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William HANN (1837 - 1889)

Children	Self + Spouses	Parents	Grandparents	Greatgrandparents
Louisa Clarke HANN (1860 - 1895) Elizabeth Caroline (Lilly) (youngest Dau) HANN (1868 - 1943)	William HANN (1837 - 1889) + Mary Burge HEARN (1833 - 1894)	Joseph HANN (1815 - 1864)
		Elizabeth SHARPE ( - 1864)

b. 1837 at Wiltshire, England

m. 1859 Mary Burge HEARN (1833 - 1894) at Victoria, Australia

d. 1889 at Townsville, Queensland, Australia aged 52

Near Relatives of William HANN (1837 - 1889)
Relationship	Person	Born	Birth Place	Died	Death Place	Age
Father in Law	James HEARN	1811	England	1857	Campbellfield, Victoria, Australia	46
Mother in Law	Louisa CLARKE	1812	England	1890	Brunswick East, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia	78
Father	Joseph HANN	1815	England	1864	Queensland, Australia	49
Mother	Elizabeth SHARPE			1864	Queensland, Australia
Self	William HANN	1837	Wiltshire, England	1889	Townsville, Queensland, Australia	52
Wife	Mary Burge HEARN	1833	England	1894	Townsville, Queensland, Australia	61
Daughter	Louisa Clarke HANN	1860		1895	Townsville, Queensland, Australia	35
Daughter	Elizabeth Caroline (Lilly) (youngest Dau) HANN	1868	Queensland, Australia	1943	Townsville, Queensland, Australia	75
Brother	James Charles HANN	1839	Donhead St Andrew, Wiltshire, England	1923	Geelong, Victoria, Australia	84
Brother	John Thomas HANN	1840	Wiltshire, England
Sister	Caroline Sharp HANN	1842	Wiltshire, England	1880	Townsville, Queensland, Australia	38
Brother	Frank Hugh HANN	1846	Wiltshire, England	1921	Cottesloe, Perth, Western Australia, Australia	75
Son in Law	Francis Henry KEPPEL			1919	Charters Towers, Queensland, Australia
Son in Law	Charles Macedon CLARKE	1868		1931	Queensland, Australia	63
Granddaughter	Florence Isabelle KEPPEL	1882	Queensland, Australia
Grandson	Frederick Henry KEPPEL	1884	Queensland, Australia
Granddaughter	Jessie Alice Mabel KEPPEL	1885	Queensland, Australia
Granddaughter	Mary Louisa KEPPEL	1887	Queensland, Australia
Granddaughter	Beatrice Emma KEPPEL	1890	Queensland, Australia	1932	Stanthorpe, Queensland, Australia	42
Grandson	Arthur KEPPEL	1891	Queensland, Australia
Grandson	William Hann KEPPEL	1892	Queensland, Australia
Granddaughter	Lilian Olive KEPPEL	1894	Queensland, Australia
Nephew	Eugene Frank HANN			1916	Bullecourt, France
Nephew	John Marcus HANN	1889	Queensland, Australia	1947	Nyah, Victoria, Australia	58
Niece	Louisa Augusta CUNNINGHAM			1926	North Sydney, NSW, Australia
Niece	Alice Maud Mary CUNNINGHAM	1866	Queensland, Australia	1942	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia	76
Niece	Elizabeth Frances CUNNINGHAM	1867	Queensland, Australia	1901	Townsville, Queensland, Australia	34
Niece	Jenny CUNNINGHAM	1869	Queensland, Australia	1869	Queensland, Australia	0
Niece	Isabella Mary CUNNINGHAM	1870	Burdekin Downs, Queenland, Australia	1891	Townsville, Queensland, Australia	21
Nephew	Edward Robertson CUNNINGHAM	1873	Queensland, Australia	1892	Queensland, Australia	19
Niece	Agnes CUNNINGHAM	1875	Queensland, Australia	1875	Queensland, Australia	0
Niece	Amy Bond Jessie CUNNINGHAM	1877	Queensland, Australia	1905	Ryde, Sydney, NSW, Australia	28
Nephew	Arthur Henry Wickam CUNNINGHAM	1879	Queensland, Australia	1942	Townsville, Queensland, Australia	63
Sister in Law	Katherine STANWAY	1839		1920	Geelong, Victoria, Australia	81
Sister in Law	Henrietta Georgina TAYLOR	1850	Battersea, Surrey, England	1910	Victoria, Australia	60
Brother in Law	Edward CUNNINGHAM	1834	Wiltshire, England	1898	Ayr, Queensland, Australia	64

Events in William HANN (1837 - 1889)'s life
Date	Age	Event	Place	Notes	Src
1837		William HANN was born	Wiltshire, England	Note 1
1851	14	Immigration	'John Knox' to Port Phillip Bay	Note 2	80
1859	22	Married Mary Burge HEARN (aged 26)	Victoria, Australia	Note 3	52
1860	23	Birth of daughter Louisa Clarke HANN		Burial info
1864	27	Death of father Joseph HANN (aged 49)	Queensland, Australia	Note 4
1864	27	Death of mother Elizabeth SHARPE	Queensland, Australia
1868	31	Birth of daughter Elizabeth Caroline (Lilly) (youngest Dau) HANN	Queensland, Australia	Burial info
1889	52	William HANN died	Townsville, Queensland, Australia	Note 5	18
1889	52	Burial	West End Cemetery, Townsville	Note 6	90

Note 1: Burial info Born 1839, Tisbury, Wiltshire, England

Note 2: 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 3: Australia, Marriage Index, 1788-1950 Name William Hann Marriage Date 1859 Marriage Place Victoria Registration Date 1859 Registration Place Victoria, Australia Spouse Mary Burge Hearn Registration Number 4715

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: Burial info QLD bdm William Hann Event date: 05/04/1889 Event type: Death registration Registration details: 1889/C/4659 Mother: Elizabeth Sharpe Father/parent: Joseph Hann Hann, William (1837–1889) from April 8, 1869 Brisbane Courier The account of the melancholy death, by drowning, of Mr. William Hann, of Maryvale station, at Townsville, will have been read by many old colonists, both in Queensland and Victoria, with sincere regret. Mr. Hann arrived in Victoria with his parents about thirty five years ago, his father having settled on a small squattage in Western Port near Schnapper Point. Mr Hann joined Mr R. McMicking on Mann's station, near Tumbarumba. During the stampede of Victorians to the Queensland "New Country". Mr Hann joined the late Mr Daintree, geologist, in taking up country in the Kennedy district. In 1872, at Mr Hann's suggestion, the late Hon. W. H. Walsh, then Secretary for Works in the Palmer Government, fitted out a party to explore the Cape York district. Mr Hann was the leader of the party, and the result of the expedition was the discovery of the Palmer and Walsh Rivers, and it was this party that first reported the existence of auriferous country on the Palmer, and their report was afterwards verified by Mulligan. During the trip Mr Hann announced the discovery of a tree climbing kangaroo. The statement was received at the time by naturalists with derision, which for long caused him much annoyance and, indeed, up to the time of his death he felt chagrined that he had not recieved credit for having been the first discoverer of this marsupial curiosity. Soon after his return from the expedition he purchased Maryvale station, which he has ever since continued to occupy. During the year of the Colonial and Indian Exhibition he, in company with the Hon. W. Aplin, paid a short visit to England. As an all round judge of live stock Mr. Hann had few equals in Queensland, and his homestead was always a model of neatness. Though somewhat brusque in manner, a kindlier or warmer-hearted man never existed, and the name of William Hann will long be held in affectionate remembrance by the many who were privileged to be counted among his intimate acquaintances.

Note 6: William Hann Birth 26 Jan 1837 England Death 5 Apr 1889 (aged 52) Townsville City, Queensland, Australia Burial West End Cemetery West End, Townsville City, Queensland, Australia WHO WAS ACCIDENTALLY DROWNED WHILE BATHING IN CLEVELAND BAY

Personal Notes:

death reg of dau Australian Dictionary of Biography Hann, William (1837–1889) by G. C. Bolton revised by Libby Connors and Peter Gifford William Hann (1837-1889), and Frank Hugh Hann (1846-1921), explorers and pastoralists, were the sons of Joseph Hann and his wife Elizabeth, née Sharpe. The family migrated from Wiltshire in 1851 to the Westernport district in Victoria. In 1862 Joseph Hann was attracted to the newly-opened upper Burdekin district in Queensland where in partnership with Richard Daintree and some Melbourne investors he took up Bluff Downs, Maryvale and Lolworth stations. After Joseph was drowned in the great Burdekin flood of January 1864, his sons faced resistance from Aboriginal traditional landowners, and struggled with speargrass, dingoes and falling wool prices and in 1870 William had to overland their last 19,000 sheep to Victoria; Lolworth and Bluff Downs were surrendered and he ran cattle at Maryvale. In 1872 William was given charge of a well-organized official party to explore the interior of the Cape York Peninsula. The country was difficult and Hann was often irked by assistants whose bushcraft was less competent than his. Dense scrub prevented him from reaching his goal on the Endeavour River but the party located some fair pastoral country and named the Tate, Daintree and Palmer Rivers. On the latter he reported traces of gold which led to James Mulligan's prospecting party and a dramatic gold rush. The new fields soon provided Hann with a market for his cattle and he prospered. In 1886 after a trip overseas he introduced axis deer from Ceylon to the Maryvale district. He was also a benefactor of St James's Cathedral, Townsville, and a member of the Dalrymple Divisional Board. He died suddenly while swimming near Townsville on 5 April 1889, survived by his wife and two daughters; a son had died in infancy. A daring horseman and whip and a first-class bushman, Hann was notable among the first generation of North Queenslanders.

Source References:

18. Type: Vital Record, Abbr: Queensland bdm index, Title: Queensland bdm index

- Reference = (Death)

- Notes: QLD bdm William Hann Event date: 05/04/1889 Event type: Death registration Registration details: 1889/C/4659 Mother: Elizabeth Sharpe Father/parent: Joseph Hann

52. Type: Australia Birth Marriage Death Index 1787 - 1985 Record

- Reference = (Marriage)

- Notes: Australia, Marriage Index, 1788-1950 Name William Hann Marriage Date 1859 Marriage Place Victoria Registration Date 1859 Registration Place Victoria, Australia Spouse Mary Burge Hearn Registration Number 4715

90. Type: Web Page, Abbr: Find A Grave, Title: Findagrave.com

- Reference = (Burial)

- Notes: William Hann Birth 26 Jan 1837 England Death 5 Apr 1889 (aged 52) Townsville City, Queensland, Australia Burial West End Cemetery West End, Townsville City, Queensland, Australia WHO WAS ACCIDENTALLY DROWNED WHILE BATHING IN CLEVELAND BAY

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