Hubert F. Huntington

Hubert Frederick Huntington (1868-04-19 – 1942-08-14) was my great-great-uncle, brother of Robert Huntington and son of Caleb and Emily Huntington, and the only of the siblings besides Robert to leave Canada for America. My great-aunt Martha had said that Robert had a brother named Hubert (and also he named a son Hubert), and so, although most stories about Robert’s early life proved wrong, it is plausible that this was the Hubert referred to.

Life

Hubert was born in Grand Mira, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, and is recorded in Nova Scotia for the 1891 census, age 22, but emigrated at a young age. He is recorded as being “of” Central City, South Dakota in 1891.⁠^{⟮1⟯FamilySearch} He married Frances Jane Cook (1882-11-22 – 1958-06-21) on 1902-11-25 in Salmon, Idaho. Frances was from Wibaux, Montana. In 1920 they were living in Pima, Arizona⁠^{⟮2⟯Duplicate listing in the 1920 census. FamilySearch FamilySearch}, in 1930 in Redlands, California, and in 1940 in Riverside, California. Hubert died in Los Angeles County, California aged 74. Frances died in Alameda County, California aged 75.⁠^{⟮3⟯FamilySearch}

The Huntington Family Association book (1915) says he owned a silver mine in Mexico and “is supposed to be in Mexico”⁠^{⟮4⟯FamilySearch}, so he may have been there for some of the time between the 1903 birth of Hortense in Montana and the 1913 birth of Charles in the border town of Nogales, Arizona (see below), and/or after Charles’s birth.

American census records wrongly record him as having been born in Massachusetts or Vermont. It may be that, like his brother Robert, he for some reason concealed his Canadian heritage.

Family

He had five known children by Frances:

Hubert Edwin Huntington (1903-10-27 – 1930s?), married Leah Daisy Blackburn, later divorced⁠^{⟮5⟯FamilySearch}, with apparently only one son Hubert William Huntington (1929–1964), who may have married, divorced⁠^{⟮6⟯FamilySearch}, and remarried to a Helen May⁠^{⟮7⟯FamilySearch}, about who I can find no information, including whether they had children.
Hortense Irene Huntington (1904-12-10 – 1992-03-12)⁠^{⟮8⟯FamilySearch}, born in Butte, MT⁠^{⟮9⟯FamilySearch}, married George Albert Turner, later married Mearl Raymond Smith (1904–1985)⁠^{⟮10⟯FamilySearch}. No children found.
Susan F. Huntington (1945–2024)
Charles Paul Huntington (1913-02-10 – 1966-07-04)⁠^{⟮11⟯FamilySearch}⁠^{⟮12⟯FamilySearch}, born in Nogales, AZ; no indication of ever having married.
Jack Frederick Huntington (1917-04-26 – 1979-10-23)⁠^{⟮13⟯FamilySearch}. He married Amy Jene Breco (1922–2007)⁠^{⟮14⟯Obituary for Amy Breco Huntington} and had children Susan Frances (✝2024)⁠^⟮15⟯, Linda, and John. Jack had two great-grandchildren as of 2008.⁠^{⟮14⟯Obituary for Amy Breco Huntington}
Robert William Huntington (1919-08-26 – 1956-01-23)⁠^{⟮16⟯FamilySearch}⁠^{⟮17⟯Find a Grave memorial for Robert William Huntington}. He married Marie Breco (1927–2002)⁠^{⟮18⟯FamilySearch}⁠^⟮19⟯, who later remarried; she was the sister of Jack’s wife. They had a daughter Sherry Irene Montgomery-Hobbs (née Huntington; 1946–2011)⁠^⟮20⟯; I do not know whether she had children.