The Descendants of Arthur & Eliza (Marjoram) Hunt

Subsequent to a visit to Enfield, another of Chris' cousin sent her a delightful photo of Chris' mother as an infant, taken in Enfield circa 1912:

Chris' mother Phyllis Marjoram Hunt in Enfield circa 1912

Phyllis is the baby of a few months old with her eldest sister Lily Hunt standing at the back with the other sister Elsie Hunt.

Remarkably, a great grand-daughter of Lily Hunt found the web-site and contacted us and filled in many gaps in our knowledge of the family.

Eliza (Marjoram) Hunt

More recently, we went through some of the photos which we have kept in an old suitcase in the loft. In the suitcase was a framed photograph of Chris grandmother Eliza Marjoram as a young woman circa 1885:

Eliza Marjoram as a young woman

We took a chance and took the backing off the photo to see if the photo had any details on it. To our surprise, there was another photo underneath! It was a photo circa 1825 of Dorothy Hunt and Bill Eustace wedding in which Chris' mother was a bridesmaid (age about 12):

Wedding of Dorothy Hunt & Bill Eustace

We sent a copy of the photo to one of Chris' cousins and it turned out to be her grandparents and her mother had not got a wedding photo of her parents.

Chris' cousin called on us with her son when she was on holiday in the New Forest and they had a good chat! We were delighted to give her the photo of her parents' wedding.

Wonderful!

Chris with her cousin and son

Chris' cousin and son with me

Chris' cousin with the photo of her parents' wedding

Censuses

I had another look at the Censuses using Ancestry.co.uk and found some missing entries in 1851, 1861, 1871 and 1891.

Colin Bower
30 July 2008

Links to:
Hunt Family - Progress to date