Tragic Hunt family

[celtic liberty]

Hi,

I mentioned a Hunt burial  at Garrycloyne Church of Ireland cemetery which is located on
the Village Green, Blarney to you when I replied earlier to your initial post and you said these Hunts were not related to your Hunts.
I have now discovered these Hunts claimed descent from Thomas Hunt of Warwick County,
a Captain in Colonel Chidley Coote's Regiment of Horse in Ireland between 1646-9 . These
Hunts were related to Lombards & Stopfords  as written by Richard Henchion in the
Cork Historical & Archaeological Society article titled "Gravestone Inscriptions of Co. Cork XVII
Blarney C of I cemetery.   Do you know if your Hunt family are descended from the Hunts of
Warwick County?

I made enquiries today at the Cork City library to see if there was any mention of your
Hunts in any publications held there and unfortunately not.   I was hoping there might
have been a newspaper surname index relating to newspapers held on microfilm or actual
newspapers but unfortunately they are not indexed, you would have to look through the
relevant dates so no luck there either.

The only reference I found to any Hunts in Co. Clare was in relation to two Hunt brothers from Corofin who were detained by the British forces in 1916.   Probably unlikely they are related to
your Hunt family?     If by some chance they were connected it would certainly be a reason
to send the children to other places for their safety.  Pure speculation on my part, but we are
all trying to throw some light on the situation.

I  think it might be worth placing a query on the Limerick or Clare boards.  Maybe the
moderators might not agree with me but it might be worth a try.

There is a "Hunt museum" in Limerick do you think your Hunt family are connected to them?

This is really like a riddle for all of us rootchatters and it would be nice if we could solve it for you.

Mary
Celtic Liberty

[admin08]

I  think it might be worth placing a query on the Limerick or Clare boards.  Maybe the
moderators might not agree with me but it might be worth a try.

Duplicate topics on different boards usually cause confusion and extra work for those trying to help so best to stick to this one topic.

[mellomom]

This Hunt family descends from the Hunts of Gosfield, Essex. There was a John Hunt who went to Ireland in about 1650. Unfortunately the Hunt museum in Limerick is not connected to this family. Robert and George (William George) went out to SA and returned to Ireland by 1901 then George went back there and got married. The photo of Robert, Aileen, William and Mary Hunt was given to me by Robert's granddaughter. She would love to know why her mother and aunts were brought up by relatives but none of them would talk about it. Cecily told her it was too sad to talk about. Priscilla lived alone in Kilkee and did not encourage family visits. Her neighbours arranged her funeral so I'm sure Aileen in not buried near her. Priscilla left her house to her neighbours as they had taken care of her. The children's names don't seem to have been changed at all but most of them were sent to England.
It is a real puzzle. Thanks for all the trouble taken to help solve it.

[baggygenes]

It's an interesting story with so many possible theories (I can think of at least 7 straight off the bat!) which has captured our imagination.  I hope if you do get to the bottom of it you let us all know!

[loudam]

mellomom

What sometimes seemed like a terrible tragedy in those times to the people and then their kids too, sometimes turns out sometimes to not be as big of tragedy, its because of the times then when children didn't ask questions, were told not to and the story becomes more tragic the more often it's said to not talk about it..

It looks like Lady Ernestine was quite a little independant woman, I wonder did Aileen get on with her, she may have encouraged her to become a little bit independant too!

[loudam]

Actually thinking about things Aileen had her last child in 1916 and in William Hunts Death notice and funeral arrangements she isn't mentioned, seeing as Ernestine is mentioned does anyone know if this is significant?? Was it a case because Lady Ernestine sent a Wreath was why she was mentioned, if it's not usual for the Daughter in law to be omitted, then it puts a time frame on when things happened...

[heywood]

It certainly has captured our imagination as there seems to be so little known about the family- particularly Robert and Aileen.

The 1916 birth certificate for the twins would hopefully give his occupation (if any) and their address at the time.
The death certificate for Robert (if that is him) would give his occupation, status and address.

At least then there would be a bit more information about him for you.

[loudam]

I'm not sure if you've seen that Harry Brady Hunt and Lady Ernestine had a child in Kerry in 1898  It might be worth seeing where he ended up to see if theres any info from any family he may have had http://churchrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/details/3c0e910011485

[ballydw]

I'm not sure if you've seen that Harry Brady Hunt and Lady Ernestine had a child in Kerry in 1898  It might be worth seeing where he ended up to see if theres any info from any family he may have had http://churchrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/details/3c0e910011485

Sadly he died in World War 1 and seems to have been their only child