Elisha HUNT

1827 - 1896  (69 years)

• Name	Elisha HUNT
  Born	25 Mar 1827	East Stower, Dorset, England
  Gender	Male
  Died	06 Aug 1896	London, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  Buried	Woodland Cemetery, London, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  Person ID	I273	Bob-Millie Family Tree
  Last Modified	22 Jan 2025

  
  

  Father	Silas HUNT           b. 1793, East Stower, Dorset, England           d. Aft 1861, East Stower, Dorset, England  (Age > 69 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Jane UNKNOWN           b. 1781, England           d. Bef 1851, East Stower, Dorset, England  (Age < 69 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Family ID	F247	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Elizabeth Catherine MILLS           b. 24 Jul 1838, Quebec, Canada           d. Aft 1901, London, Ontario, Canada  (Age > 64 years)
  Children	1. Mary Priscilla HUNT           b. 10 Mar 1880, London, Ontario           d. 08 Dec 1961, St Mary Hospital, London, Ontario  (Age 81 years)  [natural]
  Last Modified	22 Jan 2025
  Family ID	F218	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Eliza HENSHAW           b. 1839, Canada           d. Bef 1880, London, Ontario, Canada  (Age < 40 years)
  Married	08 Mar 1878	London, Middlesex, Ontario   [3]
  Children	1. John E HENSHAW           b. 11 Nov 1864, Ontario           d. 29 Apr 1944, St. Thomas, Elgin County, Ontario, Canada  (Age 79 years)  [natural]   2. Thomas HENSHAW           b. 12 Dec 1867, Ontario, Canada           d. Aft 1901, London, Middlesex, Ontario, Canada  (Age > 35 years)  [natural]   3. George HENSHAW           b. 1872, Ontario           d. London, Middlesex, Ontario, Canada  [natural]   4. Alfred HENSHAW           b. 1875, Ontario           d. London, Middlesex, Ontario, Canada  [natural]
  Photos		Marriage: Elisha Hunt
  Last Modified	22 Jan 2025
  Family ID	F246	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Married - 08 Mar 1878 - London, Middlesex, Ontario Buried - - Woodland Cemetery, London, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Photos » Slide Show		Map of Southern Ontario
  		1841 East Stower, Dorset: Silas Hunt
  		Marriage: Elisha Hunt
  		Death: Elisha Hunt

  
  

• Notes

  NOTE 1./ 1841 England East Stower Dorset census, Name Est birth year Birthplace Civil parish County/Island Silas Hunt abt 1793 Dorset, England East Stower Dorset Jane Hunt abt 1781 Dorset, England East Stower Dorset George Hunt abt 1817 Dorset, England East Stower Dorset Samuel Hunt abt 1821 Dorset, England East Stower Dorset Edward Hunt abt 1825 Dorset, England East Stower Dorset Elisha Hunt abt 1828 Dorset, England East Stower Dorset NOTE 2./ New York Passenger Lists, 1820-1957 Name: Elisha Hunt Estimated Birth Year: abt 1822 Age: 28 Gender: Male Port of Departure: Liverpool, England Ship Name: West Point Date of Arrival: 5-20-1850 Search Ship Database: Search the West Point in the 'Passenger Ships and Images' database Port of Arrival: New York, New York Line: 16 Microfilm Serial: M237 Microfilm Roll: M237_88 List Number: 405 NOTE 3./ e-mail from Terry Melmer on 11/10/2006 Elisha Hunt my great grandfather either owned or worked at Hunt blacksmith shop on Dundas St. London Ontario across the street from the Western Fair. Western fair is the longest annual fair in Canada app.160yrs. Back to Elisha Hunt, a highly skilled trained in Sheffield England and did classic iron work on some of London's finest buildings. Wolsley Barracks [used to be huge] St. Pauls Cathedral and others my father told me.

  
  

• Sources

  [S2007] Ontario, Canada Deaths, 1869-1932. Name: Elisha Hunt Death Date: Aug 6, 1896 Death Location: Middlesex Gender: Male Estimated birth year: abt 1823 Birth Location: England [S1965] OCFA. Surname Given Name Cemetery County Township Reference HUNT Elisha Old St Paul's Anglican Burial Records Middlesex London MX-151 HUNT Elisha Woodland, London (Section P,R) Middlesex London MX-152-6 [S2012] Ontario, Canada Marriages, 1857-1922. Name: Elisher Hunt Birth Place: England Age: 53 Father Name: George Hunt Mother Name: Sarah Hunt Estimated birth year: abt 1825 Spouse Name: Eliza Henshaw Spouse's Age: 39 Spouse Birth Place: Canada Spouse Father Name: William Henshaw Spouse Mother Name : Betsy Henshaw Marriage Date: 3 Aug 1878 Marriage Place: Middlesex Marriage County: Middlesex