Brief Life History of Hyrum
When Hyrum Hunt was born on 7 October 1840, in Adams, Burton Township, Adams, Illinois, United States, his father, Jefferson Hunt, was 37 and his mother, Celia Mounts, was 35. He married Emily Knowles about 1858, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 7 daughters. He lived in Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States in 1839 and Utah, Utah, United States in 1850. He died on 25 December 1880, in Oxford, Bannock, Idaho, United States, at the age of 40, and was buried in Red Rock, Bannock, Idaho, United States.
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Sources (25)
- Hiram Hunt in household of Marshal Hunt, "United States Census, 1850"
- Hyrum Hunt, "United States Census, 1880"
- Hyram Hunt in entry for Eva Hunt, "Idaho, Birth Index, 1861-1911"
Spouse and Children
1840–1880 Male
1852–1929 Female
Children (9)
1869–1936 Female
1871–1880 Female
1872–1905 Female
1873–1880 Male
1874–1963 Female
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Parents and Siblings
1803–1879 Male
1805–1897 Female
Siblings (11)
1825–1858 Male
1827–1920 Female
1829–1915 Male
1831–1899 Female
1833–1917 Male
+6 More Children
World Events (8)
1841 · The Nauvoo Legion
Age 1
1846
Age 6
1856 · The Largest Map Company in the World
Age 16
Name Meaning
English (southwestern): occupational name for a hunter, from Middle English hunte ‘hunter, huntsman’ (Old English hunta). The term was used not only of the hunting on horseback of game such as stags and wild boars, which in the Middle Ages was a pursuit restricted to the ranks of the nobility, but also to much humbler forms of pursuit such as bird catching and poaching for food. The word seems also to have been used as an Old English personal name and to have survived into the Middle Ages as an occasional personal name. Compare Huntington and Huntley .
Irish: adopted for various Irish surnames containing or thought to contain the Gaelic element fiadhach ‘hunt’; for example Ó Fiaich (see Fee ) and Ó Fiachna (see Fenton ).
Possibly an Americanized form of German Hundt .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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Hyrum Hunt
"Our Pioneer Heritage" Volume 1 Women and Children of the Mormon Battalion Hyrum, another son of Captain Jefferson Hunt and Celia Mounts, came to Utah with his parents by way Pueblo, Colorado with th …
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