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William Steen Hunter

William Steen Hunter

Born
1815-01-01 12:00:00
Died
1863-07-01 12:00:00
Gender
Male
Place of migration
Migrated to /Born in Canada

On the 15th instant, by the Rev. James Morgan. William S. Hunter, Esq, Deneight, eldest son of Alexander Hunter. Esq., Dunmurry, Anna, second daughter of William Orr, Esq., Glennalina Falls. Newry Telegraph - Friday 25 March 1836

Hunter - In July, at Fitzroy Harbor, Canada West, of fever, William S. Hunter, formerly of Deneight, County Down, eldest son of Alexander Hunter, Dunmurry, aged 50 years. Document ID  800114 Date  10-08-1863 Document Type  Newspapers (Births, Deaths, Marriages) Archive  Central Library, Belfast Citation  Death of William S. Hunter, Fitzroy Harbor, Canada West; The Belfast Newsletter, Monday, 10 August, 1863; CMSIED 800114 Link  http://ied.dippam.ac.uk/records/20606 (Consulted: 20-03-2012) 

Duneight House   Blaris   20: 27/61   farm; 4km S of Lisburn; residence of William Steen Hunter in 1872 OFB p136 ? (OFB   Old Families of Banbridge   R.S.J. Clarke   Ulster Historical Foundation 1989) 

The Evening Freeman. - Saturday 05 March 1859 
INSOLVENT DEBTORS. Petitions TO HEARD At the Court of Bankruptcy and Insolvency,  March 26 William Steen Hunter, Late of Deneight, county Down, merchant and commission agent, out of business.

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    <p>A brief timeline of the Family of Mr. Robert Curran, Sr. a Whitesmith/Blacksmith of Portaferry, Co. Down, his wife Catherine, and their son, Capt. Robert Curran, Jr., also of Portaferry, Co. Down, Ireland.</p>

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