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Joseph HANN (1815 - 1864)
Children Self + Spouses Parents Grandparents Greatgrandparents
William HANN (1837 - 1889)
James Charles HANN (1839 - 1923)
John Thomas HANN (1840 - )
Caroline Sharp HANN (1842 - 1880)
Frank Hugh HANN (1846 - 1921)
Joseph HANN (1815 - 1864)

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Elizabeth SHARPE ( - 1864)





























b. 1815 at England
+. Elizabeth SHARPE ( - 1864)
d. 1864 at Queensland, Australia aged 49
Near Relatives of Joseph HANN (1815 - 1864)
Relationship Person Born Birth Place Died Death Place Age
Self Joseph HANN 1815 England 1864 Queensland, Australia 49

Spouse/Partner Elizabeth SHARPE 1864 Queensland, Australia

Son William HANN 1837 Wiltshire, England 1889 Townsville, Queensland, Australia 52
Son James Charles HANN 1839 Donhead St Andrew, Wiltshire, England 1923 Geelong, Victoria, Australia 84
Son John Thomas HANN 1840 Wiltshire, England
Daughter Caroline Sharp HANN 1842 Wiltshire, England 1880 Townsville, Queensland, Australia 38
Son Frank Hugh HANN 1846 Wiltshire, England 1921 Cottesloe, Perth, Western Australia, Australia 75

Daughter in Law Mary Burge HEARN 1833 England 1894 Townsville, Queensland, Australia 61
Daughter in Law Katherine STANWAY 1839 1920 Geelong, Victoria, Australia 81
Daughter in Law Henrietta Georgina TAYLOR 1850 Battersea, Surrey, England 1910 Victoria, Australia 60
Son in Law Edward CUNNINGHAM 1834 Wiltshire, England 1898 Ayr, Queensland, Australia 64

Granddaughter Louisa Clarke HANN 1860 1895 Townsville, Queensland, Australia 35
Granddaughter Elizabeth Caroline (Lilly) (youngest Dau) HANN 1868 Queensland, Australia 1943 Townsville, Queensland, Australia 75
Grandson Eugene Frank HANN 1916 Bullecourt, France
Grandson John Marcus HANN 1889 Queensland, Australia 1947 Nyah, Victoria, Australia 58
Granddaughter Louisa Augusta CUNNINGHAM 1926 North Sydney, NSW, Australia
Granddaughter Alice Maud Mary CUNNINGHAM 1866 Queensland, Australia 1942 Brisbane, Queensland, Australia 76
Granddaughter Elizabeth Frances CUNNINGHAM 1867 Queensland, Australia 1901 Townsville, Queensland, Australia 34
Granddaughter Jenny CUNNINGHAM 1869 Queensland, Australia 1869 Queensland, Australia 0
Granddaughter Isabella Mary CUNNINGHAM 1870 Burdekin Downs, Queenland, Australia 1891 Townsville, Queensland, Australia 21
Grandson Edward Robertson CUNNINGHAM 1873 Queensland, Australia 1892 Queensland, Australia 19
Granddaughter Agnes CUNNINGHAM 1875 Queensland, Australia 1875 Queensland, Australia 0
Granddaughter Amy Bond Jessie CUNNINGHAM 1877 Queensland, Australia 1905 Ryde, Sydney, NSW, Australia 28
Grandson Arthur Henry Wickam CUNNINGHAM 1879 Queensland, Australia 1942 Townsville, Queensland, Australia 63

Events in Joseph HANN (1815 - 1864)'s life
Date Age Event Place Notes Src
1815 Joseph HANN was born England
1837 22 Birth of son William HANN Wiltshire, England Note 1
1839 24 Birth of son James Charles HANN Donhead St Andrew, Wiltshire, England Note 2
1840 25 Birth of son John Thomas HANN Wiltshire, England
1842 27 Birth of daughter Caroline Sharp HANN Wiltshire, England
1846 31 Birth of son Frank Hugh HANN Wiltshire, England
1851 36 Immigration 'John Knox' to Port Phillip Bay Note 3 80
1864 49 Joseph HANN died Queensland, Australia Note 4
1864 49 Death of wife Elizabeth SHARPE Queensland, Australia
1864 49 Burial Charters Towers Region Lone Graves Note 5 90
Death of son John Thomas HANN POSSIBLY died 1912 - Perth, WA
Note 1: Burial info
Born 1839, Tisbury, Wiltshire, England
Note 2: James Charles Hann
 in the Wiltshire, England, Church of England Births and Baptisms, 1813-1916
Name: James Charles Hann
Baptism Date: 21 May 1839
Baptism Place: Donhead St Andrew, Wiltshire, England
Parish as it Appears: Donhead St Andrew
Father: Joseph Hann
Mother: Elizabeth Hann
Note 3: HANN
Joseph (37) - Ag labourer
Elizabeth (42)
William (14) - Ag labourer
James Charles (12)
John Thomas (10)
Caroline C (8)
Frank H (5)
On own account to Melbourne
Note 4: From Find A Grave notes


BLUFF DOWNS HOMESTEAD

Joseph Hann drowned in the Burdekin River while crossing near the small town of Dalrymple. His wife Elizabeth (nee Sharpe) did not recover from the shock of her husband's death and her health declined, she died 5 months later on 24 June 1864.

Although it is believed that Joseph's body was not recovered after he drowned, Elizabeth and their grandson William Jnr are known to be buried on the bank of the Basalt River below the Bluff Downs Homestead.
Gravesite Details

The Hann Family Grave is a heritage-listed cemetery at Bluff Downs Station, Basalt, Charters Towers Region, Queensland, Australia. It was built from 1864 to 1865. It was added to the Queensland Heritage Register on 24 June 1999.
Note 5: Joseph Hann

Birth
1815
England
Death
3 Jan 1864 (aged 48–49)
Queensland, Australia
Burial
Charters Towers Region Lone Graves
Charters Towers Region, Queensland, Australia
Personal Notes:
From

Australian Stockman's Hall of Fame and Outback Heritage Centre
Name/Title

Joseph HANN, b. 1815 ENGLAND, d. 3rd January 1864, Burdekin River (near Burdekin Downs Station) QLD
About this object

Joseph Hann, his wife Elizabeth and five children William 14, James 12, John 10, Caroline 8, and Frank 6 years, emigrated from Donhead St Andrew's, Wiltshire in 1851 and settled in the Western Port District in Victoria. When the North Kennedy District on the Burdekin River in North Queensland was declared open for selection in 1959 Joseph decided to inspect the area.
He with two sons William and John sailed from Port Phillip on 30th November 1861. At Brisbane and Sydney he bought some horses and a wagon. They disembarked at Rockhampton and travelled overland to Bowen where he decided to leave the wagon and acquired some pack saddles.
At Bowen he was informed that most of the country along the Burdekin River had been taken up. When they reached the lower Burdekin the river was in flood and they suffered considerable difficulties rafting their equipment and swimming their horses across. They followed the river up to the junction of the Clarke River. They then followed this river for two days and discovered the beautiful Mary Vale Creek Valley surrounded by basalt tablelands. They crossed the tableland to the Basalt River where they found more good country.
They returned to Bowen where they applied for and were eventually granted leases of about 600 square miles on each watercourse. These blocks became known as `Mary Vale' and `Red Bluff' (later `Bluff Downs') Stations.
During their return journey to Melbourne they inspected and made tentative offers for cattle on properties west and south west of Rockhampton. They left Rockhampton at the end of May for Victoria where they made arrangements to move to North Queensland.
The men left Melbourne on July 24th 1862 with the intention of buying stock north of Brisbane and arranged for the rest of the family to overtake them near Rockhampton where they arrived 6th November 1862. From there Joseph left all four sons with the cattle. He took his wife and daughter by boat to Bowen where they arrived on 28th November 1862, and were invited to a Mrs Powell's house. Joseph erected a tent close by where the women remained while he went to meet the cattle. From there they moved with the cattle, were held up on the Burdekin River for some time, but eventually reached `Red Bluff' Station on 26th February 1863.
From that date Joseph gave much of his attention to the development and management of the properties but continued to buy stock whenever they were available. In August he sent William south in an endeavour to buy good young sheep but first William was to go to Melbourne to bring back his wife and young daughter. While William was absent on this mission Joseph was drowned in the flooded Burdekin River near `Burdekin Downs' Station. His body was never recovered.
Subject and Association Description

Parents: Hugh Hann
Married: 1837, England
Spouse: Elizabeth Sharpe
Children: William, James, John, Carey and Frank
Resided: 1815-51: Donhead Saint Andrew's Wiltshire ENGLAND|1852-62: Western Port VIC|1862-64:`Bluff Downs' Charters Towers QLD
Source References:
80. Type: Vital Record, Abbr: Victoria, Australia, Assisted and Unassisted Passenger Lists, Title: Victoria, Australia, Assisted and Unassisted Passenger Lists, 1839-1923, Publ: ancestry.com
- Reference = (Immigration)
- Notes: HANN
Joseph (37) - Ag labourer
Elizabeth (42)
William (14) - Ag labourer
James Charles (12)
John Thomas (10)
Caroline C (8)
Frank H (5)
On own account to Melbourne
90. Type: Web Page, Abbr: Find A Grave, Title: Findagrave.com
- Reference = (Burial)
- Notes: Joseph Hann

Birth
1815
England
Death
3 Jan 1864 (aged 48–49)
Queensland, Australia
Burial
Charters Towers Region Lone Graves
Charters Towers Region, Queensland, Australia