Three photos from the Joyce side

These three photos came courtesy of Eileen, who is the daughter of John Milliman James Joyce.

This photo shows Miliman, James, Flora (my grandmother), Arthur and Hester.

(There seems to be some ongoing confusion as to how Milliman is spelt!)





This is James Joyce. I presume it's the James in the photo above, rather than the James Joyce senior, who is virtually the top of the list in the tree at the moment.













These are James Samuel Joyce and Arthur Joyce when young (obviously!)

Three bits of family tree news

Just over a week or so, I received an email from a Tim Hannagan, who'd come across the family tree. He isn't Brian and Suzanne's son, but a member of the family down a different line altogether - but still connected by my great great grandfather. John DeCourcy's list turned out to have his father and grandparents on it, so I was able to include them all on the family tree online.

And then Mark Hannagan (Terry's son) wrote to me today - I hadn't heard from him in a long time, possibly not since he was living in Dunedin with his family. He gave me some details about his children's birthdates and names, because he'd found the family tree online as well.

And then I happened to check the Connections part of the family tree online and found that Anne Rogers' niece has a family tree on Tribalpages as well, and she is doing the Joyce side of things. Furthermore, she's sent me three pictures that we don't have, which I'll upload in due course.

Charles and Flora

These two photos have been joined together at some point. I think the one of Charles is more recent than the one of Flora, as in the football photo below, he appears to be younger altogether. (He's second from the left, front row, in case you miss him!)

Note that this appears to be a football club, rather than a rugby club.  The letters on the ball are CB FC, which I presume means Christian Brothers Football Club - though I could be wrong.

Flora Hannagan and Michael

Taken in the kitchen at Stanley St. A rare photo of Nan (Grandma Hannagan, as I think she was known to some of you) smiling!

Note the clothes hanging on the rack above the coal range - my memory of Nan is of her sitting almost permanently by this range, cooking or drying or working at something. I'm sure she moved sometimes, but this was her 'home.'













Yours truly getting in the photo as always. (Rather like his younger son in later years.)




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Joe

This photo has survived for some 90 years. On the back is written:
With Best Wishes & Kind Remembrances, From Yours Truly, Joe.

Someone else has added: Derry Farm, Ranfurly, 11-4-18

I don't think this is a family member - certainly not the Uncle Joe from the Hannagan side - but someone might still remember who he was and what happened to him.

Two group photos

From left to right:
Ray DeCourcy, Frances Rooney, Jack Hannagan, Monica Stokes, Kevin DeCourcy, Pat Crowl, Tony DeCourcy, Kath Wilson.










The same people with spouses - though they're not necessarily standing with the right people.



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Thomas and Hester

I found this photo amongst my mother's collection, which we're just having another sort through. It's Milliman Thomas Joyce and his wife, Hester, nee Harwood.

Typically, they're taking the occasion very seriously, particularly Hester, whose voluminous dress hides her figure almost completely.

Wanderers Return

Some of you may have been following the Crowls' exploits overseas on the Travel Diary.
For those who haven't, we're now back in Dunedin, and happy to be home. Our time away was starting to get just a bit too long, so we came home about ten days earlier than planned.
We had a great time away, with a few ups and downs thrown in, but all in all it was worth doing, and certainly gave us a chance to get to know some of the younger members of the Goodson clan (Celia's family), most of whom we hadn't seen since our wedding, when they were all children. And we met their children as well, and can now put names and personalities to the faces.

Martin John Hannagan

I’ve just discovered that I’ve had the following piece of information in one of my folders for some time. It comes courtesy of John deCourcy, who now lives in Australia, and is part of a family tree he was compiling at the time.

This photo, taken from The Border Watch, Mt Gambier, of Thursday 2 June 1983, is from their ‘70 years ago’ history section and shows (in the top hat) Martin John Hannagan, who died in 1913, following a prominent career as a local businessman. His obituary, from page 3 of the Wed June 4, 1913, edition of the same paper, notes:

‘Mr Hannagan was a native of Melbourne, where he was born in 1856. In his boyhood he emigrated to New Zealand with his parents and remained there for some 10 or 12 years, and learned the tailoring trade.
Then he went to Melbourne, where he was for many years manager of the business of Hollands, tailors and outfitters. He was married there to Miss Eliza Beggs.
After coming to Mount Gambier he was for some years in the employ of Messrs Rowan and Gaillard.
“Dad”, as he was familiarly called, was of a genial and liberal disposition, and his dignified figure will be missed in the streets. He was a PCR of the Ancient Order of Foresters, having passed through the chairs in Melbourne. He leaves a widow and a family of nine – four sons and five daughters. Mr Frank Hannagan, of Messrs Cameron and Helpman, of this town, is one of his sons. Messrs James and Walter announce the funeral for this afternoon.’


At present, on the Hannagan Family Tree, you'll note there are no details of Martin's family. I should be able to rectify this soon.