Tragic Hunt family

[heywood]

Sorry to keep asking the same question and making the same suggestion:

Is Robert definitely buried in that family vault and not just commemorated there and if so, is there a death certificate for him?

[brionne]

Heywood you are absolutely right,that certificate can lead the accurate way forward on this mystery.

Brionne.

[baggygenes]

hmm ...  1916 .... Irish uprising    Don't know if the area they lived in was affected

just trying to think out some other scenerios ... if the daughter was 6 when sent to UK it was around 1916 you have 2 events a stock market crash (which if wealthy family may have hit them) and the Irish rebellion

[baggygenes]

don't know if this is of interest
http://www.bdm.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/IndexSearch?btnsearch=search&SessionID=25654367&event=marriages&fname=&form=IndexingSearch&frange=1788&gname=&mname=&place=&sname=BEARD&trange=1959&reorder=regno&page=12


Gives a marriage 1937 of an Eileen Melita Turner to an Albert Edward Beard  in Rozelle district

[heywood]

hmm ...  1916 .... Irish uprising    Don't know if the area they lived in was affected

just trying to think out some other scenerios ... if the daughter was 6 when sent to UK it was around 1916 you have 2 events a stock market crash (which if wealthy family may have hit them) and the Irish rebellion

Aileen had the twin girls in 1916.

[baggygenes]

sorry you said Ethna was 6 and born 1910 but didn't say when twins born .  so do you know as far as you are able with family stories if all the children went off at same time or in dribs and drabs?

[aghadowey]

Right, back to the beginning (again) here to sort out a few things.

Chronology-
1868 birth of Robert Wyndham Hunter in Limerick
1875 birth of Aileen Melita Elmhirst in Malta
1891 census England:  Aileen Melita Elmhirst, age 15, born Malta
1907 death of Robert’s mother Mary Hunt
1909 marriage of Robert Hunter & Aileen Elmhirst in Dublin
1910 birth of Ethne Mary Hunt
1911 census (1) Curraghnalaght, Cork: Robert Windham Hunt (retired military officer), wife Aileen, dau. Ethne, parlourmaid.
1913 birth of Norman Wyndham Hunt in Cork
1913 birth of Cecily Elmhirst in Limerick
1916 (2) death of Robert’s brother (William) George
1916 birth of twins Rachel and Faith (Priscilla) in Ennistimon dist., Clare
c1916 Ethne (age 6) sent to uncle Harry Elmhirst in England, one of twins to Aunt Dolly, Dublin
1919 Robert’s father W.L. Hunt dies
1920 (3) date on gravestone for death of Robert Hunt
1921 (4) death registration for a Robert Hunt (born c1869) in Limerick dist.
1940 (5) supposed death of Robert Hunt & wife Aileen

(1) Robert was retired military officer. Quite possible he enlisted/was called up? in WWI. Can military records be searched to see if medical/death details, information on wife, etc. given?
(2) Robert's brother George died in 1916 around the time twins were born and children dispersed amongst relations. Could he have been injured in War or had a breakdown?
(3) do you have an exact date of death from the memorial or just the year? If exact date then would be worth searching for newspaper obituary, etc.
(4) death registration for Robert Hunt 1920- we have been saying for days that this is the next logical step. If it is Robert his marital status will confirm if Aileen dead or alive, cause and place of death might have bearing on family breakdown, informant may provide further clues.
(5) only basis for this seems to be family story which might not be reliable.

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[aghadowey]

…  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.

Kevin- did you ever hear the story your mother told about Robert's death? (don't worry if you'd rather not give the details here)

... Robert Wyndham Hunt as I have since found out from his tombstone that he died in 1920, not 1940. I haven't found a paper record of it though.

The 1920 death certificate would probably confirm this, especially if memorial has exact date of death.

[heywood]

Thanks aghadowey.

After reading that list and the initial post- we don't know where all the children went. Was Aunt Dolly a Hunt or an Elmhirst?

I wonder were they all taken by just one parental side which again may have some bearing on the cause. It seems sad that twins were split up.