Elizabeth Hancox

(1766 - 1834)
Elizabeth Hancox was born in Warwickshire on 19 July 1766.1

She married Rowland Hassall, son of James Hassall and Elizabeth Whitmore, at Holy Trinity Church in Coventry, Warwickshire, on 15 July 1793.1

She was widowed at age 54 on the death of her husband Rowland on 28 August 1820.1

Elizabeth died on 11 February 1834 at 'Matavai' in Cobbity, New South Wales, at age 67.1 She was buried in February 1834 at the St John's Cemetery, O'Connell St in Parramatta.1
Grave - Rowland HASSAL (1768-1820), Elizabeth HASSALL (nee HANCOX)(1766-1834), Elizabeth LAWRY (1820-1820), Roland HASSALL (1820-1820), James HASSALL (1820-1820)

Family

Rowland Hassall (1768 - 1820)
Children

Citations

  1. [S516] Book - David J Hassall, The Hassall Family 1798-1998.

Eliza Hanham

(c 1812 - 1891)
Eliza Hanham was born in Bridport, Dorset, circa August 1812.

She married Richard Woodcock Palmer at the Parish Church in Bridport, Dorset, on 27 September 1838. He was a builder, son of George PALMER (mariner) and she was a dress-maker, daughter of William HANHAM (labourer).1,2

She was widowed on the death of her husband Richard before September 1849.

Eliza's second marriage was to Johann Friedrich Heinrich Wohlers on 21 September 1849 in New Zealand.3

Eliza was named executrix and beneficiary in the will of Johann Friedrich Heinrich Wohlers, her husband, dated 10 December 1881 in Invercargill, Southland.4

She was widowed on the death of her husband Johann on 7 May 1885.4

She was appointed executrix of Johann Friedrich Heinrich Wohlers's estate in Invercargill, Southland, on 3 August 1885.4

Eliza died on 14 December 1891 at Thornbury in Southland.5 She was buried at the Ringa Ringa Burial Ground.6

Family 1

Richard Woodcock Palmer (1812 - b 1849)

Family 2

Johann Friedrich Heinrich Wohlers (1811 - 1885)
Child

Citations

  1. [S190] Index - GRO and Office of National Statistics, England & Wales Civil Registration Qtrly Indexes, Marriage: District of Bridport, Vol 8, p45, 3Q1838.
  2. [S871] FamilySearch, at https://www.familysearch.org/en/, FHL film 2427419, England, Dorset, Parish Registers, 1538-1910.
  3. [S443] CD - NZ Marriages, CD - NZ Marriages 1836-1956 V2, NZ Registrar General's Folio 371.
  4. [S800] National Archives - NZ Archives (Archway), Dunedin probate record, Item R22106746, Agency DAFG, Accession D328, series 9071, box 319, record 204, images 268-282, digital folder no. 102239449.
  5. [S542] Index - New Zealand BDMs online, at https://www.bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz/, Death Reg. No. 1891/6281, aged 76.
  6. [S750] Southland District Council Cemetery database, at https://www.southlanddc.govt.nz/my-southland/cemeteries/…, Wohlers Memorial.

Edward James Hanley

(1915 - 1996)
Edward James Hanley was born in Brisbane, Queensland, on 12 December 1915.1

He married Margaret Bain Stewart, daughter of Allan Stewart and Jane Bain, in Queensland on 10 September 1938.2

He enlisted in the Royal Australian Air Force, Service No. 77141 on 22 July 1942 at Kedron, Queensland.1 He was discharged on 3 December 1945 At the time he was a Leading Aircraftman at the 3rd Aircraft Depot.1

He was widowed at age 72 on the death of his wife Margaret on 3 March 1988.3

Edward died in 1996 in Queensland. He was buried on 27 September 1996 at the Pinnaroo Cemetery, Bridgeman Downs.4

Family

Margaret Bain Stewart (1916 - 1988)
Child

Citations

  1. [S392] World War 2 Australian Nominal Roll, at https://nominal-rolls.dva.gov.au/
  2. [S488] Index - Queensland BDMs (online and fiche), at https://www.qld.gov.au/law/…, Marriage Reg. No. 1938/B32885.
  3. [S488] Index - Queensland BDMs (online and fiche), at https://www.qld.gov.au/law/…, Death Reg. No. 1988/2011.
  4. [S489] Brisbane City Council Cemeteries database, at https://graves.brisbane.qld.gov.au/, Portion 14A, grave 755.
  5. [S488] Index - Queensland BDMs (online and fiche), at https://www.qld.gov.au/law/…, Death Reg. No. 1943/B60789.

Paul Edward Hanley1

( - 1943)
Father*Edward James Hanley1 b. 1915, d. 1996
Mother*Margaret Bain Stewart1 b. 1916, d. 1988
Paul Edward Hanley was born in Queensland.

Paul died on 14 April 1943 in Queensland.1

Citations

  1. [S488] Index - Queensland BDMs (online and fiche), at https://www.qld.gov.au/law/…, Death Reg. No. 1943/B60789.

Albert James Hansen1

(1888 - 1942)
Father*Lars Hansen1 b. c 1840, d. 1922
Mother*Mary Ann Hastie1 b. c 1856, d. 1917
Albert James Hansen was born in Whangamarino, Waikato, in 1888.2

He took a dental course at Otago University and was one of the first two men in New Zealand to obtain a degree in dentistry, but after injuring his hip was unable to practise.3

Albert died in 1942 in New Zealand.4,5

Citations

  1. [S542] Index - New Zealand BDMs online, at https://www.bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz/, Birth Reg. No. 1888/1375.
  2. [S542] Index - New Zealand BDMs online, at https://www.bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz/, Birth Reg. No. 1888/1375, father's name mis-recorded as Lois.
  3. [S1041] Book - Jo Ann Hansen Rasch, Blowing Feathers, p149, recollections of his brother David.
  4. [S542] Index - New Zealand BDMs online, at https://www.bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz/, Death Reg. No. 1942/23638, aged 54.
  5. [S1041] Book - Jo Ann Hansen Rasch, Blowing Feathers, p149.

Catherine (Kit) Hansen1

(1890 - 1982)
Father*Lars Hansen1 b. c 1840, d. 1922
Mother*Mary Ann Hastie1 b. c 1856, d. 1917
Catherine (Kit) Hansen was born in Whangamarino, Waikato, on 9 December 1890.2

Catherine died in 1982 in New Zealand.3

Citations

  1. [S542] Index - New Zealand BDMs online, at https://www.bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz/, Birth Reg. No. 1890/13293.
  2. [S542] Index - New Zealand BDMs online, at https://www.bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz/, Birth Reg. No. 1890/13293 and Death Reg. No. 1982/45473 gives this birthdate.
  3. [S542] Index - New Zealand BDMs online, at https://www.bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz/, Death Reg. No. 1982/45473.

David Ernest Hansen CMG1

(1884 - 1972)
Father*Lars Hansen2 b. c 1840, d. 1922
Mother*Mary Ann Hastie2 b. c 1856, d. 1917
David Ernest HANSEN (1884-1973)
David Ernest Hansen CMG was born in Whangamarino, Waikato, on 9 May 1884. He was the fifth child of Lars and Mary Ann.3

After attending Thames High and Auckland Grammar schools, he went to Auckland University College as a Gillies Scholar, graduating MSc. with first class honours in physical chemistry in 1907.
In 1908 he was Junior Science Master at the Christchurch Technical College and attended Canterbury University College part-time, graduating with an MA.
He was the first New Zealander to qualify as a selected student for a free passage to Europe (given by the Orient Steam Ship Company and the Union Steam Ship Company). He studied at Berlin University for six months and then at the Technical University at Karlsruhe, where he gained a doctorate in electro-chemistry before returning to New Zealand at the end of 1911. He had studied under Prof. Fritz Haber, who won the Nobel Prize for research in nitrogen fixation from the atmosphere, but who was also later responsible for poison gases used during WWI and the invention of the poison Zyklon B (originally intended as an insecticide).4

He married Ethel May Hampson, daughter of William Spencer Hampson and Emma Louisa Heywood, at Nelson Cathedral in Nelson on 22 January 1912.5,6,7

He was widowed at age 28 on the death of his wife Ethel on 31 December 1912.8

David's second marriage was to Margaret Emma (Daisy) Hampson, daughter of William Spencer Hampson and Emma Louisa Heywood, on 30 August 1916 in Christchurch, Canterbury.9,10,11

David, as the father of the bride, attended Ivall Moira (Mollie) Hansen and Morris Morell Macdonald's wedding at St Marks Church in Opawa, Christchurch, Canterbury, on 20 October 1934.12,13
Wedding of Morris MACDONALD and Ivall (Mollie) HANSEN 22 Oct 1934, Christchurch


After serving as the first principal of the Southland Technical College when it became a day school in 1912, he returned as principal of the Christchurch Technical College in 1919.

The family lived at 136 Opawa Rd, Christchurch, then at 30 Locarno St after his retirement in 1949, when he was awarded the CMG for services to technical education. He was also Vice President of the NZ Football Assn. and Vice President of the NZ Bible in School League.14,15,1

David died on 30 December 1972 in Christchurch, Canterbury, at age 88.16,17,18,19 He was buried on 3 January 1973 at the St Paul's Churchyard in Papanui.17,20
Grave - David E HANSEN (1884-1972), St Paul's, Christchurch

Family 1

Ethel May Hampson (1885 - 1912)
Child

Family 2

Margaret Emma (Daisy) Hampson (1884 - 1976)
Children

Citations

  1. [S943] Newspaper - London Gazette, Second Supplement of 9 Jun 1949 to issue of Fri, 3 Jun 1949, No. 38629, p2829.
  2. [S542] Index - New Zealand BDMs online, at https://www.bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz/, Birth Reg. No. 1884/11033.
  3. [S542] Index - New Zealand BDMs online, at https://www.bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz/, Birth Reg. No. 1884/11033 and Death Reg. No. 1973/41145 gives this birthdate.
  4. [S1041] Book - Jo Ann Hansen Rasch, Blowing Feathers, p148ff.
  5. [S443] CD - NZ Marriages, CD - NZ Marriages 1836-1956 V2, NZ Registrar General's Folio 5014.
  6. [S542] Index - New Zealand BDMs online, at https://www.bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz/, Marriage Reg. No. 1912/5750.
  7. [S908] Newspaper - Nelson Evening Mail, issue of 23 Jan 1912, Vol XLVII, p2, col 4, Wedding.
  8. [S542] Index - New Zealand BDMs online, at https://www.bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz/, Death Reg. No. 1913/2560.
  9. [S443] CD - NZ Marriages, CD - NZ Marriages 1836-1956 V2, NZ Registrar General's Folio 5323.
  10. [S542] Index - New Zealand BDMs online, at https://www.bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz/, Marriage Reg. No. 1916/7700.
  11. [S703] Newspaper - Southland Times, issue of 4 Sep 1916, No. 17828, p4, col 7, Marriage.
  12. [S443] CD - NZ Marriages, CD - NZ Marriages 1836-1956 V2, NZ Registrar General's Folio 9437.
  13. [S911] Newspaper - Christchurch Press, issue of 22 Oct 1934, issue 21301, Vol LXX, p3, col2-4, image, News for Women, A Christchurch Wedding.
  14. [S1042] Book - Richard L N Greenaway, St Pauls Anglican Cemetery Tour, p51.
  15. [S1041] Book - Jo Ann Hansen Rasch, Blowing Feathers, p152-3.
  16. [S542] Index - New Zealand BDMs online, at https://www.bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz/, Death Reg. No. 1973/41145.
  17. [S994] Cemetery Marker - , St Paul's Anglican, Christchurch, NZ, St Paul's Churchyard, Row C, no. 415.
  18. [S703] Newspaper - Southland Times, issue of 2 Jan 1973, Deaths.
  19. [S1042] Book - Richard L N Greenaway, St Pauls Anglican Cemetery Tour.
  20. [S703] Newspaper - Southland Times, issue of 2 Jan 1973, Deaths states funeral will be on Wednesday.

Douglas William Heywood Hansen

(1918 - 1934)
Father*David Ernest Hansen CMG b. 1884, d. 1972
Mother*Margaret Emma (Daisy) Hampson b. 1884, d. 1976
Douglas William Heywood Hansen was born in Invercargill, Southland, on 23 July 1918.1

Douglas died on 8 May 1934 in Christchurch, Canterbury, at age 15.2 He was buried in May 1934 at the St Paul's Churchyard in Papanui.2
Douglas W H HANSEN (1919-1934), St Paul's, Christchurch

Citations

  1. [S703] Newspaper - Southland Times, issue of 29 Jul 1918, issue 17845, p4, Births.
  2. [S994] Cemetery Marker - , St Paul's Anglican, Christchurch, NZ, St Paul's Churchyard, Row C, no. 415.

Ivall Moira (Mollie) Hansen

(1912 - 1988)
Father*David Ernest Hansen CMG b. 1884, d. 1972
Mother*Ethel May Hampson b. 1885, d. 1912
Ivall Moira (Molly) MACDONALD (nee HANSEN)(1912-1988) in Oct 1980
Ivall Moira (Mollie) Hansen was born in Invercargill, Southland, on 2 December 1912.1 She was also known in the family as Heffalump, as all the family carried nicknames from the Winnie-the-Pooh books.2

As her mother died shortly after her birth, she was initially looked after by her aunt Margaret Emma (Daisy) Hampson, who later married her father David. Thus Mollie's siblings were actually only half-brothers. Mollie suppressed this information from her family until an inquiry from her second daughter as to when her grand-parents were holding their Golden Wedding anniversary required the full story to be told.

She was also proud of a claim to be descended from John of Gaunt, which was not generally accepted by the wider family. However it has since been proven that the claim does stand up to scrutiny (for the proof see the page 'A Royal Connection?').2

She married Morris Morell Macdonald, son of Arnold Morell (Dick) Macdonald and Ella Mary Morris, at St Marks Church in Opawa, Christchurch, Canterbury, on 20 October 1934.3,4
Wedding of Morris MACDONALD and Ivall (Mollie) HANSEN 22 Oct 1934, Christchurch


She was widowed at age 67 on the death of her husband Morris on 19 November 1980.5,6,7

Ivall died on 23 August 1988 in Wellington at age 75.8,9 She was cremated at the Karori Crematorium on 26 August 1988.9 Her ashes were buried on 7 May 1989 at Invercargill Eastern Cemetery in Invercargill.10

Family

Morris Morell Macdonald (1903 - 1980)
ChartsAlexander Macdonald (1813-1888) descendancy
William Morries descendancy
Thomas Mudie (Moodie) (1776-?) descendancy
Samuel Forsaith (c1702-1751) descendancy
Stephen Blomfield (c1750?-1809) descendancy

Citations

  1. [S542] Index - New Zealand BDMs online, at https://www.bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz/, Birth Reg. No. 1913/6189.
  2. [S369] Personal knowledge of D Ferguson.
  3. [S443] CD - NZ Marriages, CD - NZ Marriages 1836-1956 V2, NZ Registrar General's Folio 9437.
  4. [S911] Newspaper - Christchurch Press, issue of 22 Oct 1934, issue 21301, Vol LXX, p3, col2-4, image, News for Women, A Christchurch Wedding.
  5. [S703] Newspaper - Southland Times, issue of 20 Nov 1980, Obituary.
  6. [S420] Dunedin City Cemeteries database, at https://www.dunedin.govt.nz/services/cemeteries/…
  7. [S542] Index - New Zealand BDMs online, at https://www.bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz/, Death Reg. No. 1980/49983.
  8. [S542] Index - New Zealand BDMs online, at https://www.bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz/, Death Reg. No. 1988/48804.
  9. [S570] Wellington City Cemeteries database, at https://wellington.govt.nz/cemeteries/…, Record no. 59562.
  10. [S586] Invercargill City Cemetery database, at https://www.icc.govt.nz/cemeteries/cemetery-search/, Block 9, plot 23.

John George Hansen1

(1886 - 1982)
Father*Lars Hansen1 b. c 1840, d. 1922
Mother*Mary Ann Hastie1 b. c 1856, d. 1917
John George Hansen was born in Whangamarino, Waikato, on 13 February 1886.2

John died in 1982 in New Zealand.3

Citations

  1. [S542] Index - New Zealand BDMs online, at https://www.bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz/, Birth Reg. No. 1886/1230.
  2. [S542] Index - New Zealand BDMs online, at https://www.bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz/, Birth Reg. No. 1886/1230 and Death Reg. No. 1982/38183 gives this birthdate.
  3. [S542] Index - New Zealand BDMs online, at https://www.bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz/, Death Reg. No. 1982/38183.