Author Topic: Captain Adrian H Gardner Beruit 1943  (Read 978 times)

Offline alan o

  • RootsChat Veteran
  • *****
  • Posts: 929
  • Census information Crown Copyright, from www.nationalarchives.gov.uk
    • View Profile
Re: Captain Adrian H Gardner Beruit 1943
« Reply #72 on: Tuesday 01 April 25 09:06 BST (UK) »
Frederick Hunter was not Scottish either as on the 1881 census he was born in Essex (Hardlesford), Yorkshire, England and was an Officer in the Indian Army.

So he served as a Captain in the Indian Army having come from Yorkshire (as did his wife) and leaves after a few years to live in France where he has 3 daughters from 1857-60 but returns to UK by 1881.

The 1941 obit for his daughter seems to be wrong as he nor she was Scottish or in the Cameronians.

The 1881 census has been transcribed wrongly as the wife was Yorkshire but he was from Chelmsford and was baptised in St Mary the Virgin, Essex.

So the claimed Hunter-clam lineage is in fact English as early as 1820's.

It appears that Adrian HA Gardner created a clan lineage based on his 3 years of service in the Cameronians and a great grandfather called Hunter who was from Essex but had purchased a commission in the Cameronians.
 
Ironically his grandfather's family the Northey's also had a lot of Cameronian officers in it in Victorian times and WW1 but they were from Box Wiltshire.