Photographs of the Hearson family of Ilfracombe, Devon, England, not after 1948

PXA 7222

fonds

Not after 1948

Graphic Materials, Photographs

9590009

5 photographs

1. Fanny, Mrs. Short, nee Hearson, born Ilfracombe, 1822. Fourth daughter of John Hearson [photographic copy of 1870s? photograph]
Photographed in Sydney.
She was small, slight, and dressed expensively. She is wearing a heavy god chain. She was very energetic, and, like her brother Charles, had a Devon accent. She loved to indulge in orgies of cooking, and always used a "spit" at the Cottage on Short's Wharf.
Transferred from P1/Short, Fanny Mrs

2a.-2b. Ilfracombe, showing Fanny Hearson's home on the Quay (marked) with Hillsboro to the right, and Lantern Hill in the middle background [and] Ilfracombe under moonlight. [2 views mounted on paper with typescript description].
Transferred from SPF/Hearson family

3. Charles Hearson was buried in the family grave near his sister's vault [tomb]
Transferred from SPF/Hearson family

4. Mrs. Short's marble vault in the churchyard of Holy Trinity, Ilfracombe, Devon [tomb].
Transferred from SPF/Hearson family

Out of copyright: Created before 1955
Please acknowledge:: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales

Transferred from the Small Pictures File (Self Indexing File), February 2017