Son of Abraham Hunsaker and Ane Katherine Jensen

Married Martha Matilda Allen, 11 Nov 1891, Honeyville, Box Elder, Utah

Children - Leon Peter Hunsaker, Ben Ervin Hunsaker, Ursel Melvin Hunsaker, Lavoy Matilda Hunsaker, Blanche Hunsaker, Lisle Hunsaker, Ilah Cloe Hunsaker, Cecil Allen Hunsaker, Vernetta Hunsaker, Newell Ellis Hunsaker

Hans Peter, the first son of Cathrine Jensen and Abraham Hunsaker, was born on 9 July 1870 at Brigham City. As Cathrine already had four daughters she was very happy when a son was born and wanted to give him an especially nice name. When her husband named him Hans Peter, she was quite disappointed. Her husband said, however, "If Hans Peter was good enough for your father, it is good enough for your son."

Pete, as he was always called, was somewhat of a dreamer when he was a young boy, and would get so interested in the wonders of nature that he forgot what he had been sent for when on an errand. Consequently he received a number of switchings. He used to tell an amusing story about how he got nine switchings in one day. His father was threshing and Pete was supposed to keep the men in fresh drinking water, but he never seemed to be able to get back with the water until it was warm or dirty. He would stop to count the ants in an ant hill or to chase some bird or butterfly. Abraham would tell his boys to get a switch, and of course, they would always find the smallest one they could.

Pete married Martha Matilda Allen in the Endowment House in Salt Lake City.

Pete was always a great reader and would read anything that he could get his hands on. He didn't have much schooling, but he knew the Book of Mormon, the Bible, and other Church works. He also read Grimm's Fairy Tales, and when his own children were growing up, he would tell them many stories from these books. He was a good mimic and would act out these stories as he told them.

Pete spent the last few years of his life buying cattle and sheep for his brother Benham. When he died in Brigham on 24 October 1912, after an operation for appendicitis, he left his wife with nine children to raise by herself. He was buried in the Honeyville Cemetery.

Written by Vernetta Hunsaker Wintle