Tragic Hunt family

[mellomom]

That could well have happened. I have been trying to find her death certificate as well as finding out what institutions there were at that time. So far no luck but will keep trying. Thanks for the response.
Kind regards
Mel

[revinkevin]

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.

[mellomom]

Hi,
Great to make contact with you. Norman Hunt and what happened to him has been a bit of a mystery to the family. He was one of 5 children and only he and Ethna had descendants. Ethna died in 1982 but  I am in contact with her daughter. I am also in contact with David Hunt who is a distant cousin of ours and who is writing the 3rd edition of the history of the Hunt family. I am sure he will also want to write to you so please can we have your email your address? Mine is (*) and I think it will be easier to write to each other that way. A lot of the Hunt's and Brady's are in contact with me so  we can give you most of the details of the family. I  would love to know all about you - have you just started doing your family history? Such a pity about that bible.
Kind regards
Mel Cross.

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[loudam]

Hi Mellomom

These look like death records worth investigating for Robert Hunt  https://www.familysearch.org/search/record/results#count=20&query=%2Bgivenname%3ARobert%20%2Bsurname%3AHunt&collection_id=1408347&death_place2=8%2CIreland%2CCounty%20Cork

name                                           Robert Basil Hunt
registration district                   Cork
event type                                   DEATHS
registration quarter and year   Jan - Mar 1942
estimated birth year                   1874
age (at death)                           68
mother's maiden name   
volume number                           5
page number                           60


name                                           Thomas Robert Hunt
registration district                   Cork
event type                                    DEATHS
registration quarter and year   Jul - Sep 1946
estimated birth year                   1885
age (at death)                           61
mother's maiden name   
volume number                           5
page number                           53

If one of those was your Robert Hunts death cert then you might find out if his wife Aileen was alive or dead at that time...

This also looks like a good match for Ethne Hunt

https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/FBRK-4TL

name:                                    Ethna Mary Hunt
registration district:                    Cork
event type:                            BIRTHS
registration quarter and year:    Jan - Mar 1911
volume number:                            5
page number:                            63

[mellomom]

That is definitely our Ethna Hunts birth, thank you so much for that as I did not have the actual record. I will need to look into the ones for the 2 Robert's as they could be related but are not this particular 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.
Cheers, Mel

[heywood]

Hello,

It would be worth checking out that 1921 death for Robert. Perhaps the grave stone was inscribed later and mistakes do happen. Are there other family members in the same grave?

regards
heywood

[loudam]

If you've got his date of birth now then maybe you could see if someone could check obituaries in the Cork Examiner for that date...

With Robert dying in 1920 that could explain why all of the kids were sent off to relatives, maybe their mother had died before him???

Were there any other family members buried with Robert??

After the 1911 Census do you have any other "proof" that they lived in Blarney, with the Twins being born in Clare you would wonder did Aileen either die or become sick then, with Robert dying in  1920 that didn't give much options for the children...

[loudam]

Just looking back on other replies, that death record for 1921 would be a very good starting point, seeing as its registered in the Jan-Mar quarter it's possible the death took place in the last 3 months of 1920.. If you get that it should make some reference to his marital status either widowed or married man which should then help to find out more info on Aileen....

If this is his death record then it looks like they moved from Cork around 1913/1914 and didn't return, there is a death record for a Helen Hunt in 1919 https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/FR2B-HTL  when it comes to first names they were often mis heard or mis transcribed so any name that even remotely resemmbles the name your looking for is worth looking at...

[mellomom]

After the 1911 census I have not found any records for the parents. Robert is buried in a large family plot in Limerick with about 11 other family members. Aileen is reported as having died about 1940 but I have no proof of that. Their daughter Ethna was 10 years old when her father died but had already been living with her Aunt and Uncle Elmhirst in the UK for about 5 years. All their 4 daughters felt very bitter towards their parents and would not talk about them. Only Ethna got married. It would really answer a lot of questions if we could find out when Aileen Melita Hunt, nee Elmhirst died. I have also looked for her death in the UK with no luck.
Cheers
Mel