Sarah Hanmer
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Background
Thought by many to be American Sarah Ann McCullough was born in London, England in 1827, the daughter of London Merchant William McCullough.[1]
Fourteen year old Sarah fell pregnant to accountant Frederick Ford and was sent away to Whitehall, Westminster to have her baby, Julia.[2] Unlike many women of that era Sarah kept her baby. Sarah married Comedian Henry Augustus Leicester Hanmer on 10 August 1844 while living in Bagnigge Wells. [3] The young child was given the name Julia Ford Hanmer.[4] 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.[5]
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 Hanmer may have picked up an American accent. She arrived in Ballarat without her husband, but was accompanied by her brother and daughter. [6]
An actress of some note at Ballarat, Sarah Hanmer ran what is referred to as Mrs Hanmer’s Theatre at Red Hill[7], and in 1854 started the Adelphi Theatre[8] in Esmond Street (initially a tent but later a weatherboard that became known as The Windsor).[9] She became famous in vaudeville and melodrama.[10]
Goldfields Involvement, 1854
Sarah Hanmer died in Adelaide.[11]
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. [12]
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 30 March 2013
- ↑ Notes from Lorraine May Brownlie nee Surplice emailed to 'Eurekapedia' on 30 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 30 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.
