Hannah Henning was born in Killeen Armagh in 1854. She had 5 sisters and 5 brothers, some of whom migrated to America. Her mother was Mary Emerson, father John Henning. John is purported to have been a shoemaker, but information about him is very sketchy. Mary was possibly born in Dublin.
Hannah migrated to Australia on the Bounty System between 1870 and 1879 and settled in Queensland. She was a cook/housekeeper for George Hammond, looking after his two chidren. When George's wife died, he married Hannah. They had 6 children - 5 girls and 1 boy. The youngest girl was my grandmother. Hannah is said to have been a kind, gentle person. She died in her Brisbane home on 27 November 1934.
