Mearl Winslow Hunt

  General Notes:

The Michigan Birth records indicates the date of birth as July 30, 1879 and the given name as Murell Hunt in the Town of Bangor.

The 1910 Federal Census for Covert Township, Van Buren Co., Michigan, District 156, page 116A records Merrill [Mearl] (30) and Fern M. (27) Hunt with son Donald L. (2). Mearl and Fern have been married 7 years.

The WWI Draft Registration Card for Mearl Winslow Hunt taken Sept 12, 1918 records his date of birth as June 30, 1879. He is farming in Hartford, Van Buren Co., Michigan and married to Fern May Hunt. His physical description is tall and slender with light brown eyes and light brown hair.

The 1920 Federal Census for Covert Township, Van Buren Co., Michigan, District 186, page 116A records Mearl W. (40) and Fern May (36) Hunt with children Donald L. (12), Charles A. (7), and Gladys (1) living with Mearl's parents, Charles A. (66) and Helen (64) Hunt.

The 1930 Federal Census for Covert Township, Van Buren Co., Michigan, District 13, page 107B records Mearl W. (50) and Fern M. (47) Hunt with children Charles A. (17), Gladys I. (11), and Gordon D. (7). Also in the household is Mearl's widowed mother, Helen I. Hunt (75). Their home is next to the Watervliet Town Line.

The 1940 Federal Census for Covert Township, Van Buren Co., Michigan, District 80-13, page 158B, dated April 16, 1940 records Mearl (60) and Fern (57) Hunt with their son Gordon (17). Mearl has completed 1 year of high school while Gordon has completed 4 years of high school. Mearl is a farmer and owns his home valued at $6,000.

Fern wrote a letter to her son, Don, on Dec 14, 1947 and signs it Dad & Ma, Fern ... thus M. W. Hunt was still living in 1947.

Michigan, Deaths and Burials Index, 1867-1995 <http://www.ancestry.com>
Name: Mearl Winslow Hunt
Birth Date: 30 Jul 1879
Birth Place: Michigan
Death Date: 4 Oct 1961
Death Place: Watervliet, Berrien, Michigan
Burial Date: 6 Oct 1961
Burial Place: Hartford, Michigan
Cemetery Name: Maple Hill
Death Age: 82
Occupation: Farmer
Race: White
Marital Status: Married
Gender: Male
Street Address: R.F.D.
Residence: Covert, Van Buren, Michigan
Father Name: Chas. Hunt
Mother Name: Helen Winslow
Spouse Name: Fern Hunt
HL Film Number: 1954715

Mearl married Fern May Hawks, daughter of Andrew M. Hawks and Nettie McConnell, circa 1903 in Covert Township, Van Buren Co., Michigan. (Fern May Hawks was born on 10 Oct 1883 in Covert Township, Van Buren Co., Michigan, died on 18 May 1962 in Covert Township, Van Buren Co., Michigan and was buried on 20 May 1962 in Maple Hill Cemetery, Hartford Township, Van Buren Co., Michigan.)