[Index]
Robert HUNTER (1829 - 1871)
Children Self + Spouses Parents Grandparents Greatgrandparents
Elizabeth HUNTER (1851 - 1931)
Jeannie (Jennie Paterson)HUNTER (1852 - 1921)
Janet HUNTER (1857 - )
Mary HUNTER (1860 - 1912)
Margaret HUNTER (1862 - 1875)
Lilias Stepson HUNTER (1867 - 1924)
Robert HUNTER (1869 - 1906)
 Robert HUNTER (1829 - 1871)

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Janet SNADDEN (1829 - 1909)
 Joseph HUNTER (1806 - 1851) Robert HUNTER (1761 - )









Jean Janet Jane PATTERSON (1803 - 1873) Adam PATTERSON



Mary (PATTERSON)



b. abt 1829 at Clackmannan, Clackmannanshire, Scotland
m. 20 May 1850 Janet SNADDEN (1829 - 1909) at Clackmannan, Clackmannanshire, Scotland
d. 1871 at Newcastle, NSW, Australia aged 42
Near Relatives of Robert HUNTER (1829 - 1871)
Relationship Person Born Birth Place Died Death Place Age
Grandfather Robert HUNTER abt 1761 Clackmannanshire, Scotland
Grandfather Adam PATTERSON
Grandmother Mary (PATTERSON)

Father in Law Andrew SNADDEN 09 Sep 1798 Alloa, Clackmannanshire, Scotland 1875 Burwood, Newcastle, NSW, Australia 77
Mother in Law Elizabeth (Paton) HUNTER abt 1797 Alloa, Clackmannanshire, Scotland 1878 Lambton, NSW, Australia 81

Father Joseph HUNTER abt 1806 Clackmannanshire, Scotland bef 1851 45
Mother Jean Janet Jane PATTERSON abt 1803 Clackmannanshire, Scotland 1873 Newcastle, NSW, Australia 70

Self Robert HUNTER abt 1829 Clackmannan, Clackmannanshire, Scotland 1871 Newcastle, NSW, Australia 42

Wife Janet SNADDEN 06 Jun 1829 St. Ninians, Stirlingshire, Scotland 1909 Merewether, NSW, Australia 80

Daughter Elizabeth HUNTER 06 Oct 1851 Clackmannan, Clackmannanshire, Scotland 1931 Sydney, NSW, Australia 80
Daughter Jeannie (Jennie Paterson)HUNTER abt 1852 Lochmanon, Scotland 1921 Merewether, NSW, Australia 69
Daughter Janet HUNTER 1857 Newcastle, NSW, Australia
Daughter Mary HUNTER 1860 Newcastle, NSW, Australia 1912 Newcastle, NSW, Australia 52
Daughter Margaret HUNTER 1862 Newcastle, NSW, Australia 1875 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia 13
Daughter Lilias Stepson HUNTER 1867 Newcastle, NSW, Australia 1924 Marrickville, NSW, Australia 57
Son Robert HUNTER 1869 Newcastle, NSW, Australia 1906 Newcastle, NSW, Australia 37

Sister Mary HUNTER abt 1830 Clackmannan, Clackmannanshire, Scotland 06 Jun 1903 Minmi, Newcastle, NSW, Australia 73
Brother Alexander HUNTER abt 1832 Clackmannanshire, Scotland
Brother William HUNTER abt 1834 Clackmannanshire, Scotland 1906 Minmi , Newcastle, NSW, Australia 72
Sister Margaret HUNTER abt 1836 Clackmannanshire, Scotland 1903 Lambton, NSW, Australia 67
Sister Isabel HUNTER abt 1838 Clackmannanshire, Scotland

Son in Law John Waller WATSON 1854 Surrey, England 1929 Granville, NSW, Australia 75
Son in Law Henry CALDWELL abt 1845 Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland 1915 Merewether, NSW, Australia 70
Son in Law Thomas LINDSAY
Son in Law Richard Priestley WELLS 1860 Stepney, London, England 1910 Paddington, Sydney, NSW, Australia 50

Granddaughter Ellen Alice May (Nellie) WATSON 1876 Waterloo, Sydney, NSW, Australia 1963 Rockdale, Sydney, NSW, Australia 87
Grandson John Waller WATSON 1879 Waterloo, Sydney, NSW, Australia
Grandson George C T WATSON 1881 Waterloo, Sydney, NSW, Australia 1899 Waterloo, Sydney, NSW, Australia 18
Granddaughter Florence Elizabeth May WATSON 1883 Waterloo, Sydney, NSW, Australia 1950 Rockdale, Sydney, NSW, Australia 67
Granddaughter Grace Ida WATSON 1885 Waterloo, Sydney, NSW, Australia 1961 Sydney, NSW, Australia 76
Grandson Sydney James WATSON 1887 Sydney, NSW, Australia 1958 Rockdale, Sydney, NSW, Australia 71
Granddaughter Ivy May WATSON 1889 Waterloo, Sydney, NSW, Australia 1972 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia 83
Granddaughter Ethel M WATSON 1893 Waterloo, Sydney, NSW, Australia 1921 Urana, NSW, Australia 28
Grandson Albert William WATSON 1895 Waterloo, Sydney, NSW, Australia 1982 Noble Park, Victoria, Australia 87
Grandson John Ernest WATSON 1898 Waterloo, Sydney, NSW, Australia 1958 Liverpool, NSW, Australia 60
Grandson James CALDWELL 1876 Burwood, Newcastle, NSW, Australia 1950 Merewether, NSW, Australia 74
Grandson Robert Blythe CALDWELL 08 Nov 1881 Burwood, Newcastle, NSW, Australia 1951 Newcastle, NSW, Australia 70
Granddaughter Janet Hunter CALDWELL 12 Sep 1883 Junction, Newcastle, NSW, Australia 1892 Merewether, NSW, Australia 9
Grandson Blythe Henry CALDWELL 18 Jan 1887 Newcastle, NSW, Australia 1973 63 Arthur St. Homebush.,NSW, Australia 86
Granddaughter Elsie B WELLS 1892 Newcastle, NSW, Australia 1935 Auburn, NSW, Australia 43
Grandson Robert Thomas WELLS 1898 Newcastle, NSW, Australia 1968 Wyong, NSW, Australia 70

Niece Jane SNADDEN 29 May 1854 Clackmannan, Clackmannanshire, Scotland 1917 Minmi, Newcastle, NSW, Australia 63
Niece Janet Patterson SNADDEN 1856 Newcastle, NSW, Australia 1895 Wallsend, Newcastle, NSW, Australia 39
Niece Mary C SNADDEN 1858 Newcastle, NSW, Australia 1860 Newcastle, NSW, Australia 2
Nephew Joseph Hunter SNADDEN 1863 Newcastle, NSW, Australia 1938 Kurri Kurri, NSW, Australia 75
Nephew Robert Hunter SNADDEN 1865 Newcastle, NSW, Australia 1954 Rockdale, Sydney, NSW, Australia 89
Nephew John SNADDEN 05 Jan 1865 Newcastle, NSW, Australia
Nephew William Hunter SNADDEN 1867 Newcastle, NSW, Australia 04 Dec 1935 Minmi, Newcastle, NSW, Australia 68
Nephew James SNADDEN 1871 Newcastle, NSW, Australia
Nephew Thomas SNADDEN 1871 Newcastle, NSW, Australia 1960 Hamilton, Newcastle, NSW, Australia 89
Niece Sarah Jane WHITEHEAD 1867 Lambton, NSW, Australia 1940 Lambton, NSW, Australia 73
Nephew Robert WHITEHEAD 1869 Newcastle, NSW, Australia 1922 New Lambton, NSW, Australia 53
Nephew Thomas WHITEHEAD 1872 1923 51
Nephew Andrew SNADDEN 1844 Stirling, Stirlingshire, Scotland 27 Mar 1904 Hamilton, Newcastle, NSW, Australia 60
Nephew Alexander SNADDEN abt 1846 Airdrie, Lanark, Scotland 1922 Annandale, NSW, Australia 76
Niece Elizabeth SNADDEN 1848 Airdrie, Lanark, Scotland
Niece Agnes SNADDEN 1850 Airdrie, Lanark, Scotland
Niece Margaret SNADDEN 1853 Airdrie, Lanark, Scotland
Nephew William SNADDEN 05 Jun 1857 New Monkland, Lanark, Scotland 1858 At sea 1
Nephew William SNADDEN 1859 Newcastle, NSW, Australia 1906 Wallsend, Newcastle, NSW, Australia 47
Nephew Daniel SNADDEN abt 1860
Niece Agnes SNADDEN 1862 Newcastle, NSW, Australia 1948 Wallsend, Newcastle, NSW, Australia 86
Nephew John HUNTER 04 May 1847 Clackmannan, Clackmannanshire, Scotland 1859 Newcastle, NSW, Australia 12
Niece Elizabeth HUNTER 1850 Clackmannanshire, Scotland
Nephew Andrew HUNTER 1851 Clackmannan, Clackmannanshire, Scotland
Niece Margaret HUNTER 02 Nov 1852 Clackmannan, Clackmannanshire, Scotland
Nephew Andrew HUNTER 1855 Clackmannan, Clackmannanshire, Scotland 1922 Ryde, Sydney, NSW, Australia 67
Nephew William HUNTER 1856 Newcastle, NSW, Australia 1857 Newcastle, NSW, Australia 1
Nephew James HUNTER 1859 Newcastle, NSW, Australia 1860 Newcastle, NSW, Australia 1
Nephew John HUNTER 1861 Newcastle, NSW, Australia
Nephew John Alexander HUNTER 1863 Newcastle, NSW, Australia 1935 Mayfield, NSW, Australia 72
Nephew Joseph HUNTER 1867 Newcastle, NSW, Australia
Nephew Andrew SNADDEN 1851 Alloa, Clackmannanshire, Scotland 1889 West Melbourne, Victoria, Australia 38
Niece Jane (Jeanie) SNADDEN 1852 Alloa, Clackmannanshire, Scotland
Niece Elizabeth SNADDEN 1854 Victoria, Australia
Niece Margaret SNADDEN 1858 Forest Creek, Victoria, Australia 12 Aug 1913 Hotham, Victoria, Australia 55
Niece Ann (Annie) SNADDEN 1860 Ironbark, Victoria, Australia
Niece Agnes SNADDEN 1862 Sandhurst, Victoria, Australia
Niece Janet SNADDEN 1865 Sandhurst, Victoria, Australia 22 May 1939 West Melbourne, Victoria, Australia 74
Niece Unnamed Female SNADDEN 1873 Sandhurst, Victoria, Australia 1873 Sandhurst, Victoria, Australia 0
Nephew Alexander MITCHELL 05 Dec 1852 Clackmannan, Clackmannanshire, Scotland 13 Sep 1924 Bendigo, Victoria, Australia 71
Niece Elizabeth MITCHELL 1856 Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia 12 Mar 1938 Bendigo, Victoria, Australia 82
Nephew Andrew MITCHELL 1857 Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia 1859 Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia 2
Nephew William MITCHELL 1859 Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia 07 Mar 1907 Hill St, Long Gully, Victoria, Australia 48
Nephew Ebenezer MITCHELL 20 Jun 1861 Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia 13 Sep 1945 Maylands, WA, Australia 84
Nephew Cornelius MITCHELL 1863 Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia 1863 Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia 0
Nephew James MITCHELL 1863 Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia
Niece Mary MITCHELL 1865 Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia 28 Feb 1951 Bendigo, Victoria, Australia 86
Nephew Andrew MITCHELL 12 Nov 1867 Redan Hill, Sandhurst, Victoria, Australia 02 Oct 1943 St Arnaud, Victoria, Australia 75
Niece Elizabeth SNADDEN 1857 Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia 1858 Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia 1
Niece Mary SNADDEN 1858 Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia 1858 Victoria, Australia 0
Nephew Thomas SNADDEN 1860 Sandhurst, Victoria, Australia 1861 Sandhurst, Victoria, Australia 1
Nephew James SNADDEN 1862 Sandhurst, Victoria, Australia 1937 Surrey Hills, Victoria, Australia 75
Niece Jane SNADDEN 1864 Sandhurst, Victoria, Australia 17 Oct 1928 Surrey Hills, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia 64
Nephew Andrew SNADDEN 1866 Redan Hill, Sandhurst, Victoria, Australia 1866 Sandhurst, Victoria, Australia 0
Niece Elizabeth SNADDEN 1868 Sandhurst, Victoria, Australia 1868 Sandhurst, Victoria, Australia 0
Niece Isabella Fraser SNADDEN 1869 Sandhurst, Victoria, Australia 13 Sep 1946 Surrey Hills, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia 77
Nephew John SNADDEN 1874 Sandhurst, Victoria, Australia 1874 Sandhurst, Victoria, Australia 0
Nephew William SNADDEN 1875 Sandhurst, Victoria, Australia 1957 Deep, Victoria, Australia 82
Nephew Charles Henry SNADDEN abt 1874 1939 Waratah, Mayfield, NSW, Australia 65

Sister in Law Margaret SNADDEN 15 Jul 1821 Alloa, Clackmannanshire, Scotland abt 1824 Alloa, Clackmannanshire, Scotland 3
Brother in Law Andrew SNADDEN 06 Mar 1823 Alloa, Clackmannanshire, Scotland 01 Dec 1903 Wallsend, Newcastle, NSW, Australia 80
Sister in Law Margaret Agnes SNADDEN 14 Mar 1825 Alloa, Clackmannanshire, Scotland 1906 Waratah, NSW, Australia 81
Brother in Law William SNADDEN 1827 Scotland 16 Oct 1889 West Melbourne, Victoria, Australia 62
Sister in Law Elizabeth SNADDEN 05 Jun 1831 Clackmannan, Clackmannanshire, Scotland 08 Oct 1869 Redan Hill, Sandhurst, Victoria, Australia 38
Sister in Law Jane SNADDEN 26 Mar 1833 Alloa, Clackmannanshire, Scotland 18 Mar 1911 Surrey Hills, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia 77
Brother in Law Joseph Hunter SNADDEN 30 May 1835 Alloa, Clackmannanshire, Scotland 1900 Hamilton, Newcastle, NSW, Australia 65
Brother in Law Thomas SNADDEN 1838 Scotland
Brother in Law James SNADDEN 1843 St. Ninians, Stirlingshire, Scotland 11 Nov 1913 Waratah, NSW, Australia 70
Brother in Law John SNADDEN 15 Apr 1819 Alloa, Clackmannanshire, Scotland 18 Jan 1893 Minmi, Newcastle, NSW, Australia 73
Sister in Law Sarah PATERSON
Brother in Law Robert WHITEHEAD 1895 Lambton, NSW, Australia
Events in Robert HUNTER (1829 - 1871)'s life
Date Age Event Place Notes Src
abt 1829 Robert HUNTER was born Clackmannan, Clackmannanshire, Scotland Note 1
1841 12 Census Devon Colliery Redrow, Clackmannan Note 2 67
20 May 1850 21 Married Janet SNADDEN (aged 20) Clackmannan, Clackmannanshire, Scotland Note 3 25
bef 1851 22 Death of father Joseph HUNTER (aged 45) Note 4
1851 22 Census Red Row, Clackmannan, Clackmannanshire, Scotland Note 5 67
06 Oct 1851 22 Birth of daughter Elizabeth HUNTER Clackmannan, Clackmannanshire, Scotland Note 6 24, 25
abt 1852 23 Birth of daughter Jeannie (Jennie Paterson)HUNTER Lochmanon, Scotland 24, 25
25 Dec 1853 24 Immigration "Epaninondas", Adelaide, South Australia, Australia Note 7 63
1857 28 Birth of daughter Janet HUNTER Newcastle, NSW, Australia Reg No 9081/1857 17, 25
1860 31 Birth of daughter Mary HUNTER Newcastle, NSW, Australia Reg No. 9752/1860 17, 25
1862 33 Birth of daughter Margaret HUNTER Newcastle, NSW, Australia Reg No. 11025/1862 17, 25
1867 38 Birth of daughter Lilias Stepson HUNTER Newcastle, NSW, Australia Reg No 12940/1867 17, 25
1869 40 Birth of son Robert HUNTER Newcastle, NSW, Australia Reg No 15116/1869 17, 25
1871 42 Robert HUNTER died Newcastle, NSW, Australia Note 8 17, 60
Note 1: 1851 census - born in Clackmannan
Mitchell family tree b c1825
immigration 1853 - age 24 = c 1829 at Clackmannan
Note 2: HUNTER
Robt (80 - c 1761, Clackmannanshire) - coal miner
Joseph (35 - c 1806, Clackmannanshire) - coal miner
Jean (38 - c 1803, Clackmannanshire_
Robt (13 - c 1828, Clackmannanshire) - ag lab
Mary (11 - c 1830, Clackmannanshire)
Alexander (9 - c 1832 - Clackmannanshire)
William (7 - c 1834 - Clackmannanshire)
Margaret (5 - c 1836, Clackmannanshire)
Isabel (3 - c 1838, Clackmannanshire)
Note 3: Mitchell family tree &1851 census just the two of them - no kids yet.
Note 4: not on the 1851 census
Wife Jane/Jean came to Australia in 1857 (no mention of Joseph) with other members of the family
Note 5: HUNTER
Robert(22 - 1829 - Clackmannan) - coal miner
Janet(21 - 1830 - Saint Ninians, Stirling - no kids yet.
Note 6: Mitchell family tree
age 1 on boat records in 1853
Note 7: Immigrants to South Australia, (UK, assisted passage) (1847-1886)

All these passengers were born in Clackmannan - likely that they knew each other

*Janet Hunter and Elizabeth Mitchell are sisters (nee Snadden)
Jane Sneddon is a sister to Janet and Elizabeth

ALLAN Robert (23) - ag lab -b Clackmannan, Betsy (25), Henry - (inf) - died at sea 26 Oct 1853

HUNTER Robert (24) - miner - b Clackmannan, *Janet (23), Elizabeth (1), Jane (inf)


PAT(T)ERSON James (29) - ag lab - b Clackmannan, Elizabeth (31), Janet (6)

MITCHELL Ebenezer (21) - miner - b Clackmannan, *Elizabeth (21), Alexander (inf)

SNEDDON *Jane - (20) - single - domestic servant - b Clackmannan
(sister to Janet Hunter and Elizabeth Mitchell)
Note 8: 4920/1871 HUNTER ROBERT JOSEPH JANE NEWCASTLE

Newcastle Chronicle 21 Oct 1871
DEATHS. HUNTER. — On the 16th October, at his residence, Burwood, ROBERT HUNTER, eldest son of Joseph and Jane Hunter, and beloved husband of Janet Hunter, leaving an affectionate wife and seven children, and a large circle of friends to mourn their loss. Aged, forty-three years and two weeks. Late of Clackmaningshire, Scotland.
Source References:
17. Type: Vital Record, Abbr: NSW bdm register, Title: NSW bdm register
- Reference = (Death)
- Notes: 4920/1871 HUNTER ROBERT JOSEPH JANE NEWCASTLE
25. Type: Web Page, Abbr: Mitchell family tree, Title: Mitchell family tree Ancestry.co, Auth: Gloria
- Reference = (Marriage)
60. Type: Newspaper, Title: Trove, http://trove.nla.gov.au
- Reference = (Death)
- Notes: Newcastle Chronicle 21 Oct 1871
DEATHS. HUNTER. — On the 16th October, at his residence, Burwood, ROBERT HUNTER, eldest son of Joseph and Jane Hunter, and beloved husband of Janet Hunter, leaving an affectionate wife and seven children, and a large circle of friends to mourn their loss. Aged, forty-three years and two weeks. Late of Clackmaningshire, Scotland.
67. Type: Census, Abbr: UK Census Collection, Title: UK Census Collection, Auth: Ancestry.com.au, Publ: Ancestry.com.au
- Reference = 1851 (Census)
- Notes: HUNTER
Robert(22 - 1829 - Clackmannan) - coal miner
Janet(21 - 1830 - Saint Ninians, Stirling - no kids yet.
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