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Robert Hunter 1828–1897 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 6 Dec 1828

Birth Location: Tillicoultry, Clackmannanshire, , Scotland

Death Date: 28 Feb 1897

Death Location: Torryburn, Fife, , Scotland

Father: James Hunter

Mother: Mary Drysdale

Spouse(s): Jane Simpson

Children(s): Thomas Hunter, William Hunter, Ebenezer Hunter, Elizabeth Hunter, Janet Hunter, Cathcart Hunter, George Hunter, Margaret Hunter, Robert Hunter, William Hunter, Mary Hunter, Jane Hunter, James Hunter

The story of Robert Hunter began in 1828 in Tillicoultry, Clackmannanshire, , Scotland. In 1861, Robert Hunter resided in Torryburn, Fife, Scotland. In 1871, Robert Hunter resided in Torryburn, Fife, Scotland. Robert Hunter married Jane Simpson, and had children including Cathcart Hunter, Ebenezer Hunter, Elizabeth Hunter, George Simpson Hunter, James Hunter, Jane Beveridge Hunter, Janet Hunter, Margaret Hunter, Mary Drysdale Hunter, Robert Simpson Hunter, Thomas Hunter, William Hunter, William Simpson Hunter. Robert Hunter passed away in 1897 in Torryburn, Fife, , Scotland.

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Biography

  • The story of Robert Hunter began in 1828 in Tillicoultry, Clackmannanshire, , Scotland.
  • In 1861, Robert Hunter resided in Torryburn, Fife, Scotland.
  • In 1871, Robert Hunter resided in Torryburn, Fife, Scotland.
  • Robert Hunter married Jane Simpson, and had children including Cathcart Hunter, Ebenezer Hunter, Elizabeth Hunter, George Simpson Hunter, James Hunter, Jane Beveridge Hunter, Janet Hunter, Margaret Hunter, Mary Drysdale Hunter, Robert Simpson Hunter, Thomas Hunter, William Hunter, William Simpson Hunter.
  • Robert Hunter passed away in 1897 in Torryburn, Fife, , Scotland.

Immediate Family

Parents

James Hunter
1803–1849
Birth Location: Longforgan, Perthshire
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Mary Drysdale
1810–1894
Birth Location: Alva, Stirlingshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
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Spouses(s)

Jane Simpson
1828–1913
Birth Location: Crossgates, Dunfermline, Scotland
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Children(s)

Thomas Hunter
1861–
Birth Location: Torryburn, fifeshire
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William Hunter
1848–
Birth Location: Foreston, Fifeshire
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Ebenezer Hunter
1874–1874
Birth Location: Torryburn, Fifeshire, Scotland
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Elizabeth Hunter
1869–1870
Birth Location: Torryburn, Fifeshire, Scotland
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Janet Hunter
1867–1909
Birth Location: Torryburn, Fife, Scotland
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Cathcart Hunter
1865–1886
Birth Location: Torryburn, Fifeshire, Scotland
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George Hunter
1864–1930
Birth Location: Low Torry, Torryburn, Fife, Scotland
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Margaret Hunter
1860–
Birth Location: Torryburn, Fife, Scotland
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Robert Hunter
1857–1929
Birth Location: Torryburn, Fife, Scotland
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William Hunter
1855–1915
Birth Location: Torryburn, Fife, Scotland
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Mary Hunter
1854–1924
Birth Location: Torryburn, Fifeshire, Scotland
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Jane Hunter
1852–1915
Birth Location: Torryburn, Fife, Scotland
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James Hunter
1850–1923
Birth Location: Torryburn, Fife, Scotland
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Robert Hunter's Ancestors

Self
Robert Hunter
1828–1897
Birth Place: Tillicoultry, Clackmannanshire, , Scotland
Parents
James Hunter
1803–1849
Longforgan, Perthshire
Mary Drysdale
1810–1894
Alva, Stirlingshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Grandparents
Robert Hunter
1778–1865
Tillicoultry, Clackmanan, Scotland
Janet Kinmont
1767–1865
Inchture, Perthshire, Scotland
William Drysdale
1784–
Alva, Stirlingshire, , Scotland
Margaret Cairns
1785–1841
Alva, Stirlingshire, , Scotland
Great-Grandparents
James Hunter
1743–
Margaret Keltie
1745–
Patrick Kinmont
1743–
William Drysdale
1757–
Elizabeth Demperston
1757–
James Cairns
1759–
2nd-Great-Grandparents
William Hunter
1721–
Jean Whyte
1725–
John Drysdale
1735–
Janet Craich
1735–
Robert DEMPERSTON
1720–
Janet THOMSON
1722–

Robert Hunter's Descendants

1.
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Robert Hunter (6 Dec 1828–28 Feb 1897) m. Jane Simpson (24 Oct 1828–04 Feb 1913)
  1. 1. Thomas Hunter 1861– m. Elizabeth Wright 1862–
    1. 1. Ann (Clark) Hunter 1888–
    2. 2. Robert Hunter 1891–
    3. 3. Peter (Wright) Hunter 1896–
    4. 4. Jane (Simpson) Hunter 1897–
    5. 5. Elizabeth (Mary) Hunter 1901–
  2. 2. William Hunter 1848–
  3. 3. Ebenezer Hunter 1874–1874
  4. 4. Elizabeth Hunter 1869–1870
  5. 5. Janet Hunter 1867–1909 m. Robert (Abraham) Clark 1867–
    1. 1. Janet Clark 1897–
    2. 2. Robert Clark 1892–
    3. 3. Ebenezer Clark 1900–
    4. 4. Euphemia Clark 1899–
    5. 5. Christina Clark 1893–
    6. 6. Cathcart Clark 1886–
    7. 7. Jane (Simpson) Clark 1890– m. Robert Easson 1880–1916
      1. 1. Janet Easson 1911–
      2. 2. Robert Easson 1915–
    8. 8. Robert Clark 1889–
  6. 6. Cathcart Hunter 1865–1886
  7. 7. George (Simpson) Hunter 1864–1930 m. Jane Mercer 1860–1942
    1. 1. Jeanie Hunter 1894–
    2. 2. George Hunter 1901–
    3. 3. David (Mercer) Hunter 1895–1962 m. Elizabeth (Macnab) McIntyre 1894–
    4. 4. Jane Hunter 1894–1978
    5. 5. Julia (Mercer) Hunter 1891–1980 m. James (P B) Gibb 1892–1989
    6. 6. Robert Hunter 1889–1967 m. Jane (Sinclair) Bell 1895–1974
      1. 1. George Hunter 1921–1978
  8. 8. Margaret Hunter 1860– m. Andrew Sharp 1861–
    1. 1. Maggie Sharp 1888–
    2. 2. Agnes Sharp 1891–
    3. 3. Mary (Ann Simpson) Sharp 1895–
    4. 4. James Sharp 1898–
    5. 5. Robert (Hunter) Sharp 1893–
    6. 6. Janet Sharp 1899–
  9. 9. Robert (Simpson) Hunter 1857–1929 m. Jane McVicars 1858–1943
    1. 1. James Hunter 1887–1903
    2. 2. Mary Hunter 1885–
    3. 3. Thomas Hunter 1895– m. Margaret Thomson 1896–
    4. 4. William (Simpson McVicars) Hunter 1893– m. Thornton Aitken 1896–
      1. 1. Robert (S) Hunter 1916–
      2. 2. James (A) Hunter 1918–
      3. 3. Dean (T) Hunter 1923–2001 m. Pauline (Mae) Abelman 1923–
      4. 4. William (Simpson McVicars) Hunter 1918–2012
    5. 5. Maggie Hunter 1891–
    6. 6. Andrew (McVicars) Hunter 1889– m. Joan (Gibson) Johnstone 1893–
      1. 1. Jean (McVicars) Hunter 1920–
      2. 2. Christine (Fortune Gibson) Hunter 1919–
      3. 3. Adaline (King) Hunter 1923–
    7. 7. James Hunter 1885–
    8. 8. John (McVicars) Hunter 1884–
    9. 9. Mary Hunter 1884–
    10. 10. Jessie Hunter 1882–
    11. 11. Elizabeth Hunter 1881– m. William Caldwell 1880–
    12. 12. Jane (Harrower) Hunter 1879– m. Ralph (Whyte) Tolley 1879–1966
    13. 13. Robert Hunter 1878–1951 m. Janet (Henderson) Lessels 1879–1953
      1. 1. John (Vicars) Hunter 1911– m. Janet Stevenson 1909–
      2. 2. William (Lessels) Hunter 1907–1935
      3. 3. Robert Hunter 1900–1956 m. Isabella (Phillips) Bell 1905–1994
  10. 10. William (Simpson) Hunter 1855–1915 m. Christina Blyth 1859–1897
    1. 1. William Hunter 1893–
    2. 2. Jane Hunter 1890–
    3. 3. James Hunter 1888– m. Mary (F) Baxter 1890–
    4. 4. Catherine Hunter 1885–
    5. 5. Robert Hunter 1880–1946 m. Janet (Thomson) Stevenson 1884–1967
      1. 1. Thomas (Stewart Stevenson) Hunter 1910–1978 m. Mary (Dawson) Laird 1912–
      2. 2. William (Stevenson) Hunter 1908–1987 m. Mary (Strang) Webster 1914–
    6. 6. Agnes (Anderson) Hunter 1879– m. Alexander Birrell 1879–
  11. 11. Mary (Drysdale) Hunter 1854–1924 m. Robert LUMSDEN 1852–1916
    1. 1. James (H) Lumsden 1891–
    2. 2. Christina (W) Lumsden 1889–
    3. 3. Robert Lumsden 1884–
    4. 4. Jane (S) Lumsden 1882–
    5. 5. George Lumsden 1879–
  12. 12. Jane (Beveridge) Hunter 1852–1915 m. Charles Towner 1848–1915
    1. 1. Robert Towner 1873– m. Mary (Ann) Chapman 1873–
      1. 1. Florence (Caroline) Towner 1898–
      2. 2. Charles (Jesse) Towner 1897–
      3. 3. Jane Towner 1894–
    2. 2. Jane (Simpson) Towner 1878–
    3. 3. William Towner 1875– m. Elizabeth Coulter 1875–
      1. 1. James (C) Towner 1901–
      2. 2. Charles (Jesse) Towner 1897–
    4. 4. John (Henry) Towner 1881–
    5. 5. Caroline (Esther) Towner 1886–
  13. 13. James Hunter 1850–1923 m. Christina Lowe 1849–1921
    1. 1. James Hunter 1883–
    2. 2. Mary (Jane) Hunter 1888–
    3. 3. Pollock Hunter 1893–1984 m. james paterson –1934
      1. 1. Robert paterson –1990
    4. 4. Janet (Lowe) Hunter 1890–
    5. 5. Mary (Jane) Hunter 1889–1952 m. James Makin 1888–
      1. 1. Wilhelmina Makin 1917–2009
      2. 2. Mary (Jane Dawson) Makin 1914–1952
      3. 3. James (William) Makin 1921–1947
      4. 4. Robert (Hunter) Makin 1923–1944
    6. 6. Agnes (Blair) Hunter 1886– m. John Cramb 1885–
      1. 1. James Cramb 1910–
      2. 2. John Cramb 1917–
      3. 3. Helen (Anderson) Cramb 1915–
      4. 4. Christina (Fisher Lowe) Cramb 1912–
    7. 7. William Hunter 1883– m. Rachel (Kinninmont) Paterson 1889–
      1. 1. James Hunter 1913–
      2. 2. Isabella (Page) Hunter 1915–
    8. 8. Robert Hunter 1880–1937
    9. 9. Christina Hunter 1877–

Robert Hunter's Timeline

7 Records

1828
6 Dec 1828
Birth of Robert Hunter in Tillicoultry, Clackmannanshire, , Scotland
Tillicoultry, Clackmannanshire, , Scotland
1861
1861
Age 33
Robert Hunter resided here in Torryburn, Fife, Scotland
Torryburn, Fife, Scotland
1871
1871
Age 43
Robert Hunter resided here in Torryburn, Fife, Scotland
Torryburn, Fife, Scotland
1881
1881
Age 53
Robert Hunter resided here in Torryburn, Fife, Scotland
Torryburn, Fife, Scotland
1888
1888
Age 60
Robert Hunter was employed
None
1891
1891
Age 63
Robert Hunter resided here in Torryburn, Fife, Scotland
Torryburn, Fife, Scotland
1897
28 Feb 1897
Age 69
Death of Robert Hunter in Torryburn, Fife, , Scotland
Torryburn, Fife, , Scotland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 6 Dec 1828
    Event Place: Tillicoultry, Clackmannanshire, , Scotland
    Record Source:
    [1] 1861 Scotland Census
    [2] 1871 Scotland Census
    [3] 1881 Scotland Census
    [4] 1891 Scotland Census

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1861
    Event Place: Torryburn, Fife, Scotland
    Record Source: 1861 Scotland Census

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1871
    Event Place: Torryburn, Fife, Scotland
    Record Source: 1871 Scotland Census

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1881
    Event Place: Torryburn, Fife, Scotland
    Record Source: 1881 Scotland Census

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Occupation
    Event Date: 1888

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1891
    Event Place: Torryburn, Fife, Scotland
    Record Source: 1891 Scotland Census

    Genealogy Event 7
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 28 Feb 1897
    Event Place: Torryburn, Fife, , Scotland
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