Jane’s father Joseph inherited a number of photographs from his late parents, the photographs were only found after the passing of his Jane and Ian’s grandmother in 2006. Jane’s father, Joseph, could not place who or where the photographs were from or of whom. Below is one of a young Read more
Many thanks to Jane and her father Joseph for sharing this photo of Thomas Hunter and Jessie Forrest McCallum on their wedding day on 5th August 1932, which took place in Bathgate, Scotland
Jane shares some more mysterious things her father Joseph inherited, this time the back of a postcard, Jane shared images of a postcard below with Ian in January 2021 Written in very faint pencil is the following: TELL MOTHER WE ARE ALL RIGHT. ADA AND CHILDREN AND HERE UNTIL MONDAY. Read more
Thanks again to Jane and her father Joseph for sharing this photograph. The photo is of Jane’s and Ian’s fathers, when they were wee laddies.
When Jane and Ian initially suggested to Bill how we thought we were related via DNA, Bill was very sceptical, Ian recalls that he thought Bill was slightly “hostile” to our suggestion, he told Ian to prove it with records! Proving it with records was something Jane and Ian knew Read more
We posted back in September 2021 about a mystery post card that Jane’s father has in his possession, click here to read that post. The earlier post mentions the names Sarah, Jack and Ada. Now we know for certain the real identity of Joseph Leigh Hunter; we know who the Read more
It took cousins Jane and Ian years to work out that their paternal great grandfather lied about his true identity. It seems he took the trouble to make it difficult for his family to discover that his real surname wasn’t Hunter. The only thing he couldn’t hide or lie about Read more
Robert, the younger son of Thomas and Jessie Forrest Hunter nee McCallum, was born 12th August, 1939, in Bathgate, Scotland. His father informed Ian, that as a child he had attended Bathgate Academy. At age 17 he enter the R.A.F. ( Royal Air Force )