Hunter family who moved from the Shetland Isles, Scotland

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Robinson Hunter was born in the Shetland Islands on 16/6/1834 and married Jessie Ritchie. The photo shows them with their children.
Robinson, Mary, William, Maggie, Annie, Alicia, Nellie, Jimmy, and Jessie.

Settled Murhcison.Map^[1]ContributorMelanie Ramsden

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Date Created21st January 2023CommentsLaura Mills Detlaff
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Melanie Ramsden where did they settle?

Christine Pointon
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Laura Mills Detlaff Murchison

David Perry
Christine Pointon Is that the same family that developed the substantial timber mill near Murchison?

Melanie Ramsden

David Perry Janine Spiers do you know?

Janine Spiers

Melanie Ramsden all I knew was that they were farming

Christine Pointon
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David Perry there were two unrelated Hunter families that settled in the Murchison area

Pauline Schafer
Wow, that's an old photo.

Wendy Oats
I wonder if he knew my gg grandfather he was born in the Shetland s around the same time! Was a fisherman n mariner, and married a Cornish girl.

John Van Pomeren
Great photo. Anyone else notice the large pieces of driftwood at their feet? Wondering what that's about?

Lynette Hunter

Brent Boyce No relation to our side of the family. There were two lots of Hunters settled around that time. This is the other Hunter family.

Brent Boyce
Lynette Hunter - aagghhhh

Melanie Ramsden

Nellie married Arthur McNee. Alicia married Ernest White. Annie married ? Cowan, not sure of his first name. Margaret married Alexander Spiers, they are my great grandparents.

Christine Pointon
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Melanie Ramsden all Murchison families

Melanie Ramsden
Alec Spiers was from Kumara where they had the store, garage and transport business. Bob Cowan, son of Annie and ? Alec Cowan owned the Mahinapua Hotel for many years.Maye Dunn
They look to be a lovely family.

Anntoinette Allan
What a great photograph

Peter Armstrong
Would they have had another daughter Christina Ethel

Thomas Peter Mulligan
Great photo

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Hunter family who moved from the Shetland Isles, Scotland

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