Hunt 1 Zachary Hunt Professor Lynn Raymond UWRT 1102 9 February, 2015 Exploring my Roots In an effort to display the roots of my family, a firsthand account of my knowledge. My family keeps poor records of our roots, but there are fairly accurate records of our country of origin and the last three generations. The first generation, which consisted of my grandfather's father and mother, the second generation, which consisted of my father’s father and mother, and the final generation before me, my father and mother. db "My name comes from Germany, and was originally Whisen Hunt. Originally there were | three brothers that moved to North Carolina from Germany. They parted ways to create families ib _)} P'of their own and the census and other government agencies would commonly misspell their ¢, | names so after a while Whisen was dropped from their future generation's last names. Our r = still follows a light tradition of giving the son of the father one of his names. And y throughout all of our family records ithas been followed (@s Hunt)” 7 My great grandfather was named Vernon Walter Hunt. He married Audrey Louise Overcash. Vernon and his wife had two children named Walter Austin Hunt, and Vernon Richard Hunt, Veron Walter’s primary occupation was a truck driver and he transported some 7 whet Company of the longest trailers at the time for the company he worked for. Audrey was an upholsterer and she would put the cushions on chairs for about, {2 hours a day six days a week. They lived in aHunt 2 city called Thomasville, NC for the majority of their lives, and that is where their sons grew up Graney yo) gt? _ pov? 5 Vernon Richard.{September 13, 1946yhaving grew up in Thomasville, met his wife at one of his rival football games, and have been together ever since. His wife’s name is Janet Ruth Bruton Hunt (August 25, 1949), Bruton as a maiden name. His primary occupation is in management of an industrial bedding and upholstery company. Janet’s held an occupation as a financial advisor at a hospital, and both are retired (f) Hunt}. They had two children named Richard Daniel Hunt (November 13, 1967) and Matthew Lee Hunt (June 29, 1974), Vernon Richard had a rather hard life growing up (7. Hun. As an adolescent he lost his left hand. The way he lost his hand was purely by accident, | While exploring his yard and house he found what he thought was firecrackers. When he woke ” up in the hospital he only had one hand, and was told what he had found was dynamite. When he \ te ‘the dynamite he did not only lose his hand, but he blew his bathroom off of his house and ok ated his dog. Despite his handicap he is fully capable of doing anything he would like to do, Oe ied. Some of his hobbies would be riding four wheelers, hunting, and fishing Oi Hu ‘Vernon Richard has played many important roles in his life, but the role that I am most thankful for is the role he plays as my grandfather. His appearance is one that I would never forget. His face is leathered with age, and he has a prominent jawline. He is a working man which possesses a working man’s hand. He is 5°9” tall, but he still somehow able to inspire a feeling of being intimidated. He would go out of his own way to help his family, and he is one of the smartest people I know.Hunt 3 Richard Daniel Hunt is my father, and he grew up in a house in Sophia, NC. He married as a teenager to Angela C. Lawrence on April 16, 1984, and they had two children named Brandi DeAnne Hunt (November 22, 1984), and Darren Shawn Hunt (January 17, 1989). In the coming years they would separate and then Richard married again to Melissa Kay MeWilliams on May 2, 2%, 1997, and had me (April 30, 1996) and my sister Leah Danielle Hunt (December 13, 2004) abe His Primary occupation is also a manager of the same company that his father wag.a manager of. ‘My mother works at a convenience store (R. Hunt}, CHunt Q2- Brandi is the eldest of my generation. She went to college to be a photographer at Randolph Community College, and works for different car companies. She got married to Jason Hobson on February” 2015, and they have a child named Lillian Hobson (August 23, 2014). Darren is the second oldest. He went to college at NASCAR Technical Institute, and he lives in (Charleston, South Carolina, where he works as a master technician and manages aroun (1S auto repair quick lanes. He is married to Lala Hunt, and they plan on having children one day. Lam the third oldest and the oldest child for my mother. In my lifetime J am currently working on a Mechanical Engineering Technology degree at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. My mother was 1 not supposed to have children but she did have me and my sister. My little sister named Leah Hunt is in the fourth grade, and we have basically always been together until now. We went to the same elementary school and she has some of the same teachers that I have had. When I get older I plan on following the family tradition of giving one of my names to my son, as many generations in front of me have. I intend to pass on my knowledge to the upcoming generations so my family history will never be forgotten, Now I understand more about my family, and this project has motivated me to start recording my family history.Hunt 4 Works Cited ~-Hunt, Janet B. "Personal History." Telephone interview. 27 Jan. 2015. Hunt, Richard D. “Ancestors.” Telephone interview. 30 Jan. 2015. ? « Mint, Vernon R. "Family Roots." Telephone interview. 27 Jan. 2015, Voy tae Woy YOU prs Wwfo. Od a oa to how fo Gad MpAr ALs2arch,