Tragic Hunt family

[brionne]

Hi Ballydw,thanks for the info,have looked at this puzzle from so many angles,but not getting anywhere.
The fact that Aileens death is put at 1940 in various trees,makes me wonder if the details are known to someone.As this was  a British protestant military family,could be that her death or name details were changed deliberately, due to whayever took place,not unknown in some circles.
I never believe anything until I can prove it properly,was why had looked at sea deaths for earlier years.
Aileen, could of course just cleared off with another man leaving her children, going abroad.What about death in childbirth,have the Irish records been searched well.Eventually some clue will appear from someone or other .
Brionne.

[aghadowey]

Is there a connection to Aileen (Hunt) husband from her mother?

Robert & Aileen were cousins.

It seems that Robert Wyndham Hunt married his first cousin Aileen Melita Elmhirst on 20 Nov.1909 (fits with marriage registration I found)- her mother was Frances Dorthea Hunt (both her parents were dead before Aileen's marriage).

The fact that Aileens death is put at 1940 in various trees,makes me wonder if the details are known to someone.As this was  a British protestant military family,could be that her death or name details were changed deliberately, due to whayever took place,not unknown in some circles.

Highly unlikely.

[heywood]

I would say that the death certificate for Robert should be checked- even if only for elimination purposes. It may give some clue re his status at the time.

[heywood]

Mary Hunt's obituary says she is interred in the family vault at St Mary's Cathedral. Presumably, this is a Brady vault?
William L Hunt was buried St Paul's cemetery, Glin.
Where is Robert buried?

[ballydw]

MELLOMOM

There is a ship passenger record for a Mrs A M Hunt b. 1875 travelling to a UK address arriving London 1st June 1928. Last Permanent residence USA.  Departure Vancouver. British Columbia

[mellomom]

Ballydw
I think that you have found the answer. Robert Hunt had a brother Harry Brady Hunt, married to Lady Ernestine Brudenell-Bruce, both of them master mariners who often sailed to the USA. Ernestine also had a racing horse a stud farm there. Both Harry and Ernie were in Glin with Harry's father for the year before he died in 1919 and would have had contact with his brother and family. It would have made perfect sense for them to have taken Aileen with them after her husbands death.
Robert is buried at St Mary's Cathedral in Limerick in the same plot as Mary Hunt. His name is inscribed on one of the upright post surrounding the plot.
Padraig
Yes please do send me the email of the staff member in the Dept of Consumer Affairs. I think I need to follow all leads until we clear up the mystery.
I really appreciate all the help. Thanks.

[aghadowey]

There is a ship passenger record for a Mrs A M Hunt b. 1875 travelling to a UK address arriving London 1st June 1928. Last Permanent residence USA.  Departure Vancouver. British Columbia

Think she was Alice Maud Hunt, widow, born England- went to Quebec 1920, to U.S. 1922 and living in Los Angeles, california 1930 (importer- antique).

[brionne]

I notice that the Irish Census 1911 gives Sir Geo Colthurst as the landowner of the property which the newly married Hunts were living in Blarney.He  owned vast estates in Cork,am I correct.
My question to others more knowledgeable than myself is this.
Is this the same family as the officer John Bowen- Colthurst who shot Francis Skeffington during the 1916 uprising.Could there be some connection to Aileen Hunt ,did she get involved at that time as so many of the educated women did.

Brionne.

[baggygenes]

 It can't have been financial reasons as they had a large house and a servant.

There was a big stock market crash in 1916 in US