"Jock" John Paterson HUNTER
Born 18 October 1891 in West Kilbride, Ayrshire, Scotland [28]
Son of gamekeeper and later labourer William HUNTER and Jane HOOD [28]
He was registered at birth as just "John Hunter" however on later occasions gave his name as "John Paterson Hunter" [P251]
Grew up in West Kilbride, Ayr, Scotland and was educated at the local West Kilbride School [P251]
His father worked as a Gamekeeper, Labourer and later as a Fishmonger [20] [28]
In 1911 he was living with his parents and siblings William, Margaret, Robert and Alexander on Ritchie Street in West Kilbride [20]
At the age of twelve he was apprenticed to a baker and pastry-cook in Scotland [P251]
His mother passed away from cardiac debility and bronchitis at the age pf 49 years in 1906 [28]
He departed from London, England with his father, sister Margaret and brothers Robert and Alexander on the Otranto in 1911 [P251]
They arrived on the steamship Otranto in Fremantle, Western Australia on 21 February 1911 [70]
After arrival in Western Australia he shifted with his brother Robert to somewhere near Coomberdale [P251]
Worked as a teamster and later as camp cook in or near Coomberdale [P251]
Groom in Winchester in 1914 [50]
Employee in Carnamah of the Midland Railway Company in 1915, and looked after the Company's camp at Carnamah [34]
He met Christina King FORRESTER at the railway siding in Carnamah on Wednesday 15 May 1915 [P300]
He was at the siding on the instructions of his employer to meet three new families arriving in Carnamah [P300]
Left the employ of the Midland Railway Company on 31 December 1915 [34]
For a period he worked as a farmhand for John BOWMAN on The Home Farm in Carnamah [P9]
Groom in Carnamah in 1916, and a Farm Manager in Carnamah in 1917 [6] [19]
Married Christina King FORRESTER on 23 March 1918 at the Presbyterian Church in Fremantle WA [P251]
Best man at their wedding was Hugh CAMPBELL and bridesmaid was Estella Ruby Pearl MCKAY [P251]
Resided in Humad Street in the Perth suburb of Palmyra 1918-1922[P251]
Worked as a docker loading wheat at the wharf in Fremantle in 1918 [P251]
In 1918 and 1919 he worked on coastal boats and then worked on Wyola - a Fremantle tug boat [P251]
Obtained a 7,000 acre farm at Narembeen in partnership with his brother Robert[P251]
Farmer in Narembeen 1922-1940 [P251]
The farm in Narembeen was situated on Cemetery Road, approximately eight miles east of the Narembeen townsite [P251]
Father of Effie and Jean [P81]
Died December 1977; buried Narembeen Cemetery, Narembeen WA (Presbyterian, Plot 109) [182]
| Reference: Carnamah Historical Society & Museum and North Midlands Project, 'John Paterson Hunter' in Biographical Dictionary of Coorow, Carnamah and Three Springs, retrieved 19 December 2024 from www.carnamah.com.au/bio/john-paterson-hunter [reference list] |
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