Claude Hammersley Heenan

Other Events and Attributes:

• Education: Andrews College, Grahamstown South Africa
• 1820 Lineage: Yes
• Residence: 1936, Moorfield, Private Bag, Vryburg, S Africa
• Probate: 1963, Eastern Cape, South Africa
• Probate granted: 1964, Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa

Notes:

Probate granted:
Land at Oliphants Kop transferred to son George

Family/Spouse: Gertrude (Gertie) Julia Rudman. Gertrude was born in 1892; died in 1961 in Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape, South Africa; was buried in 1961 in Forest Hill Cemetery, Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape, South Africa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Edith Patricia Hammersley Heenan
2. George Hammersley Heenan was born on 5 Aug 1923; died on 5 Oct 1981 in Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape, South Africa; was buried in 1981 in Forest Hill Cemetery, Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape, South Africa.
3. Emma Rhoda Hammersley Heenan

Other Events and Attributes:

• Name: Robert Henry Hammersley-Heenan
• Occupation: Civil engineer
• Birth: Jan 1852, Birr, Shinrone, Offaly, Ireland
• Occupation: 1896, Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape, South Africa
• Census: 2 Apr 1911, Eltham, London, England
• Residence: 1929, San Diego, California, USA
• Residence: 1931, Phoenix, Arizona, USA
• Probate: 25 Jul 1936, South Africa
• Probate granted: 11 Feb 1937, London

Notes:

He was chief engineer for the harbour in Port Elizabeth and also in Cape Town - https://heenan.one-name.net/heenans-a-z-robert-hammersley-heenan-engineer-for-south-african-ports/

see also https://www.s2a3.org.za/bio/Biograph_final.php?serial=1252

Birth:
Kings County at this time - subsequently Offaly

Occupation:
Chief Harbour Engineer for the S Africa Colony at Port Elizabeth

Robert married Edith Maria Fuller in 1878 in Cape Colony, South Africa. Edith (daughter of James Fuller and Elizabeth Adcock Whittle) was born about 1859 in Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa; died on 2 Sep 1933 in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA; was buried in Inglewood cemetery, Los Angeles, California, United States of America. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• 1820 Lineage: Yes
• Birth: Abt 1859, Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa
• Birth: Abt 1859, Stow
• Birth: Abt 1860, Stow
• Census: 2 Apr 1911, Eltham, London, England
• Residence: 2 Apr 1911, Eltham, London, England
• Residence: 1929, San Diego, California, USA
• Death: 5 Sep 1933

Notes:

Residence:
Relation to Head of House: Wife

Notes:

Marriage
Date: 1888
Place: South Africa

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Coroner
• Occupation: 1845
• Occupation: 1849, Birr, Ireland
• Occupation: 1849, ParsonTown, Kings County, Ireland
• Occupation: 1849
• Occupation: 1851, ParsonTown, Kings County, Ireland
• Probate: 1867, Ireland
• Probate: May 1867, Principal Registry, Ireland

Notes:

Birth:
Date of birth based on age given at death

Occupation:
Secretary to Dublin Tallamore and Parsonstown Railway Company

Occupation:
Member of Board of Guardians for Birr Union. Listed in newspaper report Tipperary Vindicator 02 June 1849

Occupation:
Receiver in sale of Temora Estates as ordered by Chancery Court

Occupation:
Agent to Lord Ross

Occupation:
Member of Board of Guardians for Parsonstown Union. Listed in article in Kings County Chronicle 16 April 1851

Probate:
Died intestate. Source Ireland Calendar of Wills and Administration

George married Belinda H Hammersley on 22 Aug 1843 in Shinrone Church. Belinda was born in 1819 in Ireland; died in Mar 1899 in Rathdown, Ireland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 1891, Bollin Fee, Cheshire, England

Notes:

Census:
Living with son and his family

Other Events and Attributes:

• 1820 Lineage: Yes
• Occupation: 1850, Newton, Albany, Eastern Cape, South Africa; a Farmer

Notes:

A colourful biography of James Fuller was included in the book Souvenir of the Centenary of the 1820 Settlers, published in 1920, when James was 96 years old. It reads:

The accompanying portrait is of Mr. James Fuller, fourth son of the late Henry Fuller, for many years in residence on what was known in the early settlement as Fuller's Hill, latterly known as Stone's Hill, but originally part of the estate owned by the late Henry Fuller. Mr. and Mrs. James Fuller spent the major portion of their lives in promoting everything that made for the advancement of the district in which they resided. The late Mrs. James Fuller, having acquired a very intimate knowledge of homeopathic treatment, was ready at all times to assist those needing help, and many of the older residents will remember her many acts of kindness in those far-off days when doctors were scarce and means of communication restricted. Mr. James Fuller was of a musical and humorous temperament, and an actor of no mean ability. The old gentleman is hearty, and enjoys every moment of his life, plays a good game at bridge, and is still fond of music. There are 74 children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren living. His eldest son is now farming in the Orange River Colony; his second son, Alfred, died some years back, whilst Lady de Wet (wife of the late Chief Justice de Wet) and her married daughters live in England. Mrs. Herman, (wife of the Resident Engineer, Cape Town) -- a daughter -- also lives in England. The late Mrs. Davies (wife of the late Col. Davies), Mrs. Scandrett, wife of the Rev. Scandrett), and Mrs. Bertram, of High Constantia, are also daughters, the latter being the youngest. The Hon. Arthur J. Fuller, the youngest son, is at present co-operating with Sir Charles Crewe in assisting the immigration side of the Settlers' Centenary Celebrations.
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James's death notice says he died at the Drostdy in Uitenhage. It was signed by his son, Arthur John, in King William's Town on Dec. 28, 1921, who was "present at death."
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Sources for James Fuller

Death: Death notice MOOC 6/9/244 Ref. 718. FHL film 1281556.
Marriage: FHL film 1560913, Presbyterian parish records, Grahamstown marriages 1849-1896, item 10. Entry #298. Also based on the "duplicate original register" document for James and Elizabeth's wedding, which had to be filled out and sent to the Colonial Office at the time.
The parish record entry for James and Elizabeth's marriage reads:
Husband: James Fuller, Full, Bachelor, Farmer, residing Newton, district of Albany Wife: Elizabeth Whittle, Full, Spinster, residing Lombard Post, district of Albany
Witnesses: J.J.H. Stone
The "duplicate original register" document for this marriage reads:
Marriage solemnized at the residence of Henry Fuller in the parish of Grahamstown in the district of Albany, 1850. No. 298. Nov. 14, 1850.
James Fuller, full age, batchelor, farmer, of Newton, district of Albany, after banns.
Elizabeth Whittle, full age, spinster, of Lombard's Post, district of Albany, after banns.
Married at the residence of Henry Fuller at Prospect Farm after banns, by me, (? illegible), independent minister, in the presence of J.J.H. Stone and (? Meadway).

James married Elizabeth Adcock Whittle on 14 Nov 1850 in Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa. Elizabeth was born est 1833; died on 2 Nov 1890. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 1850, Lombards Post, Bathurst district, Eastern Cape, South Africa

Notes:

A mystery arises for genealogists studying James and Elizabeth Fuller because, although the record of their marriage states that the bride's name was Elizabeth Whittle, the inscription on his gravestone in Uitenhage reads as follows:

In loving memory of darling dad
James Fuller
Died 8th Dec. 1921 aged 97 [James's death notice says he died Dec. 7]
He was known never to lose a friend or make an enemy
Also his loving wife
Elizabeth Adcock Fuller
Interred at Johannesburg

The probable explanation is that his wife's maiden name was Elizabeth Adcock Whittle but that the "Adcock" was inadvertently dropped when their marriage was entered in the parish register. From that point on her legal name would have been Elizabeth Adcock Fuller. And as it turns out, there does indeed appear to have been an Elizabeth Adcock Whittle of about the right age in South Africa at the time. On the IGI, we find a family consisting of a James Whittle and Susannah Adcock, who married in England in 1829 and had five children -- Elizabeth Adcock Whittle, John Adcock Whittle, James Whittle, William Adcock Whittle and Charlotte Whittle. The son William must have died, because the couple apparently had another son named William Adcock Whittle in Elliot, Cape Colony, in 1845, indicating that they must have emigrated to the Cape sometime between 1843 and 1845.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 1821, Birr, Ireland
• Occupation: 1821, Birr, Ireland

Notes:

Census:
Living with wife, three children, brother and mother in law.

Occupation:
Medical Doctor

Died:
Death reported in Dublin Evening Mail 30 December 1833

John + Alexander?. was born about 1770. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 1821, Birr, Ireland

Notes:

Census:
Census return for household of John Heenan, wife, three children. Described as medical doctor

Other Events and Attributes:

• 1820 Lineage: Yes
• Settler ID: 1599
• Name: Henry Fuller 1820
• Occupation: a Carpenter
• Residence: Mount Pleasant farm, Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa
• Residence: Mount Pleasant farm, Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa
• Settler: 13 Dec 1819, Gravesend, Kent, England

Notes:

Henry's name appears seven times in The Lower Albany Chronicle by E. Morse Jones published by the Lower Albany Historical Society, Port Alfred, 1968.
1. July 24 1820, "The party led by John Dixon was being directed by Henry Fuller."
2. July 26 1827, "Henry Fuller, George Marsden, William Shepherd and William Hiles gave evidence at Grahamstown on the forcible removal of James Erith to his final location in 1820."
3. March 31 1834, "Henry Fuller offered Newton in exchange for land on the lower Blinkwater held by Xogomesh, known as Hermanus Matroos."
4. December 20 1834, "Henry Fuller had moved to his farm on the Blinkwater, Fuller's Hoek."
5. March 9 1841, "Mary, daughter of Thomas Lanham, was married at Grahamstown by the Reverend John Heavyside to Charles, son of Henry Fuller. Elizabeth Lanham was witness."
6. December 7 1843, "Henry Fuller expected to reap 700 bushels of wheat at Newton."
7. February 28 1847, "James Usher junior and J. Featherstone, Grahamstown Yeomanry, carrying mails from Grahamstown to Manley's Flat, were fired on by a Hottentot about five miles out of Grahamstown. James Usher was wounded and the attacker made off with the pack-horse and mails. The two men reached Henry Fuller's house."

Sources for Henry Fuller

Birth: MOOC 6/9/133 Ref. 6547. FHL film 1281543. (A note of explanation on the birth date for Henry that appears on this website: This has been calculated from information on his death notice, which states that he was 79 years and 14 days old when he died on Oct. 2, 1870. Although it may appear that the death notice says 77 years (and not 79) and 14 days, this would place his birth two years after his documented baptism. So the assumption, in the absence of better information, must be that the top loop of the "9" is missing, making it look like a "7.")
Christening: West Ham parish records, Essex, England. Housed at the Essex Record Office, Colchester
Marriage: Leyton parish records, Essex, England. D/P45/1/14; housed at the Essex Record Office, Colchester.
Death: Death Notice MOOC 6/9/133 Ref. 6547. FHL film 1281543.
Will: MOOC 7/1/312, Ref. 77.

Queenstown Free Press transcribed by Sunelia Heath:
October 14, 1870

Local and General.
BRITTISH SETTLERS. – The old Settlers are dying out very rapidly since the Jubilee. Two have passed away during the past week. Mrs PAXTON died at Grahamstown at the ripe age of 90 years, and Mr Henry FULLER of Albany died at Adelaide, aged 77 years.


Henry's name appears seven times in The Lower Albany Chronicle by E. Morse Jones published by the Lower Albany Historical Society, Port Alfred, 1968.
1. July 24 1820, "The party led by John Dixon was being directed by Henry Fuller."
2. July 26 1827, "Henry Fuller, George Marsden, William Shepherd and William Hiles gave evidence at Grahamstown on the forcible removal of James Erith to his final location in 1820."
3. March 31 1834, "Henry Fuller offered Newton in exchange for land on the lower Blinkwater held by Xogomesh, known as Hermanus Matroos."
4. December 20 1834, "Henry Fuller had moved to his farm on the Blinkwater, Fuller's Hoek."
5. March 9 1841, "Mary, daughter of Thomas Lanham, was married at Grahamstown by the Reverend John Heavyside to Charles, son of Henry Fuller. Elizabeth Lanham was witness."
6. December 7 1843, "Henry Fuller expected to reap 700 bushels of wheat at Newton."
7. February 28 1847, "James Usher junior and J. Featherstone, Grahamstown Yeomanry, carrying mails from Grahamstown to Manley's Flat, were fired on by a Hottentot about five miles out of Grahamstown. James Usher was wounded and the attacker made off with the pack-horse and mails. The two men reached Henry Fuller's house."

Sources for Henry Fuller

Birth: MOOC 6/9/133 Ref. 6547. FHL film 1281543. (A note of explanation on the birth date for Henry that appears on this website: This has been calculated from information on his death notice, which states that he was 79 years and 14 days old when he died on Oct. 2, 1870. Although it may appear that the death notice says 77 years (and not 79) and 14 days, this would place his birth two years after his documented baptism. So the assumption, in the absence of better information, must be that the top loop of the "9" is missing, making it look like a "7.")
Christening: West Ham parish records, Essex, England. Housed at the Essex Record Office, Colchester
Marriage: Leyton parish records, Essex, England. D/P45/1/14; housed at the Essex Record Office, Colchester.
Death: Death Notice MOOC 6/9/133 Ref. 6547. FHL film 1281543.
Will: MOOC 7/1/312, Ref. 77.

Queenstown Free Press transcribed by Sunelia Heath:
October 14, 1870

Local and General.
BRITTISH SETTLERS. – The old Settlers are dying out very rapidly since the Jubilee. Two have passed away during the past week. Mrs PAXTON died at Grahamstown at the ripe age of 90 years, and Mr Henry FULLER of Albany died at Adelaide, aged 77 years.


Settler:
Dixon's party on the Ocean

Henry married Susannah Parrot, 1820 Settler on 16 Jul 1815 in Leyton, Essex, England. Susannah (daughter of William Parrot and Susannah, - wife of William Parrot) was born in 1795 in Essex, England; died on 18 Aug 1864 in Adelaide, Eastern Cape, South Africa; was buried in Adelaide, Eastern Cape, South Africa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• 1820 Lineage: Yes
• Settler ID: 1602
• Name: Susannah Parrot 1820
• _USED: Susan
• Settler: 13 Dec 1819, Gravesend, Kent, England

Notes:

The name Parrot is spelt with one "t" on the gravestone but at her marriage Susannah signed her name with two.
For some reason, there is no death notice for Susannah in the MOOC collection.

Sources for Susannah Parrott
Marriage: Leyton parish registers, Essex, ERO D/P45/1/14

Settler:
Dixon's party on the Ocean