Hannah (Lockhart) Dickson (abt. 1831 - 1903)

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Contents 1 Biography 2 Research Notes 3 Sources 4 Acknowledgements

Biography

Hannah Lockhart was born about 1831 in Castleblayney, Muckno, which was part of Ulster in Ireland. She was the daughter of Robert Lockhart, a boot maker, and Hannah Ligate.

In 1841 she was recorded with the family of the man she later married, Peter Dickson, his wife Ann and their son Robert at Porter Street Walker's Building, Liverpool, Lancashire, England^[1]. Why she was there has not yet been discovered. Was she related to either Ann or Peter?

She had one child out of wedlock.

1. John Henry Lockhart Dickson (1849^[2] - 1849^[3])

Although the child was registered under the name of Dickson, Hannah and Peter had not yet married when he was born.

She married Peter Dickson at St Luke, Liverpool on 10 September 1849 ^[4]. It is strange that the wrong spelling was used for this marriage by Peter as a child was registered with the correct spelling just two months before. Four children were born in Liverpool but only one survived.

1. James (1850^[5] - 1850^[6])
2. Hannah (1851^[7] - 1853^[8])
3. John (1852^[9] - 1854^[10])
4. Peter (1855^[11] - 1891^[12])

Peter (a carpenter aged 35), Hannah (25) and young Peter then emigrated to the Colony of Victoria on the Eagle which left Liverpool in July 1856^[13]. There they lived in Williamstown and had several more children.

1. Thomas (1858^[14] - 1914^[15])
2. Elizabeth (1859^[14] - 1942^[16])
3. George (1862^[14] - 1864^[17])
4. Martha Maria (1862^[14] - 1864^[18])
5. Margaret (1867^[14] - 1925^[19])

Peter Junior emigrated to New Zealand in the late 1870s. Her husband died in 1880. Her second living son, Thomas, and his new wife, Margaret, followed in 1882. Later that year the remaining daughters, Elizabeth and Margaret, and Hannah also emigrated to New Zealand on the SS Manapouri which left Melbourne on 22 November 1882^[20]. The ship sailed via Hobart, Bluff, Dunedin, Lyttelton and then Wellington, where they disembarked. From there they travelled to Wanganui.

In 1899 she was listed on the Pātea Supplementary No 1 Electoral Roll doing domestic duties and living in Pātea^[21] with her daughter Elizabeth and son-in-law William Barr.

Hannah lived long enough to see all the children born to Thomas and Margaret including the next Peter who also took her name of Lockhart as his middle name. He in turn gave that middle name to four of his five children.

Hannah died on 16 November 1903^[22] at Pātea. She was buried in the Old Wanganui Cemetery (Heads Road Old Cemetery), Wanganui^[23]. Years later in 2024, her two great grand-daughters, daughters of her grandson Peter, arranged for her gravestone to be restored.

Research Notes

No record of Hannah and Peter has been found for the 1851 Census. It is possible that they were travelling in Ireland or Scotland at the time.

Sources

1. ↑ "England and Wales Census, 1841," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MQL9-WCY : 22 May 2019), Hanh Lockhart in household of Peter Dickson, Liverpool, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom; from "1841 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO HO 107, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey. Accessed 20 Jan 2020
2. ↑ "England & Wales General Register Office" GRO Online Indexes - Birth Accessed 18 July 2023
   Dickson, John Henry Lockhart (Mother's maiden name: Lockhart).
   GRO Reference: 1849 Jul-Aug-Sep in Liverpool Volume 20 Page 347.
3. ↑ "England & Wales General Register Office" GRO Online Indexes - Death Accessed 18 July 2023
   Dickson, John Henry Lockhart.
   GRO Reference: 1849 Jul-Aug-Sep in Liverpool Volume 20 Page 561.
4. ↑ "England Marriages, 1538–1973 ," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NFXL-SYX : 10 February 2018), Peter Dixon and Hannah Lockhart, 1849; citing Saint Luke, Liverpool, Lancashire, England, reference 2:2DRGC3P, index based upon data collected by the Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City; FHL microfilm 1,545,920. Accessed 20 Jan 2020
5. ↑ "England & Wales General Register Office" GRO Online Indexes - Birth Accessed 2 May 2023
   Dickson, James (Mother's maiden name: Lockhart).
   GRO Reference: 1850 Apr-May-Jun in Liverpool Volume 20 Page 455.
6. ↑ "England & Wales General Register Office" GRO Online Indexes - Death Accessed 2 May 2023
   Dickson, James. (Age at death: 0).
   GRO Reference: 1850 Apr-May-Jun in Liverpool Volume 20 Page 267.
7. ↑ "England & Wales General Register Office" GRO Online Indexes - Birth Accessed 3 May 2023
   Dickson, Hannah (Mother's maiden name: Lockhart).
   GRO Reference: 1851 Apr-May-Jun in Liverpool Volume 20 Page 454.
8. ↑ "England & Wales General Register Office" GRO Online Indexes - Death Accessed 3 May 2023
   Dickson, Hannah (Age at death: 1).
   GRO Reference: 1853 Jan-Feb-Mar in Liverpool Volume 08B Page 8.
9. ↑ "England & Wales General Register Office" GRO Online Indexes - Birth Accessed 7 May 2023
   Dickson, John (Mother's maiden name: Lockhart).
   GRO Reference: 1852 Oct-Nov-Dec in Liverpool Volume 08B Page 1.
10. ↑ "England & Wales General Register Office" GRO Online Indexes - Death Accessed 7 May 2023
    Dickson, John (Age at death: 1).
    GRO Reference: 1854 Jan-Feb-Mar in Liverpool Volume 08B Page 33.
11. ↑ "England & Wales General Register Office" GRO Online Indexes - Birth Accessed 8 May 2023
    Dickson, Peter (Mother's maiden name: Lockhart).
    GRO Reference: 1855 Apr-May-Jun in Liverpool Volume 08B Page 1.
12. ↑ New Zealand Births, Deaths & Marriages Online (Digital Database), Department of Internal Affairs Te Tari Taiwhenua Death Registration. Accessed 16 Jan 2020
    1892/868 Dickson, Peter Age=36Y DOD=29/12/1891
13. ↑ "Australia, Victoria, Inward Passenger Lists, 1839-1923", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QGTN-ZLXK : 15 October 2019), Peter Dixon,.
14. ↑ ^{14.0 14.1 14.2 14.3 14.4} Annotations in William Dickson’s Family New Testament dated 1805, held by family of Margaret Bailey Allison
15. ↑ New Zealand Births, Deaths & Marriages Online (Digital Database), Department of Internal Affairs Te Tari Taiwhenua Death Registration. Accessed 19 Aug 2021
    1914/5248 Dickson, Thomas Age=56Y DOD=19/8/1914
16. ↑ New Zealand Births, Deaths & Marriages Online (Digital Database), Department of Internal Affairs Te Tari Taiwhenua Death Registration. Accessed 18 Aug 2020
    1942/26336 Barr Elizabeth 84Y 27/07/1942
17. ↑ Ancestry.com. Australia, Death Index, 1787-1985 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. Original data: Compiled from publicly available sources. Pioneer Index Victoria 1836-1888; Registration Number: 4289. Accessed 2 May 2023
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    George Dickson death (age 11/12), child of Peter & Hannah, in Victoria.
18. ↑ Ancestry.com. Australia, Death Index, 1787-1985 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. Original data: Compiled from publicly available sources. Pioneer Index Victoria 1836-1888; Registration Number: 8882. Accessed 2 May 2023
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    Martha Maria Dickson death about 1864 (age 2), child of Peter & Hannah, in Victoria.
19. ↑ New Zealand Births, Deaths & Marriages Online (Digital Database), Department of Internal Affairs Te Tari Taiwhenua Death Registration. Accessed 6 Jul 2020
    1925/7881 Leitch, Margaret Age=57Y DOD=01/08/1925
20. ↑ Papers Past, National Library of New Zealand Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa Accessed 10 Mar 2022
    Shipping Intelligence. New Zealand Mail, Issue 565, 2 December 1882, Page 14
21. ↑ Ancestry.com. New Zealand, Electoral Rolls, 1853-2010 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. Original data: New Zealand Electoral Rolls, 1853–2010. Auckland, New Zealand: BAB microfilming and Electoral Roll Commission, New Zealand. Microfiche publication. Accessed 10 May 2024
    
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    Name: Hannah Dickson; Electoral Year: 1899; Residence Place: Patea, New Zealand; District: Patea; Region or Province: Taranaki.
22. ↑ New Zealand Births, Deaths & Marriages Online (Digital Database), Department of Internal Affairs Te Tari Taiwhenua Death Registration. Accessed 20 Jan 2020
    1903/7104 Dickson, Hannah Age=72Y DOD=16/11/1903
23. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/235097887/hannah-dickson : accessed 10 March 2022), memorial page for Hannah Lockhart Dickson (1831–16 Nov 1903), Find A Grave: Memorial #235097887, citing Heads Road Cemetery, Whanganui, Whanganui District, Manawatū-Whanganui, New Zealand ; Maintained by pkg (contributor 46968786).

Acknowledgements

• Biography written by her great grand-daughter, Margaret Bailey Allison