Jane Hunter

Mary Jane Hunter (née Walker: September 13, 1860 - 1930) was the mother of Leslie Hunter and paternal grandmother of Oliver and Frances. She lived in Manchester with her husband Philip Hunter, a detective for Lancashire Constabulary.

Having married Hunter in 1888, the pair had seven children in fourteen years. They had two daughters named Amelia (b. 1889) and Louise (b. 1895) and five sons named David (b. 1892), Leslie (b. 1893), Thomas (b. 1898), Rupert (b. 1901) and Herbert (b. 1903)

History
Born in Oldham, Manchester in September 1860, Hunter came from Scottish and Irish parentage and whose family was from Bury. She was born to Richard Walker and his wife Olivia, she had five siblings. On April 7, 1888, Hunter married Philip Hunter, who went on to become a police officer for Lancashire Constabulary. Her father was Scottish and her mother was Irish.

Their first child was named Amelia. Shortly after her birth, they moved to 188 Greystoke Avenue, in Stockport. Their second child, who they named David, after Philip's father, was born three years later. The pair went on to have five more children named Leslie, in 1893, Louise, in 1895, Thomas, who was named after Hunter's brother, he was born in 1898, Rupert, in 1901 and finally Herbert, in 1903.

After their house in Greystoke was bombed during the First Word War, Hunter and her husband began living with their daughter Amelia, along with their son Herbert. Philip Hunter died in 1928, aged 70. Two years later, Hunter died. They were both buried in Stockport.