Hester
Catherine
Porter
Born [location unknown]
Daughter of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Wife of
William John Hunkin
— married
10 Sep 1918 in Krugersdorp, Transvaal, South Africa
Descendants 
Mother of
Cecil John Hunkin and William Henry Hunkin
Died
at about age 52
in Randfontein, Thabamoopo, Transvaal, South Africa
Profile last modified
| Created 23 Aug 2019
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Contents |
Biography
Hester Catherine Porter was born in 1898.
Hester married William John Hunkin (1892 - 1956) in 1919.
Their children were...
- Cecil John Hunkin (1919 - 1995)
- William Henry Hunkin (1923 - 1992).
Hester died on August 8, 1950 in Randfontein, Thabamoopo, Transvaal, South Africa aged ~52.
Records and Facts
Passenger List
| Name: Hester Catherine Hunkin | |
| Arrival Age: | 40 |
| Birth Date: | abt 1898 |
| Port of Departure: | Durban, South Africa |
| Arrival Date: | 22 Jul 1938 |
| Port of Arrival: | Southampton, England |
| Ports of Voyage: | Durban; East London; Port Elizabeth; Cape Town and Madeira |
| Ship Name: | Windsor Castle |
| Shipping Line: | Union-Castle Mail Steamship Company Ltd |
| Official Number: | 146535 |
Marriage
| Name: | William John Hunkin |
| Sex: | Male |
| Age: | 25 |
| Birth Year -Estimated-: | 1893 |
| Spouse's Name: | Hester Catharine Porter |
| Spouse's Sex: | Female |
| Spouse's Age: | 20 |
| Spouse's Birth Year -Estimated-: | 1898 |
| Marriage Banns Date: | 10 Sep 1918 |
| Marriage Banns Place: | Krugersdorp, Transvaal, South Africa |
| Marriage Banns Place -Original-: | Krugersdorp, Krugersdorp |
Death
| Name: | Hester Catharina Porter Hunkin |
| Sex: | Female |
| Age: | 52 |
| Death Date: | 8 Aug 1950 |
| Death Place: | Randfontein, Thabamoopo, Transvaal, South Africa |
| Death Place -Original-: | robinson Hospital, Randfontein |
| Birth Year -Estimated-: | 1898 |
Sources
- ↑ Source Citation: The National Archives of the UK; Kew, Surrey, England; Board of Trade: Commercial and Statistical Department and successors: Inwards Passenger Lists.; Class: BT26; Piece: 1163. Source Information: Ancestry.com. UK, Incoming Passenger Lists, 1878-1960 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2008. Original data: Board of Trade: Commercial and Statistical Department and successors: Inwards Passenger Lists. Kew, Surrey, England: The National Archives of the UK (TNA). Series BT26, 1,472 pieces. https://search.ancestrylibrary.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?dbid=1518&h=12694454&indiv=try&o_vc=Record:OtherRecord&rhSource=61359
- ↑ * Family Search: "South Africa, Transvaal, Civil Marriages, 1870-1930", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:689Z-71FW : 15 September 2021), Hester Catharine Porter in entry for William John Hunkin, 1918.
- ↑ * Family Search: "South Africa, Transvaal, Civil Death, 1869-1954," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:WZFM-L36Z : 16 October 2019), Hester Catharina Porter Hunkin, 8 Aug 1950; citing Death, Randfontein, Thabamoopo, Transvaal, South Africa, Department of the Interior. Registrar of Births, Marriages, and Deaths, Transvaal.
Acknowledgements
- "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : modified 19 October 2019, 02:48), entry for Hester Catherine PORTER (PID https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:LJKQ-W1B ); contributed by various users.
- WikiTree Profile Porter-16616 Added By Merryl Hunkin; 23 August 2019
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