Researching Richard Hunter
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 30754 people with the Hunter surname? In that year Hunter was ranked number 102 for popularity in the UK. |
The name Richard means "strong ruler" and is of German origin.
Records of Richard Hunter on Ancestry
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DNA
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Richard Hunter and the Hunter Family History
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| Did you know that there are currently 42174 people with the Hunter surname in the UK? Hunter is now ranked number 102 for popularity in the UK. |
Hunter Family History Databases
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Hunter Forums
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| Did you know that there are currently 209639 people with the Hunter surname in the USA? Hunter is ranked number 88 for popularity in the USA. |
Miscellaneous Hunter Databases
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Some Famous People called Richard Hunter
Richard Alfred Hunter
Richard Alfred Hunter FRCP (11 November 1923 – 25 November 1981) was a British physician of German origin, and president of the History of Medicine Society of the Royal Society of Medicine from 1972 to 1973.He was a psychiatrist, historian and book collector. With his mother, Dr Ida Macalpine, also a psychiatrist, he wrote Three Hundred Years of Psychiatry 1535 to 1860, Oxford University Press, 1963, using title pages from books in his collection to illustrate this first full chronicle of British psychiatry. Each book is accompanied by an essay describing its place in medical and social history. It remains a unique and important source for the history and bibliography of psychiatry in Britain before 1860.
Source: Richard Alfred Hunter, Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia
Other names that sound a bit like Hunter
Family names can get corrupted over time, particularly where literacy was not as good. The following list contains some names that have similar sounds so you may want to also look at one or two of the more likely possibilites.
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