Hunt,Mary Jane,Uitenhage,S.Africa.

[phipps1]

My paternal Grandmother,Mary Jane Hunt was born in Uitenhage 22nd November 1892,daughter of Peter and Mary Jane Hunt.
The above records came from the Weslyan Church in Uitenhage.
At some point she emigrated to Perth,Western Australia,with or without her parents,I just don't know.
Certainly she was in Perth by 1916 as she married Thomas Horatio Milward, aka (Horatio Thomas Milward) of Perth  on  29th January 1916.
They had a child Trevor Sidney Harding Milward,born 26th December 1917. at Subiaco.
As far as I know,she lived the rest of her life in Perth,Western Australia but I don't know her date of death.
Horatio Thomas Milward divorced her in 1925.
She married again in Perth this time  to a Richard Bourke or Burke  in 1926..
I am trying to find out what ship she came to Australia on and what date applies.

If any member has a connect with any  family  " Hunt" in their family history research , I would be grateful for help solving this mystery.

Any information will be much appreciated.

Thank you !
phipps

[Gillian Mauchan]

HI Looking on Ancestry.com there is a death index record for a Mary J Bourke registered in Fremantle in 1937 registration number 156 which might be her - I am afraid it doesn't give much more information. You could perhaps order a copy from BMD in WA.
Perhaps you should put this query on the Australian board as well
Regards

Gillian

[phipps1]

Hi Gillian,
That is interesting,thank you. I will not rule this death date you have given me  out and will post an enquiry on the Australian site as you suggest.
The only thing that bothers me is  my recollection of what my mother once told me was that on the death in Melbourne in 1948 of her former husband,Thomas H. Milward,which death was reported in Western Australian newspaprs,my father, T.S.H.Milward apparently got a letter from Mary Jane,expressing sadness at T.H.Milward's death and proposing a re-connection with the  son she so wilfully abandoned in 1925 and even before that.
The story goes that my father wrote her off way back in the late 1920s and refused to reply to Mary Jane's letter of 1948/49.
I appreciate your time and effort very much !
Cheers,
phipps

[Michael Burke]

Hi My name is Michael Wayne Burke my Email is (*)
My father (nick name Peter ) real name was Barrymore Richard Burke His mother Mary Jane Burke Maiden name (Hunt) is your Grandmother and mine!!!Dad died recently. Marys husband dissapeared but we believe we may have recently found his grave in Perth.  Mary Jane Hunt died in Sydney  age 83. I only met her 3 times she was very well spoken and very strict. She married again once more also her name changing to parks. A far as we know and hteres not a lot, she wrote on a legal document that her  parents family was originally Schlemned & Jewish . They had  possibly imagrated because they were not well accepted well as weslyan with there previous Jewish name. I dont know much you may know some more clues?? I recieved this from mt Cousin Cathy who spent some time trying to invetigate it all. I have found it difficult finding any imformation on the name Schlemned ? MIchael ph.(*) Melbourne Australia .Please email me I am leaving for OS soon.

[Michael Burke]

I just wish to confirm Mary Jane Hunt( Burke ) ( Parks ) is deffinately my Grandmother and your relitive. Michael Wayne Burke.

[phipps1]

Hi My name is Michael Wayne Burke my Email is (*)
My father (nick name Peter ) real name was Barrymore Richard Burke His mother Mary Jane Burke Maiden name (Hunt) is your Grandmother and mine!!!Dad died recently. Marys husband dissapeared but we believe we may have recently found his grave in Perth.  Mary Jane Hunt died in Sydney  age 83. I only met her 3 times she was very well spoken and very strict. She married again once more also her name changing to parks. A far as we know and hteres not a lot, she wrote on a legal document that her  parents family was originally Schlemned & Jewish . They had  possibly imagrated because they were not well accepted well as weslyan with there previous Jewish name. I dont know much you may know some more clues?? I recieved this from mt Cousin Cathy who spent some time trying to invetigate it all. I have found it difficult finding any imformation on the name Schlemned ? MIchael ph.(*) Melbourne Australia .Please email me I am leaving for OS soon.

Michael,a lot of the above is not within my independent knowledge but I will try to find some connects.Do you know when your grandmother came to Australia from South Africa ?
Kind Regards,
phipps

[Michael Burke]

Those dates you supplied appear to directly correlate with all my cousins findings where mary was born in Soth Africa and we know she Married your Grandfather. In fact somewhere I used to have an old picture of my fathers step brother. I may even still have it somewhere.

[Michael Burke]

Sorry I just read what I wrote and l'm sorry for all the typos ,I hope  you understood it all.  I am not a big writer.

[phipps1]

Those dates you supplied appear to directly correlate with all my cousins findings where mary was born in Soth Africa and we know she Married your Grandfather. In fact somewhere I used to have an old picture of my fathers step brother. I may even still have it somewhere.

Oh right ! you have my grandfather's connection,so we are on the right track.
I will write you an email asap.I will give you mine by personal message.
Cheers,
phipps