Howard D. Hunter, ^

1918 - 1979  (60 years)

• Name	Howard D. Hunter  [1]
  Suffix	^
  Birth	11 Sep 1918	Yaphank, Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY   [1, 2, 3]
  Gender	Male
  Death	Feb 1979	{Bellport, Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY}   [2]
  Person ID	I12625	My Genealogy
  Last Modified	17 Sep 2023

  
  

  Father	Duncan Hunter, >,   b. 26 Dec 1895   d. 27 Feb 1971, {Hyde Park, Suffolk, MA} (Age 75 years)
  Mother	Alice Elizabeth Davis, ^,   b. 1896, NY d. 1983 (Age 87 years)
  Marriage	8 Sep 1917	Yaphank, Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY   [4, 5]
  Family ID	F1510	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Margaret Elizabeth Turner, ^,   b. 3 Jan 1923, MA d. 23 Mar 2007, {Bellport, Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY} (Age 84 years)
  Marriage	20 Dec 1942	Lubbock (Lubbock Army Air Force base), TX   [6]
  Children	1. James Edward Hunter, ^   2. Susan Hunter, <,   b. 13 Jun 1947, {Bellport, Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY}
  Family ID	F5575	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	27 May 2025

  
  

• Sources

  [S115] Ancestry.com. 1930 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2002. Original data: United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Fifteenth Census of the United States, 1930. Washington,, Census Place: Brookhaven, Suffolk, New York; Roll 1650; Page: 4B; Enumeration District: 39; Image: 421.0. [S112] Social Security Death Index (U.S. Social Security Administration), 130-12-0472. [S198] Echo, Port Jefferson, NY,,, 14 Sep 1918. p. 5. Born, on Wednesday, to Chief and Mrs. Duncan Hunter, at the home of her parents in Yaphank, a son. [S13] Long Island Genealogy Surname Database, online [http://longislandgenealogy.com ], http://www.longislandsurnames.com/genealogy/getperson.php?personID=I09777&tree=Davis. [S30] Suffolk County News, Sayville, Islip, NY, 14 Sep 1917. p. 2. At the parsonage of the Congregational Church on Saturday, Duncan Hunter Jr., of Dorchester, Mass., a marine engineer in the U.S. Navy, and Miss Elizabeth Davis, of Port Jefferson, daughter of John E. Davis, of Yaphank, were married by the Rev. Louis H. Johnston. [S49] Long Island Advance (Long Island Advance, 20 Medford Ave, Patchogue, NY), 23 Dec 1942. p. 10. HUNTER—TURNER Promptly after being graduated from the Army Air Force school at Lubbock Field, Texas, and receiving his commission and wings as a flyer, Second Lieut. Howard D. Hunter, son of Mrs. James Hawkins of Beaver Dam road, Brookhaven, was married last Sunday in one of the Lubbock post chapels, his bride being Miss Margaret Elizabeth Turner of Lowell, Mass. The ceremony was performed by a Catholic Army chaplain, with military ceremony, several flying associates of Lieutenant Hunter taking part, most of them members of his class just commissioned. ... Lieutenant Hunter, a graduate of Patchogue High school, joined the Army about two years ago and trained at Fort Devens, Mass., from which he transferred to the flying service. Previously he studied air conditioning in New York. Lieutenant Hunter has been transferred to Bombardier section, School of Applied Tactics, Orlando, Fla., and he and his bride are residing in Orlando. The bride, a graduate of Lowell High School, was employed as an inspector in a parachute manufacturing plant in Massachusetts.