Livingstone Relations:  Hunter Family.

compiled by Steve Wilson, last updated June 10, 2007.
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David Livingstone's mother was Agnes Hunter.  This page contains information about her family.

David Hunter & Janet Moffat

• David, son of Gavin Hunter & --- --- (b. 1747)
1. 25 Feb. 1781, dau. Grizel Hunter bap. New Monkland, Lanark, Scotland
2. 28 Jan. 1783, dau. Agnes Hunter bap. New Monkland, Lanark, Scotland [m. Neil Livingstone 1810]
3. 18 May 1785, dau. Margaret Hunter bap. New Monkland, Lanark, Scotland
4. 30 May 1787, son Gavin Hunter bap. New Monkland, Lanark, Scotland
5. 3 Oct. 1790, son David Hunter bap. New Monkland, Lanark, Scotland [m. Janet Alexander by 1824]
• c. 1798, Janet Hunter d.
• 1834, David Hunter d.

David Hunter lived in Airdrie, and later at Blantyre. He was a tailor.  His father Gavin was a Covenanter from Shotts.  At age 18, David joined the Secession Erskines.

(Sources:  Blaikie, Campbell, OPRI)

David Hunter & Janet Alexander

• David, son of David Hunter & Janet Moffat (b. 1790, New Monkland)
• Janet (b. c. 1799, Bothwell)
1. c. 1824, son David Hunter b. Glasgow, Lanark, Scotland [m. Jane ---]
2. c. 1826, son John Hunter b. Bothwell, Lanark, Scotland [m. Jean Cumming 1861]
3. 12 Dec. 1828, son James Hunter b. Blantyre, Lanark, Scotland (res. Blantyre Works) [d. by 1835]
4. 5 Nov. 1830, dau. Jean Hunter b. Blantyre, Lanark, Scotland (res. Blantyre Works)
5. 6 Dec. 1832, dau. Agnes Hunter b. Blantyre, Lanark, Scotland (res. Blantyre Works)
6. 13 Jan. 1835, son James Alexander Hunter b. Blantyre, Lanark, Scotland (res. Blantyre Works) [m. Janet Pettigrew 1869]
7. 14 Feb. 1837, son Gavin Hunter b. Blantyre, Lanark, Scotland (res. Blantyre Works)
8. c. 1839, son William Hunter b. Bothwell, Lanark, Scotland
    
• Census Records:
• 1841, Blantyre, Lanark (res. Shuttle Row, Blantyre Works, David Hunter 48 cotton yarn dresser Y, Janet 40 Y, David 17 ag laborer Y, John 15 cotton piecer Y, Jean 10 Y, Agnes 9 Y, James 6 Y, Gavin 4 Y, Willm 2 Y)
• 1851, Blantyre, Lanark (res. Middle Row, Janet Hunter wd 52 Bothwell, John 25 dyer Bothwell, Jane 19 power loom weaver Bothwell, Agnes 18 power loom weaver Bothwell, James 16 cotton spinner piecer Bothwell, Gavin 14 cotton spinner piecer Bothwell, William 12 Bothwell)
• 1861, Blantyre, Lanark (res. 6 Front Row, Janet Alexander 62 Bothwell, son James Hunter 26 dye worker Blantyre, gd Margt Wheelan 18 millworker Old Monkland)

(Sources:  C1841S, C1851S, C1861S, OPR Blantyre)

David Hunter & Jane ---

• David, son of David Hunter & Janet Alexander (b. c. 1824, Glasgow)
• Jane (b. c. 1831, Helensburgh, Dunbarton)
   
• Census Records:
• 1881, Row, Dunbarton (res. Upper Sutherland Crest Duncairn, David Hunter 55 warehouseman Glasgow, Jane 50 Helensburgh, servant Janet Bowie 28 domestic Glasgow)

(Sources:  C1881S)

John Hunter & Jean Cumming

• John, son of David Hunter & Janet Alexander (b. c. 1826, Bothwell)
• Jane, dau. of James Cumming & Margaret Cooper (b. 1834, Cambuslang)
• 30 Apr. 1861, m. Cambuslang, Lanark, Scotland
1. c. 1860, son John Hunter b. Cambuslang, Lanark, Scotland
2. 26 Oct. 1861, son David Hunter b. Blantyre, Lanark, Scotland
3. 7 Aug. 1863, son James Langmuir Hunter b. Blantyre, Lanark, Scotland
4. 19 June 1865, son Archibald Hunter b. Blantyre, Lanark, Scotland
5. 5 Feb. 1867, dau. Margaret Cooper Hunter b. Blantyre, Lanark, Scotland
6. 1 Aug. 1869, son Robert Pettigrew Hunter b. Blantyre, Lanark, Scotland
7. 30 July 1871, dau. Janet Hunter b. Blantyre, Lanark, Scotland
8. 5 Oct. 1873, son William Stirling Hunter b. Blantyre, Lanark, Scotland
9. 12 Dec. 1876, dau. Jane Hunter b. Blantyre, Lanark, Scotland
    
• Census Records:
• 1871, Blantyre, Lanark (res. Millhouses, John Hunter 46 dye worker Bothwell, Jean 35 Cambuslang, John 10 Cambuslang, David 9 Blantyre, James 7 Blantyre, Margaret 4 Blantyre, Robert 1 Blantyre, lodger Sarah Gilmour 27 millworker Bothwell, lodger Margt Hamilton 20 dye worker Barony)
• 1881, Blantyre, Lanark (res. Millhouses, John Hunter 55 yarn dyer Uddingston, Jane 46 Cambuslang, John 21 coal miner Cambuslang, David 20 boiler fireman Blantyre, James 18 pitheadman Blantyre, Margaret 14 yarn lorn Blantyre, Robert 12 Blantyre, Janet 10 Blantyre, William 8 Blantyre, Jane 4 Blantyre)
• 1891, Blantyre, Lanark (res. Millhouses, John Hunter 66 lamp cleaner Uddingston, Jane 58 Cambuslang, John 30 furnace stoker Cambuslang, David 29 engine keeper Blantyre, James 27 mechanic Blantyre, Maggie 25 dressmaker Blantyre, Robert 21 power loom tenter Blantyre, Janet 19 cotton weaver Blantyre, William 17 Blantyre, Jane 14 Blantyre)

(Sources:  C1871S, C1881S, C1891S, IGI)

James Alexander Hunter & Janet Pettigrew

• James, son of David Hunter & Janet Alexander (b. 1835, Blantyre)
• 15 Jan. 1869, m. Blantyre, Lanark, Scotland
1. 11 June 1870, dau. Janet Hunter b. Blantyre, Lanark, Scotland
2. 5 Feb. 1872, son David Hunter b. Blantyre, Lanark, Scotland
3. 25 Oct. 1873, son William Hunter b. Blantyre, Lanark, Scotland
4. c. 1882, son Charles Hunter b. Blantyre, Lanark, Scotland
    
• Census Records:
• 1871, Blantyre, Lanark (res. New Lands 1, James Hunter 36 fireman Blantyre, Janet 30 Blantyre, Janet 10m Blantyre)
• 1881, Blantyre, Lanark (res. Middle Row, James Hunter 46 dyeworker Blantyre, Janet 41 Blantyre, Jessie 10 Blantyre, David 9 Blantyre, William 3 Blantyre)
• 1891, Duddingston, Midlothian (res. Fergusons Property 8, James Hunter 56 engine stoker Blantyre, Janet 50 Blantyre, David 19 iron driller Blantyre, William 13 Blantyre, Charles 9 Blantyre)
• 1901, Duddingston, Midlothian (res. 4 Fergusons Place, James Hunter 66 gen laborer Blantyre, Jannet 60 Blantyre)

(Sources:  C1871S, C1881S, C1891S, C1901S, IGI)