Reverend Hugh Hanna's family--Belfast Ireland 1821-1892

Frances Spence Rankin
Reverend Hugh Hanna





















Hanna home in Belfast


St. Enock's Presbyterian Church in Belfast where Rev. Hanna served


Frances Helena and Louise in back,
Sara Amelia and Agnes Jane in front
Reverend Hugh Hanna and Frances(Fanny)  Spence Rankin were married August 25, 1852,
Belfast Ireland in the church shown below.






They had four daughters:  Frances Helena, Agnes Jane, Sarah Amelia (Amy), and Louise Chilton. They also had three sons:  Hugh Henry, William Francis, and John.  Fanny's father's
name is James Rankin of Scotland, but her mother's name is unknown at this time.  There is a possibility that he is related in some way to James Rankin (Ireland) who is the father of James
Banks Rankin.

Frances Helena,(1853-?) (Lena) never married but took care of her mother after her father died and later in life, where they both lived with her sister Amy and brother-in-law, Joseph Moulds, in Belfast. (1911 census).                  

Agnes Jane,( 1855-1906) married Thomas Hugh McKinn in 1880,  Belfast Ireland, and as far as know had one son, Hugh Hanna McKinn (1890-1963) who was born in Belfast, but died in BC, Canada.

Louise(1862-1930) traveled from Belfast to Liverpool the first week in April with an unknown female companion.  She traveled from there on the Steamship Etruria to Queenstown, Ireland, then
on to New York.(passage record 4/7/91)  She probably took a train from there to Chicago where she married James Banks Rankin on April 14, 1891..(They are each featured on this blog in earlier posts)


Sara Amelia (Amy)(1857-1937) married first to John Hanna Adams and had one daughter, Annie McCormick Adams, then married Joseph Moulds.  They lived in Belfast, Ireland. (1911 census)


Hugh Henry (1858-?)

William Francis (1860-?)

John  (1864-?) married Frances ___________ in 1895.  She was born in India to a British family. They lived in  Liverpool England, (Census 1901) where their two daughters were born:  Frances (1899-1976) and Louisa, (1901-1991)  John was a Master Mariner by trade. We might assume he met her in India on one of his voyages.















There is missing information on many of these ancestors..research is ongoing....stay tuned..































































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