Henry Hammon

From eurekapedia
Revision as of 20:47, 1 March 2014 by Cgervaso (talk | contribs)
Jump to: navigation, search

Background

Hamman was born at Kent, England in 1829. Hammon married Elizabeth Coates on 16 June 1856. His second marriage was to Isabella Peter on 18 January 1870. Hammon died in 1907, and is buried at Creswick Cemetery. [1]

Goldfields Involvement, 1854

Henry Hammon was living in Creswick in 1854 and was in the contingent of diggers who left Creswick for the Eureka Stockade.[2]

Post 1854 Experiences

After the Eureka Eureka Stockade Hammon returned to his store at Creswick. [3]

In the News

A Norman Lindsay nephew, Norman Wilkes, lately won the Military Cross. He a grandson "of the late Henry Hammon, of Creswick (Vic.), where the Lindsays originated. ... [4]

See also

Further Reading

Corfield, J.,Wickham, D., & Gervasoni, C. The Eureka Encyclopaedia, Ballarat Heritage Services, 2004.


References

  1. Wickham, D., Gervasoni, C. & Phillipson, W., Eureka Research Directory, Ballarat Heritage Services, 1999.
  2. Wickham, D., Gervasoni, C. & Phillipson, W., Eureka Research Directory, Ballarat Heritage Services, 1999.
  3. Wickham, D., Gervasoni, C. & Phillipson, W., Eureka Research Directory, Ballarat Heritage Services, 1999.
  4. 06 September 1917.

External links



File:File name.jpg
Caption, Reference.