Robert Henry Hammersley Heenan^[1]

1852 - 1936  (84 years)

• Name	Robert Henry Hammersley Heenan  [2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8]
  Birth	Jan 1852	Birr, Shinrone, Offaly, Ireland   [2, 5, 7, 9]
  Kings County at this time - subsequently Offaly
  Born	10 Jan 1852	Birr, Kings County, Ireland   [8, 10, 11]
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	1896	Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape, South Africa   [12]
  Chief Harbour Engineer for the S Africa Colony at Port Elizabeth
  Census	2 Apr 1911	Eltham, London, England   [11]
  Residence	1929	San Diego, California, USA   [6]
  Residence	1931	Phoenix, Arizona, USA   [13]
  Probate	25 Jul 1936	South Africa   [3]
  Died	25 Jul 1936	Los Angeles, California, USA   [4, 9, 10]
  Buried	28 Jul 1936	Inglewood cemetery, Los Angeles, California, United States of America   [10]
  Probate granted	11 Feb 1937	London   [4]
  Name	Robert Henry Hammersley-Heenan
  Occupation	Civil engineer
  Person ID	I165150	master
  Last Modified	17 May 2019

  
  

  Father	George Heenan,   b. 1814,   d. 18 Dec 1866, Parsonstown, Ireland  (Age 52 years)
  Mother	Belinda H Hammersley,   b. 1819, Ireland ,   d. Mar 1899, Rathdown, Ireland  (Age 80 years)
  Family ID	F58221	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Edith Maria Fuller,   b. Abt 1859, Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa ,   d. 2 Sep 1933, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA  (Age 74 years)
  Married	1878	Cape Colony, South Africa   [11, 14]
  Notes	Marriage Date: 1888 Place: South Africa [15]
  Children	+ 1. John Hammersley Heenan,   b. 14 Feb 1879, King William's Town, Eastern Cape, South Africa ,   d. 17 Jan 1960, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA  (Age 80 years)   2. Evelyn Hammersley Heenan,   b. 10 Oct 1880, South Africa ,   d. 1901  (Age 20 years) + 3. Claude Hammersley Heenan,   b. Abt 1882,   d. 1963, Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape, South Africa  (Age 81 years) + 4. Commander Vernon Hammersley Heenan,   b. 25 Mar 1888, Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape, South Africa ,   d. 6 May 1954, Pancras, London, England  (Age 66 years)   5. Nora Hammersley Heenan,   b. 29 Aug 1891, Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape, South Africa ,   d. 29 Nov 1982, Burbank, Los Angeles County, California, USA  (Age 91 years)   6. Eileen Hammersley Heenan,   b. Abt 1902, Eastbourne, Sussex, England ,   d. Sep 1974, Hertford and Ware, Hertfordshire, England  (Age 72 years)
  Last Modified	17 May 2019
  Family ID	F58233	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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  Married - 1878 - Cape Colony, South Africa Occupation - 1896 - Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape, South Africa Probate - 25 Jul 1936 - South Africa  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• 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

  
  

• Sources

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