Hannah (Axford) Arney (abt. 1818 - 1907)

Born about 18 Apr 1818 in Westbury Leigh, Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom

Wife of Henry Usher — married 10 Jan 1842 (to 23 Dec 1851) in Westbury, Wiltshire, England

Wife of William Henry (Arney) Moody — married 4 Sep 1852 in Adelaide, South Australia, Australia

Descendants

Died 3 Jun 1907 at about age 89 in Woodside, South Australia, Australia

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Biography

Hannah (Axford) Arney was born in England.

Hannah (Axford) Arney was born in Wiltshire, England.

Hannah Axford was born about 18 April 1818. She was the daughter of James Axford and Ann Eyers.

1841 UK Census
Westbury Leigh, Westbury, Westbury & Whorwelsdown, Wiltshire, England:

She married Henry Usher (the son of Jonathan Usher, a Weaver) on 10 January 1842 at the parish church in Westbury, Wiltshire, by Banns^[1]. Henry was a Soldier in the 53rd Regiment. They were both illiterate so signed with their Mark X.

They went on to have about four children.

Hannah and her husband Henry emigrated from England to Australia while she was pregnant with their son Job^[2]. They may have had their firstborn son with them also. They departed from London and arrived in Adelaide, South Australia on 14 May 1846 on board the ship Isabella Watson under the command of Captain A. G. Thompson. (This ship made a trip with convicts in 1842 and then when conveying migrants to Melbourne she became a total wreck at Port Phillip Heads, Victoria, on 21 March 1852.)

Her husband Henry passed away on 23 December 1851 at age 39, after suffering heatstroke.

Hannah married, secondly, William Henry Arney (AKA James Moody) on 4 September 1852 at Holy Trinity Church, Adelaide, South Australia. They went on to have at least six children together before he abandoned the family in 1864.

Hannah Arney passed away on 3 June 1907 and was buried on 4 June 1907 at Woodside Methodist Cemetery, Woodside, South Australia, Australia^[3].

Inscription:

In Loving Memory of

HANNAH ARNEY

DIED JUNE 3, 1907

AGED 88 YEARS.

"SHE BORE CHRIST'S YOKE AND OBEYED HIS WILL,

AND THOUGH SHE DIED SHE LIVETH STILL."

Sources

1. ↑ "England Marriages, 1538–1973 ," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NKQX-5JL : 10 December 2014), Henry Usher and Hannah Axford, 10 Jan 1842; citing Westbury, Wiltshire, England, reference ; FHL microfilm 1,279,370.
2. ↑ https://bound-for-south-australia.collections.slsa.sa.gov.au/1846IsabellaWatson.htm
3. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/188974361/hannah-arney: accessed 02 September 2023), memorial page for Hannah Axford Arney (18 Apr 1818–3 Jun 1907), Find A Grave: Memorial #188974361, citing Woodside Methodist Cemetery, Woodside, Adelaide Hills Council, South Australia, Australia; Maintained by Bilbo Senn (contributor 48214134)

See also:

• Family Tree for Hannah Axford found at www.familysearch.org

• "England and Wales Census, 1841," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M73L-8YC : 30 October 2015), Hannah Axford in household of Jas Axford, Westbury, Wiltshire, England; from "1841 England, Scotland and Wales census,"

• South Australia Government Marriage Registration (Genealogy SA): 5/200 (1852), Adelaide district, aged 26 years, "single", father not recorded.

• Death notices: The Advertiser (Adelaide SA) 4 June 1907 p6; The Express and Telegraph (Adelaide SA) 4 June 1907 p1 and The Chronicle (Adelaide SA) 8 June 1907 p33, aged 89 years.

• South Australia Government Death Registration (Genealogy SA): 325/436 (1907), Nairne district, aged 88 years, widowed, relative: William ARNEY [deceased husband].