Identity area
Type of entity
Person
Authorized form of name
William Nelson Sydney Hunter
Parallel form(s) of name
- W.N.S. Hunter
Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules
Other form(s) of name
Identifiers for corporate bodies
Description area
Dates of existence
1878-1966
History
William Nelson Sydney Hunter (1878 – 1966) was born in 1878. In 1903, he married Pearl Louise Kent (1881-1956) and had three sons and one daughter. After owning and operating Hunter's Sanitary Store from 1914-1928, he went on to be the district manager of the Excelsior Life Insurance Company (c. 1930s). A 1953 Hamilton Spectator article citing the couple's golden wedding anniversary states that they resided in Hamilton as of 1908. Hunter was a long-time member of the Roselawn Lawn Bowling Club, Ryerson United Church, and a life member of Acacia Lodge No. 61. He died on March 16, 1966 and was buried at Woodland Cemetery.