Family
John Hunter 1) Son of Thomas Heron Hunter and Mary Baty. Born ± 1811 Bellingham, Northumberland, England 2) 3) 4) 5) 6) 7) 8) Died ± Oct 1893 Gateshead, Durham, England Age: 85, approximately 82 years 8) Occupations: 1839 Blackhall Mill, Chopwell, Durham, England; Labourer 9), 1841 Blackhall Mill, Chopwell, Durham, England; Husbandman 2), 1851 Blackhall Mill, Chopwell, Durham, England; Labourer 5), between 1861 and 1871 Blackhall Mill, Chopwell, Durham, England; Agricultural Labourer 4) 7), 1881 Blackhall Mill, Chopwell, Durham, England; General Servant 3), 1891 Blackhall Mill, Chopwell, Durham, England; Agricultural Labourer - Retired 6) Residences: between 1841 and 1891 Blackhall Mill, Chopwell, Durham, England 2) 3) 4) 5) 6) 7), 1839 Chapel Houses, Newburn, Northumberland, England Notes: Census records identify John Hunter as either of Bellingham or Kirk Hall. Kirk Hall would seem to actually be Kirkharle, a hamlet in the parish of Bellingham. The census records identify a year of birth circa 1808-1813. Jane Elliot 1) 11) Daughter of Edward Elliot and Elizabeth Johnson. Born 9 May 1819 Hedley Mill, Ovingham, Northumberland, England 3) 2) 4) 5) 6) 7) 12) 13) 14) Baptised 23 Dec 1819 Gateshead Wesleyan Chapel, Gateshead, Durham, England 14) Died ± Jul 1901 Lanchester, Durham, England Age: 83, approximately 82 years 13) Residences: between 1841 and 1891 Blackhall Mill, Chopwell, Durham, England 2) 3) 4) 5) 6) 7), 1901 122 Cement Houses, Medomsley, Durham, England 12), 1839 Hedley Mill, Ovingham, Northumberland, England 9) Children: 1. Elizabeth Hunter 15) 16) 17) 18) 19)Born ± Jul 1840 Winlaton, Durham, England Or Chopwell, or Blackhall Mill 15) 17) 20) 16) 21) 1) 22) 11) 23) Baptised 2 Jul 1840 Winlaton, Durham, England 1) Died between Apr and Jun 1917 Lanchester, Durham, England, 76 years 24) Occupation: 1861 Whittonstall, Northumberland, England; House servant to Barbara Green and her three sons 22) Residences: between 1841 and 1851 Hedley Woodside, Ovingham, Northumberland, England 11) 23), between 1881 and 1911 16 Allendale Cottages, Medomsley, Durham, England 15) 20) 21) 17), 1871 Cottage, Whittonstall, Northumberland, England 16), 1870 Newlands, Northumberland, England 25), 1861 Whittonstall, Northumberland, England 22), 1865 Hedley Mill, Hedley Woodside, Ovingham, Northumberland, England 19) Notes: Elizabeth Hunter was John Edward Ward's mother. She married William Ward approximately four years after John Edward's birth - in 1869 (1911 census). Together, William and Elizabeth had the following children: Samuel Ward 1870 - Hexham Elizabeth Ward 1871 - Hexham Jane Anna Maria Ward 1872 - Durham Margaret Ann Ward 1873 - Durham William Thomas Ward 1876 - Lanchester Jane Emma Maria Ward 1877 - Lanchester Isabel Ward 1879 - Lanchester Edward Ward 1881 - Lanchester John Edward Ward, Elizabeth's ninth child (in accordance with 1911 census) was born illegitimately in 1865, in Hexham. See "Illegitimate". |
Sources
1) Source: England, Parish Registers Elizabeth, daughter of John Hunter, husbandman, and Jane baptised 2 Jul 1840. Of Blackhall Mill, Chopwell. Reference: Winlaton baptisms (Data from direct source)2) Source: 1841 England Census Record for John Hunter and Jane Hunter. External Link
http://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=8978&h=4020282&indiv=try. Reference: Class: HO107; Piece: 302; Book: 6; Civil Parish: Winlaton; County: Durham; Enumeration District: 9; Folio: 14; Page: 7; Line: 1; GSU roll: 241349 (Data from secondary evidence)
3) Source: 1881 England Census Record for John Hunter. External Link
http://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=7572&h=4686447&indiv=try. Reference: Class: RG11; Piece: 5045; Folio: 125; Page: 14; GSU roll: 1342216 (Data from secondary evidence)
4) Source: 1861 England Census Record for John Hunter. External Link
http://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=8767&h=12782366&indiv=try. Reference: Class: RG 9; Piece: 3809; Folio: 119; Page: 5; GSU roll: 543190 (Data from secondary evidence)
5) Source: 1851 England Census Record for John Hunter. External Link
http://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=8860&h=14778406&indiv=try. Reference: Class: HO107; Piece: 2403; Folio: 347; Page: 9; GSU roll: 87081 (Data from secondary evidence)
6) Source: 1891 England Census Record for John Hunter. External Link
http://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=6598&h=833813&indiv=try. Reference: The National Archives of the UK (TNA); Kew, Surrey, England; Class: RG12; Piece: 4189; Folio: 105; Page: 2 (Data from secondary evidence)
7) Source: 1871 England Census Record for John Hunter. External Link
http://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=7619&h=10374116&indiv=try. Reference: The National Archives; Kew, London, England; 1871 England Census; Class: RG10; Piece: 5068; Folio: 81; Page: 32; GSU roll: 848420 (Data from secondary evidence)
8) Source: England & Wales, Civil Registration Death Index, 1837-1915 Record for John Hunter. External Link
http://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=8914&h=17652637&indiv=try (Questionable reliability of evidence)
9) Source: Available Birth, Marriage and Death Records Marriage certificate for John Hunter and Jane Elliot (Data from direct source)
10) Source: England & Wales, Civil Registration Marriage Index, 1837-1915 Record for John Hunter. External Link
http://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=8913&h=15041698&indiv=try
11) Source: 1841 England Census Record for Edward and Elizabeth Elliott, and Elizabeth Hunter. External Link
http://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=8978&h=9032288&indiv=try. Reference: Class: HO107; Piece: 841; Book: 6; Civil Parish: Ovingham; County: Northumberland; Enumeration District: 16b; Page: 3; Line: 19; GSU roll: 438896 (Data from secondary evidence)
12) Source: 1901 England Census Record for Jane Hunter. External Link
http://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=7814&h=29672772&indiv=try. Reference: Class: RG13; Piece: 4667; Folio: 31; Page: 53 (Data from secondary evidence)
13) Source: England & Wales, Civil Registration Death Index, 1837-1915 Record for Jane Hunter. External Link
http://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=8914&h=17651193&indiv=try (Questionable reliability of evidence)
14) Source: England & Wales, Non-Conformist and Non-Parochial Registers, 1567-1970 "Jane Elliott (and William Elliott), daugther of Edward and Elizabeth Elliott, baptised at Gateshead High Street Wesleyan Chapel, 23 December 1819. Jane born 9 May 1819 (and William born 26 October 1816). Parents of Hedley Hill, parish of Ovingham. Father, a mason.". External Link
https://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=2972&h=1511220&indiv=try. Reference: The National Archives (United Kingdom); Kew, Surrey, England; General Register Office: Registers of Births, Marriages and Deaths surrendered to the Non-parochial Registers Commissions of 1837 and 1857; Class Number: RG 4;; Class Number: Rg 4; Piece Number: 1094 (Data from direct source)
15) Source: 1891 England Census Record for William Ward. Reference: Database online. Class: RG12; Piece: 4091; Folio 110; Page 29; GSU roll: 6099201. (Data from direct source)
16) Source: 1871 England Census Record for William Ward. Reference: Database online. Class: RG10; Piece: 5141; Folio: 33; Page: 6; GSU roll: 847403. (Data from direct source)
17) Source: 1881 England Census Record for William Ward. Reference: Database online. Class: RG11; Piece: 4950; Folio: 39; Page: 71; GSU roll: 1342190. (Data from direct source)
18) Source: Available Birth, Marriage and Death Records Born 27th December 1869, at Newlands, to William Ward (coal miner) and Elizabeth Ward, formerly Hunter. This record and the birth records of Samuel and his siblings confirm that the William Ward that John Edward lived with was married to Elizabeth Hunter. Which provides the first clue into uncovering John Edward Ward's birth as John Edward Hunter.. Reference: Record for Samuel Ward (Data from secondary evidence)
19) Source: Available Birth, Marriage and Death Records. Reference: Birth Certificate for John Edward Hunter (Data from direct source)
20) Source: 1901 England Census Record for William Ward. Reference: Database online. Class: RG13; Piece: 4667; Folio: 47; Page: 14. (Data from secondary evidence)
21) Source: 1911 England Census Record for Elizabeth Ward. Reference: Database online. (Data from direct source)
22) Source: 1861 England Census Record for Elizabeth Hunter. External Link
http://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=8767&h=12979776&indiv=try. Reference: Class: RG 9; Piece: 3856; Folio: 33; Page: 4; GSU roll: 543197 (Data from secondary evidence)
23) Source: 1851 England Census Record for Edward Elliott. External Link
http://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=8860&h=14948412&indiv=try. Reference: Class: HO107; Piece: 2414; Folio: 129; Page: 6; GSU roll: 87092 (Data from secondary evidence)
24) Source: England & Wales, Civil Registration Death Index, 1916-2007 Record for Elizabeth Ward. Reference: Database online. (Questionable reliability of evidence)
25) Source: Available Birth, Marriage and Death Records Born 27th December 1869, at Newlands, to William Ward (coal miner) and Elizabeth Ward, formerly Hunter.. Reference: Record for Samuel Ward (Data from direct source)