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Birth: NSW BDM 4510/1889 HANNAH WILLIAM A THOMAS JANE LEICHHARDT
The following is mostly extracted from Bruce Hannah's website - http://home.pacific.net.au/~hannahhome/index.html
Born on the 3rd December 1888, William Alexander was the first born and only son to Thomas Baird Hannah and Jeanie Jack. He was born at 15 Halloran St, Leichhardt. Attending the birth were Dr. Burgoyne, and Mrs Souter who was Thomas' sister.
His father was tragically drowned while prawn fishing off the rocks near the Gordon Street wharf in Rozelle Bay in 1895. In 1900 his mother Jeanie took her family and travelled back to her hometown of Hamilton, Scotland. His mother remarried and Willie didn't like his stepfather and eventually came back to Australia leaving his sister in Scotland to break the news to his fiancee that he wasn't returning to marry her but staying in Balmain.
He returned to Sydney in around 1911. He witnessed the wedding of John McDonald and Martha Caldwell's wedding in 1911 at Rozelle. (John was Ann Spalding's nephew) By now he was 23 years of age, and a tradesman moulder. Settling back into the Balmain area he had known as a child, William boarded with a Mrs Mary Henson.
He began work with the Cockatoo Island shipyard, where William Spalding Jnr. also worked as a furnace man.
William formed a close attachment to the Spalding family. Upon the death of William Spalding Snr. several funeral notices appeared in the Sydney Morning Herald, June 16th 1913 including the following:
"Friends of the late Mr. William Spalding are kindly invited to attend his funeral to leave his late residence 30 Rosebery Street, Rozelle, this afternoon at 2 pm for Presbyterian Field of Mars"
"Friends of Mr. & Mrs. John McDonald are invited to attend the funeral of their late dearly loved uncle"
"Friends of Mr. W. Hannah are invited to attend the funeral of his late dearly loved uncle"
William was not strictly a nephew but was obviously a friend of the Spalding family.
William married Charlotte Martha Cox, on the 12th of December 1914 at St. Pauls Presbyterian Church, Rozelle.
Marriage: NSW BDM 2152/1915 HANNAH WILLIAM A COX CHARLOTTE M BALMAIN SOUTH
They lived in Tennyson Road, Gladesville, where their two children, William Cox (1915) and Charles Sutton Cox (1917) were born. Charles was named after Charlotte's brother who had been recently killed on the western front in Belgium.
At the outbreak of war, William Hannah volunteered to join up, but was refused because he was working in an essential industry.
Both sons served in the Second World War
He was a keen member of the Masonic Lodge Waratah, and together with son William progressed through all the chairs, to the position of Master. He was also a keen member of Manchester Unity of Oddfellows in which he also held a high office.
William died on the 7th of December 1962 aged 74 years, at the "House of Peace" Nursing home in Marrickville. His cause of death cancer. He was buried at the Cox family grave at the Field of Mars Cemetery, Ryde, Plot 234-237 in the Presbyterian Section, Row 10.
Death: NSW BDM 36083/1962 HANNAH WILLIAM ALEXANDER THOMAS JANE NEWTOWN
Birth: NSW BDM 4688/1885 COX CHARLOTTE M HARRY CHARLOTTE BALMAIN
Marriage: NSW BDM 2152/1915 HANNAH WILLIAM A COX CHARLOTTE M BALMAIN SOUTH
Field of Mars Transcription of the Cox Family Grave - 31074
Presbyterian Section O & P Row 10 grave 234-237Charlotte Martha Hannah died 26 April 1956 aged 70
William A Hannah husband of above died 7 December 1962 aged 74
Marriage: NSW BDM 6816/1941 HANNAH WILLIAM COX BAIRD DOREEN MARGARET MARRICKVILLE
Death Notice: HANNAH William Cox (Bill) Death 27AUG2006 Age 90 Sydney Morning Herald 29AUG2006
Death Notice: HANNAH Doreen Margaret Death 26DEC1976 Age 57 late of Kingsgrove Sydney Morning Herald 27DEC1976
Birth: NSW BDM 5917/1892 HANNAH AGNES THOMAS JANE BALMAIN
Marriage nsw bdm: 2945/1928 CLEWS PETER J BROWN AGNES WICKHAM
Death NSW BDM: CLEWS AGNES BAIRD B 26732/1964 THOMAS JEAN HAMILTON
UK WW! records
Gilbert Brown Birth Place Glasgow
Death Date 6 Oct 1918
Death Place France and Flanders
Enlistment Place Hamilton, Lanarkshire
Rank SPR.
Regiment Royal Engineers
Regimental Number 230842
Type of Casualty Killed in action
Theatre of War Western European Theatre
Comments 207Th Field Coy., R.E.
Other Records Gilbert Brown - RoyalEngineers 230842
UK Outward Passenger:
Peter Joseph Clews
Gender: Male
Age: 26
Birth Date: abt 1897
Departure Date: 11 Jan 1923
Port of Departure: London, England
Destination Port: Fremantle, Australia
Ship Name: BenallaDeath NSW BDM: CLEWS PETER JOSEPH 105479/1978 JAMES RUBINA
Grave: Hattie McDonald
Maiden Name Vess
Birth Date 26 Nov 1914
Death Date 8 Dec 1990
Cemetery Glendale Cemetery Leighton, Colbert County, Alabama, United States of America
Father Edgar Simon Vess
Mother Maude Ella Vess
Spouse James H. McDonald
Grave: Bessie Louise Smith
Maiden Name McDonald
Birth Date 4 Feb 1916
Death Date 30 Mar 2002
Cemetery Colbert Memorial Gardens Tuscumbia, Colbert County, Alabama, United States of America
Father William Jackson McDonald
Mother Celia Magnola McDonald
Spouse Homer Walker Smith
Children James Charles SmithLouise Smith, 86, Tuscumbia, died Saturday, March 30, 2002, after an extended illness. She was a native of Colbert County.
She is survived by a son, Glen Smith and wife, Dorothy, Tuscumbia; daughter, Lennie Green and husband, Alvie, Wildwood, Ill.; two granddaughters that she raised, Susan McMahan and husband, Lester, Russellville, Lisa Stout and husband, Dennis, Muscle Shoals; sisters, Ethel Mae Gargis and Ruby Green; brother, Russell McDonald; grandchildren, Glenda White, Lanny Smith, Phillip Smith, Kathy Brooker, Donna Cassel, Tony Green and Tanszy Tippett; 20 great-grandchildren; six great-great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Homer Smith; a son, James Charles Smith; grandsons, Ronny Smith, Mike Green and Perry Smith.
Grave: Homer Walker Smith
Birth Date 30 Oct 1912
Death Date 1 Apr 1996
Death Place Colbert County, Alabama, United States of America
Cemetery Colbert Memorial Gardens Tuscumbia, Colbert County, Alabama, United States of America
Father Roscoe C Smith
Mother Mary Ann Smith
Spouse Bessie Louise Smith
Children James Charles Smith
Grave: Ethel Mae Gargis
Maiden Name McDonald
Birth Date 12 Jan 1921
Death Date 1 Mar 2006
Cemetery Colbert Memorial Gardens Tuscumbia, Colbert County, Alabama, United States of America
Father William Jackson McDonald
Mother Celia Magnola McDonald
Spouse William King "Billy" GargisEthel Mae Gargis, age 85, of Tuscumbia, Ala., died March 1, 2006. Buried in Colbert Memorial Gardens.
Survivors include husband of 67 years, William K. Gargis; three sons, Jackie and wife, Linda Gargis, of Lexington, Benny and wife, Marilyn Gargis, of Lexington, Jerry and wife, Judy Gargis, of Tuscumbia; three daughters, Judy and husband, Harold Mayfield, of Tuscumbia, Janice and husband, Bruce Graves, of Tuscumbia, Angela and husband, Richard King, of Tuscumbia; brother, Russell McDonald, of Tuscumbia; sister, Ruby Green, of Tuscumbia
Grave: William King "Billy" Gargis
Birth Date 3 Nov 1916
Death Date 3 Oct 2007
Cemetery Colbert Memorial Gardens Tuscumbia, Colbert County, Alabama, United States of America
Father Homer Gargis
Mother Myrtle S. Gargis
Spouse Ethel Mae GargisMr. Gargis was preceded in death by his wife, Ethel Mae Gargis, and grandchild, Heather Leshea Gargis.
Survivors include three sons, William Jerry Gargis, of Tuscumbia, Homer Jackie Gargis and wife, Linda, of Lexington, Benny Wayne Gargis and wife, Marilyn, of Lexington; three daughters, Judy A. Mayfield and husband, Harold, of Tuscumbia, Janice G. Graves and husband, Bruce, of Tuscumbia, and Angela C. King and husband, Richard, of Tuscumbia; three brothers, W.C. Gargis, of Lexington, Ray C. Gargis, of Panama City, Fla., and Hillman D. Gargis, of Tuscumbia; two sisters, Kay Bryant, of Rogersville, and Janet Isbell, of Millbrook, Ala.; 21 grandchildren; 44 great-grandchildren; four great-great-grandchildren.
Grave: Russell Jackson McDonald
Birth Date 23 Jun 1923
Birth Place Alabama, United States of America
Death Date 8 Feb 2014
Death Place Alabama, United States of America
Cemetery Colbert Memorial Gardens Tuscumbia, Colbert County, Alabama, United States of America
Father William Jackson McDonald
Mother Celia Magnola McDonald
Spouse Lillie Pearl McDonaldRussell Jackson McDonald 90 of Tuscumbia passed away February 8, 2014.
Mr. McDonald was a member of Spring alley Church of God in Tuscumbia. He retired from Reynold's after 33 years of loyal service.
He is preceded in death by his son, James McDonald, Infant daughter, Barbara McDonald, 7 sisters and 6 brothers.
He is survived by his wife, Lillie Peal McDonald of Spring Valley, son, Rickey McDonald (Anita) of Spring Valley, daughters, Joy Cummings (Jerry) of Russellville AL, Sue Boatwright (Billy-Ray) of Spring Valley, 12 grandchildren, and a host of great-grandchildren, Sisters, Ruby Green (O.J.) of Tuscumbia.
Grave: Lillie Pearl McDonald
Birth Date 13 Oct 1924
Death Date 27 Feb 2016
Death Place Tuscumbia, Colbert County, Alabama, United States of America
Cemetery Colbert Memorial Gardens Tuscumbia, Colbert County, Alabama, United States of America
Spouse Russell Jackson McDonaldLillie Pearl McDonald age 91, passed away Saturday, Feb. 27, 2016. Buried in Colbert Memorial Gardens.
She was preceded in death by her husband Russell McDonald: son, James McDonald; infant daughter, Barbara McDonald and three brothers.
Survivors are son, Rickey McDonald (Anita); daughters, Joy Cummings (Jerry), Sue Boatwright (Billy Ray); daughter-in-law, Brenda McDonald; sisters, Minnie Skidmore (Casey) and Margaret Collins; 12 grandchildren; 25 great grandchildren; 14 great- great grandchildren and a host of loving nieces and nephews.
Mrs. McDonald spent her life as a homemaker, and a faithful member of the Church of God.
US Social Security
William W McDonald
Spouse Magnola Berryhill
Child Elvin Elton McDonald
