Sarah Hanmer

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Sarah Hanmer, Courtesy Lorraine Brownlie.

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]

Sarah Hanmer died in Adelaide.[7]

Goldfields Involvement, 1854

Sarah was known as Sarah Hanmer, Mrs Hanmer and Leicester Hanmer, she was an actress of some note at Ballarat running what is referred to as Mrs Hanmer’s Theatre at Red Hill[8]. In 1854 she started the Adelphi Theatre[9] in Esmond Street (initially a tent but later a weatherboard that became known as The Windsor).[10] Mrs Hamner became famous in vaudeville and melodrama.[11]

Sarah Hanmer took Stockader James McGill to Smeaton after the Eureka Stockade battle.

Post 1854 Experiences

From Ballarat Sarah went to Melbourne, Brisbane, returned to London, then New Zealand. [12] Her daughter, Julia Ford Hanmer, married William Surplice in 1856.

See also

James McGill

Julia Ford Hanmer

William Surplice

Further Reading

Corfield, J.,Wickham, D., & Gervasoni, C. The Eureka Encyclopaedia, Ballarat Heritage Services, 2004.


References

  1. Notes from Lorraine May Brownlie nee Surplice emailed to 'Eurekapedia' on 30 March 2013
  2. Notes from Lorraine May Brownlie nee Surplice emailed to 'Eurekapedia' on 30 March 2013
  3. Notes from Lorraine May Brownlie nee Surplice emailed to 'Eurekapedia' on 25 March 2013.
  4. Notes from Lorraine May Brownlie nee Surplice emailed to 'Eurekapedia' on 30 March 2013
  5. Notes from Lorraine May Brownlie nee Surplice emailed to 'Eurekapedia' on 25 March 2013.
  6. Notes from Lorraine May Brownlie nee Surplice emailed to 'Eurekapedia' on 25 March 2013.
  7. Notes from Lorraine May Brownlie nee Surplice emailed to 'Eurekapedia' on 25 March 2013.
  8. Wickham, D., Gervasoni, C. & Phillipson, W., Eureka Research Directory, Ballarat Heritage Services, 1999.
  9. Notes from Lorraine May Brownlie nee Surplice emailed to 'Eurekapedia' on 25 March 2013.
  10. Wickham, D., Gervasoni, C. & Phillipson, W., Eureka Research Directory, Ballarat Heritage Services, 1999.
  11. Notes from Lorraine May Brownlie nee Surplice emailed to 'Eurekapedia' on 25 March 2013.
  12. Notes from Lorraine May Brownlie nee Surplice emailed to 'Eurekapedia' on 25 March 2013.

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