John Robert HANNA

Abt 1850 - Abt 1915  (65 years)

• Name	John Robert HANNA
  Birth	Abt 1850	Ireland
  Gender	Male
  Reference Number	10372388
  Reference Number	10967638
  Reference Number	60
  WWW	https://www.WikiTree.com/wiki/Hanna-1064
  Death	Abt 1915	New Zealand
  Person ID	I622	Gummer
  Last Modified	1 Aug 2024

  
  

  Father	Robert HANNA,   b. 1820, Drum, County Monaghan, Ireland d. 26 May 1868, Auckland, New Zealand (Age 48 years)
  Mother	Eliza UNKNOWN,   b. 1821   d. 8 Jun 1884, Auckland, New Zealand (Age 63 years)
  Family ID	F136	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Alice Elizabeth WILLIAMSON,   b. 1858, New Zealand d. 24 Apr 1916, New Zealand (Age 58 years)
  Marriage	1879	New Zealand
  Children	+ 1. Mabel Letitia HANNA,   b. Abt 1880, New Zealand d. Abt 1971, New Zealand (Age 91 years)   2. Effie Alice Elizabeth HANNA,   b. Abt 1882, New Zealand d. Abt 1911, New Zealand (Age 29 years)   3. Robert George HANNA,   b. Abt 1883, New Zealand   4. Arthur John HANNA,   b. 12 Sep 1884, New Zealand d. Abt 1972, New Zealand (Age 87 years)   5. Norah May HANNA,   b. Abt 1886, New Zealand
  Family ID	F133	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	1 Aug 2024

  
  

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• Notes

  == Biography == John was born about 1850.based on age at death He passed away about 1915 aged 65 years old. Mentioned in The Cyclopedia of New Zealand (1902)Hanna, John Robert, Photographer, Queen Street, Auckland. Telephone 351. Mr. Hanna was born in Ireland, and arrived in New Zealand thirty-five years ago. He began work in his profession with Mr. R. H. Bartlett, of Auckland, whose business he subsequently managed for some time. For ten years after leaving Mr. Bartlett he was a member of the firm of Messrs Hemus and Hanna, and managed the business. In 1885 the firm was dissolved by mutual consent, and Mr. Hanna bought the business which was established by the late Mr. Crombie in 1855, and is the oldest in Auckland. The building is of brick, three stories in height, and has about 2500 square feet of floor space. A handsome vestibule, adorned with choice specimens of photographie art, leads to the reception room on the first floor. The studio, 16 feet by 40 feet, was built from Mr. Hanna's own designs, and is admirably adapted for the purpose. The light is excellent, as the studio is glazed on both sides to within a few inches of the floor, and the appointments are elegant, the background scenery having been specially imported. Mr. Hanna's work is noted for excellence in quality, tone, and finish, and at the American Photographic Artists' Convention, in Washington, he secured a bronze medal in the foreign section. The “Photogram,” of May, 1894, devoted three pages to Mr. Hanna, his studio, and his work, in consequence of a packet of his photograms having been received in London. These were so beautiful that they were shown to the Photographic Club, and to the London and Provincial Photographic Association. The verdict was that no man in Britain was doing better all round portraiture, and Mr. Thomas Fall, the president of the Association, wrote to say that he had never seen such lovely work. Mr. Hanna employs seven assistants, his portraits go all over the world, and he recently completed for a London gentleman an order for 300. His trade mark is an autograph “Hanna.” There used to be on view in the vestibule of Mr. Hanna's studio a very fine shield, which contained the portraits of over 160 Aucklanders, deemed worthy of portraiture in connection with the district's jubilee in 1892. It is now in the Free Library, and will repay inspection as a specimen of fine photographic art, and as a collection of colonial and provincial worthies. Mr. Hanna has been thirty-five years in Auckland, and as a Freemason he is Provincial Grand Secretary for New Zealand under the Irish Constitution. Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume LXIX, Issue 0, 13 April 1915The death is reported from Auckland, at the age of 66, of Mr J. R. Hanna, formerly a well-known photographer of that city, and member of the once well-known firm of Hemus and Hanna. The deceased gentleman, who was a prominent Freemason, wasa brother of Mr S. D. Hanna, wellknown in engineering circles, Mr A. Hanna, solicitor, and Mr J. C. Hanna. of the New Zealand Insurance Company's staff. == Sources == * '''Death''' - Births, Deaths & Marriages New Zealand Death cert 1915/2523 **'''Name''' John Robert Hanna **'''Age at death''' 65Y