Hyatt / Paramore / Hunt families

Levi Alderman Hunt and Lucinda Elvira Hyatt Paramore Hunt Family:
Ethel Lorean Hunt (Tanner), Edith Hunt (Moore), Levi Ray Hunt, Jessie Mardelain Hunt (Mulliner), Ruby Hunt (Nielsen), Leonard Hunt, Estella Paramore Hunt (Thompson), Amy Alberta Hunt (Hooker), Lucinda Elvira Hyatt (Paramore) (Hunt), Leland Hunt, and Levi Alderman Hunt

Lucinda Elvira Hyatt was born 8 Apr 1860 in Parowan, Iron county, Utah, the third of six children of John Smith Defreeze Hyatt and his first wife, Martha Jane Turner Howd. Lucinda was baptized in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints on 18 Oct 1872.

Before 1879 Lucinda married Hyrum Duckworth Paramore. Hyrum was born 8 Oct 1852 in Duckenfield, Cheshire, England, the son of Joseph King Paramore and Susan Duckworth.  Hyrum was a twin.  When he was 2 years old, his family sailed from England to the United States.  Sadly, during the voyage his twin brother, Joseph, was washed overboard from the ship. 

Lucinda Hyatt and Hyrum Paramore had three children:

1. Sarah Ellen Paramore Hunt, was born 17 Apr 1879 in Joseph, Sevier, Utah.  Church records indicate that she was given a blessing three days later on 20 Apr 1879.  No further mention is made of Sarah Ellen in family records.  She died as a baby. 
2. Essie Mae Paramore Hunt (“Essa”), was born 22 Mar 1881 in Parowan, Iron, Utah.  She was baptized on 19 May 1889.  And on 11 May 1900, at age 19, Essie died in a fire that broke out in the bakery where she was working.
3. Estella Paramore Hunt (“Stella” or “Stell”), was born 28 Aug 1883 in Parowan, Iron, Utah, and died on 12 Jan 1970 at age 86 after living in San Pedro, Los Angeles, California. Estella married George William Thompson in 1901 in Richfield, Sevier, Utah and they had six children who were all born in Utah.

According to Ardeana Fredricksen, a great granddaughter of Lucinda and Hyrum Paramore, Lucinda had to leave Hyrum because he was an alcoholic.  No official marriage or divorce records have yet been found, so it is unknown if they were officially divorced or not.  But the marriage ended sometime between 1883 and 1885.  At this time Lucinda and her two surviving daughters remained in the Paramore & Joseph, Utah area, and Hyrum Paramore left and relocated to Wasatch county, Utah.  Church records from Joseph, Utah note that "Hyrum Paramore moved away" and that Lucinda Elvira Hyatt Paramore "married Levi A. Hunt.” 

In Wasatch county, Hyrum Duckworth Paramore was married to his second wife, Hannah Jensen.  They had four children:

1. Vida Paramore
2. Estella Paramore, of Charleston, Wasatch county, Utah.  Married Earl Kohler.
3. Joseph Lawrence Paramore
4. Lester Paramore

Faun Moore Chidester is a great granddaughter of Lucinda Elvira Hyatt Paramore Hunt.  Faun has been interested in family history since she was a child, and remembers learning about her Hyatt/Paramore/Hunt relatives from her paternal grandmother, Edith Hunt Moore, and her great aunt, Estella Paramore Hunt Thompson.  Faun has fond memories of Estella or “Aunt Stell,” as she knew her.  Faun told me that even though Aunt Stell was actually her father’s aunt, she “claimed her as her own aunt” and had a very close relationship with her.

Faun came into contact with Estella Paramore Kohler (Hyrum’s daughter from his second marriage), in 1974 when Faun was living in Heber, Utah.  At that time Faun had conversations with both Estella Paramore Kohler and with Estella’s sister, Vida, about their father.  According to Estella Paramore Kohler, her father [Hyrum Paramore] was a railroad worker.  He came to Wasatch County from Parowan, Utah.  He said he had had a wife and two daughters but they had all died and were buried in Peoa, Summit county.  His deceased wife's name, he said, was Alvira.  He told his second wife, Hannah, that he wanted to name their second daughter Estella after his sister.  (According to Faun, at the time of her research in 1997 no record had yet been found of a sister named Estella, though records of other Paramore family members were available).  At that time Faun informed Estella and Vida about the existence of their father’s first wife and her children, which had not been known to them previously.  I do not know if Estella Paramore Kohler and her siblings ever met their half sister, Estella Paramore Hunt Thompson, or not.

Faun said that her grandmother, Edith Hunt Moore, and her great aunt, Estella Paramore Hunt Thompson told her: Grandmother Hunt [Lucinda] never talked much about her first husband except to say he wasn't much of a provider.  Estella Paramore Kohler said this same thing about her father.

Hyrum Duckworth Paramore died at the age of 62 on 1 June 1915 and is buried in Charleston, Wasatch county, Utah.  Hannah Jensen was later remarried to William Daybell. 

Estella Paramore Kohler, daughter of Hyrum and Hannah, when a mature woman, attempted to learn something of her natural father.  She went to an uncle, King Paramore, in Parowan, Utah to learn more about her father.  She was told by her uncle to forget Hyrum. "It is best not to talk about things like that," so she didn’t pursue it.  Hannah Jensen Paramore Daybell and her daughters were later sealed, in life, to Hannah's second husband, William Daybell.

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Meanwhile, back in 1884 or 1885, after Hyrum moved to Wasatch county, Lucinda Elvira Hyatt Paramore was married to her second husband, Levi Alderman Hunt in Joseph, Sevier, Utah.  Levi Alderman Hunt was born 3 Dec 1861 in Fairview, Sanpete, Utah, the second of three sons of Levi Hunt and his first wife, Jane Gadd. Levi Alderman Hunt was baptized 17 Jul 1892.  Besides raising the two surviving daughters from Lucinda’s first marriage, Levi Alderman Hunt and Lucinda Elvira Hyatt Paramore Hunt had 11 more children together.  Family members who knew the Hunt family remembered what a good father Levi was – and they indicated that no distinction was ever made between the children from Lucinda’s two different marriages.

Children of Levi Alderman Hunt and Lucinda Elvira Hyatt Paramore Hunt:

1. Levi Ray Hunt, born 20 Dec 1886 in Joseph, Sevier, Utah, and died 10 Feb 1935 in Riverdale, Weber, Utah. Levi married Ethel Sofia Utley in 1906 and they had nine children.
2. Jessie Mardelain Hunt, born 29 Jul 1818 in Joseph, Sevier, Utah, and died 13 Dec 1917. Jessie married Robert Madison Mulliner in 1906 and they had four children.
3. Ruby Hunt, born 1 May 1890 in Joseph, Sevier, Utah and died on 25 Feb 1976 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah. Ruby married John Franklin Nielsen in 1910 and they had eight children.
4. Edith Hunt [my great, great grandmother], born 13 Oct 1891 in Joseph, Sevier, Utah, and died 9 Mar 1956 in Elsinore, Sevier, Utah. Edith married John Augusta Moore Jr. in 1908 and they had ten children.
5. Leonard Hunt, born 22 Aug 1894 in Beaver, Beaver, Utah, and died 18 Mar 1972. Leonard married Ethel May Pattie in 1908 or 1922 and they had four children.
6. baby Hunt (female), born 1892 or 1895 in Beaver, Beaver, Utah. Died 1895.
7. Ethel Lorean Hunt, born 13 Jul 1896 in Beaver, Beaver, Utah, and died 7 May 1970 in Las Vegas, Clark, Nevada. Ethel married Hyrum Edward Tanner in 1914 and they had ten children.
8. James Hunt, born 24 Dec 1898 in Joseph, Sevier, Utah, and died in Jun 1899.
9. Amy Alberta Hunt, born 5 Sep 1900 in Joseph, Sevier, Utah, and died 28 Jun 1920. Amy married Donald Hooker about 1920. (No known children for this couple).
10. Hazel Idona Hunt, born 22 Jun 1902 in Joseph, Sevier, Utah, and died 2 Oct or Nov 1902 in the same location.
11. Leland Hunt, born 22 Jan 1904 in Joseph, Sevier, Utah, and died 6 Feb 1951 in Nevada or California. Leland married Dora Bell Taylor in 1930 and they had three children. Later Leland married Irene Page.

Levi Alderman Hunt died at age 58 on 14 Jun 1920 in Richfield, Sevier, Utah. Lucinda Elvira Hyatt Paramore Hunt died at age 62 on 19 Dec 1922 in Fillmore, Millard, Utah.

Estella Paramore Hunt Thompson had herself and her sister Essie Mae sealed to Levi Alderman Hunt and Lucinda Elvira Hyatt in the Salt Lake Temple during her lifetime.  Faun Moore Chidester believes that Estella was not aware of the firstborn baby, Sarah Ellen, so her sealing was not done at that time.  Essie May was sealed to Levi and Lucinda on 3 Nov 1934.  And Estella was sealed to Levi & Lucinda on 9 Jan 1967.

When Faun later found a record of Sarah Ellen Paramore's birth and blessing, she wrote to the church Family History Department asking direction as to the sealings. They indicated that since Lucinda Elvira Hyatt was not sealed to Levi Alderman Hunt during her lifetime, that she should be sealed to both Hyrum Paramore and to Levi Hunt so she is given the choice and so all of their children could be sealed to her.  Sarah Ellen Paramore was sealed to Hyrum Paramore in the Logan Temple 21 May, 1976.

*Sources: I have not personally done any research on this line of my family, this information was passed down to me by my paternal grandmother, Faun Moore Chidester. 

• Personal family notes of Faun Moore Chidester, from her past conversations with Estella Paramore Hunt Thompson, Edith Hunt Moore, Estella Paramore Kohler, and Vida Paramore. 
• A telephone conversation between myself and my grandma, Faun Moore Chidester, on 14 April 2015, clarifying and asking questions about some of her genealogy notes about this part of the family.
• Emails with genealogy information about the Paramore, Hyatt, and Hunt family lines from Ardeana Fredricksen, 2015.  Ardeana got family information from past conversations with her grandmother, Estella Paramore Hunt Thompson, and her great aunt, Ruby Hunt Nielsen.
• Original genealogy research of Faun Moore Chidester.  From a PAF genealogy file of Faun’s, a copy of which she gave to me back in 2001.  Some of Faun’s sources mentioned in her genealogy file include:
• LDS church records, Joseph ward, 1877-1951 -- GS Film #026,045
• Salt Lake Temple Records No. 2396, Book 4R, Page 106, and No 32485, Book 2X, Page 1113, TIB 1263035
• US Federal Census records 

[Back in 2010 I wrote a brief history of my Hyatt/Paramore/Hunt family ancestors to include on this genealogy blog, based on some old notes from my Grandma, Faun Moore Chidester's, genealogy file.  Recently I received an email from another descendant of these ancestors who pointed out some errors in my original post from 2010.  After reviewing my grandma's genealogy notes, talking to my grandma on the phone to clarify, and comparing with the information that was recently emailed me, I have corrected those errors and reposting the corrected history here.]