| Born: | abt 1824, Killead Parish, County Antrim, Northern Ireland |
| Parents: | John Oakman & Mary McQuillan |
| Married: | 18 Nov 1853, St James, Sydney, Australia to Peter Hanslow |
| Occupation: | |
| Died: | 16 May 1903, Melbourne, Australia |
| Children: | Alfred
Alex Augustus Hanslow (1854 - 1938) Ada Maria Hanslow (1857 - Nov 1941) Arthur John Hanslow (6 Jun 1858 - 4 Oct 1951) Anna Maria Winifred Hanslow (1862 - 25 Jun 1936) Andrew Hanslow (abt Aug 1863 - Apr 1864) Andrew William Hanslow (1865 - 7 Jul 1913) Adeline Mary Agnes Hanslow (abt 1867 - May 1930) |
The shipping records for the "United Kingdom" which brought the Oakman family to Sydney in 1841 list Margaret as a 17 year old "House Servant". This record was dated Nov 1840 so Margaret (if the age given was correct) would have been born about 1823-24.
On 18 Nov 1853, when she was about 30 years of age, Margaret married Peter Hanslow at St James Church in Sydney. Peter was 23 and one has to wonder whether Margaret might have reduced her age by a few years.
Peter Hanslow was the son of convict Peter Hanslow and his wife, Mary Ann Porter.
After Margaret and Peter married they moved to live in Melbourne where Peter was a Hay and Corn Dealer at 28 Victoria Street, Richmond (Sands, Kenny & Co Melbourne Directory 1860), and later (1883) he was also proprietor of the Cornstalk Hotel, 29 Victoria Road, Collingwood. Peter's brother, John Hanslow, also settled in Melbourne and was the proprietor of a coach company located at 158 Victoria Street in Richmond. Peter was also a Justice of the Peace.
Margaret died on 16 May 1903 at James Street, Collingwood. Cause of death was given as "Senility" and her age was listed as 75 years. It is possible Margaret was actually more like 79. As Margaret died intestate (without a Will) her husband Peter applied for Administration. Her estate included:
Peter stated she had obtained her estate by monies given to her by him since 1893. Margaret's estate was disbursed as follows:
When Peter died on 5 Jan 1907 he was living at Victoria St, Abbotsford, as a Hay & Corn Merchant. In his last Will and Testament he appointed son Alfred Hanslow, Clerk of Victoria Pde, East Melbourne and son-in-law William Cleal, Cordial Manufacturer of "Blythewood", Rowe St, North Fitzroy, as Executors.
Peter's Will bequeathed the following "In recognition of many acts of kindness from time to time shown by them to me (Peter)":
The Will then directed Trustees to "stand possessed of the rest residue and remainder of such moneys arising from such sale and conversion as aforesaid upon trust for my sons the said Alfred Hanslow and Arthur John Hanslow and my daughters Annie Cleal the wife of the said William Cleal and the said Ada Mansergh in equal shares and proportions share and share alike". Will was dated 14 April 1904.
The following death notice appeared in "The Sun" newspaper
| HANSLOW, 5 Jan 1907, at residence 2 James St, Abbotsford, Peter Hanslow, JP, beloved father of Alfred, Mrs Mansergh, Arthur, Mrs Cleal, William and Mrs Tremills, aged 76 yrs. By request, no flowers. (Sydney papers please copy) |
Margaret and Peter were both buried at Boroondara Cemetery, Kew.
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In Memory of MARGARET LOUISE HANSLOW who died 16th May 1903 aged 75 years also her brother JOHN OAKMAN who died 6th April 1897 aged 56 years also PETER HANSLOW beloved husband of the above who died 5th Jan 1907 aged 76 years |
| Born: | 1854, Victoria, Australia |
| Parents: | Peter Hanslow and Margaret Oakman |
| Married: | 1901, Victoria, Australia to Margaret Monica Smidt |
| Occupation: | Grain Merchant |
| Died: | 1938, Prahran, Victoria, Australia |
| Children: |
Alfred Hanslow was christened at St James, Church of England, Melbourne in 1854. He was buried with his wife, Margaret, on 27 August 1938 at Fawkner Cemetery, Grave RC-I-689.
| Born: | 1857, Collingwood, Victoria, Australia |
| Parents: | Peter Hanslow & Margaret Oakman |
| Married: | 1882, Victoria, Australia, to John Craven Mansergh |
| Died: | Nov 1941, Abbotsford, Victoria, Australia |
| Children: | Ada Gertrude Mansergh (1883 - 1962) |
In 1882, when Ada was 25, she married 28 year old John Craven Mansergh, a Saddler of Fitzroy. John died in Mar 1924 and Ada does not appear to have remarried. She died in Nov 1941. Their daughter, Ada Gertrude never married and died in Dec 1962. They are buried together at Fawkner Cemetery, Grave RC-C-755
| Born: | 6 Jun 1858, Collingwood, Victoria, Australia |
| Parents: | Peter Hanslow & Margaret Oakman |
| Married: | 1884 in Victoria to Susannah Spencer Pearce |
| Occupation: | Unknown |
| Died: | 4 Oct 1951, Kew, Victoria, Australia |
| Children: | Lillian May Hanslow (1885 - 1966) Ivy Elizabeth Hanslow (1887 - 1975) John Peter Hanslow (1889 - 1890) Richard Lawrence Hanslow (1892 - 1984) Arthur Peter Hanslow (1895 - 1970) Thomas Pearce Hanslow (1897 - 1917) Margaret Mary Hanslow (1899 - 1952) Joseph Stanislau Hanslow (1901 - 1968) John James Hanslow (1904 - 1968) |
When Arthur was 26 years old he married Susannah Spencer Pearce. They are known to have been living at 49 Church St, North Richmond in 1915, when their son Richard Lawrence enlisted in WWI. Richard fought at Gallipoli during WWI and was with one of the last troops to leave when the ANZACS evacuated.
Sadly, another son, Thomas, also served in WWI but was Killed in Action on the Ypres Front at Zonnebeke on 4 Oct 1917. Thomas was buried at the La Laiterie Military Cemetery in Belgium - Grave I-C-48. More information about Thomas and other soldiers can be gleaned from the Australian War Memorial Database.
Susannah died in Jul 1941 and Arthur in Oct 1951. They are buried together at Boroondara Cemetery, Grave RC-A-1214.
| Born: | 1862 in Richmond, Victoria, Australia |
| Parents: | Peter Hanslow & Margaret Oakman |
| Married: | 1886 in Melbourne, to Willie Cleal |
| Died: | 25 Jun 1936 in Malvern, Victoria, Australia |
| Children: | William Arthur "Arthur" Cleal (1887 - 1955 Frederick Joseph Cleal (1889 - 1926) Margaret Magdelen Cleal (1891 - 1971) Gertrude Cleal (1893 - 1973) Winifred Magdelen Cleal (1894 - 1947) Annie Magdelen Cleal (1896 - 1977) Mary Veronica "Mol" Cleal (1898 - 1961) Elizabeth "Lil" Cleal (1900 - 1962) Francis Cyril John Cleal (1901 - 1974) Peter Hanslow Cleal (1903 - 1979) Dorothy Mary Cleal (1905 - 1986) |
Anna Hanslow's husband, Willie Cleal, was a Cordial & Soda Water Manufacturer in Melbourne. When he died in 1925 the "Victorian Traveller" (Trade Magazine) published the following Obituary:
| It is with sincere regret that we refer to the death of that old and worthy member of the Association, W. Cleal, which occured suddenly on June 11. his death has removed one of the most popular and successful travellers in the aerated water trade in Melbourne. He had practically been in that business all his life, first as a young man on his own account and subsequently from 1887 as a representative of the late G.H. Elliot. He remained with that firm until the time of his death, being admitted to a partnership in 1901. Since 1908 our late member and another worthy C.T.A. member, Mr. H. C. Elliot, had been sole partners. The late Mr. Cleal was highly esteemed in the trade, as was evidenced by the fact that he had been Chairman of the Aerated Water Manufacturers' Association for the past two years, a position he held at the time of his death. He was apparently in the best of health a few days before he passed away, and had made arrangements to leave, with a fellow-member on a holiday to the country on June 12. Returning to his home on the evening of the 10th, however, feeling very tired he retired to bed in great pain and slept little during the night. The next day he remained at home and seemed much better; in fact he was able to sit up in bed, but had a recurrence of his trouble, angina pectoris, to which he suddenly succumbed at about 7 p.m. The funeral took place on June 13, the Association being represented by Commiteeman G. A. Grant. The late Mr. Cleal leaves a widow and grown-up family of eleven, to whom our sincere sympathy is extended in their sad and sudden bereavement. |
The following death notice appeared in "The Sun" newspaper:
| CLEAL, on 11th June, 314 Glenferrie Road, Malvern, dearly loved husband of Annie W Cleal and loving father of William, Fred, Maggie (Mrs Green), Gertrude (Mrs Melde), Winnie (Mrs Mulcahy), Kitty, Mollie, Sister M Annette, Lily, Frank, Peter and Dorothy. 64 yrs. Of the firm of G H Elliotts. |
Almost a year after her husband's death, Anna's son, Frederick Joseph, committed suicide by cutting his throat. At the inquest held at the Morgue in Melbourne on 1 June 1926 it was found that Frederick had died at Glenferrie Road, Malvern on 27 May 1926. It appears that Frederick had been suffering from "nervous trouble" for the previous 8 years and had recently been so bad that he'd had to resign from his position as Clerk at Elliott Bros Cordial Factory (the family company). His brother, Francis, with whom Frederick lived, had noticed he was more depressed than usual but that he had never threatened to take his own life.
On the morning of his death, Frederick had left home (314 Glenferrie Road, Malvern) at about 8 o'clock, indicating to his brother that he was going out to get some medicine. A short time later (8.45am) Horace Burnett, the butcher on the corner of Glenferrie Road and Valetta Street, was in his shop and noticed Frederick standing on the footpath outside. Frederick was bent over with one arm around a verandah post and blood was dripping from his throat. Mr Burnett telephoned Dr Willis and the Malvern Police Station. In the meantime, Joseph Mitchell, a tram conductor in charge of a tram on its way to Victoria Bridge, saw Frederick take a razor and draw it across his throat. Another tram conductor, Mr Davis, had rushed up and caught Frederick around his arms and waist and wrenched a razor from his hand. Dr Willis arrived to find Frederick with a large wound in his throat and ordered that he be taken immediately to the Alfred Hospital. A stretcher was obtained from the Tramway Depot across the road and Frederick was taken to the hospital by Sgt Olney (Malvern Police Station) and Charles Norman (Tramway Depot) in a passing motor car. It was too late - Frederick was pronounced dead on arrival at the hospital.
Frederick was buried with his father at Brighton Cemetery.
At least one of Anna and Willie's daughters became nuns. Mary Veronica Cleal was known as Sister Mary Annette and was residing at the Catholic Ladies College at the time of her father's death.
Anna lived till she was 74 and was buried with her husband and son at Brighton Cemetery, Grave RC-W (roadside). Other children are also buried in this grave. Their headstone reads:
| IN MEMORY OF WILLIAM beloved husband of Annie Cleal died 11 June 1925 aged 64 and their beloved son FREDERICK JOSEPH died 27 May 1926 aged 37 also ANNIE M W CLEAL beloved wife and mother of above died 25 June 1936 in her 75th year ANNIE M CLEAL died 15 July 1977 and ELIZABETH CLEAL loving daughter of above died 26 Nov 1962 aged 63 MARGARET GREEN sister of above died 7 Nov 1971 |
| Born: | abt Aug 1863, Richmond, Victoria, Australia |
| Parents: | Peter Hanslow & Margaret Oakman |
| Died: | Apr 1864, Richmond, Victoria, Australia |
Andrew died at 8 months of age and was buried on 26 Apr 1864 at Melbourne General Cemetery, Grave CofE-FF-589.
| Born: | 1865, Richmond, Victoria, Australia |
| Parents: | Peter Hanslow & Margaret Oakman |
| Married: | Unknown |
| Occupation: | Unknown |
| Died: | 7 Jul 1913, Collingwood, Victoria, Australia |
| Children: | Unknown |
Andrew William Hanslow was buried at Boroondara Cemetery, Grave RC-A-1502.
| Born: | abt 1867, Richmond, Victoria, Australia |
| Parents: | Peter Hanslow & Margaret Oakman |
| Married: | 1. 1885 in Victoria to James Ernest Blunn 2. 1901 in Victoria to Frank Tremills |
| Died: | May 1930, Caulfield, Victoria, Australia |
| Children: | Gertrude Adeline "Trudy" Blunn (1885 - 1933) Beatrice Alice Blunn (1887 - 1919) Louisa Annie "Nan" Blunn (1892 - Unknown) Myrtle Emily Blunn (1893 - 1964) Frank Powney Tremills (1902 - 1972) |
In 1885 Adeline and James were living in Johnston St, Collingwood where their first child, "Trudy", was born.
Adeline's first husband, James Blunn, died in Nov 1896 at Clifton Hill, Melbourne, leaving Adeline with four young children. James was buried at Boroondara Cemetery, Grave CofE-C-1140A.
Five years later Adeline married again. Her second husband was Frank Sidney Tremills with whom she had another child, Frank Powney Tremills the following year.
Adeline Mary Agnes Hanslow was buried on 17 May 1930 at the Old Cheltenham Cemetery, Grave 28A-101CE.