Hanson-Allen Family

George Loudon Hanson, Anglican Minister, and his wife Fanny Jane Surridge

Rev. George Loudon Hanson MA (about 1860) & Fanny Jane Hanson (about 1861)

George Loudon Hanson was born on 5 February 1799, being the third son of John Hanson and his wife Elizabeth, nee Browne, of Bloomsbury Square, London, England. He achieved his MA at Queen's College, Oxford, and went on to become Vicar of Great Burstead Church, Essex.

Fanny Jane Hanson, nee Surridge, was the only daughter of the Rev. Thomas Surridge, D.D., of Trinity College, Dublin.

Fanny died on 7 April 1879, and five months later George died on 22 September 1879. They are both buried at Great Burstead Churchyard, Essex.

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The couple's known children are:

Caroline Frances ('Carrie') Hanson (31/8/1840, Felstead, Essex - 10/1/1903, Fordell, New Zealand). Married George Frederic Allen. Her photo, below, was taken prior to her 1863 emigration to New Zealand, and is from the Allen-Hanson photo album.

William Hanson. (6/10/1842, Felstead, Essex  - 15/12/1911, Fort Myers, Florida, USA). Married Julia Allen. His photo below, is from the Allen-Hanson photo album.

Thomas Hanson. A very close friend of George Frederic and Charles William Allen during their teenage years. His photo, below, is from the Allen-Hanson photo album.

Maude Hanson. Known in her teenage years as 'Matty'. She married Arundel Colliver, according to a footnote to GFA's diary entry of 23/2/1856. Her photo below is from the Allen-Hanson photo album.

John Sperling George Hanson. (Info to come) John was the youngest of the Hanson children. He came to New Zealand and served in the Wanganui Rangers. He was accidentally drowned on 14 September 1865, at Opotiki, on the East Coast on the North Island of New Zealand, while a member of the East Coast Expedition. He was then "in the 19th year of his age", which perhaps means he was aged 18 - and therefore born around 1847. 

There is a memorial plaque to him on the wall of the Great Burstead Church, where his parents were based. No photos of him are presently known, however, he might be the unknown young man whose photo is in a family locket.

The sources so far are the family album containing named photos of the various siblings and also  George Frederic Allen's 1856 diary.