Richard Hunt St. Helena

[Wodgemac]

Hi,

I've been unsuccessfully researching Richard Hunt born in Nenagh, Ireland in 1834.

I've come across a Richard Hunt born in St. Helena, Ireland (Obviously misinterpreted as island).
He is living in Bristol in the 1841 and 1851 census with parents John and Catherine Hunt.
John is a police sergeant.
Richard also has an older sister Mary, born in Madeira, Cork, (but again, this must've been a misinterpretation), living with them.

I can't find any records for him after 1851, so would it be possible for somebody to help me discover anymore information for him please?

Thanks in advance

Richard 

[ShaunJ]

Presumably you've seen the army papers for Richard Hunt born Nenagh circa 1834?

https://search.findmypast.co.uk/record?id=GBM%2FWO97%2F1802%2F137%2F001&parentid=GBM%2FWO97%2F1802%2F385383

[ShaunJ]

I've come across a Richard Hunt born in St. Helena, Ireland (Obviously misinterpreted as island)

The 1851 census clearly says "Island of St Helena".

Richard also has an older sister Mary, born in Madeira, Cork, (but again, this must've been a misinterpretation), living with them

Not in 1851. Where does that come from?

[Wodgemac]

Yeah,  I've seen the army records for Richard born 1834 in Nenagh. Plus other records for him, including his marriage in 1868 and death in 1882, in Woolwich. But nothing before he joined the army in 1854. So I'm just trying to eliminate all other possibilities.

Sorry, I should've stated, that the census results for Mary, were later on.
She married an Edward Murphy, from Cork, who was a stonemason.

[middlesbrough]

1881 census Woolwich, Kent
Richard Hunt Head Mar 46 Gentlemen's Sewer? Ireland
Mary Hunt Wife Mar 30 Woolwich Kent
Richard Son 9 Bombay India
Charles Son 3 Jersey
George Son 2 Woolwich Kent
Mary Dau 7days Woolwich

[middlesbrough]

Richard born 17 June 1871 bap. 9 July 1871, Mhow, Bengal

[Wodgemac]

I've come across a Richard Hunt born in St. Helena, Ireland (Obviously misinterpreted as island)

The 1851 census clearly says "Island of St Helena".

Yeah, sorry again.
It was the St. Helena, Ireland on the ancestry translation

[Wodgemac]

Thanks Middlesbrough,

I have those records too, I'm just trying to find out if the Richard Hunt born in St. Helena could be the one I have, born in Nenagh!!!

I'm clutching at straws, I know, but something about Richard Hunt born in Nenagh doesn't sit right with me. It happened with another ancestor who changed his name after deserting the Marines in 1907 (it took me years to find that out and discover more about him).
I don't have any records for Nenagh Richard before he joined the army in 1854 and I can't find any records for St. Helena Richard after the 1851 census!! So I just need to find proof they're not the same one, to put my mind at rest...