Talk:Hannah Stanley (1788-1854)

203.10.224.93 03:40, August 12, 2010 (UTC) Good afternoon. I am David Reynolds. My grandmother's maiden name was Esther Clarke. Her great-great grandmother was Hannah Clark/e nee Stanley. Mostly this page is spot-on, but there were a few errors that needed amending. Perhaps the most obvious was where Hannah Stanley married Daniel Clark.

This occurred on 2 May 1814, but St. Matthew's Church, Windsor NSW (now St. Matthews Anglican Church) had its cornerstone laid by Governor Macquarie in October 1817. The church was consecrated in December 1822 with Samuel Marsden conducting the opening service. http://www.hawkesburytourism.com.au/windsor-heritage-buildings.html

http://newspapers.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/14373275?searchTerm=%22st.+matthew%27s%22+windsor

So the marriage could not have occurred there. In discussion with other family members who have spent a great deal of their lives researching this, I was advised that it took place in the Old Shoe Factory in Windsor.

I used to speak a lot about family history with my grandmother when she was alive. She told me about the original spelling of Clark and how it changed before the birth of her namesake, Daniel and Hannah's child, Esther, in 1834. This is evidenced by an earlier newspaper report of the robbery trial concerning the Clark family: http://newspapers.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/2214841/498676?searchTerm="hannah%20clark"%20sutton#pstart498676.

Also the births of all children born before Esther Clarke were registered with the surname Clark: http://www.bdm.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/IndexSearch?form=IndexingSearch&SessionID=23127079&sname=Clark&gname=&fname=Daniel&mname=Hannah&event=births&frange=1815&trange=1831&place=&reorder=col3.

With the exception of Robert, no child born to Daniel and Hannah retained the surname Clark throughout their life.

Regards, David.