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Background
Thought by many to be American Sarah Ford was born in London, England in 1827, the daughter of accountant Frederick Ford and Sarah Ann McCullough. Sarah married Comedian Henry Augustus Leicester Hanmer on 10 August 1844 while living in Bagnigge Wells.[1]
Sarah Ford had a daughter, Julia Ford Hanmer, at Whitehall, Westminster in 1840. Julia was to marry William Surplice, and both were present at Ballarat in 1854, and went on to lead lives of much interest and adventure.[2]
Sarah, her brother and her daughter, Julia arrived in Melbourne on the Lady Flora in 1853. It is thought they travelled via the Canadian goldfields where Sarah Hanmermay have picked up an American accent. She arrived in Ballarat without her husband, but was accompanied by her brother and daughter. [3]
An actress of some note at Ballarat, Sarah Hanmer ran what is referred to as Mrs Hanmer’s Theatre at Red Hill[4], and started in the Adelphi Theatre[5] a weatherboard theatre in Esmond Street, in 1854 (later called The Windsor).[6] She became famous in vaudeville and melodrama.[7]
Goldfields Involvement, 1854
Sarah Hanmer died in Adelaide.[8]
Post 1854 Experiences
Sarah Hanmer took Stockader James McGill to Smeaton after the Eureka Stockade battle.
From Ballarat Sarah went to Melbourne, Brisbane, returned to London, then New Zealand. [9]
See also
Further Reading
Corfield, J.,Wickham, D., & Gervasoni, C. The Eureka Encyclopaedia, Ballarat Heritage Services, 2004.
References
- ↑ Notes from Lorraine May Brownlie nee Surplice emailed to 'Eurekapedia' on 25 March 2013.
- ↑ Notes from Lorraine May Brownlie nee Surplice emailed to 'Eurekapedia' on 25 March 2013.
- ↑ Notes from Lorraine May Brownlie nee Surplice emailed to 'Eurekapedia' on 25 March 2013.
- ↑ Wickham, D., Gervasoni, C. & Phillipson, W., Eureka Research Directory, Ballarat Heritage Services, 1999.
- ↑ Notes from Lorraine May Brownlie nee Surplice emailed to 'Eurekapedia' on 25 March 2013.
- ↑ Wickham, D., Gervasoni, C. & Phillipson, W., Eureka Research Directory, Ballarat Heritage Services, 1999.
- ↑ Notes from Lorraine May Brownlie nee Surplice emailed to 'Eurekapedia' on 25 March 2013.
- ↑ Notes from Lorraine May Brownlie nee Surplice emailed to 'Eurekapedia' on 25 March 2013.
- ↑ Notes from Lorraine May Brownlie nee Surplice emailed to 'Eurekapedia' on 25 March 2013.
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