Charles Gabriel Philip Hanham (1825 - 1911)

Born 23 Nov 1825 in Damerham, Wiltshire, England

Husband of Caroline (Martin) Hanham — married 18 Feb 1848 in Fremantle, Western Australia

Descendants

Died 13 Jun 1911 at age 85 in Fremantle, Western Australia, Australia

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Biography

Charles first came to Western Australia per Charles in January from South Australia and departed in July 1841 per Truelove. He later returned as a member of the crew of the HMS Fly and jumped ship. On his first voyage he brought stock from South Australia (800 sheep and 30 horses).^[1]

He married Caroline Adams on 15 February 1848 in Fremantle.^[2] They had ten children in fifteen years.

Charles was a sail maker and boatman at Fremantle, and was noted as Captain of the Twinkling Star. By the 1860s he was master of Speculator, Arabian and Brothers. He employed two Ticket of Leave men, a sailor in 1864 and a shipwright in 1868. Hanham was French speaking and is believed to have come from the Channel Islands.^[1]

West Australian (Perth, WA : 1879 - 1954), Friday 23 June 1911, page 2
The late Mr. C. G. Hanham, of Fremantle, whose death was recorded last week, first came to this State over 60 years ago, hav-ing been connected with the shipping trade for a number of years, after which he en-tered into business as a sailmaker in Fre-mantle, where he was highly respected. The deceased leaves behind him a great number of relations, including three sons and two daughters, 17 grandchildren, and 18 great-grandchildren, who are all in the State. His wife predeceased him over two years ago at the age of 82 years, and Mr. Hanham at his death was in his 89th year. The remains were interred in the Fremantle Cemetery, and the funeral was largely at-tended. The chief-mourners were Mrs. Searle (daughter), Mr. Henry Smith (grand-son), Master Keith Smith. (great-grandson), Mrs. Tucker and Mrs. Patfield (grand-daughters), Messrs. E. Gilmore, A. Chamberlain, and C. Chamberlain (nephews), Messrs. Tucker, Patfield, Prosser, and Stock, Mrs. Caldwell, and Mr. and Mrs. Matthews. Amongst those at the grave were Mr. W. Hanham (son), Mr. S. Hall (brother-in-law), Messrs. H. Adams and J. Davies (nephews). The burial service was conducted by the Rev. Sidney Bullen.^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} The Bicentennial dictionary of Western Australians, pre-1829-1888. [compiled by Rica Erickson], https://www.friendsofbattyelibrary.org.au/bicentennial-dictionary
2. ↑ "Australia Marriages, 1810-1980", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XTZD-HN5 : 28 January 2020), Charles Philip Hanaam, 1848.
3. ↑ https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/26343517

See also:

• Martin & Associated Families in Australia 1830 - 2017 http://members.iinet.net.au/~nbradley/Martin-o/index.htm