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South Africa / William Hunt, b. ~1834 Limerick, Ireland, d. 1927 Grahamstown, South Africa
« on: Sunday 03 January 21 09:50 GMT (UK)  »
Is it possible to find his spouse and children?

https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:WHLX-8RW2

Earlier I had a doubt about this Hunt because of his Irish roots, but now it is more likely that the Hunt I am looking for came from Ireland.

There is another William Hunt who was married to Sarah Ann, but he was a miller.

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Ancestral Family Tree DNA Testing / Best ethnicity estimation?
« on: Thursday 19 March 20 13:13 GMT (UK)  »
Which company has the best (thorough) ethnicity estimation?

There seems to be differences as seen here:

https://www.reddit.com/r/AncestryDNA/comments/cy1vlt/the_new_ancestrydna_ethnicity_update_is_here/

This seems quite comprehensive:


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South Africa / Sarah Anne Hunt, b. 1845
« on: Tuesday 17 March 20 11:18 GMT (UK)  »
Sarah Anne was married to Private (Sergeant) William Hunt (b. 1839 England) who served in the XX Battalion in Pietermaritzburg. Sarah died 3.8.1869 at the age of 23 years and 9 months in Pietermaritzburg, so she was born about in November 1845.

Where was she born?
Who were her parents?

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London and Middlesex / William Hunt, b. Chipping Barnet ~1839
« on: Tuesday 17 March 20 09:01 GMT (UK)  »
He served with the 2nd Battalion of the XX Regiment in South Africa from 1860's to 1871 (returned to England) and discharged in 1880. Is it possible to find information on his parents etc.?

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Armed Forces / XX Regiment in South Africa
« on: Sunday 15 March 20 15:34 GMT (UK)  »
In Register of Deaths (1869) it is mentioned that the deceased was ”wife of N.N. Private XX Regiment”.

So he was a soldier of the lowest rank. Was this a British regiment placed in South Africa? Were the soldiers British or South African?

Is there any way to find more information on a particular soldier in this regiment?

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Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition / Military stuff
« on: Sunday 15 March 20 15:17 GMT (UK)  »
This is from Register of Deaths in South Africa (1869). I am interested in the first and last columns. It has something to do with XX Regiment.

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Lancashire / Elizabeth Ann Hunt b. 1866
« on: Sunday 16 April 17 17:28 BST (UK)  »
Anything information about her? Did she live in the UK say in 1883?

https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q275-Y6XS

She lived (in 1881) with her siblings, the eldest brother being the head, giving an impression they had lost their parents.

Elizabeth Ann I am looking for got married in another country in September 1882, so if this Elizabeth Ann of Lancashire was in England that time she is not of my interest.

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Australia / Elizabeth Ann Hunt b. 28.11.1866
« on: Tuesday 22 March 16 09:56 GMT (UK)  »
Elizabeth got married in 1882 in South Africa. No evidence can be found that she was ever babtised in South Africa, so probably she was not born in South Africa. She was not born in Britain either. She got married as a minor, and the consent was given by a guardian, so probably she was an orphan.

South Australia Births 1842-1928 Transcription data states the following (I have an image but it seems impossible to insert it here):

First name: Elizabeth
Last name: Hunt
Birth date: 28.11.1866
Place: Robe Town
Father's first name: Edward
Father's last name: Hunt
Mother's first name: Margaret
Mother's last name: McDonald

Her and four her sisters's babtism can be found on FamilySearch, though the birth date is a bit different for Elizabeth (28.12.1866 instead of 28.11.1866), and the last babtism took place in 1876.

Could this be the same Elizabeth who got married in 1882 in South Africa? If so, she must have immigrated to South Africa with or without he parents probably in the late 1870's.

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Wiltshire / Edwin Thring, Wiltshire, babtised on 22.5.1831
« on: Wednesday 16 March 16 18:15 GMT (UK)  »
Could this Edwin Thring

https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N5TG-WX7

be this Edwin Thring?

https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KDCK-8SJ

There is another Edwin Thring (born in 1831 or -32) who married a Sarah in 1859. Is this and the first Edwin the same person?

I am trying to find out if the South African Edwin emigrated from England probably in 1850's or early 1860's, and which Edwin he was in England.

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