Biographical notes:
Occupation: Cordwainer's Apprentice (1851), Shoe maker journeyman (1857), Boot & Shoe Maker (1861, 1871, 1881, 1891, 1897, 1901), Retired Bootmaker (1911).
Addresses: At birth & 1841 & 1851 censuses - Sinwell, Wotton under Edge, GLS; At marriage (1857) - 80 Garbett St, Ladywood, Birmingham, WAR; At 1861 census - 17 Cope Street, Ladywood, Birmingham, WAR; At 1871 - 1911 censuses - Market St, Wotton Under Edge, GLS.
He returned to Wotton under Edge from Birmingham in 1865-6.
Was Sunday School Superintendant at The Tabernacle Congregational Church & a prominent member. Also a teetotaler known to recite 'The Drunkard's Story'
Probate record reads:
HUNT Jehu of Market-street Wotton-under-Edge Gloucestershire died 22 October 1911 at Victoria House Wotton-under-Edge Probate London 28 January to Maria Hunt widow. Effects £50.
Reference documents:
1841 census return (Jehu Hunt sen).
1851 census return (Jehu Hunt sen).
1857 marriage registration index record.
1857 marriage certificate.
1861 census return.
1862 entry in Business Directory of Birmingham (Morris).
1871 census return (listed as John Hunt).
1871 newspaper announcement of his election to a vacancy at Perry's Hospital (Western Daily Press).
ca 1880 - photograph.
1881 census return.
1887-1891 electoral roll records.
1891 census return.
1892-1897 electoral roll records.
1897 Kelly's Directory entry.
1898-1900 electoral roll entries.
1901 census return.
1902-1911 lectoral roll entries.
1911 census retrun.
1911 death registration index record.
1911 death notice (Gloucester Citizen).
1914 probate record.