Lehmann Henschke - Person Sheet
Lehmann Henschke - Person Sheet
Obituary
Observer (Adelaide, SA : 1905 - 1931) Sat 18 Feb 192848901
Mrs. Louisa Hammat.
Mrs. Louisa Hammat, wife of the late
Mr. James Hammat, died at the residence
of lier daughter, Mre. E. P. Dignan, at
Wilmington, on February 10, in her 94th
year. The late Mrs. Hammat was born in
Cornwall in 1835, and arrived in South
Australia with her father, the late Mr.
| James Franacis, iu 1849. The latter and his
daughter settled at the old Barossa Mine,
wliere the father worked as a miner. The
daughter , was in the service of the late
Capt. Hammat and later was married to
Capt. Hammat's eon, James. The late
Mrs. Hammat and her husband lived at
the Barossa Mine until it closed down,
and then removed to Williamstown, where
they engaged in gardening. After re-
maining at Williamstown for a number
of years, the family took up farm land on
Yorke's Peninsula. The Moonta Mine
then attracted the Hammat family, and
they lived at Moonta until 1882, when the
late Mrs. Hammat with her husband went
north, and settled at Wilmington. Mr.
Hammat took on carting between Wil-
mington and Port Augusta for a number
of years. In 1911 he died, and the widow
went to live with her daughters, Mrs. B.
Jericho, and Mrs. E. P. Dignan. There
wag a family of 10, of whom four survive.
-Messrs. William Hammat (Queensland),
Thomas Hammat, and Mrs. E. T. Dignan
(Wilmington),- and Mrs. B. Jericho
Quorn).
Mrs. Louisa Hammat.
Mrs. Louisa Hammat, wife of the late
Mr. James Hammat, died at the residence
of lier daughter, Mre. E. P. Dignan, at
Wilmington, on February 10, in her 94th
year. The late Mrs. Hammat was born in
Cornwall in 1835, and arrived in South
Australia with her father, the late Mr.
| James Franacis, iu 1849. The latter and his
daughter settled at the old Barossa Mine,
wliere the father worked as a miner. The
daughter , was in the service of the late
Capt. Hammat and later was married to
Capt. Hammat's eon, James. The late
Mrs. Hammat and her husband lived at
the Barossa Mine until it closed down,
and then removed to Williamstown, where
they engaged in gardening. After re-
maining at Williamstown for a number
of years, the family took up farm land on
Yorke's Peninsula. The Moonta Mine
then attracted the Hammat family, and
they lived at Moonta until 1882, when the
late Mrs. Hammat with her husband went
north, and settled at Wilmington. Mr.
Hammat took on carting between Wil-
mington and Port Augusta for a number
of years. In 1911 he died, and the widow
went to live with her daughters, Mrs. B.
Jericho, and Mrs. E. P. Dignan. There
wag a family of 10, of whom four survive.
-Messrs. William Hammat (Queensland),
Thomas Hammat, and Mrs. E. T. Dignan
(Wilmington),- and Mrs. B. Jericho
Quorn).
Spouses
Birth4 Nov 1833, Truro, Cornwall48897
BurialWilliamstown Cemetery, Williamstown, SA48897
FatherHAMMAT, John (1812-1885)
MotherHARVEY, Elizabeth (1812-1876)
Marriage22 Mar 1856, Gawler Plains, SA48903
ChildrenWilliam Henry (1856-)
Thomas John (1861-)
Francis Herbert (1863-1918)
Clarinda Frances (1866-1903)
Albert Edward (1870-1875)
Edwin Paul (1871-)
Howard (1873-1875)
Elizabeth Jane (1876-1957)