Hannah Maria (Waterhouse) Walls (1858 - 1929)

Born 15 Feb 1858 in Heckmondwike, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom

Ancestors

Wife of John Walls — married 9 May 1881 in Ipswich, Queensland (Australia)

Descendants

Died 7 Dec 1929 at age 71 in Boonah, Queensland, Australia

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Biography

Hannah (Waterhouse) Walls was born in Yorkshire, England.

Hannah (Waterhouse) Walls migrated from England to Queensland.

Hannah Maria Waterhouse was born on 15th February 1858 in Heckmondwike, West Riding of Yorkshire, England. She was the eldest daughter of William and Charlotte Waterhouse. ^[1]

Ipswich, Queensland

the Flying Cloud

Hannah was twelve years old when her family migrated to Queensland (Australia) in 1870; where her father quickly became an in-demand wool-classer in the growing wool industry. The Waterhouses - father, mother, five children - voyaged on the Flying Cloud; claimed to be the fastest and finest clipper made. ^[2][3] The speedy clipper should not be confused with the brig of the same name that sank off South Australia in April 1870.

Marriage and family

Aged 23 years, Hannah married John Walls, the second son of John and Catherine Walls of Brisbane, in St Paul's Church of England, Ipswich, Queensland, on 9th May 1881. ^[4] After living in Ipswich for a short time, followed by some time at Bundaberg, by 1888 they made their home in Dugandan. John and Hannah had eight children, who produced ten grandchildren. Their only son passed away in early childhood. Three of their daughters remained single:

• Florence (1881 Ipswich-1945 Boonah) married surname Dieckmann
• Helen (1883 Ipswich-1965 Boonah) single
• Hannah Maria (1886 North Bundaberg-1960 Boonah) married surname Nielsen
• Catherine (1888 Dugandan-1919 Boonah) single
• Charlotte (1890 Dugandan-1979 buried Boonah) married surname McCann
• Agnes (1892 Dugandan-1932 buried Boonah) married surname Nunn
• Esther (1895 Dugandan-1982 Boonah) single
• John William (1898 Dugandan-1902 Dugandan) child mortality

Boonah, Queensland

Dugandan locality was named after the pastoral property of the same name that was created in August 1844. Within Dugandan's northern boundary, variously known as Dugandan Scrub or Blumbergville (from a store owned by the brothers, Max, Levi and Adolf Blumberg), Boonah also developed as a separate locality. ^[5] In its early years the area was stocked with sheep but the region was discovered to be well suited for cattle and over time became renowned for the quality of its beef and dairy herds. The Dugandan Provisional School opened on 15th July 1878 between Dugandan Scrub and Dugandan Flats next to the Teviot Brook. The school was the first building in the township. On 30th May 1887 the Dugandan Provisional School was upgraded to State School status. That same year the railway line from Ipswich was extended to the area, with a station at Blumbergville and terminating at Dugandan. That was a pivotal time in the district as devastating floods, also in 1887, forced the main commercial interests for the district to relocate from the lower lying Dugandan to the higher ground of Blumbergville, which name was soon altered to Boonah. The Walls family arrived in the district about that time.

Initially living at Dugandan, the children began attending the Dugandan State School. Some time after 1902, the year son John passed away, the family moved into Boonah. The four daughters who married, found their life partners at Boonah; two of whom remained living in Boonah. The remaining three ladies lived long lives in the town. Family members continued to live in Boonah until the year 2000.

Final rest

Hannah & John's headstone

Hannah Maria passed away, aged 73 years, on 7th December 1929 in Boonah Hospital and is buried in Boonah General Cemetery. ^[6] John passed away in 1948 and is buried with his wife.

Sources

1. ↑ UK FreeBMD Birth Index Mar qtr 1858, vol 9b, page 433; registered at Dewsbury
2. ↑ Wikipedia: Flying Cloud; accessed 4 Aug 2018
3. ↑ Register of Immigrants, Flying Cloud, 1870; accessed 4 Aug 2018
4. ↑ Queensland Marriage Index #549/1881
5. ↑ Fox, Matthew J. The history of Queensland : its people and industries : an historical and commercial review descriptive and biographical facts, figures and illustrations : an epitome of progress. University of Queensland. States Publishing Company, 1927; accessed 9 Dec 2018
6. ↑ Queensland Death Index #C4202/1929

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