When Elma Ada Hunter was born on 9 May 1939, in Grouse Creek, Box Elder, Utah, United States, her father, Elmo Heman Hunter, was 28 and her mother, Elizabeth Shaw, was 28. She died on 9 May 1939, at the age of 0, and was buried in Grouse Creek, Box Elder, Utah, United States.
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Scottish and northern English: occupational name from Middle English hunter(e) ‘huntsman’ (see Hunt ).
Irish (Antrim and Derry): adopted for Gaelic Ó Fiaich (see Fee ) due to confusion with the word fiadhach ‘hunt’.
History: A Scottish family of this name (see 1 above) has been established at Hunterston (Ayrshire) since the 13th century.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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