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 Read more
Joseph Leigh Hunter’s marriage certificate above shows his father to be Leigh Hunter, Coal Miner (deceased) and his mother to be Kate Walton. This is the first official record that Jane and Ian could find for their great grandfather. The wedding took place on 28 October 1898 at Tradeston, Lanarkshire, Read more
Jane has a friend who has professional genealogy knowledge. Jane asked them to take a look in to Leigh and Joseph Leigh Hunter, the following she shared with Ian in December 2020: Amid the miasma of mystery, a few things become apparent. Firstly, the name Leigh does not make sense. Read more
Thanks again to Jane and her father Joseph for this photograph of Joseph Leigh Hunter and his wife Jane Burnett Forrest Johnston nee Kerr (23 NOV 1862 – 2 JAN 1927) We use a colourised version of this photograph as the background of our website; Jane and her father believe the girl Read more
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Image above is Jane and Ian’s Great-Grandfather Joseph Leigh Hunter, his wife and step-daughter Finding the real identity of Leigh Hunter and his son Joseph Leigh Hunter How we smashed our genealogical brick wall and made other interesting discoveries during our search to solve our family mystery DNA doesn’t Lie, Read more