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Without suggesting that I know anything for certain, I think my earlier comments about the John Hannabus alias Quant who was transported to Australia not having any Hannabus blood may be wrong.

There are hints from my DNA matches on Ancestry that suggest John Hannabus alias Quant may have been the son of the man who later married his Quant mother. I am not personally in a genetic position to test this idea any further, but testing of Australians descended from John Hannabus alias Quant would probably sort this question out very easily.
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A John QUANT, base born child of Joan (not Mary) QUANT was baptised at Halberton in 1771 (FamilySearch.org). Joan QUANT then married a John HANNABUS at Halberton in 1773. Whether or not John HANNABUS was the biological father is difficult to say unless you can locate a bastardy record.

Yes Joan Quant was certainly the biological mother. My own suspicion, without facts to back it up, is that John Hannabus was probably not his biological father.

However, both Hannabus and Quant are unusual names and I think this is a problem that potentially could be solved by DNA testing. A difficulty however is that I don't think many Hannabus/Quant descendants have been tested. (This reflects my own failure!)

Hi Aunt Neena,

It does not look like you will have much of a problem. I found Ida living with her parents Frank and Annie at 10 West Exe North in Tiverton on the 1911 census. Frank was a self employed boot maker working at home, born in Cadeleigh, Devon (about four miles south west of Tiverton). Annie's full name looks to have been Sarah Ann Tucker, she married Frank in the first quarter of 1884. The family were at the same address in 1901 but were at Leat Street, Tiverton in 1891.

In 1881 unmarried Frank was at Little Silver (an address I recognise from Hannabus research last century) with his sister Phoebe aged 22 and his widowed father Henry aged 66, a cordwainer (shoe leather worker) born in Butterleigh. The family were at the same address in 1861 with Franks mother also, Mary Ann (Cosway) who married Frank in 1846. The family were at the same address in 1851 with one month old baby Frank.

On the 1841 census Henry was a 25 year old shoemaker living at Butterleigh with his father Philip a carpenter. Henry was baptised at Butterleigh on the 5th of March 1815, his parents were Philip Hannabus and Mary. Philip Hanabus and Mary Baker married at Cadbury, Devon on the 13th March 1808 after banns. I think this Philip is the one born 5 Jul 1781, baptised 23rd January 1788 at St Peter, Tiverton to John Hannabus and Jane (Quant).

I told you it would be easy! Along the way I have found a number of other persons interested in Ida as well as a photo of her.

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No doubt you have long since found this, but she seems to have been in Luton, visiting a family surnamed Lawrence.

HO107:1757  folio 541

I've recently discovered the name Hannabus(s) within my family tree, with ancestors harking from the village of Butterleigh, near Cullompton in Devon, and I'm intrigued by such an unusual name.  Does anyone know where this originates from?

The Tiverton/Halberton/Butterleigh area of Devon! The earliest form seems to be Hanibus.

Essentially they are a single family, although many of that name in Australia and South Africa descend from a stepson who changed his surname from Quant to that of his stepfather before getting himself transported to Australia.

Be prepared for innumerable spelling variations Hanabus/Hannabus/Hannabuss/Hannabus/Hanibus etc., as well as wrong trascriptions such as Vannabuss.

Most of the main line family is well researched and if you post details of your connection there is a good (maybe 40%) chance of plugging straight into what is already known. (Although I can't actually connect my own Hannabuss ancestors in Halberton to the main line!)

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