Ian very quickly hit a brick wall on his paternal line, when he got to his great grandfather.
Working independently, Jane also hit the same brick wall.
The image above is the record of a marriage for Joseph Leigh Hunter and Jane Johnston nee Kerr. Above was the start of our brick wall. Joseph Leigh Hunter lists his father as Leigh Hunter, Coal Miner (deceased) and his mother as Kate Walton.
On the above marriage certificate dated 28th October, 1898, it gives Joseph Leigh’s age as 29, suggesting a birth date around 1869, the following image is a worldwide search on Ancestry for Joseph Leigh Hunter born 1869 ± 5 years
There are no records of birth anywhere in the world for a Joseph Leigh Hunter born between 1864 and 1874. This was the first stumbling block trying to find our paternal ancestors.
