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Trying to find Hunter

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Babette

Babette Report 1 Dec 2006 13:19

Please could someone help me with the following? I am trying to trace the family of my great grandad Charles William Hunter. Born 1879 Ramsbury, Wiltshire – 1901 census Married 1900 in Hungerford to Jane Matthews – marriage certificate Died 1934 in Reading, Berkshire – death certificate On his marriage certificate it states his dad’s name as Charles Hunter (deceased). I found 3 possibilities for his birth and ordered all 3 birth certificates to try and confirm which one was correct. This is where I have the problem. The one birth certificate that I think is correct states mothers name as Mary A Hunter nee Lawrence and his father’s name as Richard Hunter and not Charles Hunter as on the marriage certificate. So I checked the 1881 and 1891 census and I have found a Charles Hunter living in Hungerford with his mother Mary A (widow) and sister Rachel. Mary A ties in with the birth certificate and his mother is a widow so this ties in with the marriage certificate as father being deceased but it still doesn’t help if this is the right family. What I would like to know is Charles / Richard the same person, as I have not come across anything to say if either name may be a middle name. Is there any other way of confirming Charles’s father’s name? Does anyone know where I could look for this information? Or does anyone have any of the above people in their family tree that confirms or denies if I have the right family? Many thanks in advance look forward to hearing from you. Regards Babette Hunter