Welcome to my new (further) revised website. A few more changes have been made to this web-site. In 2004 I finally discovered the name of the ship Charles Hunt sailed on from Liverpool England to Castle Garden, New York! He was listed as Chas. Hunt, a labourer, arriving Oct. 25th, 1856.

I have been actively working on the HUNT family tree this past few year, and did manage one feat that I'm a bit proud of. I searched New York passenger lists 1851 to 1891 for any mention of a Charles Hunt arriving from England. Well, there weren't too many Hunts arriving around the year 1856, that's the year he was discharged from the Crimean campaign so it wasn't too hard to narrow the search down. Now, for your reading pleasure here's what I have found out:

Chas Hunt was discharged from the army October 10th, 1856, after having served in the Crimean campaign. On October 27th 1856, he is found landing in New York, a span of about 18 days. Average crossing times for sailing ships circa 1856 varied from 33 days to 15 ½ days, so a time of about 18 days is within the realm of possibility. It appears our Charles Hunt had decided to leave England immediately after his discharge from the army and make his way to the Americas. The next mention of Charles whereabouts is 1858 on the 1871 census of Ontario where the Ontario census taker (Fred West) writes that Charles immigrated 1858 to Canada.

Following is more information on exactly what I found out about our Charles Hunt.
Charles Collins is Master of the Ship Thornton from Liverpool, Burthen 14212 tons.
Emigration Year 1856 Ship Name Thornton U.S. Roster 175519 LDS Roster 25691 Other Roster NA

I have no clue what Charles was doing in the United States from Oct. 27th 1856 to the year 1858. We can only surmise as to his activities here, perhaps he worked somewhere in the United States (New York State?) for a time so as to save some money to be able to pay for passage to Ontario. He could have been slowly making his way to Algoma by inland sailing ships, (Erie Canal?), railroads or horse drawn conveyance, we can only speculate!

The American civil war occurred April 12, 1861 and, if I'm allowed to speculate, I believe our Charles Hunt would be attuned to what was about to transpire in the United States and having just fought in the Crimean War, he probably wanted no part of another situation like he had just endured. Perhaps he looked to Ontario as a possible refuge.

The ship Thornton was 1,422 tons, and was built by W. H. Webb of New York in 1854. According to the Encyclopedia of Nautical Knowledge, a billethead was a round upright piece of hard wood fixed in a whale-boat's bow or stern for controlling a harpoon line; also termed bollard, loggerhead, and snubbing-post. I don't think the Thornton would have had a post for that purpose but perhaps it was a bollard used for towing.

Here is the arrival notice, New York Times, October 27, 1856 (microfilm) for the above passage:

Arrived New York, October 25 Ship Thornton, [captain] Collins, Liverpool Sept. 26, with mdse. and 529 passengers to [agents] Williams & Guion. Had 1 death (an infant) on the passage. I believe our Charles spent some time in the USA, possibly working to make some money to be able to use the Erie Canal to make his way to Ontario Canada and then to the District of Algoma. There is a duration of about 13 years that are unaccounted for from his landing in 1856 and a mention of him on the Ontario census for the date 1871.

The three-masted Thornton was built with three decks, a square stern, and a billethead. She was owned by Williams & Guion of New York City and in 1858 was listed in the Warren & Thayer Line. This ship traded in the Atlantic until she was lost at sea in 1869. Passengers on board the Thornton totaled 529 (including ship hands). Our Chas Hunt is found on page #5 of the manifest 15 lines down from the top. The part of the ship he occupied was classed "upper between decks" -"Between decks, often shortened to 'tween decks, was the deck immediately below the main deck of a ship. It was frequently used for cargo on the homeward journey, given a cursory clean and temporary partitions erected after discharge of cargo and used for steerage accommodation on the outward passage" The between deck had about a height of 8 feet. His name was written as Chas Hunt. He told them his age was 18 here (Not "true" as he should have given the age as 23 because he was born in 1833) and he was a male who departed from Liverpool, England and arrived the 27th of October, 1856 in the United States at the port of New York (Castle Garden) - he also tells the transcriber he was a labourer and the country he intended to become an inhabitant of is written as the United States. (Not completely "true" as he actually ended up in Ontario, Canada.) Steerage passage cost was approximately £3. 16s. (three pounds sixteen shillings) to New York from Liverpool England.

Here I will give you a little history of Charles Hunt, our progenitor, who was present at the Crimea for a very famous war and his coming to the Americas in the late 1800's to finally making his way to the little village of Ottertail, Ontario, Canada know known as Rydal Bank. I hope you find this information enlightening and entertaining. And I always thought history was dull!

Charles Hunt was supposedly born July 18, 1833 (proven from WO 12/10088 ) to parents John and Ann, at Kensington, Middlesex, England. (We know his parents names from his marriage certificate). Kensington consists of Brompton, Fulham, Hammersmith and Paddington as sub-districts. This is just a section of London England. Middlesex (London) is composed of Surry and Kent and is bounded on the south by Thames, Hammersmith, Fulham, Kensington, Chelsea, City of Westminster, Camden, Islington, Hackney and Tower hamlets. I will continue to search many parish registers in this area.

I have since been pursuing the idea that our Charles Hunt was possibly born in the Cheviot Hills of Northumberland. A very helpful gentleman by the name of Shaun Clarke, who lives about 50 miles from the Northumberland record office and the same from the Cheviot Hills and about 90 miles from Berwick and the Scottish borders has been helping me a lot on research in this area. Thank you Shaun! Keep up the good work!

Nothing is known of his childhood. I have not discovered where his parents were born, were married, are buried, or whether he had brothers or sisters. This is an ongoing search, which is proving to be very involved and tedious. There are many English parish registers to search along with census records, land records and emigration records.

Some progress has been made as I had commissioned a search of the Crimean War records muster rolls at the Public Record Office, Ruskin Avenue, Kew London.

The PRO holds records of soldiers and officers who were discharged up to 1921. Military records include details of Scottish, Irish, Welsh and English regiments. There are records of Royal Navy ratings who joined the service up to 1923, Royal Marines, Royal Air Force, Merchant Seamen, Metropolitan Police, Royal Irish Constabulary and Foreign & Colonial Office records including those for the West Indies and early North American Colonies.

The Public Record Office is the national archive of England, Wales and the United Kingdom. It brings together and preserves the records of central government and the courts of law, and makes them available to all who wish to consult them. The records span an unbroken period from the 11th century to the present day.

I chose a Mr. Paul Blake (BA DipGen FSG ) who resides near the PRO at 18 Rosevine Road, West Wimbledon, London, SW20 8RB, who is a professional genealogist as well as vice chairman of the Genealogy Society's Executive Committee and is currently Chairman of its Lectures Committee to perform my search. He did a thorough scan and this is what he discovered:

Regimental Description Books (WO25) do not survive for the 1st Battalion Rifle Brigade, only for the 2nd Battalion. Nevertheless, these were searched for the period 1854 - 1867 (WO25/563-564) but without success. Pay Lists and Musters for Scutari Depot survive in WO14. Those for the 1st battalion Rifle Brigade, April 1855 - March 1856 (WO14/116-117) were searched, but without success.

Regimental Musters for the 1st Battalion Rifle Brigade survive, and these were searched as follows:

(1854-1855 (WO12/10087) In Muster for July - September 1854: No. 4030 Charles Hunt, shown as a recruit from 5th September, enlisting in Westminster. He was paid a bounty of 3.10.0 for signing up and his age is written as 20. His height was shown as 5 foot 6 inches. His enlistment is shown as 28th August 1854.

It is written on the official document (WO12/10087) that I have in my possession that he received 3 £ 12 shillings and 6 pence "total blood money paid" for joining the Crimean war effort.

Charles Hunt appears in WO 12/10088 of the Muster and Pay lists, 1st Royal Rifle Brigade 1855-56 as Private. Reg. no. 4030 Hunt Charles - 34 days:

He first arrived at the Crimean Front on June 12th 1855. From the 1st of July to the 30th of Sept. 1855 he was a private serving in the Rifle Brigade. No. 4030, Hunt Charles, Kensington, London Labourer - 92 days Next he appears as private. no. 4030 Hunt Charles - Kensington, London Labourer 92 days; 1st Muster - Guard; 3rd Muster - Fatigue After this he shows up in WO 12/10089; Muster and Pay lists, 1st Rifle Brigade 1856-1857 1st of April to 31st of June 1856 at Crimea Private. No. 4030 Hunt, Charles, Kensington, London Finally on 1st of Oct. to 31st Dec. 1856 he is at Aldershott. Private no. 4030 Hunt, Charles. Kensington, London, and is finally Discharged 10th of Oct. - 10 days. He was discharged upon Reduction of Establishment.

Charles Hunt fought under Captain Lord Alexander George Russell, Colonel William Sherbrook Ramsay Norcott, Lieutenant Colonel Edward Arthur Somerset and Lieutenant Charles Vernon Oxenden. Charles enlisted at Westminster on the 5th of September 1854 (proven - WO 12/10087) with the army.

Army as a general term describes a nation's armed forces. As a military organizational formation an "Army" is two or more corps commanded by a General. Charles was with the 1st battalion, which was a military organizational unit under the immediate command of General Lord Raglan and General Francois Canrobert and was with the 9th company supervised by Lieutenant Colonel (Edward Arthur Somerset.

A company consisted of between four to eight companies and was a military organizational unit within an infantry regiment or service corps commanded by a Captain (Lord Alexander George Russell) or Major with a strength of 60 to 150 men.) with a total strength of 500 to 1200 men depending on the historical period being discussed.

Charles was with the rifle brigade, which, in the Infantry, is a military organizational unit commanded by a Brigadier General with usually three battalions in strength. In the artillery it refers to a regiment of artillery. For soldiers of the British Army a regiment is the primary and predominate military organizational unit. A regiment is commanded by a Colonel (William Sherbrook Ramsay Norcott in this case) and has it's own number and title with distinctive designations that reflect it's own unique historical traditions. These distinctions include such things as the regimental Battle Honours, Colours or Guidon, cap badge, crossbelt plate, collar badge, and buttons. Over time these traditions build the regimental 'family' and 'spirit'. The manpower strength and number of battalions of a regiment has varied throughout history.

Charles was discharged upon reduction of services, to civilian life on December 31, 1856 at Aldershott England. (Proven - WO 97/3114) and was the recipient of the Crimean Medal and Sebastopol Clasp (H+R) 18/5/1857. Because he was awarded the Sebastopol Clasp, this verifies that Charles was in this capture of Sebastopol which was the final battle of the Crimean War and which also was the time of the famous Charge of the Light Brigade. As far as I have ascertained, Charles did not participate in the famous charge itself. As a rifleman, his primary duty was probably that of a guard.

After the British Victory at The Battle of Alma, the British and French force advanced onto Sebastopol. The Russian Fortress naval base was laid under siege. The Bombardment began on October 17th. The Allied Commanders General Lord Raglan and General Francois Canrobert. Decided to Bombard the Fortress, as they did not posses enough forces to take it by storm. A British naval Squadron under the Command of Admiral Sir Edmund Lyons bombarded Sebastopol from the sea. An attempt was made to relieve Sebastopol by the Russians by Attacking the British Supply port of Balaclava on the 25th October but this attempt failed. Prince Menshikov again tried an attack eleven days later on the Heights of Inkerman but this again was beaten off. A third attempt to dislodge the British force, was made on the 16ht of August 1855 at the Chernaya River but failed. Several allied attempts in the spring of 1855 to take Sebastopol by storm failed. Finally on the 8th of September the French commanded by General Aimable Pelissier took Malakhov a fortification at the southern end of Sebastopol. The British under their new commander General Simpson (Lord Raglan Had Died) attacked and took the Redan, only to lose it again. On the 11th of September the Russian abandoned Sebastopol blowing up the defenses and all shipping in the harbour. This event ended the war. Although the Russian force was still intact and not defeated. Czar Alexander II after the death of his father on March 2nd 1856 signed the final peace terms at the Congress of Paris on march 30th 1856.

The Crimean War Medal was sanctioned on the 15th December 1854 by order of Queen Victoria. Two clasps were also authorized at this time, for the battles of Alma (20th September 1854) and Inkermann (5th November 1854). The clasp for the battle of Balaklava (which took place before that of Inkermann, on 25th October 1854) was not authorized until 23rd February 1855. The clasp for the fall of Sebastopol (9th September 1855) was granted on 13th October 1855. A clasp was also awarded to the Royal Navy and Royal Marines for actions in the Sea of Azoff (25th May - 22nd September 1855), being announced in the "London Gazette" of 2nd May 1856. The clasps are worn in date order, with the clasp for Alma being closest to the medal. The medal itself is a 36mm disc of sterling silver, bearing the diademed head of Queen Victoria on the obverse, together with the legend "VICTORIA REGINA" and the date "1854"; the reverse shows a Roman legionary (carrying a gladius and circular shield) being crowned with a laurel wreath by a winged figure of Victory; to the left is the legend "CRIMEA," which is written vertically. The suspension is an ornate floriated swiveling suspender unique to the Crimea Medal; the clasps are also unique, being in the form of an oak leaf with an acorn at each extremity. The ribbon is 27mm wide, pale blue with yellow edges.

I am still trying to figure out what ever became of Charles's medal. No one recalls what became of it. I hope it's not lost forever. As far I can ascertain, Charles had a certain photograph taken of him wearing his Crimean Medal by a W. Edward Wright, a photographer on High Road Leyton. Leyton is a northeastern suburb of London. I have had this particular photo examined by experts and they tell me this is a "posed" photo, not uncommon for the time. Charles is posed wearing an off the rack uniform of no particular distinction. It was just what the photographer had at hand. This practice is still in vogue to this day in Niagara Falls Canada. You can get your picture taken wearing period clothes and even going over the falls in a barrel.

The reason Charles did not have a uniform to wear was that his own uniform was probably the worse for wear and was probably just so much rags by then. The uniforms of the Crimean war were poor quality and the weather extremes and geographical area caused their early demise.

A certain Roger Vaughan, an expert on old English Photographers, tells me that this picture is a "Carte de visite" and was probably taken to give to perhaps his mother as a remembrance gift, which was a common practice at that time. The original photograph is in possession of my cousin Wilma Duggan. Charles must have made up his mind to leave England after his 10th of October 1856 discharge and find make his fortune elsewhere in the world. I'm glad he chose Ontario, or I would not be around today to document this today!

Volume 1 page 2 (Algoma District): Charles HUNT, 28, farmer, England, Otter Tail - Bruce Mines, s/o John & Ann, married Emily ROBINSON, 18, England, Bruce Mines, d/o James & Mary, witnesses: John & Mary FENWICK of Bruce Mines, 16 Sept 1869 at Bruce Mines (Here Charles either lies about his age or the transcribers make a slip of their pen. If Charles was born 1833, then he would be, 1869 -1833 =36 … NOT 28 as is recorded. There was an 18-year difference in ages for them by my calculations.) Individual: Hunt, Charles Event: Living Year: 1881 Place: Plummer Province of record source: Ontario County of record source: Algoma Source: Extracts from the 1881 federal census of Algoma District: Plummer (Coffin), Microfilm #C13282. Publisher: National Archives of Canada Publication place: Ottawa Volume/Page(s): 7 HUNT , CHARLES Sex: Male Age: 33 Birthplace: ENGLAND Religion: Church of England, Anglican Origin: ENGLISH Occupation: FARMER District: ALGOMA CENTRE ( 089 ) Sub-district: Bruce Mines ( A ) Page: 29 Microfilm reel: C-10,023 Reference: RG31 - Statistics Canada Please note: The province and county are associated with the location of the record source and in some cases may not be the same as the place where the event occurred.

Schedule B Marriages:

Charles HUNT age 28 residence when married Ottertail, Bruce Mines Place of birth England A bachelor farmer son of John and Ann HUNT married Emily Robinson age 18 who was born in England to James and Mary ROBINSON. Names and residences of witnesses: John and Mary Fenwick of Bruce Mines. Married at Bruce Mines on 16th of September 1869. Episcopalian denomination - bride and same for groom. Married by Rev. William Thoruby Methodist Union. Dist. of Algoma. ALGOMA DISTRICT MARRIAGES 1869-1874 volume 1 page 2 (Algoma Dist): Charles HUNT, 28, farmer, England, Otter Tail - Bruce Mines, s/o John & Ann, married Emily ROBINSON, 18, England, Bruce Mines, d/o James & Mary, witn: John & Mary FENWICK of Bruce Mines, 16 Sept 1869 at Bruce Mines Fourth Census, Prov. Of Ont. Dist. of Algoma Schedule No. 1 Population Townships of Rydal Bank and Plummer and Rose April 22nd 1901 Enumerator - Fred West. - Charles Hunt, Head of Household, born July 18th 1833. Age at last birthday - 67. Born in England and immigrated to Canada 1858. Year of naturalization - 1858. (Editors note: The year of naturalization was found on the 1901 census, even though there was not any official naturalization papers because they were not required for British subjects) Episcopalian. Farmer - Living on own means. Mother tongue - English Note the following obituary, copied exactly from the Sault Daily Star. They have his age wrong here! He was actually 20 years of age! This has been proven from document (WO12/10087), which gives his age as 20 onthe 28th of August 1854 when he entered the war.

The Sault Daily Star Sault Ste. Marie, Canada Friday, May 2,1919
Crimean Veteran Dies At Rydal Bank

Rydal Bank, April 30 - Another of the Crimean war veterans has passed away, in the person of Charles Hunt, a pioneer of Rydal Bank. Mr. Hunt enlisted in the army at the age of 17, and saw service at Sebastopol. He also served at Balaclava, Alma Heights and Inkerman with the 9th Company,1st battalion, of the Rifle Brigade, under Lieutenant Charles Vernon Oxenden,Captain Lord Alexander George Russell, Lieutenant- Colonel Edward Arthur Somerset and Colonel William Sherbrook Norcott. On the signing of peace in 1856, Mr. Hunt received his discharge from the army, and shortly after left England for America, and after many varied experiences, finally settled in Rydal Bank in the year 1863, being one of the first settlers in the district, and where he has made his home until the time of his death, which occurred on Sunday, April 27th at the age of 86 years. The funeral service, which was largely attended, by friends and neighbours was held in the Union Church on Tuesday April 29th. Archdeacon Gilmour officiated at the service, with Rev. G.H. Summerbee also taking part and reading the lesson. Archdeacon Gilmour referred to the deceased's service in the Crimea, and stated that he was also in the service of Christ. Interment was made at Humphrey's cemetery. The mourners who attended the funeral and were present when Mr. Hunt passed away included Mrs. Charles Hunt, widow of the deceased; Mr. and Mrs. L.F. Hunt, son and daughter in law, Rydal Bank; Messrs. James Hunt and John R. Hunt; Sault Ste. Marie; Mr. Philip Hunt, Chicago; Mr. and Mrs. William Armstrong, son in law and daughter, Sault Ste. Marie; Mrs S. Hunt, daughter in law, Misses. Evelyn, Frances, Bessy, Ruby, Iva, Hazel and Verna Hunt, and Masters. Milton and Edward Hunt, grandchildren; Messrs. John H. Jack, A. Jack and many friends and neighbours also attended. The sons of the deceased acted as pallbearers. The Sault Daily Star Sault Ste. Marie,Canada, Friday, May 2,1919
Well, Charles married Emily Robinson and they reared eight children, Leonard, James, Elizabeth (stillborn?), Mary Ann (Annie), Philip, John, Richard and Clifford. I have documented all their families in the Hunt family tree, which is an ongoing project that will never be completed, as far as I can see! For the most part our family tree is pretty straightforward with the exception of Philip Hunt who emigrated to Chicago Illinois in the early 1900's. The family pretty well forgot about Philip, as far as I can see, because there was not too much information to be found on him anywhere. Initially, I was lead to believe Philip was married to a Rose Roy and they had two sons. Well, that was partially true. They did have two sons, but Rose's last name was not Roy. It was Holsworth. I'll get on with the explanation. From what I have tracked down from Chicago Illinois and Florida records we have the following facts. Philip and Rose were married in the USA. Their two son's names were Russell A. Hunt and Roy E. Hunt. Russell was born 3/22/1918 and Roy, 5/10/1908. I will now enter all the data I have as I wrote it up in my genealogical report for you to read: Philip and Rose Hunt of Chicago Illinois Philip Hunt: Born: March 30, 1882, Ontario Canada Residence: 6919 South East End Ave., Chicago, IL Occupation: Blacksmith Foreman with US Steel Died: Feb. 10, 1960 at Jackson Park Hospital, Chicago Illinois Cause of Death: Bilateral Hypostatic Pneumonia due to Decompensated Arteriosclerotic Heart Disease Interval between onset and death: 8 days Autopsy was performed Buried: Oak Woods Cemetery, Chicago Illinois by Donnellan Funeral Home, 7651 Jeffery Blvd., Chicago, IL USA Oak Woods Cemetery: Lot owned by Edward Fritz. Only Philip and Rose are buried there. It is a four grave lot with space reserved for Mary Susan Fritz. Evidently, Edward Fritz is buried in grave No. 3. Who is Edward Fritz? Russell tells me this was a cousin of his mother Rose (Holsworth).

From the Thirteenth Census of the United States: 1910 population State: Illinois County: Cook Phillip Hunt, 28 years old is listed as living at 6919 East End Ave., 7th part of Dist. #444 a part of the City of Chicago. Listed as head of household, born in Canada to an English father and mother and speaking English, a blacksmith foreman owning a home at this address. Married 2 years. Also with Phillip at this residence is Rose C. his wife, 20 years of age, born to a German father and mother both shown as born in Germany (Baden Baden, I found in another document) (Berlin). Included here is Roy W. Hunt a son, 2-3/12 (2 and a ¼) months old (Shown as 2.3/12 on document) From the Fourteenth Census of the United States: 1920 population State: Illinois County: Cook Philip Hunt, 37 years old, living at 6919 7th part of Dist. 451 a part of the City of Chicago. Listed as head of household, a blacksmith working for steel mills born in Canada and speaking English and married to a Rose C. 31 years old who was born in Illinois to German parentage, and showing both parents as being from Berlin Germany and both having a mother tongue of German. Also listed here is Roy E. Hunt, a son 11 years of age who was born in Illinois and a Russell A. Hunt (note the two "l's" on Russell's name - (perhaps the enumerators mistake) Russell is shown as 1 9/12 (1 and ¾ years of age) It appears Russell accepted the spelling of his name as shown on the census as it appears spelled this way from this point on. Also note, Philip's name can be found spelled as Phillip on various documents. I did some further checking on Rose's family and found: Rose Hunt Born: August 14, 1888, Chicago Illinois Occupation: Housewife Residence: 6919 East End Ave., Chicago, IL Father's Name: Gottlieb Holsworth Mother's name :Emma Richter (NB) Gottlieb and Emma were married 12/04/1875 in Cook Co. Chicago USA Died: July 21, 1961 at her home at 6919 S. East End Ave., Chicago, IL Age: 72 years Informant: Russell Hunt (son) 6919 S. East End Ave., Chicago, IL U.S.A. Cause of Death: Myocardial Infarction (Interval between onset and death - 24 hours) Buried at Oak Wood Cemetery from the Donnellan Funeral Home, 77651 Jeffery, Blvd., Chicago 49, IL Rose's real name was Rosy C. H. Holsworth before marriage to Phillip. Rose (Rosy) has two sisters and a brother. Katie A. Holsworth, Mary E. Holsworth and Charles M. H. Holsworth, all born in Cook Co. Illinois (Chicago)
Obituary Notice: From the Chicago Daily News, Saturday, July 22, 1961 (page 11) Rose C. Hunt of 6919 East End Av., beloved wife of the late Philip, loving mother of Roy E. and Russell A., sister of Mary Rath. Funereal services Monday, 2 p.m. at Donnellan Funeral Home, Jeffery Blvd. at 77th St. Interment Oak Wood. SO 8-8822 Philip Hunt died on Feb.10, 1960, here is his obituary as written in the Chicago Daily News Feb. 11, 1960 (page 66, column C:3):
HUNT - Philip Hunt, Feb. 10, beloved husband of Rose C., fond father of Roy E. and Russell A., brother of Mrs. Annie Armstrong and Jack Hunt. Funeral services Saturday, 2 p.m., at funeral home, Jeffery-blvd. At 77th-st. Interment Oak Woods. Member of Harbor Lodge No. 731, A.F. & A.M. South Shore 8-8822. A letter of inquiry was sent May 2001 to the secretary of Palace Lodge #765 10921 S. Ave. M. Chicago, IL 60617 (A Masonic Lodge) as Phillip belonged to that order. A Mr Hoyt (secretary) replied with photocopies of Phillip's paid dues cards that contained the following information. Phillip joined the Masons (Harbor Lodge #731 A.F. & A. M. at that time) and was a member of that lodge, which eventually merged with Palace Lodge. He was a member in good standing; having paid all his dues on time and to date and the last entry is Dec. 1 1959. On his lodge cards it is to be noted that the recorder listed Phillip's place of birth as Bruce Mines, Canada and his occupation is shown as "foreman" plus his residence is again shown as 6919 East End Ave. Chicago. Russell A./Philip Hunt, born March 22nd, 1918 Chicago, Cook Co., IL N.B. Discovered Roy Hunt's SSDI as Born 10th of May 1908 and died March of 1984 at 33543 Zephyr hills, Pasco. FL (SSN 339-05-3929) Here is the confirmation:

  From the St. Petersburg Times, March 17, 1984 HUNT, ROY E.HUNT,

75, of 10200 122nd Ave. N. Largo, died Thursday (March 15, 1984). He came to Pinellas County in 1961 from his native Chicago and was an automotive mechanic for the city of St. Petersburg. Survivors include his wife Lillian Hunt. Wilhelm-Thurston Funeral Home. 

I wrote away for Roy's death certificate and on it I found he died at the University General Hospital Seminole Florida as an inpatient. No cause of death is shown. I found he was sent for cremation and the informant was his wife Lillian J. Hunt (Jaegermann). The attending physician was Dr. Karl H. McLeod D.O. I now knew the name of Roy's wife Lillian before marriage. The name Jaegermann sounded like an easy name to trace so I did a search of all Jaegermann's living in the USA and found one living at Largo Florida. I telephoned the number given and spoke to Lillian's 91-year-old brother who is still alive and married to his 84-year-old wife. Their names are Mildred and Harry Jaegermann. They told me that Roy and Lillian had no children and they didn't know what has happened to Russell Hunt, but they presumed he was still alive and living back in Illinois. They informed me that Lillian had passed away in February 1988.We began to correspond further over the next while I managed to put them in contact with Russell, who they had lost touch with over the years. They were very happy to renew friendships once more. In my search for Russell, whom I believed to be still alive, I had written letters to every Russell A. Hunt in the USA. I finally located him living in Arkansas! Imagine my excitement in finding him! I learned his wife Martha had passed away, however Russell had moved to Arkansas to a retired existence in the Ozarks area. He and I have been in contact many times via telephone and email. He is doing well, health wise, and we have exchanged photos, stories and renewed a missing HUNT family link. I visited him in 2003. Russell thought he was the last of the Hunts! He was amazed to find out he has relatives all over Canada! Phillip and Rose Hunt lived in the city of Chicago, township of Hyde Park in a two story single family frame home, with 1 and ½ bathrooms, and a full and unfinished basement. It was under 62 years of age and had a 1,440 sq. ft. living area. The home had central air and a two car detached garage. The lot size was 4,401 sq. ft. total. I obtained all this information from the Cook County Assessor's Office under a property search. The PIN # is 20-24-318-075-0000 I will be updating my research as time goes on so this report is by no means the final rendition of what I plan to have. This is actually an update report to keep everyone abreast of my ongoing search for any and all of our HUNT relatives scattered throughout this world as well as those of you who may be searching for your lost HUNT families.

UPDATE: Mildred (Millie) Jaegermann passed away August 3rd, 2004. Here is her obituary from the Pascoe Florida newspaper:
Aug. 3, 2004

JAEGERMANN, MILDRED E. "MILLIE", 87, of Largo, died Tuesday (Aug. 3, 2004) at Sabal Palms Health Care Center. She was born in Deerfield, Ill., and came here in 1971 from Silver Lake, Wis. She co-owned a bait and tackle shop in Wheeling, Ill. Survivors include her husband of 68 years, Harry; a daughter, Lois Kerkman, Seminole; two sisters, Shirley Nothdurft, Largo, and Ruth Maas, Iowa; and two grandchildren, Randy Kerkman, Pinellas Park, and Rebecca Kerkman, Seminole. National Cremation Society, Largo.

UPDATE: Harry Jaegermann (Millie's husband) passed away April 12th, 2004. Here is his obituary from the Pascoe Florida newspaper:Harry is a brother of Lillian Jaegermann who married Roy Hunt.

JAEGERMANN, HARRY, 94, of Largo, died Tuesday (April 12, 2005) at Sabal Palms Health Care Center, Largo. He was born in Chicago and came here in 1971 from Silver Lake, Wis. He owned and operated a sporting goods store for 15 years in Chicago. He was a Navy veteran of World War II. Survivors include a daughter, Lois Kerkman, Seminole; and two grandchildren, Randy Kerkman, Pinellas Park, and Rebecca Kerkman, Seminole. National Cremation Society, Largo

UPDATE: Russell Hunt, our last living USA Hunt relative, passed away at Kerrville Texas on Feb. 15th, 2008. Russell would have turned 90 years young on March 22nd of this year, 2008. I sure am glad I visited him in 2002 at Horseshoe Bend Arkansas when he was living there. We will all miss him.

Compiled by: Leonard Charles Hunt (Hunt Family Researcher)and a LOT of help and direction from my cousin Wilma Duggan as well as MARGARET MacTAVISH, JOAN HEDBERG, and many, many others who have performed Random Acts of Kindness to try and help me trace my HUNT roots.

I have a link for you to visit! If you would like to have a look at James West's web site click on James West's web site. and check out his family. This site ties into my family tree through the WEST tree. My mother was a WEST before marriage. (Also, note that the Towell and Shuttleworth branches are replaced due to many email requests from researchers. No privacy rules have been broken and all the data I have here on my site is readilly available if one takes the time to search census records.)

This page was revised and uploaded Feb. 22, 2008.