Married (1st): Mary Eliza Bellamy on 21
September 1892, in Topsham, Devon, England
Alfred Hannaford is recorded as aged 24, the son of John Hannaford. Mary
Eliza Bellamy is recorded as aged 24, the daughter of George Bellamy.
Occupation: Millwright (1893, 1900); Owner
of a machine shop (1920, 1930) and a company making packing house machinery
(1940). In 1942, Alfred is recorded as working for Hannaford & Co, of
3555 South Levitt, Chicago.
Notes: Alfred emigrated to the United States
in 1889, arriving in Minnesota on 25 October 1889. He was naturalised on 11
May 1905.
Marriage (1st): England Marriage
Index (3Q1892 St. Thomas vol 5b p96) with exact date and place from England Marriage
batch M05173-3; Mary birth from England Birth Index (2Q1868 St.
Thomas vol 5b p64) with exact place from 1871 census; Mary parents from
1871 census, with mother's surname from England Marriage Index (4Q1866
St. Thomas vol 5b p146); Mary death from Illinois
Deaths 11822
Married (3rd): Spencer W. Bever on 31 March
1939 in Franklin county, Ohio, United States.
Spencer Bever is recorded as 51 years old on 28 November 1938, born in
Seymour, Indiana, the son of James Bever and Nancy Smith. He is a fireman,
living at 2412 No. High St., Franklin county, Ohio, and was once previously
married. Ethel Staley is recorded as 42 years old on 26 April 1938. She was
born in England, the daughter of Rodger Hanneford and Bessie Davis. She is
living at 2483 No. High St, Franklin county, Ohio and was once previously
married.
Spencer was born in 28 November 1887, in Seymour, Indiana, the son of James
Beavers and Anne Smith. Spencer was married firstly to Blanche M. Slack on
20 July 1918 in Ross county, Ohio. Spencer was a fireman,and is also
recorded in 1918 as a soldier. Spencer died on 15 May 1940 at the V.A.
Hospital in Dayton, Montgomery county, Ohio, of hepatitis, and was buried in
Eastlawn cemetery, Columbus, Franklin county, Ohio. His grave is located in
block B, section 1 lot 66 grave 1. His death certificate notes that he was
married but separated.
Census & Addresses: 1910:
Flinn township, Lawrence county, Indiana
1918: Jersey City, New Jersey (but stationed at Camp Sherman,
Ohio) (marriage
certificate) 1920: Franklin
county, Ohio
1935: Columbus, Franklin county, Ohio (1940 census)
1939: 2412 No. High St, Franklin county, Ohio (marriage
certificate) 1940:
244 Lane, Columbus, Franklin county, Ohio
1940: 244 W. Lane Ave, Columbus, Franklin county, Ohio (death
certificate)
Notes: Ethel emigrated to the United States
in 1923.
Death: 23 June 1955, in Rye Beach, Ohio,
United States
Buried: 25 June 1955, in Union cemetery,
Columbus, Ohio, United States. Ethel's grave is located in Old Cemetery
Section 65 lot 24A space 3
Census & Addresses:
1901: North Tawton, Devon: Ethel F. M. Hannaford, daughter, is aged 5, born
in Plymouth, Devon.
1911: Portsmouth, Hampshire: Ethel Florence May Hannaford is aged 17, born
in Stonehouse Plymouth, Devon. 1930: Pontiac,
Oakland county, Michigan
1935: Columbus, Ohio (1940 census)
1939: 2483 No. High St, Franklin county, Ohio (marriage
certificate) 1940:
244 Lane, Columbus Franklin county, Ohio
Sources:
Birth: England Birth Index
(3Q1895 E.Stonehouse vol 5b p275); exact date from marriage
certificate; exact place from 1911 census
Parents: 1901 census
Marriage (1st): The marriage
certificate of Dorine Beggs Ellis Pollock states that her father
is William Pollock (by adoption) and her mother is Ethel Hanaford (by
adoption); Clifford Pollock is identified as grandson of Ethel's father,
Roger, in the 1930 census, and as the stepson of Spencer Bever in the
1940 census. This is somewhat circumstantial and the certificate for
Ethel's marriage to Spencer Bever states that she was only married once
previously.
Census:
1901: Clyst St George, Devon: Ethel Anne Hannaford, daughter, is aged 0,
born in Clyst St George, Devon.
1911: Clyst St George, Devon: Ethel Annie Hannaford, daughter, is aged 10,
born in Clyst St George, Devon.
Sources:
Birth: England Birth Index
(1Q1901 St Thomas vol 5b p37); exact place from 1901 census
Occupation: Farmer. The 1881 census shows
Henry as a farmer at Southcombe, with 106 acres and employing 1 labourer and
1 boy. Henry was also a Justice of the Peace and a Land Tax Commissioner in
1906 (London Gazette 28 December 1906 p9154).
Notes: Widecombe History Group Minutes November 2001
Jim Churchward, who’s family ran a grocery business in North Street
Ashburton, told how they delivered around the area. His father after
coning out of the army where he had learnt to drive ‘model T fords’ worked
for firm ‘Vigers’ of Torquay selling cars. In c1924 he was sent to teach
H.H.Hannaford of Southcombe Farm, Widecombe, to drive. H.H. had deformed
hands and could not manage to drive what was in fact the first car in the
parish. H.H.H. persuaded Mr Churchward to stay and he became the
chauffeur. When he bought it he had Mr Churchward bring the car into the
village and take all the school children, five or six at a time, for ride
around Venton, Dunstone and back to the village as a treat. He took local
farmers to grass sales and markets at times. (N.B. H.H.H. was a member of
the Congregational Chapel at Dunstone and it was he who had built the
little stone shed on the left of the Widecombe Dunstone road just before
you reach the chapel to house his pony when he went to chapel). He was
also a leading light in the parish, councillor, school manager and the
like.
Marriage: England Marriage Index
(3Q1879 Newton A. vol 5b p261); Martha birth from England Birth Index
(3Q1849 Newton Abbot vol 10 p120) with exact date from Rootsweb
WorldConnect (butterworth_ian) and exact place from 1861 census;
Martha parents from 1861 census with mother's surname from England
Marriage Index (2Q1849 Totnes vol 9 p615); Martha death from England
Death Index (2Q1902 Newton A. vol 5b p76) with exact date and place from
Rootsweb
WorldConnect (butterworth_ian)
Married (1st): Marion Alice Doyle in June
1929 in St Francis, North Adams, Massachusetts, United States
North Adams Transcript 14 March 1929 p3 Miscellaneous Shower For Miss Marion Doyle
A MISCELLANEOUS SHOWER WAS HELD last evening in the home of Mr and Mrs
Thomas Doyle Bank street in honor of the coming marriage of their daughter
Marion Doyle to Horace Hannaford of this city formerly of Pontiac, Mich.
Vocal tions were rendered by Miss Mary Apkins and Ethel Pollock with Mrs
Roy an 1 Miss Marie Gero at the piano after which a mock riage ceremony
was performed with the following Victoria Mary Anderson and Clifford
Pollock and Bert Luncheon was served late in the evening and the was
presented numerous attractive gifts The wedding will take place in June
North Adams Transcript 1 June 1929 p3 Hannaford - Doyle
Miss Marion Alice Doyle daughter of Mr and Mrs Thomas Doyle of 36 Bank
street and Horace George son of Mr and Mrs Roger Hannaford of 32 Bank
street were united in marriage at a ceremony performed nt 7 o'clock this
in St Francis church rectory Rev William T Lee officiated Mrs Lilian
Lovell a sister of the groom was the matron of honor and Michael Doyle an
uncle of the bride was best man The bride wore an ensemble tume of yellow
georgette a picture hat to harmonize and carried white loses Her
bridesmaid wore a pink ensemble with hat to harmonize and carried plni
roses Following the wedding a fast was served in the home of the bride's
parents and the left during the morning on a wedding trip to Niagara Falls
N Y and Detroit Mich Upon their re- turn they will reside at 36 Bank
street both Mr and Mrs Hannaford are employed by the H W Clark biscuit
company The bride's gift to her attendant was a crystal necklace and the
groom presented his best man a cigarette lighter
Occupation: Farmer. John farmed Dockwell
farm in Widecombe in the Moor. In 1851 this was listed as being 90 acres in
size. In 1861, John was farming Bullaton Farm in Hennock, listed as 200
acres.
Death: 15 December 1874, at Dockwell farm,
Widecombe in the Moor, Devon, England, aged 78
Married (2nd):
Avis (Hamlyn) Coaker in 1904 in Newton
Abbot district, Devon, England
Avis was born in 1835/6, in Widecombe in the Moor, Devon. She first married
Richard Coaker in 1857 in Newton
Abbot district, Devon, with whom she had at least four children, John,
William, Richard and Sarah Ann. Richard died in 1897 in Newton
Abbot district, Devon, aged 69. Avis died in 1922 in St
Thomas district, Devon, England, aged 87.
Census: 1861: Bellaford, Lydford, Devon 1881: Painsford,
Ashprington, Devon 1891: Painsford Farm, Ashprington,
Devon
1901: Tormoham, Devon: Avis Coaker, head, is aged 64, born in Widdicombe,
Devon. She is widowed and Living On Own Means.
1911: Topsham, Devon: Avis Hannaford, wife, is aged 75, born in Widecombe In
The Moor, Devon
Occupation: Farmer. John farmed the family
farm, Dockwell, in Widecombe in the Moor. In the 1851 census, this farm is
listed as 90 acres, in 1861 as 48 acres and in 1881 as 50 acres. By 1891,
John had moved to farm Marsh Barton in Clyst St George, Devon.
Notes: John is mentioned in a court case
involving an assault on one of his servants, Elizabeth Page, in 1890. Trewman's
Exeter Flying Post or Plymouth and
Cornish Advertiser 31 May 1890
Alleged assault at Clyst St George
Magisterial proceedings at Exmouth
Scene in court
A special Session was held at Exmouth Public Hall on Wednesday, Colonel
NAPIER in the chair, to hear a case against Walter COLES, farm labourer,
who was charged on warrant, with assaulting and beating Elizabeth PAGE, at
Clyst St George on Sunday last. The prosecutrix, a domestic servant to Mr
HANNAFORD, Marsh Farm, Clyst St George, and who appeared in Court, with
her arm in a sling, said on Sunday evening, just before 9, she was in the
road near the St George and the Dragon proceeding towards the farm, when
she saw the prisoner by the door of the public house. Witness heard
someone whistle to her but she did not look back. She then saw the
prisoner running after her. On coming up to her he took her by the arm and
swung her round. It was raining at the time and the prisoner asked for
part of her umbrella. She refused, and the prisoner then caught her hold
around the neck, and, catching hold of the umbrella, struck her a violent
blow on the arm with it. At this moment prosecutrix heard her arm go
"crack". A woman then came in sight, and the prisoner took the umbrella
and walked away, she [witness] fainting at the time. Elizabeth TRIBLEY,
the woman, said to the prisoner, "It is a fine thing to take away the
girl's umbrella," and he replied "Yes it is" After fainting witness could
not remember anything else until she found herself in her sister's house.
Prosecutrix went to the Devon and Exeter Hospital at 1am on Sunday night,
when her arm was bandaged.
Prisoner said he went into the public house about 7pm, and did not go out
until about 9pm when he went home. He had never seen the girl for the
evening, and had never spoken to her. Elizabeth TRIBLEY, wife of George
TRIBLEY, of Clyst St George, said she was returning from the Topsham
Station on Sunday evening, and when near the St George and Dragon Inn, she
saw a young man and woman together, who she thought at first were
"iteming" On going near to them she heard the girl call out, "Let me go,
let me alone" When the witness went to them the prisoner let prosecutrix
go, the latter saying that he had taken away her umbrella. Witness said it
was a "shame", when prisoner replied, "Yes 'tis, idn't it" Witness made
inquiries about the prisoner, and informed the prosecutrix's
brother-in-law of the occurrence. At this point prosecutrix had a fit, and
it was with difficulty two policemen could hold her.
Edward PARSONS, of Clyst St George, employed at the manure works Topsham,
brother-in-law to the prosecutrix was next called, and said he left the
public house on Sunday night about 10 mins to nine, where he had seen the
prisoner. Soon after arriving home the prosecutrix was brought in, in a
fainting condition. Witness went and informed her master of it, and while
out he saw the prisoner with the girl's umbrella. On being asked why he
assaulted the girl, he said he did it for a joke, and he wanted a part of
her umbrella as it was raining. Prisoner gave the witness the umbrella.
Witness saw a doctor at Clyst St George, who ordered him to take the girl
to the Devon and Exeter Hospital where her arm was bandaged. No bones were
found to be broken. Prisoner was wearing a grey suit of clothes.
Walter BERRY, a carter and John BRAY, a bricklayer's labourer of Clyst St
George, proved seeing the prisoner in the vicinity on the night in
question. PC PHILLIPS, stationed at Topsham, proved apprehending the
prisoner on warrant, and charging him with the offence. He said, "They
have made a mistake altogether in the man, I don't know nothing about it."
Witness produced a suit of grey clothes which the prisoner said he wore on
the night in question. At this point of the case prosecutrix had a second
fit, and a medical man was called. Prisoner denied all knowledge of the
assault, and said he walked straight home after leaving the public house.
George BEDFORD, labourer Clyst St George, was called by the prisoner in
defence, and said that COLE whistled to him and they walked home
afterwards together. Prisoner was committed to take his trial at the next
Quarter Sessions on a charge of occasioning grievous bodily harm. Bail was
allowed, prisoner in £10, and BEDFORD became another surety in £10.
Marriage (1st): England Marriage
Index (3Q1856 Newton Abbot vol 5b p257); Mary birth from 1861 census;
Mary death from England Death Index (1Q1904 St. Thomas vol 5b p33)
Marriage (2nd): England Marriage
Index (3Q1904 Newton A. vol 5b p355); Avis birth from 1911 census; Avis
1st marriage from England Marriage Index (4Q1857 Newton Abbot vol 5b
p267); Avis children from 1881 census; Richard death from England Death
Index (3Q1897 Newton A. vol 5b p84); Avis death from England Death Index
(4Q1922 St. Thomas vol 5b p53)
Death: England Death Index
(3Q1919 St Thomas vol 5b p46)
John Herbert Hannaford
Birth: 1858, in Widecombe in the Moor,
Devon, England
Edith was born in 1887, in Widecombe in the Moor, the daughter of John
Herbert French and Thirza Chaffe. She married, secondly, Hermon French in
1931, in Newton
Abbot district, Devon.
Census: 1891: Spitchweek Farm, Widecombe
in the Moor, Devon
1911: Widecombe in the Moor, Devon: Edith E. French is aged 23, born in
Widecombe in the Moor, Devon
Occupation:
Clerk of Works in 1902
Notes:
John had deformed hands and arms.
Widecombe History Group Minutes November 2001
Bessie French related that H.H.H’s son John Hannaford came to Leusdon
School in a pony and jingle and tie it up outside the school gates, come
into school and read the school registers on occasions. Edith French from
Spitchwick Farm married John Hannaford of Southcombe and she was latter to
become widowed and married Hermon French.
Death: 23 March 1931, in Widecombe in the
Moor, Devon, England, aged 47
Census: 1891: Southcombe, Widecombe in
the Moor, Devon
1901: St Clement Urban, Cornwall: John Hannaford, pupil, is aged 17, born in
Widdicombe, Devon
1911: Ashburton, Devon: John Hannaford is aged 27, born in Widecombe, Devon
Sources:
Birth: England Birth Index
(1Q1884 Newton A. vol 5b p119); exact place from 1891 census. Rootsweb
WorldConnect (butterworth_ian) has the date as 10 December 1884
which does not fit with 1Q1884 registration though perhaps the real
birth date was 10 December 1883.
Parents: 1891 census
Marriage: England Marriage Index
(1Q1924 Newton A. vol 5b p261); Edith birth from England Birth Index
(3Q1887 Newton A. vol 5b p128) with exact place from 1891 census; Edith
parents from 1891 census with mother's surname from England Marriage
Index (2Q1880 Newton A. vol 5b p231); Edith 2nd marriage from England
Marriage Index (3Q1931 Newton A. vol 5b p371)
Census:
1901: Clyst St George, Devon: John Kemble Hannaford, son, is aged 3, born in
Clyst St George, Devon
1911: Titchfield, Hampshire: John Kembel Hannaford is aged 13, born in Clyst
St George, Devon
Sources:
Birth: England Birth Index
(1Q1898 St. Thomas vol 5b p37); exact place from 1901 census
Parents: 1901 census
John Herbert Hannaford
Birth: 9 April 1905, in Portsmouth,
Hampshire, England
Devena was born on 1 December 1907, in Pontiac, Michigan, the daughter of
William and Beatrice Bradburn. She died on 31 January 1997, in Phoenix,
Maricopa county, Arizona.
North Adams Transcript 31 May 1929 p12: Farewell Dinner For Mrs Devena Hannaford
A farewell dinner was given in honor of Mrs Devena Hannaford at the
Oriental Restaurant one evening by friends and employees of the Clark
Biscuit company. After the dinner the guests attended a theatre party. Mrs
Hannaford will leave on with relatives for a two months visit in Detroit
Mich.
Robert was born on 12 September 1895, in Bath, Somerset, England, the son of
Charles F. Lovell and Dora W. _____. Robert was employed at a biscuit
factory in North Adams, Massachusetts and moved to Cincinnati in 1929.
North Adams Transcript 14 September 1929 p3 TWO CHANGES AT BISCUIT COMPANY
Robert F. Lovell And J. L. Donovan to Leave
The resignation of two of the H W company affecting both the production
and sales departments were announced today Robert F Lovell ent at the
plant for the part two years has submitted his resignation to take effect
next week when he will leave to accept a more lucrative position with a
biscuit factory at Cincinnati O J L Donovan sales manager for the concern
for the past our years has resigned in tion the reorganization ol the
company following the purchase of a controlling interest by A B of
Providence R I who is also of the Atlantic Baking com- of that city Mr
Donovan has already completed his duties at the Slark company Both Mr
Lovell and Mr Donovan have made many friends here during the period of
their residence in this city and their departure will be deeply regretted.
In 1940 Robert was a production manager at a retail grocery in Columbus, and
reported earnings of $4,200 in 1939. In his 1942 draft registration, Robert
recorded that his employer was Kroger Grocery and Bakery Co. at 457
Cleveland Ave in Columbus. Robert married, secondly, Esther _____. He died
on 5 February 1966 at Riverside Methodist Hospital in Columbus, Ohio.
Census & Addresses:
1901: Bath, Somerset: Robert F. Lovell, son, is aged 5, born in Bath,
Somerset
1911: Bath, Somerset: Robert Lovell is aged 15, born in Bath, Somerset 1930: Norwood,
Hamilton county, Ohio 1940:
61 Oakland Park Avenue, Columbus, Franklin county, Ohio
1940: 61 Oakland Park Avenue, Columbus, Franklin county, Ohio (death
certificate of wife Lilian)
1942: 61 Oakland Park Avenue, Columbus, Franklin county, Ohio (WWII
draft registration)
Death: 4 November 1940, in Columbus,
Franklin county, Ohio, United States, of cardiac collapse
Buried: 6 November 1940, in Union cemetery,
Columbus, Ohio, United States. Lilian's grave is located in Old Cemetery
Section 58 lot 124 space 5
Census: 1881:
Lower Woodcott Farm, Woodcott, Hampshire (listed as "Chalkey")
1891: Lambeth, London: Marian Hammerford, daughter, is aged 12, born in
Widdicombe, Devon
1901: Westminster St Margaret and St John the Evangelist, London: Marian C.
F. Hannaford, boarder, is aged 22, born in London. Her occupation is listed
as Draper's Assistant.
1911: Lewisham, London: Marian Chalk Fremantte Harcourt is aged 31, born in
Clapham, London
1913: 144a Adelaide Road, Brockley, London (probate record of
brother Roger at (Saskatchewan
Probate Estate Files (Moose Jaw 1912 643 img49))
Sources:
Birth: England Birth Index
(3Q1878 Lambeth vol 1d p426); exact place from 1911 census
Parents: 1881 census
Marriage: 1911 census
Occupation: 1901 census
Death: England Death Index
(2Q1962 I.Wight vol 6b p823)
Marion (Hannaford) Wood
Birth: 1882, in Widecombe in the Moor,
Devon, England
Married: Eliot Colpoys Wood on 10 June 1919,
in Widecombe in the Moor, Devon, England
Eliot was born in 1865, in Ruddington, Nottinghamshire, the son of Andrew
Wood and Caroline Colpoys. Eliot was a clergyman and was vicar of Widecombe
in the Moor. He died in 1948 in Newton
Abbot district, Devon, aged 82.
Census: 1871: Skillington,
Lincolnshire 1881: Grammar
School, Theatre Street, Woodbridge, Suffolk
1891: Islington, London: Eliot C. Wood, pupil, is aged 25, born in
Ruddington, Nottinghamshire
1901: Bath, Somerset: Eliott C. Wood, head, is aged 35, born in Ruddington,
Nottinghamshire. He is a clergyman.
1911: Teignmouth, Devon: Elliot Colpoys Wood is aged 45, born in Ruddington,
Nottinghamshire
Death:
2 July 1956, in Widecombe in the Moor, Devon, England, aged 73
Census: 1891: Southcombe, Widecombe in
the Moor, Devon
1901: Widecombe in the Moor, Devon: Marion Hannaford, daughter, is aged 18,
born in Widecombe, Devon. Her occupation is listed as Farmers Daughter.
1911: Widecombe in the Moor, Devon: Marion Hannaford is aged 28, born in
Widecombe, Devon
Sources:
Birth: England Birth Index
(3Q1882 Newton A. vol 5b p131); exact place from 1891 census
Parents: 1891 census
Marriage: England Marriage Index
(2Q1919 Newton A. vol 5b p413); exact date and place from Rootsweb
WorldConnect (butterworth_ian); Eliot birth from England Birth
Index (3Q1865 Basford vol 7b p148) with exact place from 1871 census;
Eliot parents from 1871 census with mother's surname from England
Marriage Index (3Q1858 Droxford vol 2c p181); Eliot death from England
Death Index (1Q1948 Newton A. vol 7a p570)
Census:
1891: Lambeth, London: Mary G. Hammerford, daughter, is aged 10, born in
Clapham, Surrey
1901: Battersea, London: Gertrude Hannaford, servant, is aged 19, born in
Clapham S E. Her occupation is listed as Drapers Assistant.
1911: Prittlewell, Essex: Gertrude Tyrrell is aged 28, born in Clapham,
London
Sources:
Birth: England Birth Index
(3Q1881 Lambeth vol 1d p444); exact place from 1891 census
Parents: 1891 census
Marriage: England Marriage Index
(2Q1906 St. Giles vol 1b p1117)
Occupation: 1901 census
Death: England Death Index
(4Q1947 Ilford vol 5a p329)
Census:
1901: Clyst St George, Devon: May Audrey Hannaford, daughter, is aged 0,
born in Clyst St George, Devon
1911: Titchfield, Hampshire: Mary Audrey Hannaford is aged 10, born in Clyst
St George, Devon
Sources:
Birth: England Birth Index
(4Q1900 St. Thomas vol 5b p36); exact place from 1901 census
Parents: 1901 census
Mildred Mary (Hannaford) Durrant
Birth: 3 February 1893, at 227 Ewing Street,
Chicago, Cook county, Illinois, United States
Married: Hector Durrant on 16 April 1921, in
Chicago, Cook county, Illinois, United States
Hector was born on 6 January 1897, in Chicago, Illinois, the son of William
Durrant and Jane Rolfe. He was a bank clerk/teller and worked for the Drexel
National Bank for over 50 years. Hector died on 11 June 1987, in Little
Company of Mary Hospital, Evergeen Park, Cook county, Illinois. Chicago Tribune 15 June 1987
Services for Hector Durrant, 91, a 50-year employee of Drexel Bank, will
be held at 11 a.m. Monday in the Church of Annunciation, 9229 S. Harlem
Ave. Mr. Durrant died Thursday in Little Company of Mary Hospital in
Evergreen Park. He was a Navy veteran of World War I. He is survived by a
daughter, Iva Whaley; 10 grandchildren; 10 great-grandchildren; and a
brother.
Married: Mary Hannah Freemantle in 1877, in
Stockbridge
district, Hampshire, England
Mary was born in 1854, in Houghton, Hampshire, the daughter of William and
Mary Freemantle. She was baptised on 4 June 1854 in Houghton. Mary died in
1887 in Lambeth
district, Surrey, aged 32.
Census:
1861: Kings Somborne, Hampshire: Mary H. Freemantle, daughter, is aged 5,
born in Houghton, Hampshire 1871: Kings
Somborne, Hampshire 1881: Lower
Woodcott Farm, Woodcott, Hampshire
Birth: England Birth Index
(3Q1841 Newton Abbot vol 10 p118); exact place from 1861 census
Parents: 1851 census
Marriage: England Marriage Index
(2Q1877 Stockbridge vol 2c p165); Mary birth from England Birth Index
(2Q1854 Stockbridge vol 2c p76) with exact place from 1881 census; Mary
baptism, parents from England
Birth and Christenings batch C00400-8; Mary death from England
Death Index (3Q1887 Lambeth vol 1d p314)
Occupation: 1861, 1881, 1901
census
Death: England Death Index
(1Q1903 Lambeth vol 1d p232)
Roger Hannaford
Birth: 17 April 1871, in Widecombe in the
Moor, Devon, England
Married: Bessie Emma Davis in 1893, in Totnes
district, Devon, England
Bessie was born on 3 July 1869, in Plymouth, Devon, the daughter of George
Davis and Henrietta Clemens. She died on 26 March 1941, at 2290 N. High
Street, Columbus, Franklin county, Ohio, of a cerebral haemorrhage. Bessie
was buried on 29 March 1941, in Union cemetery, Columbus, Ohio. Her grave is
located in Old Cemetery Section 58 lot 124 space 3.
Death: 18 November 1908, in Moose Jaw,
Saskatchewan, Canada. According to probate papers, Roger spent 49 days in
the Moose Jaw General Hospital from 17 September 1908 until 5 November 1908.
He was then operated on in the hospital on 14 November 1908, and remained
there until his death on 18 November (Saskatchewan
Probate Estate Files (Moose Jaw 1912 643 img31 and img
67)).
Probate: Roger died intestate, and had no
family in Canada. Administration of his estate was granted to the Northern
Trusts Company Limited of Winnipeg, Manitoba. The proceedings took a number
of years since Roger's sisters in England had to be contacted, and
eventually in 1913, the estate was resolved with receipts of $3035.60 and
disbursements of $1205.88 (img65).
Census & Addresses:
1891: Lambeth, London: Roger Hammerford, son, is aged 8, born in Clapham,
Surrey
1901: Lambeth, London: Roger Hannaford, son, is aged 18, born in Kennington,
London. His occupation is listed as Brass Maker. 1906:
Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan
1908: Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan (Saskatchewan
Probate Estate Files (Moose Jaw 1912 643 img18))
Sources:
Birth: England Birth Index
(4Q1882 Lambeth vol 1d p435); exact place from 1891 census
Emilie was born in 1871-3, in Denbury, Devon.
Census:
1901: Clyst St George, Devon: Emlie Hannaford, wife, is aged 29, born in
Denbury, Devon.
1911: Clyst St George, Devon: Emilie Louise Hannaford, wife, is aged 38,
born in Denbury, Devon.
Notes:
Samuel served in World War I in the 49th Battalion. He enlisted in the
Australian Imperial Force at Brisbane on 29 March 1915 and is described at
that time as 6'1" tall, weighing 167 pounds, with blue eyes, fair hair and a
fair complexion. He embarked for Europe from Brisbane on 12 June 1915 aboard
the HMAT Karoola, and joined the 9th Infantry Battalion on 4 August
1915, serving initially in Egypt. Samuel was admitted to hospital, sick, on
25 November 1915, and transported to the Anzac base at Madros on the Greek
island of Lemnos, where he was admitted on 2 December 1915. He was released
on 11 January 1916 rejoining his unit in Tel-el-Kebir. Samuel was
transferred to the 49th Battalion as a private on 25 February 1916 at
Habeita. On 6 June 1916 Samuel embarked at Alexandria on the Franconia
bound for Plymouth where he disembarked on 16 June. He proceeded to France
on 28 August 1916, joining the 49th Battalion as a reinforcement on 16
September 1916. Samuel contracted mumps and hospitalised again in France on
26 April 1917, rejoining the unit on 16 June 1917. Samuel was wounded in
action on 25 April 1918 and invalided back to England where he was admitted
to the Reading War Hospital and then transferred to the 3rd Auxiliary
Australian Hospital in Dartford, Kent. Samuel went AWOL in London on 3 July
1918 until 10 July 1918 and forfeited 21 days pay as a result - 7 for the
missing days and a further 14 as a penalty. Samuel was sent back to
France on 17 October 1918, returning to England on 14 March 1919. He
returned to Australia on 1 May 1919, disembarking in Sydney on 11 June 1919,
and was discharged on 11 August 1919. Samuel earned the 1914/15 Star, the
British War Medal and the Victory Medal.
Death: 31 August 1936, in Landsborough,
Queensland, Australia, aged 50, when struck by a train.
Cairns
Post 1 September 1936 p7 STRUCK BY TRAIN.
MAN'S BODY FOUND.
LANDSBOROUGH TRAGEDY. LANDSBOROUGH, August 31.
The crew of the rail motor which runs from Gympie to Caboolture,
about 5.45 this morning, discovered the body of a man lying in a drain
abutting the sleepers of the permanent way about a mile on the south side
of Landsborough Railway Station. He had been very badly injured,
apparently when struck by the train travelling south. The police found in
his pocket a returned soldier's discharge in the name of Samuel Hannaford
(50), who served with the 49th Battalion in the Great War. A man of this
name had a farm in the Glass House Mountains district many years ago,
though he had not been seen in these parts lately. It is thought he may
have fallen from the train going south last night and been struck by the
other passing train.
DEVONSHIRE NATIVE.
BRISBANE, August 31.
It has been established that the man whose body was found near the
railway line at Landsborough was Samuel Hannaford, a native of Devonshire,
England, who had been living at Ascot, Brisbane, up till August 26. He was
a single man, with no relatives, as far as can be ascertained, in
Australia. Blood was found this morning on the engine of the Brisbane
bound train from Landsborough.
Nambour
Chronicle and North Coast Advertiser 4 September 1936 p2 Body on Railway Line.
RETURNED SOLDIER'S DEATH.
Early Morning Discovery Near Landsborough.
At about 5.45 a.m. on Monday last the crew of the rail motor which
runs from Gympie to Caboolture, found the body of a man lying in a drain
abutting the sleepers of the line about a mile on the southward side of
the Landsborough station. The man had been badly injured, apparently, and
had been probably struck by a train while travelling south. The police
found on the body a returned soldier's discharge certificate, bearing the
name, Samuel Hannaford, 50 years, who served in the 49th Battalion in the
Great War. It was stated that a man of that name had a farm in the
Glasshouse Mountains district many years ago, although he had not been in
those parts lately.
It is thought he may have fallen from a train going south the
previous night and was struck by another passing train. The man was badly
injured about the head, his right arm was fractured and mangled, and there
were also severe internal injuries. An amount of 1/1 was found in one of
his pockets.
Further inquiries elicited that Hannaford was a native of
Devonshire, England, but had been living at Ascot, Brisbane, up to August
26. He was a single man, and as far as could be ascertained, has no
relatives in Australia. Not having enjoyed the best of health lately,
deceased had left Brisbane with the intention of spend ing a few weeks in
the country. The soles of his feet when examined were blistered, thus
indicating that he had walked considerably since he left Brisbane.
Blood was found on the engine of a Brisbane-bound train at
Landsborough.
Buried: Witta Cemetery (Teutoburgh
Cemetery), Caloundra Shire, Queensland, Australia. The grave is located in
Row 2. There is no headstone.
Married: Annie Maud Kemble in 1897, in St
Thomas district, Devon, England
Annie was born in 1877, in Tedburn St Mary, Devon, the daughter of Robert
Kemble and Lucy Ann Lake
Census: 1881: Aller,
Tedburn St Mary, Devon 1891: Bushayes Farm, Clyst St
George, Devon
1901: Clyst St George, Devon: Annie Maud Hannaford, wife, is aged 23, born
in Tedburn St Mary, Devon.
1911: Titchfield, Hampshire: Annie Maud Hannaford, is aged 33, born in
Tedburn St Mary, Devon
Occupation: Farmer.
On 14 August 1905, William leased "Farmhouse and homesteads called "Fern
Hills" and "St. Margarets", Titchfield and lands and cottages in Titchfield
for two years at £250 p.a." from Col E. C. Delme Radcliffe and George Delme
Murray. On24 May 1913, William, then described as a bailiff, went bankrupt
and entered into an "Assignment by William Henry Hannaford to Frederick
Bunney of all his estate and interest in the premises demised in a lease of
the same date and of the debts due to him, and the right to sue for them."
Marriage: England Marriage Index
(2Q1897 St. Thomas vol 5b p75); Annie birth from England Birth Index
(3Q1877 St. Thomas vol 5b p73) with exact place from 1881 census; Annie
parents from 1881 census, with mother's surname from England Marriage
Index (2Q1877 St. Thomas vol 5b p103)
Notes: William emigrated to the United
States in 1923.
Death: 4 October 1957
Buried: 8 October 1957, in Union cemetery,
Columbus, Ohio, United States. William's grave is located in Old Cemetery
Section 29 lot 100 space 1
Census & Addresses:
1901: North Tawton, Devon: Willie Hannaford, son, is aged 4, born in
Plymouth, Devon.
1911: Portsmouth, Hampshire: William John Hannaford is aged 14, born in
Stonehouse Plymouth, Devon. 1930: Pontiac,
Oakland county, Michigan
1946: 2290 No. High St., Columbus, Franklin county, Ohio (WWII
draft registration card)
Sources:
Birth: England Birth Index
(1Q1897 E. Stonehouse vol 5b p294); exact date from WWII
draft registration card; exact place from 1911 census
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