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The earliest occurrence of the Hunter surname in our family history documents is from 1517, and we currently have 1,581,843 records where Hunter appears . Here are a few more facts to get you started…
1299 Hunters were recorded as miners in the 1901 Census.
In the early 1900s Hunters were most likely to live in Lanarkshire.
Not all Hunters were law-abiding. We found 1141 in criminal records.
2260 Hunters served in the First World War.
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