---Hannah Austin's first husband was JAMES C. REXTROW. James: born between about 1800-1804, perhaps in Nova Scotia, Canada; arrived in Boston, Massachusetts at age 24 on 11 Oct 1824 on a schooner from Nova Scotia. He was a cordwainer--a shoe maker (sources: Mass. Passenger & Crew Lists; and 1825, 1826, & 1827 Boston City Directories). HANNAH & JAMES were married 22 August 1825 in Boston, Suffolk County, MA. James died in August 1831 in Andover, and is buried in Andover in an unknown location.
# # # ---Hannah Austin & James Rextrow's children include:
--EDWARD REXTROW and GEORGE W. REXTROW, linked in "Family Members," below.
--CHARLES REXTROW, born in Andover, MA on 28 Jan'y 1832, six months after his father died.
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---Hannah's second husband: JAMES GILMAN. Hannah & James were married 17 Sept 1835 in Andover, Essex, MA. JAMES GILMAN: born about 1803, perhaps in Ossipee, Carroll, New Hampshire. He died probably before 1856.
---Three of HANNAH AUSTIN & JAMES GILMAN'S DAUGHTERS died of consumption, now called tuberculosis: HANNAH, at age 27; EMILY "EMMA" at 19; and CHARLOTTE at 19.
Their son WILLIAM HENRY HARRISON GILMAN died at age 13 months of whooping cough.
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---Hannah's gravestone lists her birth year as 1806, but she was born perhaps in 1803: "(AUSTIN) Hannah, d. John and Dorcas, bp [baptized] Sept. 11 1803." Source: Andover Vital Record Transcripts.
---Hannah Austin Rextrow Gilman was 72 or 75 when she died on 7 Feb 1879. On her Massachusetts Death record, her occupation is listed as "Boarding-house keeper."
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---Hannah Austin's first husband was JAMES C. REXTROW. James: born between about 1800-1804, perhaps in Nova Scotia, Canada; arrived in Boston, Massachusetts at age 24 on 11 Oct 1824 on a schooner from Nova Scotia. He was a cordwainer--a shoe maker (sources: Mass. Passenger & Crew Lists; and 1825, 1826, & 1827 Boston City Directories). HANNAH & JAMES were married 22 August 1825 in Boston, Suffolk County, MA. James died in August 1831 in Andover, and is buried in Andover in an unknown location.
# # # ---Hannah Austin & James Rextrow's children include:
--EDWARD REXTROW and GEORGE W. REXTROW, linked in "Family Members," below.
--CHARLES REXTROW, born in Andover, MA on 28 Jan'y 1832, six months after his father died.
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---Hannah's second husband: JAMES GILMAN. Hannah & James were married 17 Sept 1835 in Andover, Essex, MA. JAMES GILMAN: born about 1803, perhaps in Ossipee, Carroll, New Hampshire. He died probably before 1856.
---Three of HANNAH AUSTIN & JAMES GILMAN'S DAUGHTERS died of consumption, now called tuberculosis: HANNAH, at age 27; EMILY "EMMA" at 19; and CHARLOTTE at 19.
Their son WILLIAM HENRY HARRISON GILMAN died at age 13 months of whooping cough.
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---Hannah's gravestone lists her birth year as 1806, but she was born perhaps in 1803: "(AUSTIN) Hannah, d. John and Dorcas, bp [baptized] Sept. 11 1803." Source: Andover Vital Record Transcripts.
---Hannah Austin Rextrow Gilman was 72 or 75 when she died on 7 Feb 1879. On her Massachusetts Death record, her occupation is listed as "Boarding-house keeper."
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