tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-77133922859625856022024-02-07T05:17:37.257+00:00THE STORY OF OUR ANCESTORSThis blog is to tell the stories of the lives of our ancestors;
the people, places and events that shaped our lives today.Louisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03474162313074197397noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7713392285962585602.post-36073451851238023442014-03-17T15:23:00.002+00:002014-03-17T15:23:30.160+00:00THINKING OF MY IRISH ROOTS.......<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">I often think of my Irish ancestors but today on St Patricks Day 2014 I give a special thought to my roots way back on the Emerald Isle.</span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">My directly connected Irish surnames are -</span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia;">*HANNAN</span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia;">*MANION</span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia;">*FLANIGAN</span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia;">*MCCULLY</span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia;">I actually have two lines of Hannan family, but still after years of searching I have not proved or disproved a connection between the two. Margaret Hannan was born in Chesterfield the daughter of John Hannan and Ann Manion. She married Michael Hannan on 22nd April 1878 at the Roman Catholic Church Of The Annunciation in Chesterfield. Margaret's parents John and Ann were born in Ireland but I am not sure which County they originate from. </span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia;">John Hannan travelled to England with his father John and siblings, they came via Wales which leads me to believe that this side of the Hannan family may hail from the South of Ireland. Both John snr and John jnr were Master Cordwainers (shoemakers), they had a trade which meant that they could gain employment along the way. They can be found on the 1841 census in Wales so they probably left Ireland amidst the Great Famine.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;"><span style="color: black;">Michael Hannan on the other hand is from a small hamlet named Attymachugh near Foxford in County Mayo. The hamlet is nestled under the Sligo mountains so it is possible that the Hannan family cross over the to County Sligo also. He was born sometime around 1858 indicating that the family stuck out the terrible years of the famine to remain in their homeland. Michael was the son of Michael and he was a coal miner. The first positive identification I have of Michael jnr in England is on his marriage certificate to Margaret Hannan. Michael and Margaret's story can be read </span><a href="http://ancestorsstories.blogspot.co.uk/2012_04_01_archive.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: black;">here</span></a><span style="color: black;">.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia;">The Manion family are another family which I have not been able to trace back to Ireland. Ann Manion was the daughter of John Manion. There were several Manion families living in Chesterfield in the 1840's to 1890's then the name seems to die out in the town. The spelling can vary from Manion, Mannion, Manyon, Manning on various documents.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;"><span style="color: black;">My connection to the name Flanigan is based on one source at present, but one to bear in mind when I look for my ancestors. Mary Ann Hannan was the sister of </span><a href="http://ancestorsstories.blogspot.co.uk/2012/04/glumangate-chesterfield-family-home.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: black;">John Hannan.</span></a><span style="color: black;"> Mary was born when the family had arrived in Chesterfield. She was born in 1844 and baptised on 28th April 1844. The baptism register gives her mothers name as Maria (Latin for Mary) Flanigan and her father as Joannis (Latin for John) Hannan. I have no proof whether or not Mary and John Jnr share the same mother, but for now it is a hypothesis to follow.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">My McCully roots are from my paternal grandmothers side of the family tree. Frances McCully was my grandmothers grandmother. Frances was the daughter of William McCully and Frances Bull. She was born in Stepney, London on 31st January 1858. </span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Frances's parents married on 2nd November 1856 at St Andrews's Church, Holborn, London. William was a flax dealer and both parties were of full age and lived at Dean Street, Holborn. William recorded his father as James McCully a teacher.</span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia;">From census returns I have found that William was born in Belfast, Ireland. I do not know whether he came with his father to England, what his faith was or who was his mother or siblings. He was born sometime around 1829.</span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia;">If anyone reads this blog and thinks that they may be connected to any for my Irish lines then I would love to hear from you.</span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia;">I hope that on St Patricks Day 2015 I will be able to update my Irish ancestors family history with much more information...... </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;"></span><br />Louisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03474162313074197397noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7713392285962585602.post-76941950090982953702013-02-27T06:00:00.000+00:002013-02-27T06:00:06.403+00:00IN MEMORY OF MY GRANDFATHER ~ MICHAEL HANNAN<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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anniversary of the death of my paternal Grandfather Michael Hannan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Michael was only 41 years old when he passed
away, he left a wife and two young sons; Michael and Peter.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I was never fortunate enough to meet my Granddad
Michael as he died before I was born.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>But, with the stories from my dad and my Mama Ada, along with the many
photos they have of him I was able to build up a picture of the man who
had whisked my Mama off of her feet and was brave enough to take on the fiery
5ft 1 ½ inch tall East End girl that she was.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Since then I have found out lots more about the life of Michael Hannan
whilst researching my family tree.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="color: black;">Michael was born on 5<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">th</span></sup> October 1921, the second
son of three boys born to Maud and Thomas Hannan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>His elder brother Thomas was born a few years
earlier, in the aftermath of World War 1 on 11<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">th</span></sup> December 1919.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>His younger brother Bernard came a few years after
Michael on 13<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">th </span></sup>December 1923.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>According to the baptism records of the Roman Catholic Church of the
Annunciation all three boys were born at 21 Spencer Street, straight across the
road from the church.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>On speaking with
Thomas Jnr “Uncle Tommy” in 1996 he told me that the boys had all been very
large babies; Tommy 11lbs, Michael 13lbs and Bernard 15lbs.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="color: black;">Michael was baptised “Michaelis Jacobus Hannan” on 23<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">rd</span></sup>
October 1921.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Hannan family still
followed the Roman Catholic faith that Michael’s Grandfather ~ Michael Snr had
practised when he arrived in Chesterfield back in the 1870’s.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He was a labourer born in a small hamlet
named Attymachugh in County Mayo, Ireland (but that’s another story for another
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="color: black;">“Jacobus” in Latin can be translated in English to Jacob
or James, up to now I have found no other members of the family who Michael may have
been named after, but it does appear that the name did have some special meaning to the
Hannan family; the name was passed on to his first son Michael born in
1947, who was actually baptised “Jacobus Hannan” but named Michael in the civil
registrations and is known as Michael. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I
would love to know why this was and who “Jacobus” was.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Back to the baptism of baby Michael in 1921, he had two
God Parents or “Patrinus fuit” as the Roman Catholic Church called them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>One female named Margaret Hannan who I would
expect was his Grandmother and one man named John Thomas Harbottle.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>John Thomas Harbottle was married to the
Aunt of Michael’s father Thomas (Great Aunt of Michael).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She was named Annie Hannan and she married
John on 28<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">th</span></sup> May 1917.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She
was 51 years of age at the time and this was her first and only marriage (but
again, Annie has her own story to be told at another time).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="color: black;">Michael received his confirmation on 21<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">st</span></sup> May
1933.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span> He attended the Roman Catholic School in Chesterfield.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The family moved to their own home at 59 St
Helen’s Street and lived in a two up two down terrace house.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>On leaving school Michael worked for a grocers
and had various driving jobs.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span><span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">He followed the Roman Catholic Church until his death and used to worship at the Roman Catholic Church in Poplar when he went to visit his in-laws.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="color: black;">The peaceful life was shattered with the onset of World War 2 and Michael and his two brothers all played their part in the war effort.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Michael joined the Royal Engineers as a
driver on 7<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">th</span></sup> April 1941.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> Thomas joined the Army and Bernard the Navy. There is supposed to be a newspaper article telling of an occasion when all three brothers were stationed at the same place, but try as I might I have not found it ~ yet.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="color: black;">Michael was Private 1950518, his service records describe him as aged 19 years and 5
months, 5ft 7 ¾ inches tall, weight 141 lbs.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>He had a healthy complexion, grey eyes and his Irish roots gave him
auburn hair.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We are even told that he
had a mole on his left shoulder blade and a scar on his right thigh.</span></span></div>
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to the "CWTCRE" which I have later discovered was the Chemical Warfare Training
Centre Royal Engineers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Those two words “Chemical
Warfare” have meant that I have hit a major brick wall with regard to his
duties and whereabouts.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Much of the
information is still classified and will continue to be so. I am afraid we
may never find out what Michael was involved with during his time with the Royal
Engineers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></div>
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is that in July 1941 he was posted to the 11<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">th</span></sup> Chemical Warfare
Training Battalion.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A month later on 30<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">th</span></sup>
August 1941 he was disciplined for failing to appear at an appointed place at
South Molton.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For his “crime” he was to
forfeit two day’s pay.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></div>
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1943, 19 months later.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>During these
months there are no references at all to any service for Michael on his
documentation. What was Michael doing? Where was he based? We will probably
never know.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He never spoke of Chemical
Warfare or his involvement to my dad, the information was all new to us when we
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Warfare School to the Depot Battalion at Bownes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He moved around England over the next month’s
being based back in Halifax and what looks like Stroud.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">In November 1943 he was transferred to “B Coy” and soon
found himself in trouble again.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He was
granted leave on 4<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">th</span></sup> December 1943 and was due back to base at
23.59hrs that same day.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Michael must
have been preoccupied as he did not return until 17.20 the next day; 5<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">th</span></sup>
December.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He was absent without leave
for 17 hours and 21 minutes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For his
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="color: black;"><strong><em>Miss Ada Frances Masterson</em></strong> of Willis Street, Poplar, London, daughter
of William James and Charlotte Masterson.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>On 4<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">th</span></sup> December 1943 Ada and Michael were married at the
Register Office in Chesterfield.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They
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younger brother James had been sent to stay at Vincent Crescent in Brampton,
Chesterfield with their Aunt Ada and her husband George Wadge.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>James was 10 years younger than Ada so he
would have remained for a while in rural Chesterfield, safe from the terror in
London.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But Ada was older and she would
have probably enjoyed her new found freedom in Chesterfield, away from her
parent’s watchful eyes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She joined the
ATS in 1942 at Derby so she must have joined whilst staying in Chesterfield.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">The marriage was witnessed by Michael’s parents Thomas
and Maud Hannan, it is not known who else if anyone, was present.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Michael must have wished more than anything
that he did not have to return to his barracks and so I think we can forgive
him his little extra time with his new bride.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Especially as just days later on 12<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">th</span></sup> December Michael
embarked for North Africa.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We know from
there he was sent to Italy and we have lots of photographs of him looking like
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">In August 1945 Michael was promoted to Corporal. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He returned to British soil in December of
1945 and spent the remainder of his service being stationed at various training
schools and was reverted to home establishment in February 1946.</span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> <span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">He received the following reference from the Royal Engineers -</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="color: black;">Michael returned to St Helen’s Street and resumed his
civilian life with his new bride.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They continued
in the Hannan tradition and produced two sons and no daughters; Michael in 1947
and Peter in 1948.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In the early 1950’s
they got their own house at Taylor Crescent, Spital but later on they spent the rest of
their lives living at 69 St Helens Street, just a few houses away from Thomas and
Maud who lived at 59 St Helens Street. Number 69 was right right next door to Abercrombie Junior School, the school my brother and I attended years later.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="color: black;">Michael worked at various jobs including at Robinson’s Works and later for R Orme & Co as a grocery provisions dealer. In his spare time Michael was a keen darts player and was a
member of the Chesterfield Arm’s Pub team; he also liked to watch the cricket.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As many did in post war Britain, Michael
tended an allotment which was just a quick walk for him and his boys off of Dowdeswell
Street.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> The family took holidays in Poplar visiting Ada's family.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="color: black;">Sadly Michael’s mother died on 12<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">th</span></sup> December
1960, aged 65 years old.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She was buried at
Boythorpe Cemetery which is set on a hill overlooking Chesterfield.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> Thomas used to call at his son's house everyday for a cup of tea and a chat, this continued after Michael's death.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">Not long after on 27th February 1963 Michael suffered a pulmonary infarction with a terminal pulmonary embolism and bilateral adrenal hemorrhage. He was an inpatient at the Chesterfield Royal Hospital at the time and a telegram was sent to Ada telling her to report to the hospital as soon as possible. We do not know why he was in hospital or what the exact events were, but sadly Michael had his young life cut short at only 41 years of age.</span></span></span></div>
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Annunciation on Spencer Street on 4<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">th</span></sup> March and he was then interred
at Boythorpe Cemetery just behind the resting
place of his mother Maud.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>His obituary
was placed in the Derbyshire Times on 8<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">th</span></sup> March 1963, my Mama had
sent a picture of him in his “tropical” uniform looking happy and carefree to
be placed with the obituary but for some reason the picture was not
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">After the funeral the family had a small gathering back to the house at 69 St Helens Street. Letters of condolence were plentiful and R Orme & Sons received letters telling of the good work Michael had done for them.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">Ada never remarried, she worked hard and cared for her two son's. Like Michael she also enjoyed playing darts and dominoes at the local pubs; The Neptune and The Chesterfield Arms. She worked as a cook at the local bus depot until she retired. Ada passed away 25 years later on the day before Michael; the 26th Febraury 1988. </span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">1911 census showing Margaret's birth place as West Kyo, Durham<br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">Margaret's story was a little harder to unearth. It wasn't until the 1911 census was released that I could shed some more light onto where she was born, as I had been unable to find anything definite beforehand.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">So, as you will have noticed the Hannan family followed their own naming pattern ~ Ellen the first daughter being named after her Aunt Ellen, Annie the second daughter being named after her maternal grandmother and now another daughter, this time named after her mother.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">Margaret was born at West Kyo, Durham. The first and only child of Michael and Margaret to be born away from Chesterfield. West Kyo, also known locally as Old Kyo is a small village near to the town of Stanley in Co Durham. The village was a mining village and grew during the 19th Century when coal mining was at its peak in the area. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">She was baptised at St Joseph's Roman Catholic Church in the town of Stanley, Durham. According to the baptism register she was born on 30th June 1885 and baptised on 2nd August 1885. The names of her God Parents are difficult to make out from the baptism register, but it looks like Edward McKernon and Anna McKernon - this may well be incorrect though!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">As Margaret's birth is registered in the Lanchester, Durham district (which covered Kyo) then it looks as though the family may well have been settled in the area for a while. </span><span style="font-family: Georgia;">Her father Michael would have worked down one of the many coal mines in the area. The 1880's were particularly hard, challenging times for the coal miners of England. In September of 1882 a Special Conference of Miner's Delegates was held at Manchester. The overall view of the various parties who attended was that it was long overdue for the coal miners to be given an increase in their wages. If an increase was not obtained by 1st October 1883 then they would call for a general strike of all miners around the country. It was also decided that each area should negotiate its own wage increase. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">With this in mind a meeting was held at The Sun Inn, Chesterfield with the delegates representing the miners of the area of Chesterfield and its surrounding areas. They put to the vote whether to ask for an increase of 10% or 15%, the later amount of 15% won. The delegates decided that they should visit each of the masters and ask for the wage increase and then return for a further meeting to discuss the replies and any further action that would need to be taken. A mass gathering of the Chesterfield miners was planned for 4th October 1882, to enable the men to attend the meeting a request would be made to the colliery masters to allow the men to take a general holiday on that day.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">The mass meeting went ahead and there was a large attendance of miners from all around East Derbyshire. The men formed a procession and marched with banners and music from the Market Place to Horns Field where the meeting was to be held. Great cheers and roars of "hear hear" were heard in agreement with the speakers. The Chairman declared "the poor collier has reached his limit. He can no longer afford to work for the low wages he had been, and the miners of this country were about to say with a voice of thunder that they could no longer endure the hardship". I do not know which pit Michael Hannan worked at, but some of the local pits had offered wage increases of 5% and 10% at this point in the negotiations. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">Was Michael still living and working in Chesterfield or was he already in Durham? If he was in Chesterfield then he probably enjoyed the days holiday, a good old mass meeting with his fellow miners and then some beer in the local public houses, to include some betting on the horses of course.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">The impending strike was in the news for the next year until in December of 1883 it was decided that for the majority of the Chesterfield miners, the strike would not go ahead. The North Staveley miners (employed by Staveley Coal and Iron Company), did strike for one day. The calls for an increase in the wages did continue for the years to come, there were numerous small strikes of local miners. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">The final straw for Michael may have come in March of 1885, when due to a depression in the sale of coal and the low prices it was fetching, it was agreed that the wage increases which were introduced back in November 1882 be removed. The wages of all miners in Derbyshire and Yorkshire were to be reverted back to that date by the colliery masters. If Michael was still working in the Derbyshire mines at this time then with a wife, two small children and a baby on the way he may have had no option but to move the family away to mines of the Durham coalfields, where he would receive a better wage. Even if this meant removing the family away from the all their fellow Irish and family in Chesterfield. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">April 1885 brought about realisation of the agreements of reduction in wages and in the middle of that month the colliery owners issued notices to the miners of a 10% reduction in wages. If Michael had been employed at Clay Cross pit then the news was even more stark as on Tuesday 7th April around two thousand underground miners were given notice to leave their employment in fourteen days time.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">Whatever the reason for them to move to Durham, one thing is for certain in that times for the Hannan family and the coal miners were even more brutal and poverty was rife when Margaret was born. By the birth of the next child in 1888 the family or at least Margaret senior, was back living in Chesterfield.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">On the 1901 census Margaret is now employed as a domestic servant, she would be 15 years old on the date of the census, her 16th birthday due in the August. The family are living at Church Alley, very close to the Crooked Spire. Margaret met a young man named George Granby and the couple married on 25th September 1907 at the Roman Catholic Church, Spencer Street, Chesterfield. Witnesses to the marriage were Michael Hannan and Winifred Hannan (Margaret's father and younger sister). </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">George is a few years older than Margaret being born in 1881, son of Charles and Ann Granby. At the time of George's birth the family were living at 24 Hollis Lane and Charles was employed a grocers labourer. When George was just 6 years old his father was involved in a carting accident. Whilst he was delivering groceries for his employer Mr J Wright (Whittington Moor) his horse was frightened by a passing train near Wheeldon Mill and drew up into the air. Charles jumped down from his cart but was knocked down by the horse, causing him to incur a broken leg and severe facial injuries, he was admitted to the Royal Hospital, Chesterfield.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">In 1911 Margaret and George are living at 12 Hope Street, Brampton. They have two children Margaret aged 3 years and Ann Ivy aged 1 year old. George is employed as boot repairer.</span><br />
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The children of Margaret & George ~</div>
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Margaret Granby - born 1908 (? 4th May), married Frederick Day 1934 Sheffield, died ?1977 Loughborough.</div>
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Ann Ivy Granby - born 1910, married ? , died ? </div>
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George Granby ~ born 1912, married ? Ethel Moss 1948 Manchester, died ?</div>
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Winifred E ~ born 17th May 1915, married Oswald Howarth 1937 Halifax, died 1989 Bournemouth.</div>
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Eileen R M Granby ~ born 1928, married ? Stanley Blowers 1954 Ealing, died ?</div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">Well that pretty much end's the information that I have managed to find on the life of Margaret Hannan known as "Maggie". Her husband George passed away on 1st January 1944 and he was buried at Boythorpe Cemetery on 5th January 1944. He does not have a grave stone but his plot is easy to locate from the grave plan. He was living at 44 Lucas Road, Newbold at the time of his death.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">Margaret is not buried with her husband. The only death registered for a Margaret Granby is for 1976 at Wandsworth, London. The Margaret registered is recorded as having a birth date of 30th June 1885, so it looks like this could well be our Margaret Hannan. She had reached the grand age of 91 years old. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">If anyone can add anymore to the story of Margaret and George then please do let me know. I would love to know where Margaret is buried and what their married lives were like. What did George do in WW1? What became of the children?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">Please feel free to add comments to the blog for all to read and if you would like any further information on this post please do not hesitate to contact me.</span><br />
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For an excellent website on the Coal Mines of Durham click <a href="http://www.dmm.org.uk/mindex.htm" target="_blank">here</a><br />
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NEXT TO COME ~ WINIFRED HANNAN..........................Louisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03474162313074197397noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7713392285962585602.post-63868600768616301892012-06-20T20:22:00.000+01:002012-07-22T20:07:19.783+01:00THE CHILDREN OF MICHAEL & MARGARET ~ Annie Hannan<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="color: black;"><strong><em>ANNIE HANNAN </em>was the second child of Michael and Margaret Hannan. </strong></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">The baptism record states that Annie was born on 12th August 1882, which fell on a Saturday. By now the Hannan family were living at Church Alley, which was situated in the shadow of the Crooked Spire Church. The alley led from Church Lane up to the graveyard area of the church. </span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Annie's birth however, was not registered until the first quarter (January, February or March) of 1883. In those days Michael and Margaret were required by law to register the births of any children within 42 days of the birth or pay a fine of £2 to register after 42 days had passed, but up to 6 months later. So would Michael and Margaret have told the true date of birth to the registrar when they eventually registered little Annie or does the birth certificate contain a slightly amended date of birth to avoid the payment of the £2 fine?</span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia;">Annie was baptised on Sunday 10th September 1882 at the Roman Catholic Church on Spencer Street, Chesterfield. Her Godparents were Patrick and Anna Hannan - most likely her Aunt and Uncle. </span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia;">A few years later on the 1891 census and Annie is 8 years old and attends school. She now has two more sisters; five year old Margaret and toddler Winnie aged just 2 years old. Their elder sister Ellen is residing with their Grandmother Ann and her Aunt and Uncles just a few streets away on Corporation Street. Their father Michael is a coal miner and the family are living at number 6 Church Alley.</span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia;">Now Annie must have enjoyed school as she is the first of the family to have made a step up the ladder into professional employment. In 1901 aged just 18 years old Annie is working away from home as an assistant teacher at the Convent School in Ratcliffe Gate, Mansfield. How the family must have been so proud of her! </span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia;">On Tuesday 1st May 1906 Annie married John Morley at the Roman Catholic Church, Spencer Street. They had two witnesses; Sylvester Morley (John's younger brother) and Margaret Hannan (Annie's younger sister). </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;"><span style="color: black;">John was the son of John and Catherine Morley. The family lived in Brampton, Chesterfield at 44 Alma Street in 1901. John Jnr was working as a bricklayers labourer at this time. His father was a potter along with his brother Sylvester. </span><span style="color: black;">By 1911 John's father; John Snr was landlord of the Anchor Inn at 4 Factory Street, Brampton and later he ran the Furnace Inn also in Brampton. The Hannan and Morley family must have been quite close as in 1911 Annie's younger sister, 22 year old Winifred Hannan is working as a general servant for John Snr at the Anchor Inn.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">John is working as insurance agent and Annie is taking a break from her teaching to bring up her family, her occupation is recorded as "housework". </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">In 1914 John, the couples last child was born, named after his father. The same year saw the outbreak of World War 1. John joined the 2nd / 6th Battalion Sherwood Foresters Regiment, which was formed at Chesterfield on 14th September 1914 as a second line unit, meaning it was for home service. John would have been 32 years old and due to his age he was at the upper limits for the required recruitment age ~ in the first instance Kitchener set the ages limits between 19 and 30 years old, three weeks later however and the upper limit was raised to 35 years old. </span><br />
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">As the war took hold and the need for more men increased the battalion was required to take up a more active roll. In April of 1916 they were sent to Ireland to quell the tensions and troubles there. The Easter Rising took place between the 23rd April and 30th April 1916, so it is highly possible John was present to witness the violence and riots that took place. It must have been all the more difficult for him being Roman Catholic and having married into an Irish family. The Sherwood Foresters suffered heavy losses during the Battle of Mount Street in Dublin on 26th April 1916. After the uprising, 15 men who had been identified as the leaders of the uprising were executed at </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Kilmainham Gaol in Dublin. Twelve members of the Sherwood Foresters Regiment were to have the gruesome task of performing these execution's, which took place between the 3rd and 12th May 1916. The 12 men fired 11 bullets, giving a little hope to the executioner's that they had fired the unloaded rifle. It is not known which battalion actually took part in the executions. </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia;">The Battalion returned to England and were stationed in Fovant, Wiltshire in January 1917. Sadly their reprieve was short lived and on 26th February 1917 they landed at Le Harve. On the 23rd September the Battalion marched from Forge in France just over the border to Vlamertinge in Belgium, to relieve the 2nd/5th South Staffordshire Battalion at 22.oohrs. They were now stationed in the area running from the Grafenstafel Road to the Downing Trench. They remained in their positions and on 25th September the Battalion was "fairly heavily shelled" and two men were wounded. At 5.50am on 26th September, after heavy artillery barrage the battalion left their positions and set off to gain their objective to take Grafenstafel Road inclusive, which they had achieved by 7.30am. They took a number of prisoners also. The enemy continued to shell their position throughout the rest of the day and on into the next day, the 27th September. Eventually at 8pm that evening they were relieved from duty by the 2nd/5th Battalion Sherwood Foresters. Sadly it seems by this time John had already lost his life in the line of duty. The war diaries record; casualties 11 Officers and 220 Other Ranks. On 29th September the British were relieved by the Anzacs at the British front line just behind Wieltje.</span><br />
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<em><span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia;">One of the Sherwood Forester Territorial Battalions has lost a well </span></em></div>
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<em><span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia;">and 3 children live in Spencer Street, Chesterfield. Writing to Mrs</span></em></div>
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<em><span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia;">I have to inform you of the death in action of Pte. J. Morley, who died</span></em></div>
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<em><span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia;">a hero's death while gallantly advancing in the front line against the</span></em></div>
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<em><span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia;">the noble dash and fearless advance of such as your husband that we </span></em></div>
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<em><span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia;">won a glorious victory for our dear old country. Your husband </span></em></div>
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<em><span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia;">was a good comrade and one of the best men. He always inspired</span></em></div>
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<em><span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia;">his duty. His Captain died with him in the advance"</span></em></div>
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<em><span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia;">Pte. Morley , who was 35 years of age, was a native of Brampton, and </span></em></div>
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<em><span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia;">for many years his father was the landlord of the Furnace Inn. He</span></em></div>
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<em><span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia;">was the head chef to the officers of his battalion, and was quite a favourite</span></em></div>
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<em><span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia;">time to time. In private life he was employed successively by</span></em></div>
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<em><span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia;">Messrs. Swan, Sheffield Road, the Prudential Assurance Company</span></em></div>
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<em><span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia;">and Holmewood Colliery. He was a well known figure at the </span></em></div>
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<em><span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia;">Chesterfield Roman Catholic Church. Mrs Morley is a teacher</span></em></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">John; Pte. Morley 241329 was awarded the Victory and British medals for his sacrifice and service. He is buried at the Wieltje Farm Cemetery in Belgium. John left a wife and three young children ~ 1o year old Mary Ann, 8 year old Lawrence and toddler 3 year old John.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia;">Life in post War England must have been tough on Annie and her children. She was lucky in that she was employed in a reputable and professional job as a teacher. Times were hard and for Annie life had to go on, she would have had no other choice. A few years later we can hope that she was again happy, as she married John Anderson at Spencer Street Roman Catholic Church on Saturday 26th June 1920.</span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia;">I don't know much about Annie and John Anderson's married life, so if there is anyone one who is reading this blog and does know I would love to be able to fill the gaps in. </span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia;">Annie died on 21st November 1952. She was living at 5 Crown Road, which is a street off of Sheffield Road. The street does still exist today. In her will Annie left her effects of £1868 12s 7d to her son Lawrence Michael Morley, her married daughter Mary Ann Langenus and an unknown beneficiary was John Alfred Healey an optician. I have not been able to find a definite death for her husband John Anderson. Her youngest son John was not mentioned in the probate entry.</span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia;">Annie is buried in Spital Cemetery in the "old ground, Roman Catholic area". She is buried in grave plot 11054 which is just three plots behind her parents Michael and Margaret Hannan. Neither Annie, nor her parents have a gravestone but it is easy to use the grave plot maps to locate the position of the graves. They are both marked on the picture below, a double click on the picture will bring the image into a larger screen to enable better views.</span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia;">Lawrence Michael Morley ~ born 5th August 1909, married ?Mary Storer 1941 Liverpool, died 1994 Chesterfield</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia;">So the story of Annie comes to an end. If anyone has any further information to add to this blog or can fill in the gap between her children's births and her death in 1952, then please let me know so that I can complete the story. </span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;">A little extra note - Mary Ann Morley married </span><span style="font-family: Georgia;">William Langenus. The Langenus family were </span><span style="font-family: Georgia;">Belgium refugees who came to Chesterfield. </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia;">I do not know the exact connection of Francis and William, whether they are father and son or brothers, but a Frans Langenus of 3 The Bungalows, Littlemoor, Chesterfield died on 17th May 1954 and administration was granted to William Langenus, schoolmaster.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;"><span style="color: black;">*excellent blog on the Kilmainham Executions click </span><span style="color: #351c75;"><a href="http://kilmainham.blogspot.co.uk/" target="_blank">here</a></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia;"><span style="color: black;">*MOD Sherwood Foresters Regiment click <a href="http://www.army.mod.uk/documents/general/Sherwood_Foresters_World_War_I.pdf" target="_blank">here</a></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: black;">*WW1, <span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Sherwood Foresters Regiment </span>- </span><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><a href="http://www.1914-1918.net/notts.htm">http</a><a href="http://www.1914-1918.net/notts.htm">://www.1914-1918.net/notts.htm</a></span><br />
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<span style="color: black;"></span><span style="font-family: Georgia;"><span style="color: black;"><strong><em>Queen Victoria</em></strong> reigned to celebrate two Jubilee's; her 50 year Golden Jubilee on 20th June 1887 and her 60 years reign, Diamond Jubilee in 1897. Chesterfield certainly marked both occasions with joyous royal spirit and patriotism which left a lasting memorial in the market town of Chesterfield ~</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia;">After great consideration by the council and Mayor Alderman Wood it was decided that the need for provision of a public recreation ground was of paramount importance to the well being of the inhabitants of Chesterfield and so a public park was to be the memorial of the Queen Victoria's Golden Jubilee. The park was named Queens Park and is little changed to this day.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia;">Three sites were under consideration for the placement of the park, but the 22 acre plot south of the town centre was settled upon. Being placed between the River Hipper and Boythorpe on land known as Maynards Meadows. </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia;">Much fund raising was undertaken by the residents of Chesterfield, including the Chesterfield Amateur Dramatic Societies "Grand Jubilee Performance" held at the Stephenson Memorial Hall on Tuesday 19th April 1887. Entertainers included Miss Marie Rhodes, Miss Eva Lillian and Mr G F Bywater. Tickets could be reserved prior to the performance for 3s or 10s for a family ticket to admit four persons.</span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia;">Eventually in August the Mayor Wood announced that £3114 16s had been raised so far, which was enough to purchase 17 acres of the land at West Bars from Mr Maynard. The town marked the Golden Jubilee at the dedication of the park on 21st September 1887. There was a long procession of subscriber's, public bodies, representatives of Chesterfield's trade and industry, Sunday Schools and the local Yeomanry who all marched through the main streets of Chesterfield to the land at Maynards Meadows. Mayor Alderman Wood was presented with a silver spade with an ebony handle in order to plant a commemorative tree to mark the dedication.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;"><span style="color: black;">The Queen was not the only reason for a Jubilee celebration in Chesterfield that year; the Holy Trinity Church celebrated the Jubilee of the laying of the foundation stone for the Church in 1837. The Church wrote to Her Majesty telling her of the connection and how the Church was the burial place of the "<em>genius</em>" George Stevenson. The Church received a telegraph in reply dated 19th May, from Windsor Castle at 09.10, stating that "<em>the Queen thanks you and your parishioners for your kind and loyal congratulations".</em></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia;">And what was the weather like in June 1887? a question all English men would ask! Well according to an article in the Derbyshire Times, dated 2nd July 1887 the Derbyshire Volunteers spent their Jubilee camping at Blackpool and celebrated the event with a big bonfire. The men are said to have returned "<em>looking as bronzed and sunburnt as men well can"</em>. So it looks like the weather was good on the East coast at least, or was it the big bonfire that caused the bronzed look?!</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Brampton held their Jubilee celebrations on the August bank holiday. It began with a luncheon for ticket holders and a free lunch for the elderly. The Chesterfield Volunteer Band then assembled at Brampton post office and led a procession to Walton Dam, where all types of games were held including "Cranky Horses" (any offers on what this game is??), shooting galleries and coconut throwing. Local breweries; Brampton and Scarsdale gave 30 gallons of beer each to the festivities. The Derbyshire Times recorded that there was 600lb beef, 350lb's of ham, 840lb's of bread, 50lb's of tea and 20 gallons of milk consumed that afternoon.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia;">In November of 1887 the now ex-Mayor Alderman Wood was made a freeman of the town of Chesterfield, in honour of the contributions he had made to the town and its townsfolk. Money was raised for the purchase of a silver casket to be presented to him but instead he asked for the money to be put to the erecting of a bandstand in the Queens Park.</span><br />
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;">On Tuesday 9th October 1888 the Chesterfield Jubilee Committee met for a final time and all agreed that their work was done in raising money to purchase a public park to commemorate Her Majesty Queen Victoria. There was £32 left in the kitty, which after discussion was decided best to be put into another fund to raise the money to purchase the final 5 acres. The price of the bandstand was also discussed at the meeting; £130 for an open band stand and £160 for one with shutters. Over the next </span><span style="font-family: Georgia;">year further fund raising was undertaken by the ladies bazaar committee and the final amount to secure the purchase of the further 5 acres of land was raised in October 1889.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia;">The Queens Park was finally opened to the public on 2nd August 1893. The laying of a cricket pitch was commenced the same year. Further years saw the addition of a cricket pavilion in 1898, a boating lake, cycling tracks and even a gymnasium. In 1901, in dedication of the death of Queen Victoria a further 17 acres of land were purchased and named the Queens Park Annex. </span><br />
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<span style="color: black;"><br /></span><span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia;">In 1909 a statue of a young girl holding a rose was presented to the park by a local sculptor Herbert Lee. </span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia;">At the final meeting of the Chesterfield Jubilee Committee, Alderman Wood the chairman commented that "<em>He trusted that in years to come this (the park) would be a great source of pleasure and benefit not only to the inhabitants of Chesterfield but to all those in the surrounding district and that in years to come it would be thought that they commemorated the Queens Jubilee of 1887, in the most common sense and practical way it could be commemorated"</em> To this speech he received a resounding "<em>hear hear" </em>which I think we can all most certainly agree with. Each of our generations to have passed since the year 1887 will have had many happy times and tales to tell of our Queens Park and this blog has reminded us that they most certainly did commemorate the Queens Jubilee in a commonsense and practical way ~ luckily for the town of Chesterfield.</span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">To commemorate the Diamond Jubilee the town of Chesterfield decided upon the building of a Drill Hall for the numerous Volunteers who had been previously based at Bakewell, the Headquarters of the 2nd Derbyshire Volunteer Battalion, Sherwood Foresters. The men had often been required to drill out in all weathers and so a new drill hall would be of immense benefit to the Battalion.</span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia;">The Hall was opened on Wednesday 28th September 1898 by Lord Roberts V.C, described by the Derbyshire Times as "<em>England's greatest General". </em>The weather was commented on as having been one or two showers, but nothing to dampen the proceedings as thousands converged onto Chesterfield to see Lord Roberts and the opening of the Drill Hall. The people of Chesterfield rose to the occasion and hung out buntings and flags. The Station Hotel on Corporation Street was adorned with flags in the form of shields and the Midland Hotel was decorated with greenery, shields and coloured flags. Streamers and Union Jacks hung from Freeman's Hotel to the Stevenson Memorial Hall. The town must have looked a colourful spectacle. </span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia;">A luncheon was provided afterwards for the most prominent members of Chesterfield at the Stephenson Memorial Hall. Sports were held in the afternoon to entertain 5000 people at the Queens Park which included flat races and bicycle races. The day was round off with around 10,00 people assembling in the Queens Park for a Military Torchlight Tatoo by "A" Company which was followed by a firework display. The bandstand was illuminated with lights and a tent was erected for dancing. </span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia;">So, the Jubilee's of Chesterfield past have held a lasting impression on the town to this day. If it were not for the foresight of Mayor Alderman Wood we would not have the park that we still use and enjoy today. The drill hall has vanished from our landscape but now as I pass the allotments on my left as I drive along Saltergate, past the Goldwell Rooms onto Ashgate Road I will remember the excitement and thrill its presence once evoked on the people of Chesterfield.</span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia;">Did our ancestor's join in with the celebrations of the Jubilee's past? I hope so and I hope that they all enjoyed themselves!! The children may have delighted at their free Sunday School tea, the elderly the free luncheon's and the military amongst them a chance to have a brand new Drill Hall in the town centre which kept them out of the wind and rain!! Would they, as did Mayor Alderman Wood think to the future and hope that we would all be happy with the choices they made? probably not, but here we are now remembering their actions over a century later!</span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia;">I will leave the more recent Jubilee's for another time; our reigning Majesty Queen Elizabeth II has reached the same milestones as Queen Victoria did, the only two of our Monarch's to reach their Diamond Jubilee! </span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia;">The information, facts and figures in this blog post have been taken primarily from past copies of the Derbyshire Times Newspaper.</span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia;">I did want to add a picture of the bandstand at the Queen's Park, but at present the Bank Holiday Fair is situated directly in front of it ~ so the picture will be added when possible.</span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia;">"Modern Chesterfield" by Pendleton and Jacques, 1908</span><br />
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<br /></div>Louisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03474162313074197397noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7713392285962585602.post-57677082122165997182012-05-25T21:58:00.002+01:002012-05-27T19:33:19.698+01:00THE CHILDREN OF MICHAEL & MARGARET HANNAN ~ Ellen Hannan<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><strong><em>On the 1911 census return Michael & Margaret have recorded that they have been married 32 years and that they have eight children that were born alive. All are still living in 1911, which in those days was a great achievement for the Hannan family. To view a family pedigree tree for Michael & Margaret's family please click <a href="http://ancestorsstories.blogspot.co.uk/p/family-trees.html" target="_blank">here</a></em></strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><strong><em>I will now introduce you to each of the children, each will have their own blog page :~</em></strong></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;"><em><strong>ELLEN HANNAN</strong></em> <span style="color: black;">(Nellie) was the first born child to Michael and, Margaret; born on Saturday 30th August 1879 whilst the family still lived on Glumangate; probably with Margaret's mother Ann. Ellen's grandfather John had died a much earlier back in 1867. She was the first grandchild to Ann (and John) Hannan.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia;">Ellen was baptised Helena Hann<u>o</u>n, at the Church of the Annunciation, Spencer Street a few weeks later on 14th September 1879. Her God Parents were Patrick Hannon and Helena Hannon; Patrick is the younger brother of Margaret so would be Uncle to Ellen. There is only one other Helena / Ellen Hannan that I have found so far in the family tree, she was the Aunty of Margaret (sister to Margaret's father John). Margaret and her Aunty Ellen were only ten years apart in age so it is possible that the girls were brought up closely and thus Margaret named her first daughter after her. </span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia;">Two years later on the 1881 census, Ellen and her mother do not appear in the returns for Chesterfield, in fact I have been unable to find them anywhere in England. It is possible that Margaret returned to the family in Ireland to show off her beautiful toddler, or maybe times were hard and she needed their help? Unfortunately we will never know. Michael is lodging at 1 Blacksmith Yard, Glumangate with Catherine Cokeley a 62 year old widow, her son Patrick and a blind man named Patrick Doherty, all were from Ireland. Blacksmith Yard was a yard off of Glumangate, minutes from the home of Ann Hannan (mother of Margaret).</span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia;">Aged 11 years old on the 1891 census Ellen is living with her Grandmother Ann and her Uncles John and Thomas and Aunty Annie. It is not clear whether Ellen was staying at the house for the night or if she lived with them on a more permanent basis. They lived at 6 Corporation Street, next to the Temperance Hotel run by Isaac and Emma Phillips. Ellen is still at school at this time, Uncle John is employed as a blacksmiths striker, Uncle Thomas is a picture framer and Aunty Annie is a hosiery saleswoman.</span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia;">By 1901 the family have moved and now live close to the Roman Catholic Church at 14 Spencer Street. Ellen is 21 years old, single and she works as a domestic servant. A year later and wedding bells sound for Ellen when she marries Patrick McHugh on Saturday 28th June 1902 at the Roman Catholic Church, just a stones throw away. Their witnesses were John McHugh and Anna Hannan (possibly Ellen's sister). Ellen must have been heavily pregnant at the time as her first son John was born just four months later on the 25th October 1902!</span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia;">On the 1911 census Ellen and Patrick are living at 5 Marsdens <em>Place</em> (Patrick gave this address on the 1911 census - the next door neighbour wrote Marsden <em>Street)</em>, Chesterfield. Patrick works as a coal miner hewer at one of the local coal mines. </span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia;">Ellen and Patrick stated that they had been married nine years on the 1911 census and that they have four children (it would only have been 8 years at the census date of 2nd April 1911, did they simply round the figure up or change it to make themselves look more respectable as they had an eight year old son?). Ellen has also reduced her age by one year. The children are recorded as ~</span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia;">After all those son's, Ellen and Patrick must have been delighted when on 6th October 1913 a daughter was born ~ Mary Kathleen McHugh! </span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia;">Ellen lived to the grand age of 84 years old and passed away at Derwent House Care Home at Newbold, Chesterfield on 15th March 1964. She is recorded as a widow, but I have been unable to find an exact death date for Patrick. She was buried at Boythorpe Cemetery on 19th March 1964.</span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia;">John Joseph ~ born 25th October 1902, married Alice Clay in 1933, died 1970 Basford?</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia;">Patrick ~ born 6th September 1904, married Mabel Nicholls in 1923, died 1993 Chesterfield?</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia;">Thomas ~ born 12th March 1906, died 1980 Oldham?</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia;">Mary Kathleen ~ born 6th October 1913, married Arthur Bradley in 1940, died 2004 Chesterfield</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia;">So the story of Nellie comes to an end. If anyone has any further information to add to this blog or can fill in the gap between her children's births and her death in 1964, then please let me know so that I can complete the story. What happened to Patrick McHugh? </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">On Monday 22nd April 1878 the marriage of Margaret Hannan and Michael Hannan took place at the Church of the Annunciation, Spencer Street, Chesterfield.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">Margaret was a 19 year old spinster, daughter of John and Ann Hannan. At the time of the marriage she was living at Glumangate with her parents and siblings. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">This is the first time we meet Michael, he was 21 years old when the couple married and was employed as a coal miner. He is living at Wards Yard in Chesterfield which is only a short walk across the market place to the home of the Hannan family on Glumangate. Michael has named his father on the marriage certificate as another Michael Hannan, his occupation was a farm labourer.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">The marriage took place "by certificate" at the only Roman Catholic Church in Chesterfield town centre at that time. The couple had to obtain this certificate in order to marry as they were not marrying in a Church Of England establishment. The purpose of the certificate is similar to that of having banns read out for a Church of England wedding. But at this time Margaret and Michael could not have the banns read, instead they had to apply to the local registrar 21 days prior to the wedding, to request permission to marry in a non-conformist church. The request would be posted in the registrar's office for 21 days to allow anyone with reason to contend the marriage to come forward. After this time the Superintendent Registrar would issue the certificate and the couple were free to marry legally.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">The Roman Catholic church on Spencer Street was built in 1854 and was much appreciated by the Catholics of Chesterfield as prior to this they only had a small chapel at Hunloke, Birdholme or the nearest Roman Catholic Church was at Spinkhill which is about 9 miles out of Chesterfield town centre. Chesterfield had experienced an influx of Irish immigrants and the following of Catholicism in the town was growing rapidly along with its population. A first attempt to provide a permanent place of worship for the Catholics was in 1843, when Father Edward Anselm applied to turn the old theatre on Low Pavement into a chapel. Many of the Irish immigrants lived in the cramped terraced rows leading off of Low Pavement in an area which became known as "the dog kennels"; leaving no question's in ones mind of how grim this area of Chesterfield must have been and how the Irish were thought of by the locals! (another post idea I think!). Unfortunately the idea was rejected as the corporation planned to turn the building into public offices. Eventually the present Church on Spencer Street was commissioned and the foundation stone was laid by Father John Baron in May 1852. The church opened its doors in 1854 to the great joy of the Catholics of Chesterfield.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">The witnesses of the marriage were John Rowley and Bridgett Callaghan. John was around 18 years old and worked as a coal miner, probably a work colleague of Michael. Bridget was only about 14 years old. In the 1881 census she is recorded as living with her parents Pat (a coal miner) and Jane Rowley at Spa Lane. Both witnesses were born in Ireland. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">Both Michael and his witness John were able to sign their names on the marriage register but both of the girls, Margaret and Bridget left their X mark as a signature.</span><br />
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<em><span style="font-family: Georgia;">So were Margaret and Michael related?</span></em><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">Up to know and with all the research I have done I am still unable to find any connection for the two Hannan families. So, maybe the Hannan name link was purely coincidence! We will have to wait and see what else I am able to unearth about the Hannan family. Michael's family originate from Co Mayo and were labourers and unskilled workers, where as Margaret's father and grandfather were skilled tradesmen, "master" of their cordwainer trades. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">Church of the Annunciation, Spencer Street c.1910</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">For more information, pictures and maps about the Church of the Annunciation see the following link, which is a document made by Derbyshire County Council regarding the area around Spencer Street and its conservation -</span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Having made my last post on the birth of Margaret Hannan I wanted to find out more about their time living in Glumangate, after all this street is the only place where Margaret and her parents and siblings all lived together ~ the family home.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Looking at the 1861 census for Glumangate I do now think that the family originally lived on the other side of the road from number 38 (the house mentioned in the last post) on the west side of the street. Following the route along the 1861 census return the Hannan family are living in between Mary Townsend who ran a lodging house and John Dutton who ran the Spinning Wheel Public House. This public house had a variety of names over the years including the Joiners Arms, Green Dragon, White Hart, Foresters Arms and the Jubilee, it closed in 1955 when it was known as The Cavendish.</span> </span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Life on the street was not always peaceful; an article in The Sheffield Independent on 29th July 1862 describes one neighbourly disagreement ~</span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Mary Townsend reported a "very disagreeable smell, arising from the defendants house" to Constable Browell. The defendant was John Hannan, shoemaker of Glumangate. Constable Browell went to the Hannan home to find "a quantity of leather shavings burning on the fire". So what would be John's explanation?....... blame the children of course! "the defendant said his children had put them on the fire without his knowledge". Naughty Hannan children or quick thinking John? John was fined 1 shilling and costs of 9 shillings for an offence against the bye laws.</span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">The Burgess roll for Glumangate, which lists who was entitled to vote in the borough election's includes John Hannan for the years 1863 until 1866. To qualify for this vote in 1863 he must have either lived or paid rates in the borough for two and half years. This entitlement was widened in 1869 to included females and the term in residence was reduced to one year. </span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Sadly family life was to change forever in 1867, when John became ill suffering from consumption, also known as tuberculosis (TB) or phthisis. Consumption is highly contagious, spread by air via coughs and sneezes. Its symptoms could include fatigue, fever, night sweats, breathing difficulty, weight loss and eventually led to wasting away of the body tissues ~ which is where it gained it name "consumption". In 1867 little was known about the disease, an inoculation was not used successfully until many years later in 1906. It was not until the 1880's that the disease was classed as contagious and made a notifiable disease, so John had remained living at home, probably going about his day to day activities and working as a shoemaker whilst gradually becoming seriously ill. Ann must have really struggled to care for her dying husband and a houseful of children, there were six children aged from 13 years old to baby Annie, the newest and last member of the family who was under 1 year old. It is amazing that none of the children became infected as they would have been highly susceptible to the disease. </span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">John died with his wife Ann by his side at Glumangate on Monday 10th June 1867, he was only 40 years old. His condition was documented as consumption but this had not been certified by a doctor, this may have been because the family could not afford medical care. Margaret was only 9 years old when she lost her father. Ann was left alone, with no husband or income, to survive the hardships of an Irish immigrant in Victorian England and raise her six children. </span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">John was buried in a <span style="color: black;">common </span><span style="color: black;">grave on 12th June 1867 at Spital Cemetery, Chesterfield. This cemetery was the only one in Chesterfield at the time to have an area for Roman Catholic burials. He has no gravestone but looking at the plan of the grave plots I can roughly work out where he was laid to rest. Some years later, on 5th February 1898 John's son Patrick buried his young wife Elizabeth in the same plot as John. As common graves were allocated in plot order it may just have been pure chance that the same plot was used for both Hannan family member's. </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;">John's illness was not the first time that the family had contact with the consumption. Back in 1855 John's father another John Hannan died of phthisis on 23rd April 1855 again at Glumangate. The death certificate states that he had suffered with the disease for 3 years and this was certified by a doctor. John senior was also a master cordwainer.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia;">Life continued and by 1871 Ann and her six children are living across the road on the east side of Glumangate, in the last recorded house on the census enumeration schedule before Saltergate begins. They live next door to John Bryan the greengrocer. It is not clear if they had moved to this house before or after the death of John. The two eldest son's John aged 16 years and Timothy aged 14 years old are both employed as coal miners. All the other children, Margaret 12, Patrick 10, Thomas 6 and Annie 4 are all attending school. The rate book for 18th May 1871 records "Ann Annon" as living in a property belonging to Wm Towndrow. The rateable value for this property was £4 8s 0d, which was one of the lower values for the street, but not the lowest. </span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">During the following ten years Margaret married and moved into her own home just across the town centre in Church Alley. The other children are all still living with Ann and all but Annie are working for a living. The boys have left their employment in the mines and both Timothy 23 and Patrick 19 are working on the railways as a platelayer and labourer. John the eldest son is now 25 years old and has a trade as a blacksmith striker. These times were probably the most well off and comfortable the family had ever experienced with at least three wages coming into the house, plus I am sure that Ann had a side line of some sort to make ends meet.</span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"> The later Burgess rolls show that Ann was given the right to vote in the borough elections and she appears on the list from 1870 to 1878 and then again in 1880 till 1884. This does tie in with the end of our Hannan connection to Glumangate as by the 1891 census Ann and two of her children John and Annie are now living at 6 Corporation Street, down towards railway station at the other side of the town centre. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Before 1919 the Towndrow family sold some land and properties to Scarsdale Brewery. The properties included the four houses at the top of the east side of Glumangate, one of which was number 38, the Hannan family home. The smithy just below was also included in this sale. The four houses had been built sometime in the 1850's after the old malthouse and warehouse used by Sarah Riggott were demolished. They were built for the working classes and consisted of four rooms.</span> </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">The Corner House public house was built where the four houses had stood, sometime before 1923. The top end of the row cornering on to Saltergate was the three storey house which was the premises for George Gascoyne's newsagents shop. The pub has also been known as The Manhattan and is now a Thai restaurant.</span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">The Gardener's or Gardener's Arms, as it has been known, was rebuilt in around 1927 to replace the original smaller building. The original pub had been known as The Grapes until around 1870 and it was originally situated in between Blacksmiths Yard and number 25 Glumangate. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Map image, Chesterfield Local Studies Library ref XXV.6 1876 1st edition</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">The Glumangate Story, David G Edwards</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia;">Images of Chesterfield, Roy Thompson</span><br />
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<br />Louisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03474162313074197397noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7713392285962585602.post-22699487609461341632012-04-07T08:00:00.000+01:002012-04-25T12:01:45.726+01:00BIRTHDAY MEMORIES ~ MARGARET HANNAN<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<em>Birth certificate of Margaret Hannan</em></div>
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<em><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Birthday memories or not?</span></em><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">My great, great grandmother Margaret Hannan's birth certificate states that she was born on this day ~ 7th April 1858, the Wednesday after Easter Sunday (which fell on 4th April in 1858).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Margaret was baptised along with several other babies on 30th May 1858 as Margarita Hannon at the Roman Catholic Church of the Annunciation on Spencer Street, Chesterfield. However, the baptism register records Margaret's birth date as 27th April 1858. Her God Parents were Thomas Horneby and Helena Hannon.</span></div>
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<em>Baptism entry for Margaret Hannan</em></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>So which date is correct?</em> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">We will never know 100% but looking at other records relating to Margaret, including the marriage certificate for her marriage to Michael Hannan (yes, Hannan marrying another Hannan ~ that's another story!) dated 22nd April 1878; I believe that the birth certificate was incorrect and Margaret's birthday was actually on 27th April. When she married Michael she gave her age as 19 years, if she had just celebrated a birthday on the 7th April then she would be 20 years old. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Margaret was the first daughter born to John and Ann Hannan, the little sister to John and Timothy. Ann would have her hands full with new born Margaret and two toddlers, John aged 3 years and Timothy aged just 1 year old. She was also the first generation (direct ancestors that is) of our Hannan family born in England, her parents were both born in Ireland. The birth certificate is again incorrect in that it gives the maiden name of Margaret's mother Ann as Manning when it is actually Mannion (or various spellings; Manyon, Manion).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">Margaret's parents probably spoke with a strong Irish accent, that coupled alongside the fact that illiteracy was common place in the mid Victorian era would account for the discrepancies between the birth certificate and the baptism register. Ann could only sign her own marriage register with her mark X in 1853, so she was unlikely to notice that the birth had been registered incorrectly. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">The family lived at 38 Glumangate, Chesterfield which is a street in the centre of the town adjacent to Saltergate. Back when Margaret was born the street had a mixture of classes residing there, from Mr Osborne the bank manager with his servants and nurse maids to the Townsend brother's Charles, William and Herbert who all worked as labourers at the coal mines. There was a public house run by John Dutton, a medical practitioner named Charles Booth, Frank Calow who was blind was a green grocer and many craftsmen including George Berrisford the master cabinet maker.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Margaret's father John was a master cordwainer (shoemaker). Looking at the 1861 census it seems that Glumangate was the home to many Irish cordwainer's, John was one of ten men on the street who followed the trade.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">Sadly the house has long since been demolished but the street still remains pretty much unchanged to this day; the public house next to where Margaret and her family lived is still standing today. The site of the Hannan home is now a Thai restaurant.</span><br />
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<em>Map shows Glumangate 1881 and the home of the Hannan family </em></div>
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<em>The street was re-numbered in 1903 and number 38 became number 33</em></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">The month of April in 1858 was a rather wet affair in Derbyshire, there were 11 days rainfall which resulted in 2.97 inches of rain. The temperature was good though reaching the dizzy heights of 71 degrees centigrade. <span style="font-size: x-small;">(1) </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">Chesterfield was a busy up and coming market town, a few years after Margaret's birth in 1861 the town had a population of 9836 of that 4947 were male and 4889 were female. There were 1909 inhabited houses and 43 houses left empty, meaning an average of five people occupied each house. <span style="font-size: x-small;">(2)</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: x-small;">(1) Derby Mercury 5th May 1858</span></div>
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(2) <a href="http://www.histpop.org/">www.histpop.org</a></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">This picture shows the junction of Glumangate and Saltergate, the Hannan house was just out of the frame, behind the lamp post on the right of the picture.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">Link to Picture the past.org, pictures of Glumangate -</span></div>
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</span></div>Louisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03474162313074197397noreply@blogger.com2England, UK52.3555177 -1.174319747.3911802 -11.2817417 57.3198552 8.9331023