David Souter Hunter (1828 - 1903)

Born 21 Oct 1828 in City of London, England

Husband of Mary Ann (Monteith) Hunter — married 1866 in New Zealand

Died 3 Jul 1903 at age 74 in Napier, Hawke's Bay, New Zealand

David Hunter migrated from Scotland to New Zealand.

Biography

Emigrated in 1840 with his parents George and Helen Hunter and their family as New Zealand Company immigrants in the ship Duke of Roxburgh.

Nelson Evening Mail 3rd July 1903 page 3 [1]

DEATH OF A PIONEER.

NAPIER - This Day

The death is announced of Mr David Souter Hunter, aged 74. The deceased arrived in Wellington in 1840.

Evening Post 7th July 1903 page 5 [2]

The death of Mr. David Souter Hunter at Napier on the 3rd inst. removes another of Wellington's very earliest settlers. Mr. Hunter, who was quite a boy at the time, was one of a family of ten brothers and sisters, who with their father and mother arrived at Petone (Wellington) from England in the barque Duke of Roxburgh on 7th February, 1840. Of this very large family there are only two now remaining.

When quite a young man Mr. Hunter w,as connected with the Wellington Survey Office, and in conjunction with Mr. T. H. Fitzgerald, head of the Department, took an active part in the survey and construction of the line of road round the gorges to the Upper Hutt and over the Rimutaka.

Later on in life he was for many years engaged in sheep farming in the Napier district, and then went to reside at Waverley, afterwards at Patea, and ultimately, on account of his wife's health, he removed to Napier, where he lived up to the time of his death.

His wife died a little more than a year ago. She was a daughter'of the late Dr. G. D. Monteith, who was one of Mr. G. S. Hunter's fellow passengers by the Duke of Roxburgh from England. It is almost six years Mr. Hunter last visited Wellington, where he was known to many, but there are only a few of the old settlers now living who will remember him in the earliest days of the colony, and they will do so with very kindly feelings. He was a man of a generous and charitable disposition, and one who made many friends.

Name: David Souter HUNTER. ^{[1] [2] [3]}

Born 21 Oct 1828. City of London, England. ^[1]

Baptism: St Mary Le Bow, Parish of Saint Pancras Soper Lane. 7 Dec 1828. London, London, England. ^{[1] [2] [3]}

Buried Old Napier Cemetery,. Napier, Hawke's Bay, New Zealand.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} Source: #S-632911310 Ancestry Record 9841 #35406323
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} Source: #S456944403 London Metropolitan Archives; London, England; Reference Number: Guildhall: DL/T/Ms 14565 Ancestry Record 1558 #907310
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} Source: #S456944403 London Metropolitan Archives; London, England; Reference Number: P69/PAN/A/01/Ms 5015A Ancestry Record 1558 #773782

• N.Z. DEATHS - 1903/5163 - Hunter David Souter aged 74 years
• New Zealand Settler Ships - Duke of Roxburgh 1840 - Duke of Roxburgh 1840 [3]
• Source: S-632911310 England, Select Births and Christenings, 1538-1975 Ancestry.com Publication: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc. Note: Record Collection 9841

• Source: S456944403 London, England, Church of England Births and Baptisms, 1813-1906 Ancestry.com Publication: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc. Note: Board of Guardian Records, 1834-1906 and Church of England Parish Registers, 1754-1906. London Metropolitan Archives, London.

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