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Research in Other Countries => Canada => Canada Lookup Request => Topic started by: queenswood 1 on Friday 29 September 17 15:29 BST (UK)
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Can anyone give me any more info please in respect of a Margaret Hunt who sailed to Quebec in Oct 1908 (born c 1881) on the Empress of Ireland.
Many thanks
Caroline
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Hi
Margaret was travelling with sons Stanly and Leigh.Leigh was born in England in 1901 with man of Ingham.
James Ernest Hunt married Margaret Ingham in 1900 in Fulham reg district.
They can be found as a family in 1921 census in Manitoba.
Tazzie
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Thank you so very much! One red herring dispatched :)
Thank you indeed for your prompt reply and all your help x
Caroline
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Hi
Margaret was travelling with sons Stanly and Leigh.Leigh was born in England in 1901 with man of Ingham.
James Ernest Hunt married Margaret Ingham in 1900 in Fulham reg district.
They can be found as a family in 1921 census in Manitoba.
Tazzie
Family were travelling Liverpool to Quebec on the Empress of Ireland, arriving 8 October 1908.
1911 Lisgar Manitoba
Ernest Hunt 37
Margaret Hunt 30
Leigh Hunt 10
Stanley Hunt 6
Marjorie Hunt 4 months.
Canadian attestation papers for Leigh hunt - file digitalised - so lots of free info - might be slow to load.........
https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/military-heritage/first-world-war/personnel-records/Pages/item.aspx?IdNumber=480577
http://central.bac-lac.gc.ca/.item/?op=pdf&app=CEF&id=B4622-S049
Leigh Hunt 24 Februiary 1901 London England was naturalized in Oregon USA - the naturalization record has a photo of him - he arrived Eastport isaho 2 february 1925 - immigrated from Fernie BC.
Wife listed as Reta Louise Hunt. Married 31 July 1931 Portland Oregon. Has one child born 15 November 1931 Raymond Washington.
Leigh Hunt passed away April 1986 - Last Residence 98312 Bremerton, Kitsap, Washington.
SSN issued Oregon (Before 1951)
Sandra
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A couple more children on the 1921 census in Manitoba
James Ernest Hunt 46
Margaret Hunt 39
Leigh Hunt 20
Stanley Ingham Hunt 16
Matilda Hunt 10
Guy Hunt 8
Jack Hunt 6
Margaret Ingram Hunt passed away 26 July 1971 Surrey British Columbia - Margaret was widowed at this date
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FLBF-7Q3
Sandra
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Many many thanks for all your hard work! This query is now completed :)
Caroline
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This looks like the son Guy Joseph Hunt - passed away 25 June 2005
FIND A GRAVE
Burial Hillside Cemetery Kamloops Thompson-Nicola Regional District British Columbia, Canada
Plot: Section Y, Row 0002, Lot 0021, Sub Lot W/LOWER
https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=131141486&ref=acom
wife - Betty Isla Celia Bessette Hunt 1919 - 2013 with photo and obituary attached.
https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=131139305
Sandra
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You're very welcome.
Sandra
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:):):)
xx