The Rev George Hunter was buried in Swindon on June 14, 1916. The inscription on his headstone reads ‘For 55 years a Primitive Methodist Minister.’ Born in South Cave, Yorkshire in 1834 the Rev George Hunter married Mary Thompson and had two daughters. Rosanna and Edith. This is her story.
In 1911 the widowed George was living with his daughter Edith here in Swindon at 75 Morris Street, Rodbourne.
Edith married shortly after her father’s death in 1916. Perhaps her role as her father’s housekeeper had prevented her from marrying when she was younger and then his age and infirmity had been an obstacle when she was older.
Edith was 46 when she married widower Charles Edward Hall. Charles was born in Hook in the parish of Lydiard Tregoze. He was a boilermaker in the Works. His first wife Emma died in 1915 and a year later Charles married Edith. When Charles died in 1935 he was buried in grave plot D951 with his first wife Emma Jane.
Although Edith would never have children of her own, she became stepmother to Charles and Emma’s son Arthur Edward Hall, who by the time of her marriage to his father had already made his mark on history. You can read his story here published tomorrow.
George died in 1916 aged 82 and is buried here with his two daughters. Rosanna who died in April 1930 and Edith who died in 1941.
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