Hannah Jane ARMSTRONG

1850 - 1917  (66 years)

• Name	Hannah Jane ARMSTRONG
  Birth	8 Nov 1850	Newhouses, Lambley, Northumberland, England
  Gender	Female
  Census	30 Mar 1851	Chapel New House, Lambley, Northumberland, England
  Immigration	3 Nov 1857	Hobsons Bay, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
  Residence	31 Aug 1868	Cambrian Hill, Victoria, Australia
  Witness	10 Jun 1871	Registrar’s Office, Ballarat, Victoria, Australia
  Witness	16 Nov 1886	Broomfield, Victoria, Australia
  Witness	17 Feb 1889	Broomfield, Victoria, Australia
  Residence	11 Jul 1889	Cambrian Hill, Victoria, Australia
  Residence	1903	Broomfield, Victoria, Australia
  Residence	1905	Broomfield, Victoria, Australia
  Residence	1909	Broomfield, Victoria, Australia
  Residence	1912	Broomfield, Victoria, Australia
  Residence	1913	Broomfield, Victoria, Australia
  Residence	1914	Broomfield, Victoria, Australia
  Residence	1915	Broomfield, Victoria, Australia
  Residence	1916	Broomfield, Victoria, Australia
  Residence	1917	Broomfield, Victoria, Australia
  Death	10 Apr 1917	Broomfield, Victoria, Australia
  Burial	12 Apr 1917	Creswick Cemetery, Creswick, Victoria, Australia
  Person ID	I68	FHC006 - White Tree
  Last Modified	25 Aug 2020

  
  

  Father	Peter ARMSTRONG,   b. Abt 1821, Kirkhaugh, Northumberland, England d. 4 Jan 1890, Cambrian Hill, Victoria, Australia (Age ~ 69 years)
  Mother	Elizabeth STEPHENSON,   b. Abt 1822, New Shield, Alston, Cumberland, England d. 13 Sep 1897, Broomfield, Victoria, Australia (Age ~ 75 years)
  Marriage	3 Jul 1848	Allison's Bank Toll House, Gretna Green, Dumfriesshire, Scotland
  Notes	WESTERN MORNING NEWS, Thursday 28 December 1922 ROMANTIC WEDDINGS. FACTS ABOUT GRETNA GREEN MARRIAGES. The announcement that the once-famous smithy at Gretna Green has been condemned as a danger to motorists, and is to be removed, is, it seems, not altogether accurate. The buildings made historic by the runaway marriages of former times were converted into a curio shop a number of years ago, when the blacksmith removed his residence to a house across the road. It this house, and not the older one, which is now sought to remove. As the scene many hundreds of runaway marriages, among them those of many titled persons and others who late in life, rose to fame, Gretna Green will go down to history as a rather romantic spot. References crop up from time to time. It is only few years ago that a batch of the original marriage certificates of between the years 1825 and 1854 was sold by auction in London. That batch contained some illustrious names, and must have been of high interest to not a few noted families. In the early decades of last century, and no doubt prior to that, runaway marriages seem to have been common enough. The couples always sought the border as the only place where they could be married with some show of legality without the necessity of publication of banns. But all of them did not go to Gretna Green for that purpose. There were obliging “priests” at other places, such Paxton, Lamberton Toll, and Coldstream. It must not be supposed that all these marriages were of a clandestine kind. They were not. The stern Nonconformist type of religion practised for generations in these wild moorland districts made marriage for certain couples impossible at their own parish church. Others disliked publicity given to a local wedding. Many attempts were made by such bodies as the General Assembly to suppress the whole system which made runaway marriages possible, but without success. It was not until 1856, when Lord Brougham (who himself was married at Gretna) carried an Act through Parliament making such marriages illegal unless the persons concerned had resided in Scotland 21 days, that a stop was put the proceedings. At the beginning of last century David Long, "the Gretna blacksmith," was the man to whom fugitive lovers went to be married. He joined hundreds. When the railway was carried to Gretna business in the matrimonial line, seems to have been brisk, and at times fifty marriage ceremonies would be gone through by a single "priest," so-called, whom there were no fewer than four competing for business. They actually had touts at the station. The most famous of the last who held sway until the passing of the Act was John Murray, of Sark Toll Bar. The toll bar is gone, just as the smithy may disappear. Marriages, however, did not take place at the smithy. They did either at the toll bar or at one other of the inns, one of which had for its sign a man and woman clasping hands over an anvil. As to fees, there was, of course, no fixed sum. Those who tied the nuptial knot would take a shilling or less from poor people. A half-crown was accounted a satisfactory sum, and a seven-shilling fee was looked upon as a stroke of luck. But the fees did not cover the whole of the expenditure. The man who performed the ceremony, if it can be so styled, kept an inn, where the newly-wedded couples, when they could afford it, spent a good deal of money in the entertainment of the “company,'' and in the main for the benefit of the landlord.
  Family ID	F873	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	John HETHERINGTON,   b. 14 May 1843, Limestone Brae, Allendale, Northumberland, England d. 19 Dec 1913, Broomfield, Victoria, Australia (Age 70 years)
  Marriage	31 Aug 1868	Cambrian Hill, Residence of Peter Armstrong, Victoria, Australia
  Children	1. Alice HETHERINGTON,   b. 14 Jan 1869, Cambrian Hill, Victoria, Australia d. 22 Oct 1908, Lydiard St, Ballarat, Victoria, Australia (Age 39 years)   2. Walter HETHERINGTON,   b. 12 Apr 1875, Cambrian Hill, Victoria, Australia d. 17 Mar 1951, Wonthaggi, Victoria, Australia (Age 75 years)   3. Alfred HETHERINGTON,   b. 24 Mar 1877, Cambrian Hill, Victoria, Australia d. 1937, Maryborough, Victoria, Australia (Age 59 years)   4. Ernest HETHERINGTON,   b. 1 Apr 1888, Broomfield, Victoria, Australia d. 11 Aug 1888, Broomfield, Victoria, Australia (Age 0 years)
  Family ID	F389	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	4 Jul 2019

  
  

• Notes

  Probate of sister Elizabeth, 11 July 1889. Elizabeth died intestate but owned land of 20 acres in the Parish of Yarrowee, County of Grant (Allotment 14, Section 6) which was rented out for grazing. 'Land is fenced but otherwise unimproved and there are no buildings or improvements thereon and the same is used for grazing purposes. Land is of very poor quality and is valued at cost of 1 pound 10 shillings per acre. Land is rented at 2 pound a year. Total value 30 pounds.' There was no personal estate. Peter's attests to himself, and John, Joseph and Thomas George Armstrong, Elizabeth's brothers, all farmers at Cambrian Hill, and her sister Hannah Jane Hetherington, also of Cambrian Hill, as her only next of kin surviving. Peter also states that he is the only person entitled to the administration of Elizabeth’s estate. Hannah's husband, John Hetherington, butcher, of Broomfield, stated that he had freehold property at Broomfield consisting of three quarters of an acre to the value of fifty pounds. Peter died on 4 January 1890, presumably before he carried out the administration of his daughter’s estate because on 21 January 1890, brother John, along with brothers Joseph, Thomas George and married sister Jane Hetherington, all of Cambrian Hill, state that they are the only persons lawfully entitled to share in the distribution of the estate. John also seeks to be appointed as the administrator. Age, 21 January 1890: Probate notice. Notice is hereby given that after the expiration of fourteen days from the publication hereof, an APPLICATION will be made to the Supreme Court of the colony of Victoria in its Probate Jurisdiction, that administration of the ESTATE of ELIZABETH ANN ARMSTRONG, late of Cambrian Hill, in the said colony, spinster, deceased intestate, be granted to John Armstrong, of Cambrian Hill aforesaid, engine driver, brother and one of the next of kin of the said deceased. Dated this twentieth day of January, 1890. S. F. Mann, Applicant’s Proctor, Ballarat. On 1 February, John Wilkinson Armstrong, Windermere St, Ballarat, mason, signed an affidavit stating that he has property worth 50 pounds, consisting of household furniture and effects. This John is Elizabeth’s uncle, brother of her father Peter Armstrong. John Hetherington also signed another affidavit, this time stating that he has household furniture in Broomfield to the value of fifty pounds. Brother John is granted administrator of Elizabeth’s estate on 14 February 1890.