Pedigree

Birth, Death, Marriage

Matthew Joseph Hannan was born in 1886 in Shepparton, Victoria.1,2 
He married Meta Alvina Larsen, daughter of Laust Larsen and Anna Margaretha Naugardt, in 1919 in St Kilda, Victoria.3,2,4 
He died on 19 May 1951 in Oaklands, New South Wales.5,6,7,4 

Family

Meta Alvina Larsen b. 25 Jan 1893, d. 2 Oct 1982
Children
ChartsLarsen, Laust, descendant chart

Story

Back: Annie (Anna Caroline) Williams (Larsen), Margaret Berry (Larsen), Leura Larsen (Kerr), Meta Hannan (Larsen), Allan Larsen (child), Matthew Hannan, Jack (John) Larsen (child), William Larsen; front: George Berry, Karen 'Carnie' Larsen, Richard Williams, Congupna, c. 1919
Image: Sue Mountney
Back: Annie (Anna Caroline) Williams (Larsen), Margaret Berry (Larsen), Leura Larsen (Kerr), Meta Hannan (Larsen), Allan Larsen (child), Matthew Hannan, Jack (John) Larsen (child), William Larsen; front: George Berry, Karen 'Carnie' Larsen, Richard Williams, Congupna, c. 1919
Image: Sue Mountney
A Welcome Home
A public welcome home for returning soldiers including Matthew Hannan was held at the Congupna Hall in July 1918.

With opening pieces by his future nieces Rita and May Williams, and the event organised by future brother-in-law Bert Larsen, it would seem likely Meta was also in the audience.8,9
 
An Honour Roll on the front of Tallygaroopna & District Hall bears his name.10
Honour roll, Tallygaroopna & District Hall
Image: Tallygaroopna Times & Tales 1990
Marriage and Family
Meta Larsen and Matthew Hannan married in 1919. They had two chidren, John (Jack) and Noel.3
 
Leura Larsen (Kerr) holding Jack (John) Larsen, Matthew Hannan, Meta Hannan (Larsen), Allan Larsen, Karen 'Carnie' Larsen, Richard Williams, Annie (Anna Caroline) Williams (Larsen), William Larsen, Congupna, c. 1919
Image: Geoff Larsen
Butcher
Matthew Hannan was a butcher. He initially worked in Tallygaroopna in the now heritage listed building where at different times, brothers-in-law Roy Williams and Bert Larsen also worked.11,12
Tallygaroopna butcher shop, heritage listed
Image: Tallygaroopna Times & Tales 1990
When the two children were older, he worked in Oakleigh in Melbourne, then Boree Creek, Oaklands and Berrigan in New South Wales.

In 1942 he became a Commonwealth Peace Officer at the Department of Munitions at Oaklands, but some time later was placed in charge of several stores, a position he held until his death.4
 
Sudden Death
An obituary in the Corowa Free Press stated that Matthew Hannan died suddenly at Oaklands, New South Wales after collapsing in his office at the Department of Supply.

At his service in Oaklands, pall bearers included brother-in-law Bery Larsen, and nephews Trevor, Valentine and Albert Wright.

Matthew Hannan was 64 years old and is buried at Oaklands cemetery.4
 

Citations

  1. [S270] Victorian Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages, registry and index, Matthew Joseph Hannan entry, birth registration no. 6246, 1886.
  2. [S290] Outline Descendant Report for Laust Larsen, descendent report, unpublished, 15 March 2010.
  3. [S270] Victorian Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages, registry and index, 'Matthew Josh' Hannan and Meta Alvina Larsen entry, marriage registration no. 2953, 1919.
  4. [S498] 'Oaklands: obituary, Mr Matthew Joseph Hannan', Corowa Free Press, 1875-1954, newspaper, 29 May 1951, p. 1, viewed 10 January 2019, https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/236927962
  5. [S220] 'Deaths: Hannan', The Argus, 1848-1957, newspaper, Argus Office, 19 May 1951, p. 15, viewed 10 December 2017, https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/23063182
  6. [S454] 'Hannan Mathew Joseph', B2455 First Australian Imperial Force Personnel Dossiers, 1914-1920, control symbol 'HANNAN M J', service record, 1916.
  7. [S176] New South Wales Birth, Death and Marriage Indexes, 1856-, registry and index, Matthew Joseph Hannan entry, death registration no 14191, 1951.
  8. [S260] 'A welcome home', Goulburn Valley Stock and Property Journal, 1910-1963, newspaper, Horan & Simpson, 17 July 1918, p. 3, viewed 7 January 2019, https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/219830638
  9. [S260] 'Congupna's welcome to returned soldiers', Goulburn Valley Stock and Property Journal, 1910-1963, newspaper, Horan & Simpson, 24 July 1918, p. 3, viewed 9 January 2019, https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/219831548
  10. [S17] Tallygaroopna and District Times and Tales: Published to mark the occasion of the centenary of Tallygaroopna primary school 3067, 1890-1990, Tallygaroopna school council, 1991, p. 85.
  11. [S201] 'Shepparton shire council: Inward correspondence', Shepparton Advertiser, 1914-1953, newspaper, Thomas Pettit and William Callender, 23 June 1924, p. 5, viewed 9 January 2019, https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/174032706
  12. [S17] Tallygaroopna and District Times and Tales: Published to mark the occasion of the centenary of Tallygaroopna primary school 3067, 1890-1990, Tallygaroopna school council, 1991, p. 25.