Jane HANNAH

1854 - 1902  (48 years)

• Name	Jane HANNAH
  Birth	1854	Kilmarnock,SCT
  Gender	Female
  Story	Jane's story on Glasgow to Balmain
  Death	4 Oct 1902	Balmain,NSW   [1]
  Burial	5 Oct 1902	Rookwood Cemetery,Sydney NSW
  Person ID	I6	Hannah
  Last Modified	18 Jan 2019

  
  

  Father	William HANNAH,   b. 26 Aug 1822, Ayr,Ayrshire SCT d. 9 Aug 1874, Glasgow,SCT (Age 51 years)
  Mother	Agnes BAIRD,   b. 21 Sep 1825, St Quivox,Ayrshire SCT d. 19 Dec 1873, Govan Church,Glasgow (Age 48 years)
  Marriage	17 Jul 1843	St Quivox,Ayrshire SCT   [2]
  Family ID	F1	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Unknown UNKNOWN
  Children	1. Agnes Baird HANNAH,   b. 25 Feb 1871, Hutchestown Glasgow SCT d. 7 Mar 1871, Hutchestown Glasgow SCT (Age 0 years)  [Mother: Birth]
  Family ID	F104	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	18 Jan 2019

  
  

  Family 2	Alexander SOUTER,   b. C. 1854   d. 1899, Sydney NSW (Age 45 years)  [3]
  Marriage	21 Dec 1872	Tradeston,Glasgow,SCT
  Children	1. Helen Menzies SOUTER,   b. 15 Sep 1873, Govan,Glasgow   2. Agnes Baird SOUTER,   b. 1883, South Leith,Edinburgh d. 1918, Dungog,NSW Australia Reg No 12741 (Age 35 years)   3. Jane SOUTER,   b. C. Mar 1884, South Leith,Edinburgh d. 18 Dec 1885, Balmain,NSW (Age 1 year)
  Family ID	F11	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	21 Nov 2016

  
  

• Notes

  Jane Hannah was born about 1854, in Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, Scotland. A daughter of William Hannah and Agnes Baird and probably their third child, her siblings were Robert(1844), Margaret (1847), Janet (1849), Agnes (1852), William (1857), Mary (1859), Isabella (1861), Thomas Baird (1863) and John Cooper (1867). At this time little is known about Jane. She is listed in the 1861 Kilmarnock, Ayshire census as a seven year old daughter of William Hannah, a scholar, and her birth place recorded as Kilmarnock. At the age of 19, she married Alexander Souter, also aged 19 and her next door neighbour, on the 31st of December 1872 at 5 Abbotsford Place, Glasgow "after banns according to the forms of the Church of Scotland". At the time of the marriage, Jane was a power loom weaver of 110 Main Street, Gorbals. Alexander was an "iron rivetter (Journeyman)", of 108 Main Street, Gorbals. Alexander's father, Alexander Souter, a sergeant in the 42nd Foot Division, was recorded as deceased. His mother was Helen Hall (formally Souter, maiden surname Menzies), also deceased. According to the GRO records in Scotland, Helen Menzies Souter was born to the couple on 15th September 1873 at 29 Alma Street, Govan, Glasgow, but is not recorded in NSW death records and so probably died before leaving Scotland. Her mother Agnes died the following December, and she witnessed the death of her father William in August 1874. The couple then moved to South Leith, Edinburgh where daughters Agnes (1883) and Jane (1884) were born. There were other children to the marriage, however the details of these have yet to be confirmed. In 1885, Jane and Alexander left their home country with their two remaining children Agnes and Jane, and arrived in Sydney as unassisted immigrants in October of that year, settling in Goodsell Street, Balmain. Their daughter Jane died two months after arrival, on 18th December 1885 at the age of 1 year and 9 months. The cause of death was given as "atrophy", a wasting disease. She was buried in Balmain Cemetery. Jane's husband Alexander died in Leichardt, Sydney in 1899. Jane died in Balmain Hospital, Sydney NSW on the 4th October 1902, 17 years after arriving in the colony. Her cause of death was given as "retroperitoneal abscess and exhaustion". She was buried on 5th October in the Presbyterian Section of Rookwood Cemetery, Homebush NSW. Her memorial inscription simply reads "My Mother", obviously a tribute from daughter Agnes. Before her death, Jane was living at Rose Street, Kerosene Bay, North Sydney. This was more likely Ross Street (put the difference down to a Scottish accent) where she would have been living with her sister Margaret who died a year later in 1903. Kerosene Bay is now known as Balls Head Bay. Family legend recalls that Margaret and Jane quite enjoyed having a beer together. Jane was 48 years old when she died. Although the couple had six children, only Agnes was living at the time of Jane's death. Daughter Agnes married Richard Augustus Longbottom at Dungog, NSW in 1904. She died at Dungog in 1918.

  
  

• Sources

  [S25] Death, Jane SOUTER, 1902/12733 (Reliability: 3). [S212] OPR Marriages - NRS, 17 Jul 1843, 1843 St Quivox (Ayrshire) 612/1 20 323 (Reliability: 3). Marriage William HANNAH / Agnes BAIRD [S26] Marriage, Alexander SOUTER, 1873 RD 644/9 Entry 42.