Just been browsing through the STANNERS posts and wondered if my great grandmothers 2nd husband, JOHN STANNERS, belonged to any of the families mentioned.
He was born to parents John and Ann Stanners nee McIntosh, Bo'ness Scotland on the 2nd Feb 1871 and had siblings Agnes, Annie, George, James, Julia, and Jeannie.
He came to Australia around 1909-1911 (best guess) and married my great grandmother Hilda Hickey, (a widow with 4 children) in Victoria in 1912.They had two more children together Jeanne McIntosh Stanners in 1913 and Douglas John Stanners in 1914.These two children were sent to Canada by their paternal Aunt, Jeannie Hastie nee Stanners in the early 1920's when they became orphaned (John died in 1919 and Hilda in 1920). I think that they went to another paternal aunt or uncle to be raised but not really sure.
Do this lot of Stanners fit on anyone's family tree?..I don't know very much else about them, or anything about John before he came to Australia.
Kasden