Robert
Hunter
Born about in Dundee, Angus, Scotland, United Kingdom
Ancestors 
Son of Robert Hunter
and Margaret Gordon (Mackie) Hunter
[spouse(s) unknown]
[children unknown]
Died after
after about age 15
in New Zealand [uncertain]
[uncertain]Profile last modified
| Created 3 Feb 2014
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Biography
Robert was the eldest son of Robert Hunter and Margaret Mackie. No birth record was sourced for Robert or his siblings in a search between 1820 - 1842.
Robert Hunter wasn't living in the family home at the time of the 1841 Census and was likely living and working elsewhere in the area. Of 9 possibilities a Census record sourced found a Robert Hunter aged 14 working in Brechin as a Agricultural Labourer for Stewart Dundass. [1]
He was 15 when he boarded the barque 'New Zealand' with his family and arrived in Nelson in November 1842. [2]
Robert's father was to die in 1853 and his mother in 1861.
Robert's whereabouts aren't known.
Sources
- J Stent family records
- "New Zealand, Archives New Zealand, Passenger Lists, 1839-1973," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QJDV-F19Q : 10 August 2017), Robt Jnr Hunter, 1842; citing ship , Archives New Zealand, Wellington; FHL microfilm .
- 1982 By Neale, June, 1919 Sequel to Landfall Nelson, published 1978. Bibliography: p. 179-180. Publisher Nelson, N.Z. : Anchor Press, 1982. J Neale Pioneer passengers : to Nelson by sailing ship, March 1842-June 1843 / June E. Neale.
- https://ancestry.com.au NZ Jury lists - 1855-56 Nelson province
- ↑ https://www.freecen.org.uk/search_records/5a140b98f4040b9d6ef14753/robert-hunter-1841-angus-forfarshire-brechin-1827-?locale=en
- ↑ https://freepages.rootsweb.com/~nzbound/genealogy/nelson.htm
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Robert by comparing test results with other carriers of his ancestors' Y-chromosome or mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Robert:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Robert by comparing test results with other carriers of his ancestors' Y-chromosome or mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Robert:
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~1.56%
~12.50%
L (Ivory) W 
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23andMe, GEDmatch RZ4530841 [compare]
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~0.78%
Kiefer Hunt :
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