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Cork / Re: Tragic Hunt family
« on: Sunday 17 February 13 20:36 GMT (UK) »
I have a picture of me at Loop Head dated summer 1947 and will scan and post later.
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Cork / Re: Tragic Hunt family
« on: Sunday 17 February 13 13:36 GMT (UK) »
Just a footnote on the Co. Clare connection. After my mother and father (Norman Windham Hunt) separated/divorced, I went on a holiday with him to Kilkee, Co. Clare - which is where Robert and Aileen lived, according to my father's birth certificate. I was about six at the time so it is possible that my holiday visit was to enable my father's family to see me! I remember some things about Kilkee and the surroundings and even have a photograph of me looking into the sea at Loop Head.
I seem to remember being told that Robert Windham Hunt held a fairly high post in Irish politics; does that make sense to anyone?
I seem to remember being told that Robert Windham Hunt held a fairly high post in Irish politics; does that make sense to anyone?
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Cork / Re: Tragic Hunt family
« on: Sunday 17 February 13 12:11 GMT (UK) »
Hello and many thanks to everyone who has responded to my first post on this thread!
I would just like to add a little about my father, Norman Windham Hunt. My mother, after her divorce placed me in the care of my grandparents (on her side of the family - family name Fleming). (My mother remarried in 1948.) When my grandmother died in late 1949, I was sent to a boarding (or care) school at the beginning of 1950 (Crossways) in Gorey (Co. Wicklow - now in Co. Wexford). I saw my father quite often during my stay in Gorey but I was removed from the school and returned to my mother in summer 1950. That was the last time I saw my father. I had sporadic correspondence with him (although this was not encouraged by my mother) until I was about 16. My father worked in a number of boys care homes in Australia one of which was the Swan Boys Home in Perth (Western Australia). I tended not to investigate too much in that area since there is some uncomfortable history associated with the care homes in Australia.
I would just like to add a little about my father, Norman Windham Hunt. My mother, after her divorce placed me in the care of my grandparents (on her side of the family - family name Fleming). (My mother remarried in 1948.) When my grandmother died in late 1949, I was sent to a boarding (or care) school at the beginning of 1950 (Crossways) in Gorey (Co. Wicklow - now in Co. Wexford). I saw my father quite often during my stay in Gorey but I was removed from the school and returned to my mother in summer 1950. That was the last time I saw my father. I had sporadic correspondence with him (although this was not encouraged by my mother) until I was about 16. My father worked in a number of boys care homes in Australia one of which was the Swan Boys Home in Perth (Western Australia). I tended not to investigate too much in that area since there is some uncomfortable history associated with the care homes in Australia.
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Cork / Re: Tragic Hunt family
« on: Saturday 16 February 13 19:41 GMT (UK) »
Hello
I have just picked up this thread. I am the firstborn son of Norman Windham Hunt (b. 1941) and would like to make contact with any remaining members of Hunt family - particularly mellomon in Capetown. I used to have a bible with Ethna Mary Hunt's name in the front but the bible was picked up by a house visitor and never returned. I lost contact with my father Norman when I was a teenager. My mother and father (Norman) divorced when I was young. My late mother told my wife many years ago about the (supposed) circumstances of the death of Robert Windham Hunt. I have my father's birth certificate with d.o.b. 30.11.1911 and mother Aileen Melita (nee Elmhurst) then living in Kilkee.
I have just picked up this thread. I am the firstborn son of Norman Windham Hunt (b. 1941) and would like to make contact with any remaining members of Hunt family - particularly mellomon in Capetown. I used to have a bible with Ethna Mary Hunt's name in the front but the bible was picked up by a house visitor and never returned. I lost contact with my father Norman when I was a teenager. My mother and father (Norman) divorced when I was young. My late mother told my wife many years ago about the (supposed) circumstances of the death of Robert Windham Hunt. I have my father's birth certificate with d.o.b. 30.11.1911 and mother Aileen Melita (nee Elmhurst) then living in Kilkee.
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