HAMMERTON Frances Anne
Female View treeBorn: 1855-02-08Died: 1943
Father: HAMMERTON CharlesMother: SELLWOOD Ann
Children: GRANT William Francis, GRANT Margaret Edith Alma, GRANT Rhoda Alice, GRANT Nellie Gladys "Nell", GRANT Sellwood Hammerton, GRANT Folsch Newenham, GRANT Richardson Albert "Bert", GRANT Leslie James "Jack"
Siblings: HAMMERTON William John, HAMMERTON Jane Mary, HAMMERTON Sarah Jane, HAMMERTON Robert, HAMMERTON Charles Jr

 

 

Frances Anne HAMMERTON (daughter of Charles HAMMERTON and Ann SELWOOD) was born on 08 February 1855 in Walworth, Surrey, England. She died in 1943 in Marrickville, New South Wales, Australia.

Frances Anne, a cook and house maid, traveled alone to Australia in 1878. In Adelaide she had a child Rhoda Alice GRANT (1881-1962) in 1881 and another, Frank, in 1884. She married William Henry GRANT (1846-1929) in Sydney in 1886 and they had six children. Source: Sandra Gamble

A James Thomas GRANT was recorded on Frances Anne’s eldest child’s, Rhoda Alice birth certificate as the father. He was said to be born about 1850 and said to have died about 1885 in Australia.

Frances Anne HAMMERTON later married William Henry GRANT (son of Charles Henry GRANT and Emma Catherine RICHARDSON) on 06 February 1886 in Balmain, NSW, Australia. He was born on 30 Apr 1846 in Marseilles, Bouches-du-Rhone, Provence-Alpes-Cote d’Azur, France. He died on 28 Aug 1929 in Ryde, New South Wales.Source

DNA evidence strongly suggests that Frances Anne HAMMERTON’s first child, Rhoda Alice was the offspring of one James Daniel GRANT (1860-1934). He was born and died in South Australia. James’s parents were James Daniel GRANT (1834-1862) and Grace BARR (1835-1910). There is no evidence to suggest that Frances Anne HAMMERTON and James Daniel GRANT (Jr.) were ever married. James Daniel GRANT was still alive when Frances Anne HAMMERTON married William Henry GRANT in Sydney in 1886. And in 1887, James Daniel GRANT married Mary Anne PLUMMER (1857-) in Adelaide. They had at least one child, Grace Marion GRANT (1899-1949). Source: (via DNA testing) Sandra Gamble 10 November 2018

Anne Frances HAMMERTON’s second child, William Francis (Frank) GRANT was born in Adelaide in 3 April, 1884.  There is good evidence that Frank’s father was William Alfred VERCO (1867-1942) of Adelaide. Source: (via DNA testing) Sandra Gamble 10 November 2018

.

 

 

 

Source