Obituary Border Watch P3, Wednesday June 4, 1913
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 some 10 to 12 years, and
learned the tailoring trade.
Then he went to Melbourne, where he was for many years manager of the business, 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 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 this afternoon.
Saturday, May 03, 2008
Francis Hannagan
A very cold Saturday and I'm finally trying to get some of the info sent to me by Nola Marshall sorted. I might put some of it on the Family Tree site, but information space is limited to 1000 words there, and Nola has provided some extensive info on some people. Note the usual inconsistency in the spelling of the family name!
Victorian Police Gazette, February 1856: Lost or stolen, from the person of Francis HANNAGAN, on the night of the twelfth instant somewhere in Melbourne, an open faced silver lever watch, No 1152, makers name Robertson of Liverpool, with gold guard attached, gold ring with FH engraved outside , and a dark coloured pocket book, with a small ink bottle. Five pounds in gold and silver , and sundry documents. Information to the Inspector of Detective police, Melbourne 16th February 1856.
Friday February 19th 1892 NEW ZEALAND TABLET We record with regret the death of Mr Francis Hannigan, [sic] father in law of Mr John Blaney, of the Caledonian Hotel, South Dunedin, which occurred at the age of 67,on Monday last. Mr Hannigan was an old member and well-known resident of Dunedin, where he came from Victoria at the time of the gold rush. He stood high in the esteem of a large circle of friends and acquaintances. R.I.P.
There are also three other known mentions of Francis Hannagan in newspaper reports.
Otago Witness 7 May 1870, page 14
Otago Witness,Issue 1047, 23 December 1871, page 6
Otago Witness,Issue 1075, 6 July 1872, page 8
I've included these for the moment as a reference.
Victorian Police Gazette, February 1856: Lost or stolen, from the person of Francis HANNAGAN, on the night of the twelfth instant somewhere in Melbourne, an open faced silver lever watch, No 1152, makers name Robertson of Liverpool, with gold guard attached, gold ring with FH engraved outside , and a dark coloured pocket book, with a small ink bottle. Five pounds in gold and silver , and sundry documents. Information to the Inspector of Detective police, Melbourne 16th February 1856.
Friday February 19th 1892 NEW ZEALAND TABLET We record with regret the death of Mr Francis Hannigan, [sic] father in law of Mr John Blaney, of the Caledonian Hotel, South Dunedin, which occurred at the age of 67,on Monday last. Mr Hannigan was an old member and well-known resident of Dunedin, where he came from Victoria at the time of the gold rush. He stood high in the esteem of a large circle of friends and acquaintances. R.I.P.
There are also three other known mentions of Francis Hannagan in newspaper reports.
Otago Witness 7 May 1870, page 14
Otago Witness,Issue 1047, 23 December 1871, page 6
Otago Witness,Issue 1075, 6 July 1872, page 8
I've included these for the moment as a reference.
Sunday, March 30, 2008
Another bit of the tree
A couple of days ago I received an email from a Hannagan in Australia. The writer's name is Nola Marshall, and she says:
I recently found your homepage for Hannagan.
I am a descendant of the Australian Hannagans.
My Grandfather was William Francis Hannagan, brother of Martin John Hannagan. I have information and photos of this side of the family if you are interested.
This bit of the family is a little confusing - at least at this point. William and Martin were the sons of Francis Hannagan (born in 1825) and his second wife, Mary (nee Cairns). On the family tree as it currently stands, I have two William Hannagans - I suspect they may be the same person, and we've got the information a bit confused. It isn't entirely unusual for people in the Victorian period to give two children the same name, if the first died very young. However, I don't have any evidence for this, as yet.
We'll keep you informed when I hear back from Nola.
I recently found your homepage for Hannagan.
I am a descendant of the Australian Hannagans.
My Grandfather was William Francis Hannagan, brother of Martin John Hannagan. I have information and photos of this side of the family if you are interested.
This bit of the family is a little confusing - at least at this point. William and Martin were the sons of Francis Hannagan (born in 1825) and his second wife, Mary (nee Cairns). On the family tree as it currently stands, I have two William Hannagans - I suspect they may be the same person, and we've got the information a bit confused. It isn't entirely unusual for people in the Victorian period to give two children the same name, if the first died very young. However, I don't have any evidence for this, as yet.
We'll keep you informed when I hear back from Nola.
Anngow news
Things have been quiet on the Hannagan front of late, both because I haven't added anything, and because there hasn't been much coming through to put on.Today, however, Barbara Anngow wrote:
Mark and I have just spent a lovely few days down in Dunedin with the family in welcoming our third beautiful grandchild. Toia Barbara was born on Good Friday to our eldest daughter Cara and her partner Matt. Cara and Toia are doing great and Shayla just adores her little sister.
The photo above is of Barbara and Mark's first grandchild, Oceania, holding Toia.The one on the right is Shayla with her new sister.
Sunday, March 02, 2008
Amelia Hannagan
I've been very remiss in not announcing the arrival of the latest Hannagan - particularly since this is called the Hannagan blog. (I've beaten my head against a convenient brick wall, and now feel a little better.)
Amelia arrived back in very early February, and has somehow managed to slip off my radar time and again. She's the second child and first daughter of Peter and Rachel Hannagan, who live these days in Washington, DC. Amelia has a big brother, Oliver.
Daphne has put a number of photos of Amelia on the Net, on Snapfish (a similar setup to Ringo, or Flickr.) Let me know if you can't get access to them.
A Hannagan birth - by which I mean a child with the name of Hannagan - is an occasion to be celebrated. In spite of the fact that I have so many cousins, and they have so many children, there aren't actually that many who are called Hannagan. And when you consider that it's most likely only the boys will pass the name on to their own children, there are even less.
Amelia arrived back in very early February, and has somehow managed to slip off my radar time and again. She's the second child and first daughter of Peter and Rachel Hannagan, who live these days in Washington, DC. Amelia has a big brother, Oliver.
Daphne has put a number of photos of Amelia on the Net, on Snapfish (a similar setup to Ringo, or Flickr.) Let me know if you can't get access to them.
A Hannagan birth - by which I mean a child with the name of Hannagan - is an occasion to be celebrated. In spite of the fact that I have so many cousins, and they have so many children, there aren't actually that many who are called Hannagan. And when you consider that it's most likely only the boys will pass the name on to their own children, there are even less.
Friday, December 14, 2007
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.
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.
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