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SWAN, Hannah
1841 - 1892 (50 years) Has 4 ancestors and 13 descendants in this family tree.
1819 - 1895 (77 years)-
Name SWAN, Hannah Birth 11 Dec 1841 Kimberley, Nottinghamshire, England 
Gender Female Burial 1892 Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA Death 4 Mar 1892 Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA Person ID I601 Edgoose Last Modified 3 Feb 2026
Father SWAN, Thomas, b. Between 1818 and 1819, Aldercar, Derbyshire, England d. 1895, Basford, Nottinghamshire, England (Age 77 years) Mother HUTSBY, Mary, b. Between 1820 and 1821, Brinsley, Nottinghamshire d. 1890, Basford, Nottinghamshire, England (Age 70 years) Marriage 19 Nov 1838 Selston, Nottinghamshire, England Family ID F435 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 1 EDGOOSE, John Robert, b. 23 Oct 1839, Durham, County Durham, England d. 25 Oct 1914, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA (Age 75 years) Marriage 30 Oct 1865 Brinsley, Nottinghamshire Children 1. EDGOOSE, John Robert, b. 16 Apr 1871, Heanor, Derbyshire, England d. 2 May 1918, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA (Age 47 years)2. EDGOOSE, Joel, b. 18 Jun 1873, Heanor, Derbyshire, England d. 1 May 1947, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA (Age 73 years)3. EDGOOSE, Mary Eliza, b. 28 Apr 1877, Heanor, Derbyshire, England d. 10 Aug 1878, Eastwood, Nottinghamshire, England (Age 1 year)4. EDGOOSE, William Thomas, b. 16 Jun 1879, Newstead, Nottinghamshire, England d. 27 May 1939, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA (Age 59 years)Family ID F432 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 27 Jan 2026
Family 2 REDGATE, Samuel, b. 1839, Horsley Woodhouse, Derbyshire d. 28 Sep 1862, Darfield, Yorkshire, England (Age 23 years) Marriage 13 Apr 1862 Stone, Staffordshire, England Family ID F434 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 27 Jan 2026
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Biographies 
EDGOOSE, Hannah late REDGATE born SWAN (1841-1892)
Hannah SWAN was born at Kimberley, Nottinghamshire, on 11 December 1841, daughter of Thomas and Mary SWAN. Thomas SWAN, a collier, had married Mary HUTSBY at Selston, Nottinghamshire, on 19 November 1838.
(GRO March 1842 [HUTSBY] Basford 15 452)
The 1851 census returns for Codnor & Loscoe, Derbyshire, list the following at Loscoe:
Thomas SWAN, head, married, aged 32, coal miner, born Aldercar, Derbyshire;
Mary SWAN, wife, married, aged 30, born Brinsley, Nottinghamshire;
*Hannah SWAN, daughter, aged 8, born Brinsley, Nottinghamshire (i.e. born 1842-1843);
Ann SWAN, daughter, aged 5, born Brinsley, Nottinghamshire;
Martha SWAN, daughter, aged 4 months, born Loscoe, Derbyshire.
(HO107/2125/434)
The 1861 census return for Upper John Street, Longton, Staffordshire, lists the following:
Thomas SWANN, head, 40, coalminer, born Derbyshire;
Mary SWANN, wife, 40, born Brinsley;
Jane SWANN, daughter, 20, porter, born Brinsley;
*Hannah SWANN, daughter, 18, porter, born Brinsley;
Ann SWANN, daughter, 15, porter, born Brinsley;
Martha SWANN, daughter, 10, china painter, born Derbyshire;
Thomas SWANN, son, 7, scholar, born Longton, Staffordshire;
Mary SWANN, daughter, 5 scholar, born Longton, Staffordshire;
Eliza SWANN, daughter, 2, born Longton, Staffordshire.
A Hannah SWANN was married to a Samuel REDGATE at Fulford Chapel, Stone, Staffordshire, on 13 April 1862. She was described as a 20 year old spinster residing at Star and Garter and daughter of Thomas SWANN, a collier. Her husband was a 21 year old bachelor, a collier, also of Star and Garter, and son of Simon REDGATE, a collier. Hannah made her mark. Witnesses were James STODDARD and Edwd BAKER.
(GRO June 1862 Stone 6b 61)
A Samuel REDGATE died at 28 Lundhill, Wombwell, Darfield, Yorkshire, on 28 September 1862 aged 22.
(GRO certificate)
There is no evidence that this was HANNAH's husband, but the deaths of no other men of that name were registered in 1862.
On 27 December 1862 a Hannah REDGATE made her mark as witness to the marriage at Brinsley District Church, Nottinghamshire, of Luke RICHARDS, coal miner, to Eliza HUTSBY, the 24 year old daughter of coal miner William HUTSBY.
(source: www.ronstan.supanet.com/markrich.htm)
Hannah REDGATE, a 22 year old widow from Brinsley, and daughter of Thomas SWANN, coal miner, married John EDGOOSE, a 26 year old Brinsley coal miner, son of Joel EDGOOSE, labourer, at Brinsley, Nottinghamshire, on 30 October 1865. Martha HUTSBY (an aunt, sister, or niece?) and Joseph GREGORY were witnesses.
(GRO December Q 1865 Basford 7b 183)
The 1871 census returns for Aldercar Lane, Heanor, Derbyshire, list the following:
Thomas SWAN, head, 49, coalminer, born Aldercar.
Mary SWAN, wife, 49, born Brinsley.
Thomas SWAN, son, 16, coalminer, born Longton, Staffordshire.
Mary SWAN, daughter, 13, born Longton, Staffordshire.
Eliza SWAN, daughter, 10, born Longton, Staffordshire.
Louise SWAN, granddaughter, 9, born Longton, Staffordshire.
John EDGOOSE, visitor, 30, born Boston, Lincolnshire.
*Hannah EDGOOSE, visitor, 26, born Brinsley, Nottinghamshire.
(RG10/3480/29/10)
According to the 1881 census returns for Greasley, Nottinghamshire, she was 36 years old (i.e. born in 1844 or 1845) at Loscoe in Derbyshire. (Loscoe is five or six miles from Kimberley):
John EDGOOSE, head, aged 41, coal miner, born Brinsley, Nottinghamshire;
*Hannah EDGOOSE, wife, aged 36, coal miner's wife, born Loscoe, Derbyshire;
John R. EDGOOSE, son, aged 9, scholar, born Langley Mill, Derbyshire;
Joel EDGOOSE, son, aged 7, scholar, born Langley Mill, Derbyshire;
Willie EDGOOSE, son, aged 1, born Old Radford, Nottinghamshire.
(RG11/3322/898/1)
She emigrated to the USA with her husband in about 1884.
She died at the age of 50 on 4 March 1892 and was buried in Rosehill Cemetery, Chicago, USA (Grave 8, Row 4, Block A Addition in Section 6).
Her death certificate refers to her as Hannah HEADGOOSE, a housewife aged 50 years and 2 months. She had been a resident of the State of Illinois for 6 years. She died at 78 Bismark Ct at 8.30am on 4 March 1892.
Cause of Death: Phtisis Pulmonalis.
NOTES & QUERIES:
What was Joseph GREGORY's family relationship, if any?
(revised 09.02.2026)