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GEORGE HANNA
DEATH OF GEO. HANNA
[People’s Press, 26 December 1911]
The Grim Reaper gathered another one of Welland’s pioneers into the fold on Monday at noon, when Mr. George Hanna passed away in his eighty-fifth year, at the home of his son, Mr. Alpha Hanna, Young St. He had been suffering for the past five weeks with an internal ailment.
Mr. Hanna was a Canadian and lived in or near the site of the town of Welland for many years. He was in the employ of the government for over forty years as lock tender on the feeder near Welland. Seventeen years ago he was superannuated.
He was married twice, the first time, Miss Agnes Corbett was his bride, she predeceased him by fourteen years. His second wife was the widow of the late Wm. Toyne. For four years he has mourned her death.
Mr. Hanna was a member of the Anglican faith and in politics was a strong Conservative.
The immediate relatives who survive him are two brothers, Alex of Humberstone and William of Thorold township, two sisters, Mrs. Jane Dorrington of Falls View, Ont., and Mrs. Henry Boyd of Welland; one daughter and two sons, Mrs. Wallace Tuft of Crowland, Mr. Alpha Hanna of Welland and Mr. William Hanna of Crowland.
He funeral will be held on Thursday afternoon at 7 p.m., from Mr. Alpha Hanna’s residence on Young street to Fonthill cemetery.
Died: 25 December 1911
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