San
Joaquin County
Biographies
MISS JENNIE MATEER HUNTER
Worthily perpetuating the name of a
highly honored pioneer family, Miss Jennie Mateer
Hunter is a native daughter born on the Hunter homestead near Linden, San
Joaquin County. Her parents, the late
Anthony and Eliza J. (Magill) Hunter, natives of Ireland of Scotch parentage,
were pioneers of the Golden state. Miss
Hunter was afforded an unusually good home on completing the public
schools. She entered and completed a
business course at the Stockton Business College, finishing her education at
the celebrated Mills Seminary, Oakland.
In the meantime she was acquiring a
thorough knowledge of the ranching business in close association with her
beloved father prior to his death, January 21, 1891, and on his death he
bequeathed her a ranch of 322 acres, a valuable legacy. However, she remained with her mother at the
old Hunter home, ministering to her comfort at all times as well as looking
after her business interests; she thus relieved her mother from all unnecessary
worry and care. This she faithfully
carried out with a daughter’s true devotion.
She was constantly at her mother’s side during the latter’s declining
years, and no wish was ever left ungratified.
On September 14, 1915, at the passing of Mrs. Hunter, death separated
the two who had been so closely attached for nearly twenty-five years after the
death of her father.
Miss Hunter is a prominent member of
the First Presbyterian Church of Stockton, and is active in its many benevolences.
She is a member of the auxiliary of the San Joaquin County
Pioneers. Intensely interested in
ranching, she has been a keen student of progressive ideas and advance made in
farming methods, and attributes her success to the selection of assistants in
her extensive enterprise. In May, 1921,
Miss Hunter accompanied the famous Lundy party on an extended travel tour of
the British Isles and Continental Europe.
Four months were occupied in the trip, the return being made September
17, 1921. While thus engaged, Miss
Hunter made a side trip alone into Ireland, visiting the home in County Down,
Ireland, in which occurred the birth of her grandmother, Jennie Mateer Magill; here she met old-time relatives and enjoyed
their hospitality. Aside from the many
pleasurable experiences, Miss Hunter regards the trip from the standpoint of an
education, and one which will never be forgotten.
Transcribed by Gerald Iaquinta.
Source: Tinkham, George
H., History of San Joaquin County, California , Pages
447-447. Los Angeles, Calif.: Historic
Record Co., 1923.
© 2011 Gerald Iaquinta.
Golden Nugget Library's San Joaquin County Biographies
Golden Nugget Library's San Joaquin County Genealogy
Databases