Moore HUNTER

1835 - 1897  (62 years)

• Name	Moore HUNTER  [1, 2, 3, 4]
  Born	1835	Braidwood, Lanarkshire, Scotland   [1, 5, 6, 7]
  Gender	Male
  Died	3 Feb 1897	Hawera, South Taranaki, Taranaki, New Zealand   [5, 7, 8, 9]
  Person ID	I207	Blyth Family Tree
  Last Modified	31 Mar 2018

  
  

  Father	Alexander HUNTER,   b. 1801, Lanark, Scotland ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Mother	Margeret GILCHRIST,   b. Abt 1804,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Married	7 Mar 1824	Barony, Lanarkshire, Scotland   [10]
  	MARR: _PRIM Y
  Family ID	F111	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Last Modified	31 Mar 2018
  Family ID	F54	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Mary MURRAY,   b. 1851, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom ,   d. 17 Aug 1943, Hawera, South Taranaki, Taranaki, New Zealand  (Age 92 years)
  Married	1874	Hawera, Taranaki, New Zealand   [11, 12]
  Children	1. Jeannie HUNTER,   b. 6 Jul 1875, Hawera, Taranaki, New Zealand ,   d. 5 Apr 1946, Wanganui, Manawatu-Wanganui, New Zealand  (Age 70 years)   2. Alexander HUNTER,   b. 21 May 1877, Hawera, Taranaki, New Zealand ,   d. 11 Aug 1944, Hawera, Taranaki, New Zealand  (Age 67 years)   3. James HUNTER,   b. 6 Mar 1879, Hawera, Taranaki, New Zealand ,   d. Yes, date unknown   4. Moore HUNTER,   b. 1882, Hawera, Taranaki, New Zealand ,   d. 20 Jun 1972, Hawera, Taranaki, New Zealand  (Age 90 years)   5. Amelia HUNTER,   b. 15 Dec 1884, Hawera, Taranaki, New Zealand ,   d. 1962  (Age 77 years)   6. Robert Gilchrist HUNTER,   b. 20 Jan 1887, Hawera, Taranaki, New Zealand ,   d. 12 Nov 1887, Hawera, Taranaki, New Zealand  (Age 0 years)   7. Andrew Torry HUNTER,   b. 1888, Hawera, Taranaki, New Zealand ,   d. Yes, date unknown   8. Isabella Belle HUNTER,   b. 1890, Hawera, Taranaki, New Zealand ,   d. Yes, date unknown   9. Mary Murray HUNTER,   b. 1893, Hawera, Taranaki, New Zealand ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Last Modified	31 Mar 2018
  Family ID	F55	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  From: Christine Clement Subject: Moore HUNTER Date: Tue, 26 Jul 2005 20:55:07 +1200 Moore HUNTER was born in Scotland and died Hawera 3 February 1897 aged 62years i.e.born c. 1835. His father was Alexander and mother Margaret? He married Mary Murray. Don't know about connection to this Robert Gibson Hunter? Christine Clement Te Puke (Kiwifruit Capital of the World) New Zealand http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~sooty cmclement@clear.net.nz List Manager for Ballinger-UK, Boulcott, Shand, and Audas on Rootsweb. c om Death of Mr. Moore Hunter. Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XXXIV, Issue 3462, 3 February 1897, Pag e 2 Death of Mr. Moore Hunter. We regret having to record the death of Mr Moore Hunter, which occurre d a t his residence this morning about halfpast six. It is pretty gene rally k nown Mr Hunter had been in more or less feeble health for som e time pas t, an attack of pleurisy having resulted in a complicatio n of diseases f rom which latterly it was hardly hoped he would rally . Indeed, during t he past few days his hold on life was most precario us, though friends w ho knew little of his real condition, but relie d on the wonderful recup eratve power he had from time to time shown , hoped that he might be aga in seen about. However, the end came, a s stated this morning. Mr Hunter w as a colonist of very old standing . He was born in the village of Braid wood, Lanarkshire, but at an ear ly age the sturdy independence which he s howed in later years began t o develope, and he emigrated to Canada, and a fter a visit to Scotlan d again went out, but in time the more genial cl imate of New Zealan d attracted him. The oldest settlers on the coast re member him at Ka i Iwi, where in the days of native troubles he had to b ear his part w ith his fellow settlers, and we believe, though we are no t quite cert ain, that he was a member of the Kai Iwi troop, wich which t he Hon. J ohn Bryce was assooiatad. Later on Mr Hunter had a farm at Wai totar a now occupied by Mr William Parsons, which he sold and came on to H a wera. This must have been early in the seventies, and just at that ti m e Hawera was being re-settled after Titokowaru's war. The land abou t he re had been divided up into small sections and military settler s were e ncouraged to settle, privates getting 50 acre scrip and offic ers larger . But a large slice of land running to the southward and we stward of th e present town site had been marked off as a railway rese rve, and this t he Government determined to sell. Mr Hunter, among oth ers, was a purcha ser at the sale, acquiring sections which formed th e nucleus of the pre sent fine estate of Burnside, whereon he made hi s home, reared his fami ly, and has now died. It was like the other un occupied land, fern and t utu, and in a rough state, and its present c ondition, in which it is pe rhaps one of the best cultivated, clean, a nd most productive farms on t he coast is a tribute to the energy an d hard work and persevarance of t his pioneer settler. During his lon g residence in the district Mr Hunte r built up a reputation as a care ful, good farmer, liberal in his ideas o f how to treat land and bree d stock the success of which policy has bee n often shown in the sho w rings of the Egmont, Wanganui, Palmerston Nor th, and other agricult ural and pastoral societies. For many years fello w settlers were gla d to get the benefit of his business shrewdness and e xperience on loc al bodies, and he was successively a member of the Pate a County Counc il, Hawera Road Board, and Hawera County Council ; while a s to the A . and P. Society he wss not only in evidence at show time, bu t a valu ed officer from the inception of this institution. All movement s whic h he considered for the solid advantage and prosperity of the dis tric t be was a supporter of, and was ready to help both with purse and w o rk. Of the Presbyterian Church he was a consistent member and a grea t h elper ; none knew his worth and his liberality better, perhaps, th an th ose associated with him in that Communion ; and all bodies whic h sought t o promote the social and moral well-being of the people wer e ever sure o f help from him. Privately, there was no man whom one wo uld be less dis posed to approach had he a weak case ; or more ready , if he had a case r eally deserving of help. Mr Hunter had the powe r and courage of discrim ination; qualities much rarer than they shoul d be for the well being of t he community. As to colonial politics, h e never sought any public offic e, but his interest was keen and his f eelings strong. Mr Hunter leaves a w idow and family of eight (and sev eral brothers and other relatives) to m ourn him, and the district, wh ich in a wide sense is a loser by his dea th, will sympathise with the m in their loss. Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XXXIV, Issue 3462, 3 February 1897, Pag e 2 The Late Mr Moore Hunter. MEMORIAL SERVICE. A funeral service in connection with the death of th e l ate Mr Moore Hunter was conducted on Sunday morning at the Presbyt erian C hurch by the Rev. T. McDonald. The pulpit wis draped in black , and hymn s appropriate to the occasion were sung. Mr McDonald chos e for his text t he words " And I heard a voice from Heaven saying unt o me, Write, Bless ed are the dead which die in the Lord from hencefor th : Yea, saith the S pirit, that they may rest from their labours ; a nd their works do follo w them."- Revelation XIV- IB. The address thro ughout was solemn and imp ressive, and listened to with great interes t by the large congregation p resent. Referring particularly to the lo ss the church had sustained by t he demise of their late friend and br other he said they knew he had bee n long interested in this charg e - in fact since its beginning he had b een foremost in every good wo rd and work; they had almost come to think t hat his wise counsel an d generous help were indispensible to the carryi ng on of the work. I n every department of it his loss would be most kee nly felt. Unti l a few months ago he had conducted a class in the Sabbat h School an d he always manifested the deepest interest in all that pert ained t o the moral and spiritual well-being of the young. When any effo rt wa s made on be half of their church, on behalf of Foreign Missions o r i ndeed on behalf of any needy object he was always to the front. The r e were many beautiful traits in his life. There was a spontaneity ab out h is Christian services that they should long remember and long va lue. He a lso carried out, as the speaker had seen few do, the words o f the Lord J esus Christ, " Let not thy left hand know what thy righ t hand doeth." O stentation and parade were unknown to him. After spea king of deceased's r eligious life, Mr McDonald said the loss create d by his death to his wi fe and family was an irreparable one, and th e loss to their church was g reat ; the loss also to many whom he befr iended in times of difficulty w as great. Mr McDonald added that perso nally he had lost a wise counsell or and a true friend - one whose wor ds were valuable to him when cast d own by reason of the hardness of t he world. But while they recognised h is loss as irreparable they ha d another and a brighter side to the pict ure, for to him to die wa s a glorious gain and a deliverance from tbe g roanings of earth to th e songs of Heaven ; from great bodily weakness t o the strength that c haracterises those who have entered the Celestial C ity. What a change ; what a blessed change! They should miss him sadly, a nd he appeale d to members of the congregation to fill the breach in chu rch work hi s death had occasioned. Of him he thought it might truly be s aid, "H e hath done what he could." Mr McDonald concluded by imploring G od' s comfort and hope to the bereaved widow and family. Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XXXIV, Issue 3466, 8 February 1897, Pag e 2 COUNTY CHAIRMEN. HAWERA. The annual meeting of the Hawera County Council was held yesterday, fo r t he election of a Chairman for the year. There were present -Messr s Moor e Hunter (chairman), A. C. Milne, Finlayeon, and Partridge. Mr . Milne p roposed that Mr. Hunter be re-elected Chairman, and remarke d that Mr. H unter lived near town, which was a great convenience, bu t apart from th at he had conducted the affairs of the County admirabl y, and a better m an could not be obtained. Mr. Hunter desired to be.r elieved of office, a nd suggested the election of Councillor Yorke. Mr . Partridge also eulog ised Mr. Hunter, and, after persuasion, Mr. Hun ter was induced to accep t office again, and was then duly elected. I t was resolved to hold a sp ecial meeting on Thursday, 6th December, i n place of the ordinary meeti ng on the Ist inst. Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume IV, Issue 662, 29 November 1883, Page 2 DEAT: _PROOF proven

  
  

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  [S37] Ancestry.com, 1841 Scotland Census Records (Name: Online publicatio n - P rovo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006.Original dat a - 1841 S cotland Census. Edinburgh, Scotland: General Register Offic e for Scotla nd. Reels 1-151. General Register O, Moore Hunter (Reliability: 0). Name: Moore Hunter Age: 6 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1835 Gender: Male Where born: Lanarkshire, Scotland Civil parish: Carluke County: Lanarkshire Address: Braidwood Village Parish Number: 629 Household Members: Name Age Alexr Hunter 40 Margt Hunter 37 Alexr Hunter 12 John Hunter 10 David Hunter 8 Moore Hunter 6 James Hunter 4 Robert Hunter 3 Andrew Hunter 1 Name: Moore Hunter Age: 6 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1835 Gender: Male Where born: Lanarkshire, Scotland Civil parish: Carluke County: Lanarkshire Address: Braidwood Village Parish Number: 629 Household Members: Name Age Alexr Hunter 40 Margt Hunter 37 Alexr Hunter 12 John Hunter 10 David Hunter 8 Moore Hunter 6 James Hunter 4 Robert Hunter 3 Andrew Hunter 1 [S85] Ancestry.com, New Zealand, Electoral Rolls, 1853-1981 (Name: Online pu b lication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010.Origi nal d ata - New Zealand Electoral Rolls, 1853–1981. Auckland, New Zeal and: BA B microfilming. Microfiche publica (Reliability: 0). Residence date: 1880-1881 Residence place: Egmont, Taranaki, New Zealand [S21] Ancestry Family Trees (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ance s try.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry me mbe rs.;), Ancestry Family Trees (Reliability: 0). [S21] Ancestry Family Trees (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ance s try.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry me mbe rs.;), Ancestry Family Tree (Reliability: 0). [S16] WEBSITE:ROOTSWEB, http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/NEW-ZEALAND/2005-07/1122368107 (Reliability: 0). From: Christine Clement Subject: Moore HUNTER Date: Tue, 26 Jul 2005 20:55:07 +1200 Moore HUNTER was born in Scotland and died Hawera 3 February 1897 aged 62years i.e.born c. 1835. His father was Alexander and mother Margaret? He married Mary Murray. Don't know about connection to this Robert Gibson Hunter? Christine Clement Te Puke (Kiwifruit Capital of the World) New Zealand http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~sooty cmclement@clear.net.nz List Manager for Ballinger-UK, Boulcott, Shand, and Audas on Rootsweb. c om [S100] PAPERS PAST NZ (Name: NZ Archives;), http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz (Reliability: 0). Death of Mr. Moore Hunter. Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XXXIV, Issue 3462, 3 February 1897, Pag e 2 [S100] PAPERS PAST NZ (Name: NZ Archives;) (Reliability: 0). Death of Mr. Moore Hunter. Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XXXIV, Issu e 3 462, 3 February 1897, Page 2 Death of Mr. Moore Hunter. We regre t havi ng to record the death of Mr Moore Hunter, which occurred at hi s reside nce this morning about halfpast six. It is pretty generally k nown Mr Hu nter had been in more or less feeble health for some time p ast, an atta ck of pleurisy having resulted in a complication of disea ses from which l atterly it was hardly hoped he would rally. Indeed, d uring the past few d ays his hold on life was most precarious, thoug h friends who knew littl e of his real condition, but relied on the wo nderful recuperatve power h e had from time to time shown, hoped tha t he might be again seen about. H owever, the end came, as stated thi s morning. Mr Hunter was a colonist o f very old standing. He was bor n in the village of Braidwood, Lanarkshi re, but at an early age the s turdy independence which he showed in late r years began to develope , and he emigrated to Canada, and after a visi t to Scotland again wen t out, but in time the more genial climate of Ne w Zealand attracted h im. The oldest settlers on the coast remember him a t Kai Iwi, where i n the days of native troubles he had to bear his part w ith his fello w settlers, and we believe, though we are not quite certai n, that h e was a member of the Kai Iwi troop, wich which the Hon. John B ryce w as assooiatad. Later on Mr Hunter had a farm at Waitotara now occ upie d by Mr William Parsons, which he sold and came on to Hawera. This m u st have been early in the seventies, and just at that time Hawera wa s b eing re-settled after Titokowaru's war. The land about here had be en di vided up into small sections and military settlers were encourag ed to s ettle, privates getting 50 acre scrip and officers larger. Bu t a large s lice of land running to the southward and westward of th e present town s ite had been marked off as a railway reserve, and thi s the Government d etermined to sell. Mr Hunter, among others, was a p urchaser at the sale , acquiring sections which formed the nucleus o f the present fine estat e of Burnside, whereon he made his home, rear ed his family, and has now d ied. It was like the other unoccupied lan d, fern and tutu, and in a rou gh state, and its present condition, i n which it is perhaps one of the b est cultivated, clean, and most pro ductive farms on the coast is a trib ute to the energy and hard work a nd persevarance of this pioneer settle r. During his long residence i n the district Mr Hunter built up a reput ation as a careful, good far mer, liberal in his ideas of how to treat l and and breed stock the su ccess of which policy has been often shown in t he show rings of the E gmont, Wanganui, Palmerston North, and other agri cultural and pastora l societies. For many years fellow settlers were gl ad to get the bene fit of his business shrewdness and experience on loca l bodies, and h e was successively a member of the Patea County Council, H awera Roa d Board, and Hawera County Council ; while as to the A. and P. S ociet y he wss not only in evidence at show time, but a valued officer f ro m the inception of this institution. All movements which he consider e d for the solid advantage and prosperity of the district be was a su ppo rter of, and was ready to help both with purse and work. Of the Pr esbyt erian Church he was a consistent member and a great helper ; non e knew h is worth and his liberality better, perhaps, than those assoc iated with h im in that Communion ; and all bodies which sought to pro mote the socia l and moral well-being of the people were ever sure o f help from him. P rivately, there was no man whom one would be less d isposed to approach h ad he a weak case ; or more ready, if he had a c ase really deserving of h elp. Mr Hunter had the power and courage o f discrimination; qualities m uch rarer than they should be for the we ll being of the community. As t o colonial politics, he never sought a ny public office, but his interes t was keen and his feelings strong . Mr Hunter leaves a widow and family o f eight (and several brother s and other relatives) to mourn him, and th e district, which in a wid e sense is a loser by his death, will sympath ise with them in their l oss. [S30] David Blyth, Cemetery Headstone Photos - Personal Taken (Name: David B l yth;), Death of Moore Hunter, 3 Feb 1897 (Reliability: 0). [S109] Registrar of Births, Deaths and Mariages, New Zealand - Death Records (Reliability: 0). Death Cert Moore Hunter [S112] www.scotlandpeople.govt.co.uk, Scotland Old Parish Records - Banns & M a rriages 1564-1855, M11968-4, 1 07/03/1824 HUNTER ALEXANDER MARGARET GILCHRIST/FR4150 M BARONY GLASGOW CITY CITY/LANARK 622/00 0160 0099 (Reliability: 0). groom's name: Alexander Hunter groom's birth date: groom's birthplace: groom's age: bride's name: Margaret Gilchrist bride's birth date: bride's birthplace: bride's age: marriage date: 07 Mar 1824 marriage place: Barony,Lanark,Scotland groom's father's name: groom's mother's name: bride's father's name: bride's mother's name: groom's race: groom's marital status: groom's previous wife's name: bride's race: bride's marital status: bride's previous husband's name: indexing project (batch) number: M11968-4 system origin: Scotland-ODM source film number: 994683 reference number: [S63] Lionel Klee, Klee Family Genealogy, Klee And Block Family Genalogy (http://genealogy.eproject.co.nz/). (Reliability: 0). [S16] WEBSITE:ROOTSWEB, http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~sooty/pioneer.htm (Reliability: 0). HUNTER, MARY nee MURRAY was born in 1851 in Glasgow, Scotland and cam e t o New Zealand in 1862. She was the daughter of James Murray, a te a mer chant, and Jane nee Blair. Mary married Moore Hunter at Wanganu i in 18 74. Moore had a large property on the west side of Hawera, an d the fam ily lived at Burnside (now the A and P showgrounds). The Hu nter family h ad considerable involvement in the early development o f the Hawera comm unity. Mary Hunter died on the 17 August 1943 age d 92 years and is bur ied in the Hawera cemetery.