William Loghrin Hanna (1869 - abt. 1927)

Born 6 Dec 1869 in Garafraxa Township, Ontario, Canada

Ancestors

Husband of Margaret Grant (McDonald) Hanna — married 9 Jul 1894 (to 1901) in Belwood, Wellington County, Ontario, Canada

Died about 1927 at about age 57 in California, USA

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Biography

Will grew up on the farm in Wellington County, Ontario.

He married Margaret, daughter of James McDonald and Margaret Dods, July 9, 1894 in Belwood, Ontario. At the time his residence was in Port Arthur, Ontario and he was a clerk in “B. L. B.”. Margaret was from Belwood; they were both Presbyterians. Witnesses at the wedding were Thomas McDonald and Martha Loghrin,^[1] probably William’s mother's first cousin.

In 1901,^[2] William and Margrett [sic] were in Fort William, Ontario and he was a merchant; no earnings were reported. At that time his younger brother, Robert, was living in the neighbouring town of Port Arthur. Margaret died in Medicine Hat in December of that year: The sad news of the death of Mrs. Wm. Hanna, at her home in Medicine Hat, caused a gloom to be cast over the town. While residing here Mrs. Hanna formed a large circle of friends who will mourn her loss.^[3]

Although oral family history suggested that William moved to Montana^[4] after Margaret's death, in fact, he emigrated to California. He travelled aboard the steamship Umatilla from Victoria, B.C. to San Francisco on Feb. 17, 1907 with his wife “Adaline G.” William said their contact was “J. W. Harvey, his brother-in-law” in Monrovia, California.^[5]

In 1912 he signed a “Declaration of Intention” to become an U.S. citizen and lived at 130 W. White Oak Ave., Monrovia. He stated that he arrived at Duluth, Minnesota on board the Huronia, Oct. 15, 1908 and that his last residence in Canada was Port Arthur. He became a citizen of the U.S. on Oct. 15, 1918 and at that time lived on Myrtle Ave. in Monrovia.^[6]

Through the various documents his occupation is described as clothes cleaner, dry cleaner, laundry manager, and merchant.

Adaline emigrated to the U.S.A. in 1896. After William’s death, she lived at 322 S. Heliotrope Ave. in Monrovia. In 1930 her home was valued at $3500 and her lodger, 21 year old James Ryan, was a bank clerk.^[7]

His niece, Eva Cleland, had this to say, Uncle Will (the most sophisticated of the family) lived in Monrovia, California. We visited them more than once on Father’s vacation. They had no children. He was a highest rank Mason.

Footnotes

1. ↑ Registrations of Marriages, 1869-1922, MS932, Reel 84, Archives of Ontario, Toronto, Ontario.
2. ↑ 1901 Census of Canada
3. ↑ Fort William Daily Times Journal, (Dec. 19, 1901), p.3. Also in Calgary Herald Daily, (Dec. 27, 1901), p. 8.
4. ↑ Information from Mrs. T. J. Hutchinson, Hanna Family History 1989, Sources quoted: Carmel Cemetery Records; Bill Wilson. These records are held at the Wellington County Archives.
5. ↑ Ancestry.ca. California Passenger and Crew Lists [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA.
6. ↑ Ancestry.ca. U.S. Naturalization Records - Original Documents, 1795-1972 (World Archives Project) [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA. Of interest may be that he had to declare that he was not an anarchist or a polygamist.
7. ↑ Ancestry.ca. 1930 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA. This census record also states that Adaline’s father was born in N. Ireland.

Sources

• 1871 Census of Canada
• 1881 Census of Canada
• William Logrin Hanna, Canada, Ontario Marriages, 1869-1927 accessed on familysearch.org
• William L. Hanna (1869-1927), Find a Grave Memorial #92911734
• Hanna Family papers from Eva (Hanna) Cleland's collection