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MarieCeleste

MarieCeleste Report 7 Apr 2015 15:26

I think we need Catherine to let us know her grandfather's name. It has to be established if he had an aunt who went to America. She may have married a Hunter before or after (probably the latter) arriving in the US but Catherine Hunter's birthplace is shown as Illinois, father born New York, mother born Ireland.

MargaretM

MargaretM Report 7 Apr 2015 12:11

Could this be her arrival in US? She's with her mother Catherine going to join her mother's sister Mrs. O'Donaghue, 152 E. 22nd. St., New York.

Catherine Hunter

in the New York, Passenger Lists, 1820-1957
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Name: Catherine Hunter
Arrival Date: 2 Sep 1906
Birth Date: abt 1901
Age: 5
Gender: Female
Ethnicity/ Nationality: Irish
Port of Departure: Queenstown, Ireland
Port of Arrival: New York, New York
Ship Name: Celtic
Search Ship Database: Search for the Celtic in the 'Passenger Ships and Images' database

Researching:
Great grandmother Dorothy Bean nee Abbott (1858-1908)

MarieCeleste

MarieCeleste Report 7 Apr 2015 08:28

This could be her in 1920:

Catherine Hunter in the 1920 United States Federal Census

Name: Catherine Hunter
Age: 19
Birth Year: abt 1901
Birthplace: Illinois [Illinois;Chicago]
Home in 1920: Manhattan Assembly District 7, New York, New York
Street: 68th Street
Race: White
Gender: Female
Relation to Head of House: Roomer
Marital Status: Single
Father's Birthplace: New York
Mother's Birthplace: Ireland <<<
Able to Speak English: Yes
Occupation: Clerk
Industry: Publishing Co
Employment Field: Wage or Salary
Attended School: Yes

MarieCeleste

MarieCeleste Report 7 Apr 2015 08:13

Here's a link to the 1940 US census for Catherine Hunter, publicity representative in motion pictures, age 39, born Illinois. She's on line 77.

https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1971-27791-13965-13

This is certainly the woman mentioned in numerous newspaper articles about Chaplin's secretary and publicist. She's been described in articles as sharing an apartment on Fountain Avenue with Thelma Todd.

MarieCeleste

MarieCeleste Report 7 Apr 2015 08:00

Hello Catherine, it would be useful if you could at least say approximately when she was born.

What was your grandfather's name and who was his father? To be your grandfather's cousin, Catherine would be the child of one of your great-grandfather's siblings.

ADDED: I guess you've read through the various articles about Catherine found on Google?

Catherine

Catherine Report 7 Apr 2015 02:56

I am looking for any information on Catherine Hunter. I think she was my grandfathers cousin. She was my mothers godmother. Catherine was secretary to charlie Chaplin and sent my mother and her sisters many autographed pictures of movie stars. I have not been able to find any information on her birth, it would probably have been somewhere in Ireland. My Great Grandfather was from Castleblayney so I am not sure if she was also born in this area or not. Any information would be helpful. :-S

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