John Whelan Davis Hunter

Brief Life History of John Whelan Davis

When John Whelan Davis Hunter was born on 26 March 1869, in Grantsville, Tooele, Utah, United States, his father, Edward Hunter, was 47 and his mother, Martha Ann Hyde, was 28. He married Charlotte Hale on 19 May 1892, in Logan, Cache, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in United States in 1959 and Boise, Idaho, United States in 1961. He died on 15 June 1959, in Emmett, Gem, Idaho, United States, at the age of 90, and was buried in Bramwell Cemetery, Emmett, Gem, Idaho, United States.

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Family Time Line

John Whelan Davis Hunter
1869–1959
Charlotte Hale
1872–1943
Marriage: 19 May 1892
Joseph Waite Hunter
1893–1985
Heman Floyd Hunter
1894–1959
Myra Ottilie Hunter
1896–1987
Cora Rebecca Hunter
1899–1981
Broad Hunter
1901–1901
Ben Edward Hunter
1901–1986
Bert Hunter
1903–1980
Mac Kay Hunter
1906–1997
Leila Hunter
1908–1970
James Hoagland Hunter
1913–1915

Sources (69)

  • Dais J. W. Hunter, "United States 1950 Census"
  • Idaho, Birth Index, 1861-1914, Stillbirth Index, 1905-1964
  • J W D Hunter, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1940"

World Events (8)

1870 · The Fifteenth Amendment

Prohibits the federal government and each state from denying a citizen the right to vote based on that citizen's race, color, or previous condition of servitude. It was the last of the Reconstruction Amendments.

1876

Historical Boundaries 1876: Owyhee, Idaho Territory, United States 1879: Cassia, Idaho Territory, United States 1890: Cassia, Idaho, United States

1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson

A landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities if the segregated facilities were equal in quality. It's widely regarded as one of the worst decisions in U.S. Supreme Court history.

Name Meaning

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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