was this same John who at last ended the old family tradition of alternating forenames, by deliberately departing from the custom and introducing unfamiliar names in their stead, - mostly borrowed from his wife's family, - for much the same reasons of conflict as his remote ancestor had begun the practice nearly two centuries earlier; and thus it was, remarkably, that the fruits of one misunderstanding continued to flourish and endure the tests of time and passing generations until ironically extinguished by the aftermath of yet another similar disagreement, - once more a testimony to the truth that the ill moments often long survive the good. Always a stubborn lot, much given to recalcitrance and in some cases downright cantankerous, with a sense of pride second to none, it has sometimes, in fact oftimes, seemed virtually a genetic trait or characteristic that few Hunter fathers and their eldest sons and heirs in direct succession in any Branch have ever been in absolute agreement or on harmonious terms with each other as to personality, and fewer still have been able to get on well together or see eye to eye in most matters of greatest import. John himself, in renouncing and repudiating almost all family ties, carried his vituperation to the extent of indiscriminately rejecting and expunging every principle for which his parents had stood, including even their political affiliations and alliances, joining the opposite political party instead. One curious altercation took place with a fellow resident of Oxford Township, James Arthur Templeton, a large-scale buyer and seller of produce, concerning the price of Hunter potatoes, from which originated a serious long-standing feud, and John, had he lived long enough, would no doubt have been outraged beyond measure to have learned of the eventual marriage of his own grandson to J. Arthur Templeton's granddaughter.)
John's father, the aforesaid Andrew, also named in honour of his grandfather, and the last Chieftain to actually reside in The Hunter Settlement before the exodus of the principal branch, had married his first cousin Janet McLatchie and produced quite a family, seven in all. His obituary recalls him as a scholarly sort, generally well-informed on most topics, a civic-minded personage and a staunch Grit. He is described as "honest and upright" in all his dealings, and his word was his bond. His aged widow survived to the age of 95 and remained in Edwardsburgh until her death on 19 November 1912 after some 20 years as a bed-ridden invalid in the care of her daughter Jane Cummings; but with the refusal of her son John, again his grandfather's namesake, and the rightful heir, to return home, and the fact that the other children were already comfortably settled on lands of their own, a Family Council in 1898 had previously resolved to transfer the Sixth Concession residence to junior cadets of the family who desired it, in particular to David Ramage Hunter, a grandson of Andrew Jr. Many Hunter descendants still to this day remain scattered about the district under a wide variety of names, but very few Hunters now continue in the area by the original surname itself; and thus the once-prominent Hunter Settlement, although perhaps somewhat diminished in size and scope, still regardless persists and exists in an era as remote in time from its beginnings as Edwardsburgh in distance is from Ayrshire.
Nor has it been entirely forgotten either in this modern day and age of space stations and moonwalks, despite the long period of self-imposed exile during which the senior representative and heir-of-line was absent from his patrimonial territory. Even in far-away Calgary, Alberta, as a Canadian Centennial Project first envisioned and conceived in 1967 - 1968 in honour both of the 100th anniversary of Canadian Confederation and also of the Sesquicentenary of the arrival of Andrew Hunter in Canada, the memory of this pioneer dynasty and its heritage has been fittingly perpetuated and commemorated with the naming of a number of streets in one of the newer subdivisions for persons, places and events connected with the origins and development of the family (Hunter and Hunt) both in Scotland and in Canada, - hence yet one more permanent bridge forever linking the Old World and the New.
James Abbott died 13 November 1923. His wife Jane (Jean or Jeane) Hunter was born in or about 1845 or 1846 probably in The Hunter Settlement, probably on Lot 22, Concession 6, Edwardsburgh Township, Johnstown Municipal District, Canada West, daughter to Andrew Hunter and Isabella Ramage, (to whom refer); died 5 February 1918 probably in Ohio. No children by blood were begotten of or in any case survived this marriage.
James Adam was born 5 August 1898; died 11 November 1948 in Saskatchewan. His wife Elizabeth Jessie Shepherd, (to whom he was married 31 October 1935 at or near Moosomin, Saskatchewan), was born 18 September 1916, daughter to James Shepherd and Laura Agnes Linnen, (to whom refer); married, secondly, 3 July 1957, William J. Dayman, (to whom also refer). James Adam and Elizabeth Jessie Shepherd begat issue: (1) Marion Evelyn Adam, born 16 May 1936, who married 15 August 1955, John Eugene Boland; (2) Bernice Anne Adam, born 17 June 1937, who married 23 August 1958, Leonard Cecil Holowaty; (3) Jean Elizabeth Adam, born 5 December 1939, who married 18 July 1959, Joseph Peter Holowaty; (4) Morgan James Adam, born 11 April 1943, who married 22 April 1972, Gloria Violet Chuley; (5) Bruce Harvey Adam, born 23 April 1948, died early, unmarried, 20 September 1954.
Morgan James Adam was born 11 April 1943, son to James Adam and Elizabeth Jessie Shepherd, (to whom refer). His wife Gloria Violet Chuley, (to whom he was married 22 April 1972), was born 2 September 1942. This couple begat issue: (1) Jennifer Elizabeth Adam, born 7 February 1973; (2) Stephanie Danielle Adam, born 19 June 1974; (3) Rochelle Maureen Adam, born 24 June 1977; (4) Nicole Morgan Adam, born 16 June 1979.
Gerald Alkerton was son to John James "Jay" Alkerton and ---, (to whom refer). His wife was ---. This couple begat issue: (1) Cynthia Alkerton.
John James "Jay" Alkerton was born in 1911, son to John W. Alkerton and Permilla "Millie" Hunter, (to whom refer); died in 1958 at his residence, Henry Street West, Prescott, Grenville County, Ontario in consequence of coronary thrombosis; buried at St. Andrew's Presbyterian Churchyard, Spencerville, Edwardsburgh Township, Grenville County, Ontario. His wife was ---. This couple begat issue: (1) June Alkerton, who married John Farrell; (2) Elaine Alkerton; (3) Gerald Alkerton, who married ---; (4) Ronald Alkerton.
John W. Alkerton was born in or about 1872 or 1873,son to William Alkerton and Lucy Tripp; died in 1953 at Brockville, Leeds County, Ontario; buried at St. Andrew's Presbyterian Churchyard, Spencerville, Edwardsburgh Township, Grenville County, Ontario. His wife Permilla "Millie" Hunter was born 10 September 1868 probably in The Hunter Settlement, probably on Lot 22, Concession 6, Edwardsburgh Township, Grenville County, Ontario, daughter to John Hunter and Ellen (Hellen or Helen) Smail, (to whom refer); died in 1951; buried at St. Andrew's Presbyterian Churchyard, Spencerville, Edwardsburgh Township, Grenville County, Ontario. This couple begat issue: (1) John James "Jay" Alkerton, born in 1911, died in 1958 at his residence, Henry Street West, Prescott, Grenville County, Ontario in consequence of coronary thrombosis, buried at St. Andrew's Presbyterian Churchyard, Spencerville, Edwardsburgh Township, Grenville County, Ontario, who married ---.
Romaus Joseph "Randy" Almond Jr. was son to Romaus Joseph Almond and ---. His wife Sarah Marjory Eldred, (to whom he was married 29 November 1987 in Louisiana), was born 17 March 1966, daughter to William Orrin Eldred II. and Barbara Jean Geiser, (to whom refer). No further records of possible offspring of this marriage are presently available.
--- Anderson. His wife Janet "Jessie" Black was born in August 1870, daughter to John Black and Elizabeth "Lizzie" Linnen, (to whom refer). No further records of possible offspring of this marriage are presently available.
Cecil Andrews died in consequence of a drowning incident. His wife Georgina Covington was born 26 February 1920, daughter to Earl George Covington and Annie Alberta McLennan, (to whom refer); married, secondly, Benjamin Hyderman, (to whom also refer). Cecil Andrews and Georgina Covington begat issue: (1) William Andrews, died early, unmarried, in consequence of a drowning incident, buried at Cardinal, Grenville County, Ontario; (2) Karon Andrews, who married David Sproule; (3) Jenny Andrews.
Michael Arcand was son to Michael John Arcand and Elsie Madeleine Collier. His wife Janice Sloan was daughter to John Garnet Sloan and Mary Fern Montgomery, (to whom refer). This couple begat issue: (1) Cheryl Arcand; (2) Corey Arcand.
Floyd Armetrout. His wife Annie Laurie Wallace was born 7 August 1899 at Scofield, Carbon County, Utah, daughter to Andrew Wallace and Margaret Ann Cox, (to whom refer); married, firstly, 17 July 1918, Jack Forbes, (to whom also refer); married, thirdly, Howard Dunn, (to whom likewise also refer); died at Hawthorne, Los Angeles County, California. No further records of possible offspring of the marriage of Floyd Armetrout and Annie Laurie Wallace are presently available.
William Armour. His wife Annie Wallace was born in December 1836 at Galston Parish, Kyle District, Ayr County, Scotland. This couple begat issue: (1) William Armour Jr., born 3 November 1858 at Galston Parish, Kyle District, Ayr County, Scotland.
Walter Amasa Ault was born 9 July 1954 at Brockville General Hospital, Brockville, Leeds County, Ontario. His wife Arlene Ada Levere was born 4 December 1957 at Edwardsburgh Township, near Cardinal, Grenville County, Ontario, daughter to Hilliard Levere and Myrtle Evelyn McMillan, (to whom refer). This couple begat issue: (1) Pamela Jessie Ault, born 3 October 1974 at Brockville General Hospital, Brockville, Leeds County, Ontario; (2) Walter Bradley Hilliard Ault, born 16 February 1977 at Brockville General Hospital, Brockville, Leeds County, Ontario; (3) Douglas James Ault, born 7 November 1978 at Brockville General Hospital, Brockville, Leeds County, Ontario; (4) Paul Joseph Ault, born 27 December 1984 at Brockville General Hospital, Brockville, Leeds County, Ontario.
John Austin. His wife Myrna Murdock was daughter to John Thomas Murdock and Ruby Smith, (to whom refer). No further records of possible offspring of this marriage are presently available.
Richard Austin. His wife Kathleen Theresa Murdock was daughter to Maurice Robert Murdock and Mary McEachen, (to whom refer). This couple begat issue: (1) Judy Austin, born 8 May 1975; (2) Simon Austin, born 20 January 1977; (3) Jeffrey Austin, born 21 December 1979.
Nick Baca. His wife Deborah Ann Linnen was daughter to Donald Leroy Linnen and Shirley A. Ledbetter, (to whom refer); married, secondly, Michael Nielson, (to whom also refer). Nick Baca and Deborah Ann Linnen begat issue: (1) Kristopher Lee Baca; (2) Jonathan Patrick Baca.
Robert Baker was born in 1872, son to Thomas Baker and ---; died in 1959 at or near Johnstown, Edwardsburgh Township, Grenville County, Ontario; buried at Johnstown Commons Cemetery, near Johnstown, Edwardsburgh Township, Grenville County, Ontario. His wife Mary Jane "Minnie" McLatchie was born a twin 2 May 1872 (according to some sources and Registrar-General) or 7 May 1872 (according to some sources) at Augusta Township, Grenville County, Ontario, daughter to Allan McLatchie and Margaret Turner, (to whom refer); died in 1948 at her residence at or near Johnstown, Edwardsburgh Township, Grenville County, Ontario; buried at Johnstown Commons Cemetery, near Johnstown, Edwardsburgh Township, Grenville County, Ontario. No children by blood were begotten of or in any case survived this marriage.
John B. Baldwin was born 10 March 1885 at Genesee Township, Genesee County, Michigan; died 15 March 1925 at Davison, Genesee County, Michigan. His wife Nettie Mae Rutherford, (to whom he was married 7 December 1918), was born 7 October 1882 at Imlay, Lapeer County, Michigan, daughter to Robert S. Rutherford and Sarah H. "Sadie" Wallace, (to whom refer); died 27 April 1921 at Flint, Genesee County, Michigan; buried in 1921 at Grace Lawn Cemetery, Flint, Genesee County, Michigan. No further records of possible offspring of this marriage are presently available.
Leo P. Baldwin was born 17 February 1887 at Genesee Township, Genesee County, Michigan; died 3 May 1932 at Flint, Genesee County, Michigan; buried 5 May 1932 at Grace Lawn Cemetery, Flint, Genesee County, Michigan. His wife Mabel Rutherford, (to whom he was married in 1918 at Flint, Genesee County, Michigan), was born 26 October 1891 at Imlay Township, Lapeer County, Michigan, daughter to Robert S. Rutherford and Sarah H. "Sadie" Wallace, (to whom refer); died in November 1984 at Brandywine Nursing Home, Winter Haven, Polk County, Florida. No further records of possible offspring of this marriage are presently available.
Christian Cephus Barkley was born 16 January 1875 at or near South Mountain, Mountain Township, Dundas County, Ontario; died 21 August 1939 at Edwardsburgh Township, Grenville County, Ontario; buried in August 1939 at St. Andrew's Presbyterian Churchyard, Spencerville, Edwardsburgh Township, Grenville County, Ontario, (where his tombstone inaccurately and incorrectly bears the inscription "Christian G. Barkley"). His wife Arlowa McLatchie, (to whom he was married 22 October 1902 at Edwardsburgh Township, Grenville County, Ontario), was born 6 February 1880 at Edwardsburgh Township, Grenville County, Ontario, daughter to Thomas McLatchie and Mary Elizabeth Fairgray (or Feargray), (to whom refer); died 18 January 1968 or 18 February 1968 (depending upon sources) at Riverside Hospital, Ottawa, Carleton County, Ontario; buried in 1968 at St. Andrew's Presbyterian Churchyard, Spencerville, Edwardsburgh Township, Grenville County, Ontario. This couple begat issue: (1) Floyd Thomas Barkley, born 5 July 1904 at Edwardsburgh Township, Grenville County, Ontario, died 29 January 1982 at Ottawa, Ottawa-Carleton Regional Municipality, Ontario, who married Lucy Elizabeth McIntosh; (2) Gladys Mary Barkley, born 12 March 1906 at Edwardsburgh Township, Grenville County, Ontario, died 1 November 1937 at Edwardsburgh Township, Grenville County, Ontario, who married Victor Riddell; (3) Bessie May Barkley, born 25 August 1908 at or near South Mountain, Mountain Township, Dundas County, Ontario, who married Merrill Henry Presley; (4) Jessie Mabel Barkley, born in February 1910, died early, unmarried, 31 August 1921; (5) Aileen Arlowa Barkley, born 16 June 1912 at Edwardsburgh Township, Grenville County, Ontario, died unmarried in April 1937 at Edwardsburgh Township, Grenville County, Ontario, buried in 1937 at St. Andrew's Presbyterian Churchyard, Spencerville, Edwardsburgh Township, Grenville County, Ontario; (6) Donald Lorne Barkley, born 2 May 1921 at Edwardsburgh Township, Grenville County, Ontario, who married in 1943, Kathleen Mary Saunders.
Dale McIntosh Barkley was born 20 August 1935, son to Floyd Thomas Barkley and Lucy Elizabeth McIntosh, (to whom refer). His wife (and third cousin) Sandra Loretta McLatchie was daughter to Randolph Allan McLatchie and Pansy Harper, (to whom also refer); died 25 December 1977 in consequence of an aneurysm of the brain. This couple begat issue: (1) Kimberley Lynn Barkley, born 26 September 1958 at Kuppenheim, Rastatt District, Karlsruhe Government Administrative Region, Baden-Württemberg State, Federal Republic of Germany, who married Raymond Richard Townsend; (2) Steven Dale Barkley, born 13 August 1960, who married 22 October 1988 at St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church, Prescott, Grenville County, Ontario, Joan Elaine Rupert.
Donald Lorne Barkley was born 2 May 1921 at Edwardsburgh Township, Grenville County, Ontario, son to Christian Cephus Barkley and Arlowa McLatchie, (to whom refer). His wife Kathleen Mary Saunders, (to whom he was married in 1943), was born 7 June 1923 in Saskatchewan. This couple begat issue: (1) Douglas Murray George Barkley, born in 1947; (2) Thomas Floyd Barkley, born in 1948; (3) Daniel Donald Barkley, born in 1952; (4) Barbara Arlowa Barkley, born in 1955.
Edric Barkley was born 6 January 1937, son to Floyd Thomas Barkley and Lucy Elizabeth McIntosh, (to whom refer). His wife Jeannine Phyllis English, (to whom he was married 1 May 1954 at St. John's Anglican Church, Iroquois, Dundas County, Ontario), was daughter to Albert English and ---. No further records of possible offspring of this marriage are presently available.
Floyd Thomas Barkley was born 5 July 1904 at Edwardsburgh Township, Grenville County, Ontario, son to Christian Cephus Barkley and Arlowa McLatchie, (to whom refer); died 29 January 1982 at Ottawa, Ottawa-Carleton Regional Municipality, Ontario. His wife Lucy Elizabeth McIntosh was born 24 February 1908 at or near Winchester Springs, Winchester Township, Dundas County, Ontario; died 15 November 1969 at Brockville General Hospital, Brockville, Leeds County, Ontario or at Prescott, Grenville County, Ontario (depending upon sources); buried at Rideau Vale Cemetery, Kars, Ottawa-Carleton Regional Municipality, Ontario or at Prescott, Grenville County, Ontario (depending upon sources). This couple begat issue: (1) Dale McIntosh Barkley, born 20 August 1935, who married his third cousin Sandra Loretta McLatchie; (2) Edric Barkley, born 6 January 1937, who married 1 May 1954 at St. John's Anglican Church, Iroquois, Dundas County, Ontario, Jeannine Phyllis English.
Steven Dale Barkley was born 13 August 1960, son to Dale McIntosh Barkley and Sandra Loretta McLatchie, (to whom refer). His wife Joan Elaine Rupert, (to whom he was married 22 October 1988 at St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church, Prescott, Grenville County, Ontario), was daughter to John Rodney Rupert and Jennie Francis. This couple begat issue: (1) Tobias Barkley, born 12 March 1994 at Brockville, Leeds County, Ontario.
Joseph M. Barnacle was born 29 August 1937. His wife Rae Louise Schmidt, (to whom he was married 23 June 1962 and from whom subsequently divorced 9 January 1974), was born 23 August 1936, daughter to Albert Felix Schmidt and Oletha Pearl Eldred, (to whom refer); married, secondly, --- Young, (to whom also refer). No children by blood were begotten of the marriage of Joseph M. Barnacle and Rae Louise Schmidt.
Donald Theodore Barton was born 25 April 1917 at Edwardsburgh Township, Grenville County, Ontario, son to Theodore Barton and ---; died 1 April 1956 at Kingston General Hospital, Kingston, Frontenac County, Ontario; buried in 1956 at Maynard, Augusta Township, Grenville County, Ontario. His wife Ada Beryl McMillan, (to whom he was married 15 November 1938), was born a twin 24 April 1919 at Edwardsburgh Township, Grenville County, Ontario, daughter to Andrew Hunter McMillan and Alice Whitley, (to whom refer); married, secondly, 29 April 1967 at Maynard, Augusta Township, Grenville County, Ontario, Charles Stewart Steed, (to whom also refer); died 29 June 1989 at Grace Hospital, Windsor, Essex County, Ontario; buried 1 July 1989 at Maynard, Augusta Township, Grenville County, Ontario, (with the Reverend Patricia Swan, United Church of Canada, officiating). Donald Theodore Barton and Ada Beryl McMillan begat issue: (1) Robert Henry Barton, born 30 June 1940 at Augusta Township, Grenville County, Ontario, who married 5 November 1966, Barbara Simzer.
Robert Henry Barton was born 30 June 1940 at Augusta Township, Grenville County, Ontario, son to Donald Theodore Barton and Ada Beryl McMillan, (to whom refer). His wife Barbara Simzer, (to whom he was married 5 November 1966), was born 1 May 1947 at Mountain Township, Dundas County, Ontario. This couple begat issue: (1) Tammy Marie Barton, born 24 August 1969 at Brockville, Leeds County, Ontario; (2) Laura Ann Barton, born 23 July 1973 at Windsor, Essex County, Ontario.
Theodore "Ted" Barton was born in 1921 at or near Domville, Augusta Township, Grenville County, Ontario, son to Henry Barton and Jessie McKay; died in 1970 at his residence near Kingston, Frontenac County, Ontario in consequence of cardiac arrest; buried at Roselawn Memorial Gardens, Maitland, Augusta Township, Grenville County, Ontario. His wife Enid Emily Smail, (to whom he was married 15 September 1944 at the Parsonage, the United Church of Canada, Prescott, Grenville County, Ontario), was born 15 September 1921 at or near Spencerville, Edwardsburgh Township, Grenville County, Ontario, daughter to Harry Raymond Smail and Mary Helen "Nellie" Smail, (to whom refer); died 6 April 1961 or 7 April 1961 (depending upon sources) at Brockville General Hospital, Brockville, Leeds County, Ontario in consequence of Hodgkin's Disease; buried in 1961 at Roselawn Memorial Gardens, Maitland, Augusta Township, Grenville County, Ontario. No children by blood were begotten of this marriage.
Gordon Baynham was son to Reginald "Reg" Baynham and Marion Dorothy Smail, (to whom refer). His wife was ---. This couple begat issue: (1) Heather Baynham.
Reginald "Reg" Baynham. His wife Marion Dorothy Smail, (to whom he was married in 1951), was born in 1921, daughter to Anson Gordon Smail and Annie Owers, (to whom refer); died 10 October 1985 at St. Vincent de Paul Hospital, Brockville, Leeds County, Ontario; buried 12 October 1985 at Roselawn Memorial Gardens, Maitland, Augusta Township, Grenville County, Ontario. This couple begat issue: (1) Gordon Baynham, who married ---.
Lewis Beach. His wife Lynn Gladstone was daughter to John Clyde "Jack" Gladstone and Ann Mack, (to whom refer). This couple begat issue: (1) Marcus Beach; (2) Kevin Beach.
Nelson Adolphus "Dolph" Beach was born in or about April 1846 at Winchester Township, Eastern Municipal District, Canada West, son to Louis (or Lewis) Beach and Elizabeth Burne (Burn or Burns); died 31 October 1926 at or near Spencerville, Edwardsburgh Township, Grenville County, Ontario in consequence of six months' suffering with cystitis and prostatitis; buried 2 November 1926 at or near Spencerville, Edwardsburgh Township, Grenville County, Ontaio. His wife Margaret Linnen, (to whom he was married 5 September 1872 at Ogdensburg, St. Lawrence County, New York), was born 15 September 1846 probably in The Hunter Settlement, probably on Lot 22, Concession 5, Edwardsburgh Township, Johnstown Municipal District, Canada West, daughter to Andrew Hunter Linnen and Catherine (Catharine, Katharine or Katherine) "Kitty" Hunter, (to whom refer); died 21 November 1925 at Edwardsburgh Township, Grenville County, Ontario. This couple begat issue: (1) James Beach, died early, unmarried; (2) Elizabeth Beach, died early, unmarried; (3) Charlotte Linnen "Lottie" Beach, born 23 January 1888 at Red Bluff, Madison County, Montana, who married, firstly, Oscar Amos Houghtaling, and, secondly, 23 May 1933 at Grenville County, Ontario, Edward Dempster Griffen.
Thomas Beaven was born 26 February 1931. His wife Barbara Kenzie was born 2 June 1936, daughter to Dilman Edward Kenzie and Gladys Steele, (to whom refer). This couple begat issue: (1) Paul David Beaven, born 8 April 1966; (2) Kimberley Anne Elizabeth Beaven, born 20 May 1967.
Arnold Paul Bechard was born 9 September 1960. His wife Laura Helen Elizabeth Boland, (to whom he was married 4 May 1985), was born 22 August 1961, daughter to John Eugene Boland and Marion Evelyn Adam, (to whom refer). This couple begat issue: (1) Gillianne Elise Bechard, born 18 September 1987; (2) Jocelyn Rae Bechard, born 29 September 1988; (3) Lauren Adrienne Bechard, born 7 May 1990; (4) Colin Lane Bechard, born 30 April 1993.
William J. Beck. His wife Mildred Linnen was daughter to Harvey David Linnen and Ruth Hudson, (to whom refer). No further records of possible offspring of this marriage are presently available.
Simon Beckstead. His wife Cora Ellen McLatchie was born 30 July 1903 at Edwardsburgh Township, Grenville County, Ontario, daughter to John McLatchie and Anne (or Annie) Muir, (to whom refer). This couple begat issue: (1) Eileen Beckstead; (2) Gladys Beckstead; (3) a male child probably named Irwin or Ivan Beckstead.
René Celestin Joseph Bedier was born 15 August 1958. His wife Eugenie Anne Boland, (to whom he was married 15 October 1988), was born 23 November 1958, daughter to John Eugene Boland and Marion Evelyn Adam, (to whom refer). This couple begat issue: (1) Justin Dion Bedier, born 1 December 1993.
Helcie Lawrence Beemer. His wife Isabella Wallace was born 2 March 1890 at Scofield, Carbon County, Utah Territory, daughter to Andrew Wallace and Margaret Ann Cox, (to whom refer); married, secondly, Jessie Alphonso Halverson, (to whom also refer). No further records of possible offspring of the marriage of Helcie Lawrence Beemer and Isabella Wallace are presently available.
William W. Beggs died in 1943. His wife Jennie Campbell was born 4 February 1891 (according to some sources and her own statement) or 4 February 1892 (according to some sources and her parents' statement) in Ontario, daughter to John W. Campbell and Margaret "Maggie" Linnen, (to whom refer); died 23 March 1977. No children by blood were begotten of this marriage.
Harold Belile was born 5 October 1913. His wife Eleanor Frances Lunderman was born 8 July 1914, daughter to Harry Lunderman and Arlowa Beatrice Gladstone, (to whom refer); died 13 September 1950. This couple begat issue: (1) Betty Jean Belile, born 26 April 1931; (2) John Harold Belile, born 12 March 1945.
Stephen Bell. His wife Lisa-Marie Linnen was born 21 April 1964, daughter to Gary Clarence Linnen and Anna-Marie Bottan, (to whom refer); married, firstly, 21 May 1988 at St. John Bosco's Roman Catholic Church, Brockville, Leeds County, Ontario, David Gregus, (to whom also refer). No further records of possible offspring of the marriage of Stephen Bell and Lisa-Marie Linnen are presently available.
--- Bemis. His wife Sheryl Ann Ohlsson was born 26 November 1955, daughter to Gerard Bilter Ohlsson and May Lenore Busch, (to whom refer); married, firstly, 8 July 1972, Dexter Damon, (to whom also refer and from whom subsequently divorced); married, thirdly, 21 November 1981, Donald E. Warner, (to whom likewise also refer). No further records of possible offspring of the marriage of --- Bemis and Sheryl Ann Ohlsson are presently available.
Earl Berger Jr. was born 16 November 1928. His wife Delores Scott was born 17 October 1931, daughter to Ronald Edwin Scott and Ethel Wallstrom, (to whom refer). This couple begat issue: (1) Earl Berger III., born 12 November 1952, who married Livid Bruss; (2) Paul Berger, born 28 March 1954; (3) Mark Berger, born 20 October 1957, who married Laurie Kassak; (4) Matthew Berger, born 8 October 1959; (5) Carolyn Berger, born 21 October 1962.
Earl Berger III. was born 12 November 1952, son to Earl Berger Jr. and Delores Scott, (to whom refer). His wife Livid Bruss was born 11 March 1952. This couple begat issue: (1) Earl Berger IV., born 9 October 1971; (2) Melissa Berger, born 6 December 1973.
Mark Berger was born 20 October 1957, son to Earl Berger Jr. and Delores Scott, (to whom refer). His wife Laurie Kassak was born 24 January 1957. This couple begat issue: (1) Mark Berger Jr., born 26 December 1974.
Robert Berger. His wife Karen June Eldred was born 22 January 1952, daughter to William Justin Eldred and Stella Glowacki, (to whom refer). This couple begat issue: (1) Shawn Dale Berger, born in September 1972; (2) Benjamin Berger, born 15 October 1975; (3) Timothy Berger, born 16 January 1980.
William F. Berndsen. His wife Barbara Ellen Taylor, (to whom he was married 12 August 1972), was born 18 January 1949, daughter to William H. Taylor and Ellen L. Stroud, (to whom refer). This couple begat issue: (1) Jennifer Jan Berndsen, born 8 November 1974.
Kenneth Michael Berry was son to Ernest Berry and ---. His wife Jane Elizabeth Montgomery, (to whom he was married 23 June 1984 at Spencerville, Edwardsburgh Township, Grenville County, Ontario and from whom subsequently divorced), was daughter to Bert James Montgomery and Lulu Belle Gillespie, (to whom refer); married, secondly, 29 September 1989 at Brockville, Leeds County, Ontario, Richard F. LaPorte, (to whom also refer). No further records of possible offspring of the marriage of Kenneth Michael Berry and Jane Elizabeth Montgomery are presently available.
David Henry Bevan was born 13 November 1935 at or near Sintaluta, Saskatchewan, son to Harold Montigue "Monty" Bevan and Elsie Louisa Linnen, (to whom refer). His wife Magdalene Archibald "Madge" Wood, (to whom he was married 30 June 1957 at Regina, Saskatchewan), was born 27 March 1938 at or near Pense, Saskatchewan. This couple begat issue: (1) Sandra June Bevan, born 27 December 1956 at Regina, Saskatchewan, who married 12 June 1975 at Regina, Saskatchewan, Ernest Lovis; (2) Nancy Grace Bevan, born 17 June 1959 at Regina, Saskatchewan, who married 6 May 1978, Gary Lloyd Surkan; (3) Gayle Lynd Bevan, born 4 March 1961 at Regina, Saskatchewan; (4) Gwen Susan Bevan, born 5 September 1967 at Regina, Saskatchewan.
Harold Montigue "Monty" Bevan was born 18 July 1905 at or near Cardiff, Glamorgan County, Wales; died 4 March 1983 at Regina, Saskatchewan. His wife Elsie Louisa Linnen, (to whom he was married 8 October 1932 at or near Indian Head, Saskatchewan), was born 1 September 1906 at or near Francis, Local Improvement District 6-J-2, Saskatchewan, daughter to David Samuel Linnen and Mary Louisa Amell, (to whom refer); died 8 February 1990 at Saskatoon, Saskatchewan; buried in 1990 at Regina, Saskatchewan. This couple begat issue: (1) Megan Irene Bevan, born 19 April 1934 at or near Sintaluta, Saskatchewan; (2) David Henry Bevan, born 13 November 1935 at or near Sintaluta, Saskatchewan, who married 30 June 1957 at Regina, Saskatchewan, Magdalene Archibald "Madge" Wood; (3) Olwen Louise Bevan, born 9 May 1941 at or near Sintaluta, Saskatchewan, who married 12 September 1964 at Toronto, Metropolitan Toronto Municipality, Ontario, Edmund Rees.
Sheldon Robert Binch died in January 1941 at Royal, Carbon County, Utah. His wife Annabelle Reese, (to whom he was married 29 November 1936 at Standardville, Carbon County, Utah), was born 15 March 1916 at Castle Gate, Carbon County, Utah, daughter to Theodore Thomas Reese and Jane Beatey Wallace, (to whom refer); married, secondly, 6 March 1946 in the Holy Temple of the Lord at Manti, Sanpete County, Utah, John Keith Kissell, (to whom also refer); died 4 February 2001 at West Jordan, Salt Lake County, Utah; buried 8 February 2001 at Price, Carbon County, Utah. No further records of possible offspring of the marriage of Sheldon Robert Binch and Annabelle Reese are presently available.
Dale Binfeldt. His wife Mary Helen Parslow was born 19 August 1908, daughter to George Parslow and Ella Mary (or Mary Ellen) McLatchie, (to whom refer). No children by blood were begotten of or in any case survived this marriage.
Donald Henry Birtwistle was born 16 April ----. His wife Enid Lorene McLatchie, (to whom he was married 28 August 1954), was born 14 November 1931 at Williamsburgh Township, Dundas County, Ontario, daughter to Wilbert Lorne McLatchie and Olive Luvia McMillan, (to whom refer). This couple begat issue: (1) Heather Lee Birtwistle, born a twin 14 March 1956 at Brampton, Peel County, Ontario, who married 11 November 1978, Garth Schmidt; (2) Holly Lynne Birtwistle, born a twin 14 March 1956 at Brampton, Peel County, Ontario; (3) David Lorne Birtwistle, born 15 March 1958 at Mount Forest, Wellington County, Ontario; (4) Kelly Ann Birtwistle, born 23 October 1959 at Mount Forest, Wellington County, Ontario, who married 11 September 1981, Laurie Douglas Laughlin; (5) John Andrew Birtwistle, born 22 December 1968 at Mount Forest, Wellington County, Ontario.
Hugh Black was born in or about 1859 or 1860, son to John Black and Elizabeth "Lizzie" Linnen, (to whom refer); died 26 April 1900; buried in 1900 at St. Andrew's Presbyterian Churchyard, Spencerville, Edwardsburgh Township, Grenville County, Ontario. His wife was Maria Catherine Hoye. This couple begat issue: (1) Hugh J. Black, born in 1899, died unmarried in or about 1983 or 1984.
John Black was born in or about 1828 or 1829; married, firstly, Agnes Hood; died in 1914; buried at St. Andrew's Presbyterian Churchyard, Spencerville, Edwardsburgh Township, Grenville County, Ontario. His second wife Elizabeth "Lizzie" Linnen was born 20 July 1832 probably in The Hunter Settlement, Edwardsburgh Township, Johnstown Municipal District, Upper Canada, daughter to Adam Linnen and Margaret Hunter, (to whom refer); bore out of wedlock, prior to marriage, by her own stepfather Richard Welsh (Welch or Walsh), (to whom also refer), a male child, (for further records of whom refer to the entry labelled "Elizabeth Linnen" in the "Supplementary" Section at the end of Part I. of this work); died 18 October 1918 (not 18 October 1917 as according to some sources and erroneously suggested or indicated upon her tombstone) at Spencerville, Edwardsburgh Township, Grenville County, Ontario; buried at St. Andrew's Presbyterian Churchyard, Spencerville, Edwardsburgh Township, Grenville County, Ontario. In addition to the upbringing of some children of the Husband's previous marriage, whose names are also listed on the family tombstone, John Black and Elizabeth "Lizzie" Linnen also begat issue: (1) Hugh Black, born in or about 1859 or 1860, died 26 April 1900, buried in 1900 at St. Andrew's Presbyterian Churchyard, Spencerville, Edwardsburgh Township, Grenville County, Ontario, who married Maria Catherine Hoye; (2) Adam Linnen Black, born in or about 1861 or 1862, died early, unmarried, 9 April 1865, buried in 1865 at St. Andrew's Presbyterian Churchyard, Spencerville, Edwardsburgh Township, Grenville County, Canada West; (3) Christina (Christena, Christiana or Christian) Hunter "Tina" Black, born 12 November 1865 at or near Spencerville, Edwardsburgh Township, Grenville County, Canada West, died unmarried 22 October 1946 at her residence, River Road West, Cardinal, Grenville County, Ontario in consequence of a stroke, buried at St. Andrew's Presbyterian Churchyard, Spencerville, Edwardsburgh Township, Grenville County, Ontario; (4) Elizabeth W. Black, born in 1866, died in infancy, unmarried, 20 November 1866, buried at St. Andrew's Presbyterian Churchyard, Spencerville, Edwardsburgh Township, Grenville County, Canada West; (5) Helen (Hellen or Ellen) F. "Nellie" Black, born in or about 1866 or 1867, died unmarried 28 June 1885 at Edwardsburgh Township, Grenville County, Ontario in consequence of six months' suffering with "congestion of the brain", buried in 1885 at St. Andrew's Presbyterian Churchyard, Spencerville, Edwardsburgh Township, Grenville County, Ontario; (6) James Archibald Black, born in or about 1867 or 1868, died unmarried in 1931, buried at St. Andrew's Presbyterian Churchyard, Spencerville, Edwardsburgh Township, Grenville County, Ontario; (7) Janet "Jessie" Black, born in August 1870, who married --- Anderson; (8) Rachel D. Black, born in 1872, died in infancy, unmarried, in 1872, buried at St. Andrew's Presbyterian Churchyard, Spencerville, Edwardsburgh Township, Grenville County, Ontario.
--- Blackmore. His wife Mary Rutherford was daughter to Robert S. Rutherford and Sarah H. "Sadie" Wallace, (to whom refer). No further records of possible offspring of this marriage are presently available.
William Blackwood was born 1 December 1841 at Riccarton Parish, Kyle District, Ayr County, Scotland; died 18 September 1888 or 18 September 1889 (depending upon sources) at Riccarton Parish, Kyle District, Ayr County, Scotland. His wife Isabella Wallace was born 17 December 1843 at Coylton Parish, Kyle District, Ayr County, Scotland, daughter to George Wallace and Janet (or Jennet) Wilson, (to whom refer); died in 1930 at Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah; buried at Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah. This couple begat issue: (1) Janet Blackwood, born 13 October 1869 probably at or near Crooked Home, Kilmarnock Parish, Cunningham District, Ayr County, Scotland, died early, unmarried, 11 July 1876 at New Cumnock Parish, Kyle District, Ayr County, Scotland; (2) Thomas Blackwood, born 16 February 1871 probably at or near Hurlford, Riccarton Parish, Kyle District, Ayr County, Scotland, died unmarried 3 October 1895 in Scotland; (3) John Blackwood, born 3 March 1875 at New Cumnock Parish, Kyle District, Ayr County, Scotland; (4) George Alexander Wilson Blackwood, born 10 March 1878 at New Cumnock Parish, Kyle District, Ayr County, Scotland, died early, unmarried, 14 September 1889 in Scotland; (5) Robert White Blackwood, born 22 December 1880 at Galston Parish, Kyle District, Ayr County, Scotland, died in infancy, unmarried, 18 January 1881 at Galston Parish, Kyle District, Ayr County, Scotland; (6) William Blackwood Jr., born 6 March 1885 at or near Hurlford, Riccarton Parish, Kyle District, Ayr County, Scotland.
William Arno Blake was born 24 April 1906 at Provo, Utah County, Utah; died 22 December 1974 at Evanston, Uinta County, Wyoming; buried 26 December 1974 at Evanston, Uinta County, Wyoming. His wife Blanche Maxine McMills was daughter to Charles Robert Wallace McMills and Blanche Anderton, (to whom refer). No further records of possible offspring of this marriage are presently available.
Kevin Duane Boehmer. His wife Christine Carol Linnen, (to whom he was married 20 June 1992 at Regina, Saskatchewan), was born 30 March 1967, daughter to Clifford Ray Linnen and Deane Carol Chaskavitch, (to whom refer). No further records of possible offspring of this marriage are presently available.
George Harding Bohn. His wife Joanne Elizabeth Crawford, (to whom he was married 2 December 1950), was born 16 November 1927, daughter to Frank Faucher Crawford and Margaret MacMurray Hyslop, (to whom refer). This couple begat issue: (1) Deborah Jean Bohn, born 11 May 1953, who married 8 July 1976, John Elmer Spandikow; (2) Sandra Elizabeth Bohn, born 19 March 1956.
BOLAND, JOHN EUGENE / ADAM, MARION EVELYN
John Eugene Boland. His wife Marion Evelyn Adam, (to whom he was married 15 August 1955), was born 16 May 1936, daughter to James Adam and Elizabeth Jessie Shepherd, (to whom refer). This couple begat issue: (1) Denise Yvette Boland, born 9 January 1957, who married 31 July 1982, Garry Robert Melrose; (2) Eugenie Anne Boland, born 23 November 1958, who married 15 October 1988, René Celestin Joseph Bedier; (3) Laura Helen Elizabeth Boland, born 22 August 1961, who married 4 May 1985, Arnold Paul Bechard; (4) Faith Marion Boland, born 16 May 1963, who married 31 August 1985, Wayne Patrick Pidshalny.
Gordon Michael Bonn was son to Michael Bonn and Clara ---. His wife Barbara Theresa Ann Gladstone, (to whom he was married 11 May 1968 at St. Francis Xavier's Roman Catholic Church, Brockville, Leeds County, Ontario), was born in July 1942, daughter to William Daniel Gla