Researching Catherine Hunt
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 39775 people with the Hunt surname? In that year Hunt was ranked number 75 for popularity in the UK. |
The name Catherine means "Pure" and is of Greek origin.
Records of Catherine Hunt on Ancestry
Ancestry is a major source of information if you are filling out the detail of Catherine Hunt in your family tree. Many large databases are available to search covering from births, deaths and marriages, military records, census records and immigration records with many other smaller collections too. Free trials are normally available and are a good way to fill out a lot of your tree quickly.
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DNA
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Catherine Hunt and the Hunt Family Tree
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Hunt Genealogy that will form part of your family tree. Although records vary from country to country, they are normally the most formal record of a person's relations. From the sources below you will be able to find a birth record and, from that, a birth certificate can be ordered which lists the names of the mother and father, taking you back another generation in your tree. A marriage certificate may also list the names of the respective fathers of the bride and groom which may then help you to find them earlier in life on a census record enabling you to fill out more detail in the Hunt family tree.
Check out Parish Records for Catherine Hunt at Find My Past.
Search for the UK registered births, marriages and deaths of Catherine Hunt using the FreeBMD database.
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Explore the LDS Database for records about Catherine Hunt.
Research the Hunt surname using fold3 Military Archives and view images of original Hunt Military records.
| Did you know that there are currently 48708 people with the Hunt surname in the UK? Hunt is now ranked number 83 for popularity in the UK. |
Hunt Genealogy Databases
Another way to build your tree quickly is to use the research other people have already done. This can help to confirm or refute your own deductions - however, be wary of taking this data at face value as other researchers may not have been as meticulous as you. Always try to back up deductions with some definitive sources rather than relying too heavily on others.
Study the WikiTree database for user contributed records for Catherine Hunt.
Study MyTrees for information on the Hunt family and people looking to contact living Hunt relations.
Study One Great Family for Hunt records submitted by people who are already researching the Hunt Family Tree.
Find Catherine Hunt from Ireland on findmypast.ie
Hunt Forums
There are a number of forums which are dedicated to rearching particular surnames. These can be good places to share your findings and also to tap into the knowledge that others may already have. These can sometimes be a good way of finding living relations as these tend not to show up on the other sources of information for privacy reasons.
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| Did you know that there are currently 191410 people with the Hunt surname in the USA? Hunt is ranked number 94 for popularity in the USA. |
Miscellaneous Hunt Databases
Search the Ellis Island Database for information on Catherine Hunt. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
Some Famous People called Catherine Hunt
Catherine Hunt
Dame Catherine Reeve Hunt (née Hawkins; 22 December 1854 – 18 October 1948) was an English politician and activist who was mayor of Colchester, Essex, in 1924–25.
Hunt was born in 1854, the daughter of Charles Henry Hawkins, of Maitlands, Colchester and Sarah Jane, daughter of John Bawtree, of Abberton, Essex. Her father was mayor of Colchester four times (1848–49, 1865–66, 1870–71, 1871–72). She married Dr Edgar Atlee Hunt, her aunt's widower, in 1896. Hunt and his first wife, Charlotte Mary Bawtree, were the grandparents of actress Elizabeth Inglis and great-grandparents of American actress Sigourney Weaver.
She was a member of Colchester's Town Council from 1918 to 1934, elected its first female alderman, and served as Colchester's second female mayor in 1924.
For many years she served as chairman of the Colchester branch of the Soldiers' and Sailors' Families Association and the Colchester Local War Pensions Committee. For these services she was appointed Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE) in the 1920 civilian war honours.
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