Died
at about age 87
in South Yarra, Victoria, Australia
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Biography
Hannah was born in 1820, the daughter of Joseph Matthews and Jane Driver.. [1]
In 1840, Hannah Matthews married James Derrett, in Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England.[2]
This was not a happy marriage for Hannah, and they separated around 1843. They had left England for Port Phillip in 1840.[3]
James Derrett was missing, and possibly presumed deceased in 1857 because Hannah later married as a widow.[4]
On August 22, 1857, Hannah Matthews married William Muston Herring.[5] Marriage Notice: On the 22nd ult., by the Rev. Isaac Harding, William Mustin Herring to Hannah Derrett, widow of James Derrett, both of St. Kilda.[6]
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↑ DoB based on age at DoD, parents names from death registration.
↑ "England and Wales Marriage Registration Index, 1837-2005," database, FamilySearch https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2D4M-326 : 13 December 2014, James Derrett, 1840; from “England & Wales Marriages, 1837-2005,” database, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : 2012); citing 1840, quarter 3, vol. 11, p. 375, Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England, General Register Office, Southport, England.