The Hunters from Berwick & Midlothian Scotland

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John Hunter married Margaret Brown 05/11/1792 in Eyemouth, Berwick, Scotland


Eyemouth Berwick

Children:-
William Hunter born 21/01/1793 in Eyemouth, Berwick  James Hunter born 20/01/1797 in Hutton, Berwick

James Hunter married Christian Kelso 06/01/1820 in Swinton And Simprin, Berwick - he lived at Causeway Bank Chirnside

Children John born 1821, James born 1829, Grace Marshal born 1831, David born 1834  and Christian born 1840. 1^st 4 born in Coldingham and Christian born in Chirnside, Berwick 

Doocot Chirnside

Grace Marshal married Alexander Voy on 30/12/1859 in Coldingham, Berwick. He was born about 1833 and his parents were William Voy and Margaret ?

In 1881 Alexander was farm steward of Blackadder Mains Farm Edrom Berwickshire and he and Grace were living at at Blackadder Mains cottage. James Hunter, her father, was living with them.

Blackadder Mains

Blackadder Mains cottage

David married Margaret Thomson from Moram Haddington in Edinburgh Parish, Edinburgh. She was the daughter of James Thomson and Margaret Thomson who married 29/05/1825 at Moram Haddington

Two other children were Jean born 03/10/1830 and Janet born 15/02/1836

David Hunter and Margaret Thomson

David was born on 27/07/1834 in Coldingham Berwick and Margaret was born on 10 MAR 1826 in Moram, Haddington
They married on 21/06/1861. One known child was George born 18/03/1864.
In 1881 census they were living at 39 Caledonian Crescent, Edinburgh. David was working as a mason and George his son was an apprentice in an architects office.
George married Annie Bennet on 31/12/1886 at Gorebridge, Midlothian

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George Hunter 1890-1924	George & Isabella 1886-1956 with Ella and George	George
Notice of George's death		George's war record

Isabella was the daughter of James Asher -  from Elgin - and George was a carter by profession. He died 07/09/1924 at the age of 34 of a brain tumour. Before her marriage Isabella was first a housekeeper to a doctor in Roslin, Midlothian. Next she was housekeeper for minister Wallace in Traquair in the Borders. After their marriage George and Isabella moved to Dalkeith

Traquair House

Her step sister Helen Asher married Alexander Whitelaw from Inveresk With Musselburgh - he had a grocer's shop there. Isabella went to work for her brother-in-law. Later the Whitelaws expanded by taking over a grocery business in Dalkeith. Later still they had a farm near Dalkeith, another shop in Black Shiels and a Dog Boarding kennels near Dalkeith.

After George died Isabella supported her family by becoming caretaker of the Church Hall  in Tate St Dalkeith.

Isabella died at her daughter's home near Portobello in 1956

Unknown older generation

Isabella & her daughter Ella

They had 3 children:- 1 Isabella Lothian Lockie 1914-1998 – she was assistant headmistress at Musselburgh Grammar and lived in Portobello - she had completed her education with an exchange to Heidelberg in Germany .Ella moved from Dalkeith with her mother and Jim to live in Edinburgh in 1953. She did not marry Bible presentation to Ella from Sunday School teachers of the Church of St Nicholas Dalkeith Granny Lockie Asher with her daughter Isabella Asher Hunter & grandchildren Ella & Jim 2 George 1916-1997. WWII service first as Cpl in RAOC - served in Orkney and Shetlands, then England where he transferred to REME and became a sergeant armourer attached to the Parachute Regiment. Afterwards he served in Norway and then Palestine. He received a certificate signed by the King of Norway for being one of the soldiers involved with the liberation of Norway. Afterwards he worked as a cycle mechanic then later for Bruntons Wire Mill and lived in Musselburgh - more about George's family below 3 James Asher 1919-2004  He served in WWII and was also in Palestine. He later worked in Bruntons Wire Mill and lived in Portobello

George 1916-1997 married Elizabeth Craig Pollock Marshall  (Lily) in 1942. They lived in Musselburgh Midlothian.They had 3 sons, first twins and then another son.After the war George was a cycle mechanic but later joined Bruntons Wire Mill in Musselburgh with Jim. They made the wire ropes which hold up the Forth Road Bridge   Photo Gallery Photos of the Hunters of Musselburgh George died in 1997 and Lily in 1998. I married one of the twins, George. We met in Germany and married in Singapore in 1965