The Descendants of Thomas Hannon
Joseph
Michael Lalley [1.1.4b.8] created two
ancestral descendent charts for his mother's lineage, one for his Hannon
(Hanna, Hannan, Hannin) ancestors and the other for his Hart (Harte) ancestors. The
two charts, although lacking dates and names of places, have proven invaluable
documents in the search for his ancestral home. Research, substantially aided
by a fortunate find of a 10 December 1857 letter from John Hart to his brother Edward, has documented that the ancestral home of
Edward Hart, his paternal grandfather to be the townland Luggawannia, Cargin
Parish in north County Galway, Ireland.
[1]
Since Edward married Bridget Hannon in Ireland, it is reasonable to suppose
that Mr. Lalley's Hannon ancestors lived nearby. Indeed, it now seems quite
likely that she was born in the adjacent townland of Carrownacroagh. Unfortunately,
records that could prove or disprove this assertion are not available.
The
family history report below utilizes the information found in both of the Hart
and Hannon JML descendant charts and is augmented by findings in church and
civil records that have also verified much of the information contained
the two charts.
There
are three successive generations of men named Thomas Hannon on the JML Hannon
Descendant Chart. Thomas who married Bride Egan c. 1780; Thomas who married
Honor Lee ca. 1810; and Thomas, born in 1788, who married Mary Craven.
1 Thomas Hannon
Birth: probably
in the townland of Carrownacroagh, Co. Galway, Ireland
Occupation: Farmer[2]
Married: ca
1780[3]
Spouse: Bridge
Egan
Child: Thomas[4]
1.1 Thomas Hannon
Birth:
Married: ca.
1810
Spouse: Honor
(Anne) Lee
Children: Thomas,
Mary, Michael, Bridget (Bride) (ca. 1826-1863), Margaret, Owen
1.1.1 Mary Hannon
Birth: ca.
1815
Spouse: D.
McHugh
Child: Hannah
(1836-1906)
Mary, her husband D. McHugh, and her daughter Hanna are shown
on the JML Hannon Descendant Chart.
1.1.1a Hannah McHugh
Birth: 1833,
Co Galway [5]
Religion: Roman
Catholic
Married: 11
Jan1865, St. Mary of the Immaculate Conception [6]
Witnesses: John
W. Butler and Margaret Hart
Death: 14
Dec 1906, Wilmington, DE
Burial: New
Cathedral Cemetery
Spouse: Alexander
Butler
Religion: Roman
Catholic
Birth: 1836,
Ireland
Death: 6
Dec 1873, Wilmington, DE [7]
Children: John
A (1866-), Mary A (1868-), Ellen F. (1869-), Alexander (1871-)
An Elizabeth Dooley was boarder in home in 1880.[8]
On the JML Hart Descendant Chart is the notation, “Julia Hart and Mary Dooley,
Holyoke, Mass.” Perhaps Elizabeth
and Mary were related.
1.1.1a.1 John A. Butler
Birth: 14
Dec 1866 [9]
Religion: Roman
Catholic
Baptism: 23
Dec 1866 [10]
Sponsors: John
and Catherine Butler
1.1.1a.2 Mary A. Butler
Birth: 28
Feb 1868 [11]
Religion: Roman
Catholic
Baptism: 1
Mar 1868
Sponsors: James
Rebman and Margaret Hart.
1.1.1a.3 Ellen F. Butler
Birth: 4
Jul 1869 [12]
Religion: Roman
Catholic
Baptism: 11
Jul 1869
Sponsors: Bernard
Boner and Mary Cane
1.1.1a.4 Alexander Butler
Birth: 11
Sep 1871
Religion: Roman
Catholic
Baptism: 17
Sep 1871 [13]
Sponsors; August
Bichta and Anne Heart
Spouse: Mary
Death: 27
Nov 1884
1.1.2 Michael
Hannin
Birth: ca
1820
The J. M. Lalley Descendant chart lists the children of Thomas Hannon and Honor Lee: Thomas who married Mary Craven, Michael about whom nothing else is shown on this chart, Bridget who married Edward Hart in Ireland and emigrated to Wilmington, Delaware in 1848 , Margaret who may have emigrated to Wilmington, and Mary who married D. McHugh and whose daughter Hannah who married Alexander Bulter in Wilmington.
Griffith's 1855 Valuation of
Tenements for Killursa Parish record that a Michael Hannin leased a house and land from Dominick
O'Flaherty in the townland of Carrownacroagh. Moreover, these records show that
a Daniel McHugh, who was very likely the brother-in-law of Michael who married
his sister Mary, also lived in Carrownacroagh.
Child: John
(ca. 1840-)
1.1.2a John Hannon
Birth: ca
1840, Carrownacroagh, Galway, Ireland
Occupation: Farmer
Married: 4
Feb 1886, Carrownacroagh, Killursa, Co Galway, IE
Child: John
(1861-)
1.1.2a.1 John Hannon
Birth: 1861,
Carrownacroagh, Galway, Ireland
Occupation: Farmer
Spouse: Bridget
Reilly
Birth: 1866,
Carrownacroagh, Killursa, Galway, IE
Father: Patrick
Reilly
Children: Mary
(1887-), John (1890-), Bridget (1891-), Patrick (1892-), Honor (1895-), Michael
(1898-), Catherine (1900-), Margaret (1903-)
1.1.3 Thomas Hannon
Birth: 15
Sep 1788 [14]
Religion: Roman
Catholic
Death: 15
Sep 1875 [15]
Spouse: Mary
Craven
Birth: 26
Feb 1820, Ireland [16]
Father: Martin
Craven
Mother: Matie
Hines
Death: 1
Mar 1889 at home on 606 Church, Wilmington, DE [17]
Children: Owen
(1837-1882), Patrick (ca 1840-), James (1857-1883),
Anne
Buried in the same plot in the Cathedral Cemetery are
Thomas Hannon (b.15 Sep 1788 - d. 15 Sep 1875), Mary Hannon (b. 26 Feb 1820 -
d.1 Mar 1888), Owen (b. 8 Oct 1837 - d.21 May 1882), and James Hannon (B. 3 Aug
1856-1883). If Thomas was the
husband of Mary, then he was thirty-two years older than his wife Mary. His son, James, would have been born
when he was sixty-eight and his daughter, Anne, when he was eighty-one! Mary would have been about thirty-seven
when James was born and forty when Anne was born.
Perhaps Mary Craven was the stepdaughter of Thomas
Hannon and Mary Lee.
Mary Hannan probably was a baptismal sponsor for
Patrick Lally, Jr., son of Patrick Lally and Ellen Flynn.[18]
1.1.3a Owen Hannan
Birth: 8
Feb 1837 [19]
Religion: Roman
Catholic
Occupation: Carriage
Driver [20]
Death: 22
May 1882, Wilmington, DE [21]
According the 1880 US Census, Owen was forty years old
at the time. An Owen Hannon signed
a marriage bond on 10 July 1874 to marry Bridget Karr. The next day the couple were married in St. Paul Church, Delaware City, Delaware by Rev. Peter Donaghy. John Hannan and Margaret Hannan were witnesses. The St. Paul Marriage Register, however, erroneously lists the bride's name as Margaret Hannan. [22] His death certificate indicates that an Owen
Hannon was married at time of his death in 1882 but 1880 census states he was
single.
Although the above picture was labeled Owen Hannon, it
is not known whether this picture is a photograph of the Owen Hannon who may
have married Bridget Karr. It was, however, found among other pictures of the
Hart and Lalley families taken during the same time period.
1.1.3b Patrick Hannan
Birth: ca
1840, Ireland [23]
Occupation: Laborer
[24]
Spouse: Mary
Birth: Ireland
Child: Patrick
(1888-1888)
Living in the home of the fifty year-old Patrick Hanna
at the time of the 1870 U.S. Census for Wilmington were two men named Owen
Hanna, both twenty-seven years old. One was listed as a coachman; the other a
laborer. Also living in the household were Mary Hanna, thirty-five years old;
Patrick Hanna, twenty-five years-old; Margaret Hanna, twenty-one years of age;
Anna Hanna, sixteen years-old; James who was thirteen; a laborer named James
Lally, twenty-eight; and a hired servant, Lizzie Hannegan.
1.1.3b.1 Patrick Hannan
Birth: Apr
1888
Death: 11
May 1888 [25]
1.1.3c James Hannan
Birth: 3
Mar 1857, Delaware [26]
Religion: Roman
Catholic
Baptism: 8
March 1857
Sponsors: John
Malony and Margaret McDonough.
Occupation: Laborer
[27]
Death: 25
Sep 1883, at East 10th St., Wilmington, DE [28]
Burial: New
Cathedral Cemetery, Wilmington, DE
James and his brother Owen died of consumption within
sixteen months of each other. Both lived at 721 Church St. according to the
1880 Census and city directories.
1.1.3d
Annie Hannan
Birth: ca
1854 [29]
Religion: Roman
Catholic
Annie Hannon is not shown on the JML Hannon Descendant
Chart but is listed in US Census records.
1.1.4 Bridget
(Bride) Hannon
Birth: ca
1826, Co. Galway, Ireland
Religion: Roman
Catholic
Married: ca
1845
Death: 7
May 1863 from Phthesis Pulmonitis in Wilmington, DE [30]
Burial: 14
Sep 1891, Cathedral Cemetery, Wilmington [31]
Spouse: Edward
(Eammon) Hart(e)
Religion: Roman
Catholic
Birth: ca
1820, Luggawannia, Clydagh, Co Galway [32]
Death: 2
Apr 1897, 562 North 23rd St. Philadelphia, PA
Burial: New
Cathedral Cemetery, Wilmington, DE, Section 8a
Father: Thomas
Harte
Mother: Mary
Hines (1789-1874)
Children: Mary
(ca. 1847-1890), Honor Anne (1848-1926), Thomas (1853-1877), Margaret (1850-),
John (1854-1855), Catherine (1858-1912), Julia (ca. 1861-1862)
1.1.4a Mary Hart
Birth: ca
1847, Luggawannia, Co. Galway, Ireland [33]
Religion: Roman
Catholic
Married: 24
Jan 1866, Immaculate Conception, Wilmington DE [34]
Death: 30
Jan 1890, West 2nd St. Wilmington, DE
[35]
Burial: 30
Jan 1890, Cathedral Cemetery Wilmington, DE
Spouse: Peter
Earner
Birth: 1843,
Ireland [36]
Death: 10
Aug 1915, 1321 Dupont St, Wilmington, DE [37]
Father: James
Earner [38]
Mother: Mary
Lee
Children: Mary
T (1867-), Edward F (1870-1890), Annie R (1872-), Julia Ligouri (1873-),
Catherine C. (Kate) (1874-), Still born (1882-1882), Margaret (1883-), James F
(1885-), John (1887-), Still born (1890-1890)
Mary remained In
Luggawannia, Co. Galway, Ireland after parents emigrated to Wilmington in 1848.
(See John Hart's 10 December 1857 letter to brother Edward.) Subsequently she came to Wilmington
before 1870 and married Peter Erner (Earner).
1.1.4a.1 Mary T. Earner
Birth: 1867,
Wilmington, DE [39]
Father's
will notes she was living in Wilmington, DE in 1915 and was unmarried. Mary T.
Erner, his daughter, was executor of his estate and received all proceeds of
the estate.
1.1.4a.2 Edward F. Earner
Birth: 24
Feb 1870, Wilmington, DE [40]
Religion: Roman
Catholic
Baptism: 27
Feb 1870
Sponsors: Peter
Erner and Mary Connor
Occupation: Ship
joiner
Death: 27
Jan 1890 of Typhoid Fever, 912 West 2nd St. Wilmington, DE [41]
1.1.4a.3 Annie R. Earner
Birth: 25
Oct 1872, Wilmington, DE [42]
Religion: Roman
Catholic
Baptism: 29
Oct 1871
Sponsors: Owen
Haner and Julia Hart
Haner is
most likely a misspelling of Hannon or Hannan Owen Hannon is probably a cousin or uncle of Anne. Father's
will notes that she was living in Wilmington in 1917 and was not married.
1.1.4a.4 Julia Ligouri Earner
Birth: 16
Sep 1873, Wilmington, DE.
Religion: Roman
Catholic
Baptism: 21
Sep 1873 [43]
Sponsors: Edward
Hart, Maggie Conlan (for Catherine Hart)
Married &nb