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John Allan Hunter

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John Allan Hunter

Birth
Clackmannan, Clackmannanshire, Scotland
Death
12 Jan 1886 (aged 34)
Almy, Uinta County, Wyoming, USA
Burial
Ogden, Weber County, Utah, USA Add to Map
Plot
D-6-11-1E
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John is the son of Margaret Allan and John Hunter of Scotland. He married Christina Wanlass, the daughter of Margaret Neilson and James Wanless on 24 September 1879.

Their first born was John William Hunter who married Ethel Annie Stimpson.
Second son, James A. Hunter, was killed at the Winter Quarters #4 Coal Mine tragedy outside Scofield, Carbon, Utah in 1900 at barely 18 years old.
Margaret, "Maggie", their first daughter married Lenard Perry Nettles.

Christina Wanless was expecting their second daughter when John was killed in a coal mine accident in Almy, Unita, Wyoming.
Their last child, Christina, was born a month later. She married Alfred Thomas Romeril.

The widow of John, Christina, later married (5 November 1890) John's older brother, Robert Allan Hunter, who had lost his first wife in childbirth the same year as John had died.

Ten years later Robert, along with his first son, James Chalmers, and John's 2nd son, was also killed in the 1900 coal mine disaster in Utah.
John is the son of Margaret Allan and John Hunter of Scotland. He married Christina Wanlass, the daughter of Margaret Neilson and James Wanless on 24 September 1879.

Their first born was John William Hunter who married Ethel Annie Stimpson.
Second son, James A. Hunter, was killed at the Winter Quarters #4 Coal Mine tragedy outside Scofield, Carbon, Utah in 1900 at barely 18 years old.
Margaret, "Maggie", their first daughter married Lenard Perry Nettles.

Christina Wanless was expecting their second daughter when John was killed in a coal mine accident in Almy, Unita, Wyoming.
Their last child, Christina, was born a month later. She married Alfred Thomas Romeril.

The widow of John, Christina, later married (5 November 1890) John's older brother, Robert Allan Hunter, who had lost his first wife in childbirth the same year as John had died.

Ten years later Robert, along with his first son, James Chalmers, and John's 2nd son, was also killed in the 1900 coal mine disaster in Utah.


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