Sarah Jane Hall Hanley was born on October 8, 1848 in Dublin, Dublin County, Ireland. She was baptized twice. The first time was on June 7, 1849. The second time was on November 17, 1850 at The Parish Church of St. Paul's in Dublin. Her parents were John "Hanly" (a math teacher at King's Hospital) and Emma Hall (daughter of Samuel Hall and Elizabeth Tonge). She was educated at the Royal Dublin Society, won a Queen's Scholarship, and graduated from the Home and Colonial Training College at Gray's Inn Road in London (a training school for teachers) in 1870. After her schooling Sarah became headmistress of the Granville Infants School in Shelton (Cobridge), Staffordshire, England. She was there for four years until her marriage to William Heap (son of Jonathan Heap and Hannah Robinson). They were married on February 12, 1875 at the Parish Church of St. Paul's in Dublin. The officiant was Rev. Robert Vance. The Heaps had six children named Kathleen (Mrs. Paul Charles Frederic Rehyer), John Hanley, William Lionel, Cecil Robinson, Robert Reginald, and Muriel Vera (Mrs. John Brackett Lewis). For a short time the Heaps lived in Liverpool at 16 Nile street, while William was a brewer's agent, before they sailed off to Canada in 1884. On April 24th the family boarded the S.S. Sarina and arrived Quebec on May 6th. They lived in Owen Sound, Ontario for about two years while William established a dry earth closet factory and showroom at 57 Adelaide in Toronto. In 1886 Muskegon, Michigan men persuaded him to move his business to their city where it prospered for many years. Sarah died on Aug. 7, 1918 in Muskegon, Michigan.
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Sarah Jane Hall Hanley Heap's obituary on page 17 of the Aug. 9, 1918 issue of the 'Muskegon Chronicle':
"WAS PROMINENT IN MANY ACTIVITIES
In Death of Mrs. Heap, City Loses One of Most Public-Spirited Women.
In the death of Mrs. William Heap, the announcement of which came as a shock to her many friends, Muskegon's literary, philanthropic and religious interests have lost one of their most public-spirited women workers. Mrs. Heap died suddenly at 2 o'clock Wednesday afternoon at Hackley hospital, following a short illness.
The funeral was held at 3:30 this afternoon at the family residence at 170 Peck street. The Rev.Walter F. Tunks of St. Paul's church of which she was a member, read the service. Following, the family drove to Grand Haven to Lake Forest Cemetery where Mrs. Heap was buried beside her mother, who died five years ago.
Mrs. Heap was the wife of William Heap, a Grand Haven manufacturer, whose residence for many years has been in this city. She was born in Dublin sixty-five years ago, the daughter of an Irish educator. Her maiden name was Sarah J. Hanley. In Ireland and in London, england, she received her education, obtaining college training in the latter place.
She was married to Mr. Heap in Dublin, February 12, 1875. At first they made their home in England, then in Canada, eventually coming to Muskegon where they had been residents for thirty-three years.
As twice president of the Muskegon Woman's club, in leading the Y.W.C.A., two terms as its chief executive and in holding the same office formerly with St. Paul's Ladies' society. Mrs. Heap has long taken an active part in furthering the best interests of Muskegon's welfare work. Her great enthusiasm and special gifts so spurred others that any cause to which she lent her aid was almost always sure to succeed.
When the Hackley Art gallery was started, she did much to help create an interest in the subject of art in Muskegon. With this in view, the art class of the Woman's club was originated by her and she also became vice-president of the Muskegon art society formed at that time.
Mrs. Heap is survived by her husband and five children - Mrs. Paul Reyher, Lionel Heap, Cecil R. Heap, R. Reginald Heap and Miss Muriel V. Heap.
The two daughter and one of the sons are now in the war zones. Mrs. Reyher's home is in Paris, where her husband is a professor in the Sorbonne and has been employed as government censor and translator in the minister of war's office. Miss Muriel Heap has gone to Russia under the auspices of the war council of the American Y.W.C.A.
Cecil Heap who by this time is thought to be in France is in the medical corps of the American Aero service. Of the other sons, Reginald Heap is a mining engineer at Galena, Kansas, and Lionel Heap is associated with his father in the factory at Grand Haven.
Mr. and Mrs. Reginald Heap and son arrived in Muskegon this morning to join those of the family near at hand as did also John H. Hanley of Kenosha, Wis who is a nephew. Mrs. Heap leaves as well one brother, Sharland J.H. Hanley of Muskegon."
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Note:
1) The birth year on Sarah's gravestone is wrong. Apparently her son, Lionel, ordered the stone and did not know her birth date.
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Sarah Jane Hall Hanley Heap's obituary on page 17 of the Aug. 9, 1918 issue of the 'Muskegon Chronicle':
"WAS PROMINENT IN MANY ACTIVITIES
In Death of Mrs. Heap, City Loses One of Most Public-Spirited Women.
In the death of Mrs. William Heap, the announcement of which came as a shock to her many friends, Muskegon's literary, philanthropic and religious interests have lost one of their most public-spirited women workers. Mrs. Heap died suddenly at 2 o'clock Wednesday afternoon at Hackley hospital, following a short illness.
The funeral was held at 3:30 this afternoon at the family residence at 170 Peck street. The Rev.Walter F. Tunks of St. Paul's church of which she was a member, read the service. Following, the family drove to Grand Haven to Lake Forest Cemetery where Mrs. Heap was buried beside her mother, who died five years ago.
Mrs. Heap was the wife of William Heap, a Grand Haven manufacturer, whose residence for many years has been in this city. She was born in Dublin sixty-five years ago, the daughter of an Irish educator. Her maiden name was Sarah J. Hanley. In Ireland and in London, england, she received her education, obtaining college training in the latter place.
She was married to Mr. Heap in Dublin, February 12, 1875. At first they made their home in England, then in Canada, eventually coming to Muskegon where they had been residents for thirty-three years.
As twice president of the Muskegon Woman's club, in leading the Y.W.C.A., two terms as its chief executive and in holding the same office formerly with St. Paul's Ladies' society. Mrs. Heap has long taken an active part in furthering the best interests of Muskegon's welfare work. Her great enthusiasm and special gifts so spurred others that any cause to which she lent her aid was almost always sure to succeed.
When the Hackley Art gallery was started, she did much to help create an interest in the subject of art in Muskegon. With this in view, the art class of the Woman's club was originated by her and she also became vice-president of the Muskegon art society formed at that time.
Mrs. Heap is survived by her husband and five children - Mrs. Paul Reyher, Lionel Heap, Cecil R. Heap, R. Reginald Heap and Miss Muriel V. Heap.
The two daughter and one of the sons are now in the war zones. Mrs. Reyher's home is in Paris, where her husband is a professor in the Sorbonne and has been employed as government censor and translator in the minister of war's office. Miss Muriel Heap has gone to Russia under the auspices of the war council of the American Y.W.C.A.
Cecil Heap who by this time is thought to be in France is in the medical corps of the American Aero service. Of the other sons, Reginald Heap is a mining engineer at Galena, Kansas, and Lionel Heap is associated with his father in the factory at Grand Haven.
Mr. and Mrs. Reginald Heap and son arrived in Muskegon this morning to join those of the family near at hand as did also John H. Hanley of Kenosha, Wis who is a nephew. Mrs. Heap leaves as well one brother, Sharland J.H. Hanley of Muskegon."
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Note:
1) The birth year on Sarah's gravestone is wrong. Apparently her son, Lionel, ordered the stone and did not know her birth date.
Sarah Jane Hall Hanley was born on October 8, 1848 in Dublin, Dublin County, Ireland. She was baptized twice. The first time was on June 7, 1849. The second time was on November 17, 1850 at The Parish Church of St. Paul's in Dublin. Her parents were John "Hanly" (a math teacher at King's Hospital) and Emma Hall (daughter of Samuel Hall and Elizabeth Tonge). She was educated at the Royal Dublin Society, won a Queen's Scholarship, and graduated from the Home and Colonial Training College at Gray's Inn Road in London (a training school for teachers) in 1870. After her schooling Sarah became headmistress of the Granville Infants School in Shelton (Cobridge), Staffordshire, England. She was there for four years until her marriage to William Heap (son of Jonathan Heap and Hannah Robinson). They were married on February 12, 1875 at the Parish Church of St. Paul's in Dublin. The officiant was Rev. Robert Vance. The Heaps had six children named Kathleen (Mrs. Paul Charles Frederic Rehyer), John Hanley, William Lionel, Cecil Robinson, Robert Reginald, and Muriel Vera (Mrs. John Brackett Lewis). For a short time the Heaps lived in Liverpool at 16 Nile street, while William was a brewer's agent, before they sailed off to Canada in 1884. On April 24th the family boarded the S.S. Sarina and arrived Quebec on May 6th. They lived in Owen Sound, Ontario for about two years while William established a dry earth closet factory and showroom at 57 Adelaide in Toronto. In 1886 Muskegon, Michigan men persuaded him to move his business to their city where it prospered for many years. Sarah died on Aug. 7, 1918 in Muskegon, Michigan.
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Sarah Jane Hall Hanley Heap's obituary on page 17 of the Aug. 9, 1918 issue of the 'Muskegon Chronicle':
"WAS PROMINENT IN MANY ACTIVITIES
In Death of Mrs. Heap, City Loses One of Most Public-Spirited Women.
In the death of Mrs. William Heap, the announcement of which came as a shock to her many friends, Muskegon's literary, philanthropic and religious interests have lost one of their most public-spirited women workers. Mrs. Heap died suddenly at 2 o'clock Wednesday afternoon at Hackley hospital, following a short illness.
The funeral was held at 3:30 this afternoon at the family residence at 170 Peck street. The Rev.Walter F. Tunks of St. Paul's church of which she was a member, read the service. Following, the family drove to Grand Haven to Lake Forest Cemetery where Mrs. Heap was buried beside her mother, who died five years ago.
Mrs. Heap was the wife of William Heap, a Grand Haven manufacturer, whose residence for many years has been in this city. She was born in Dublin sixty-five years ago, the daughter of an Irish educator. Her maiden name was Sarah J. Hanley. In Ireland and in London, england, she received her education, obtaining college training in the latter place.
She was married to Mr. Heap in Dublin, February 12, 1875. At first they made their home in England, then in Canada, eventually coming to Muskegon where they had been residents for thirty-three years.
As twice president of the Muskegon Woman's club, in leading the Y.W.C.A., two terms as its chief executive and in holding the same office formerly with St. Paul's Ladies' society. Mrs. Heap has long taken an active part in furthering the best interests of Muskegon's welfare work. Her great enthusiasm and special gifts so spurred others that any cause to which she lent her aid was almost always sure to succeed.
When the Hackley Art gallery was started, she did much to help create an interest in the subject of art in Muskegon. With this in view, the art class of the Woman's club was originated by her and she also became vice-president of the Muskegon art society formed at that time.
Mrs. Heap is survived by her husband and five children - Mrs. Paul Reyher, Lionel Heap, Cecil R. Heap, R. Reginald Heap and Miss Muriel V. Heap.
The two daughter and one of the sons are now in the war zones. Mrs. Reyher's home is in Paris, where her husband is a professor in the Sorbonne and has been employed as government censor and translator in the minister of war's office. Miss Muriel Heap has gone to Russia under the auspices of the war council of the American Y.W.C.A.
Cecil Heap who by this time is thought to be in France is in the medical corps of the American Aero service. Of the other sons, Reginald Heap is a mining engineer at Galena, Kansas, and Lionel Heap is associated with his father in the factory at Grand Haven.
Mr. and Mrs. Reginald Heap and son arrived in Muskegon this morning to join those of the family near at hand as did also John H. Hanley of Kenosha, Wis who is a nephew. Mrs. Heap leaves as well one brother, Sharland J.H. Hanley of Muskegon."
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Note:
1) The birth year on Sarah's gravestone is wrong. Apparently her son, Lionel, ordered the stone and did not know her birth date.
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Sarah Jane Hall Hanley Heap's obituary on page 17 of the Aug. 9, 1918 issue of the 'Muskegon Chronicle':
"WAS PROMINENT IN MANY ACTIVITIES
In Death of Mrs. Heap, City Loses One of Most Public-Spirited Women.
In the death of Mrs. William Heap, the announcement of which came as a shock to her many friends, Muskegon's literary, philanthropic and religious interests have lost one of their most public-spirited women workers. Mrs. Heap died suddenly at 2 o'clock Wednesday afternoon at Hackley hospital, following a short illness.
The funeral was held at 3:30 this afternoon at the family residence at 170 Peck street. The Rev.Walter F. Tunks of St. Paul's church of which she was a member, read the service. Following, the family drove to Grand Haven to Lake Forest Cemetery where Mrs. Heap was buried beside her mother, who died five years ago.
Mrs. Heap was the wife of William Heap, a Grand Haven manufacturer, whose residence for many years has been in this city. She was born in Dublin sixty-five years ago, the daughter of an Irish educator. Her maiden name was Sarah J. Hanley. In Ireland and in London, england, she received her education, obtaining college training in the latter place.
She was married to Mr. Heap in Dublin, February 12, 1875. At first they made their home in England, then in Canada, eventually coming to Muskegon where they had been residents for thirty-three years.
As twice president of the Muskegon Woman's club, in leading the Y.W.C.A., two terms as its chief executive and in holding the same office formerly with St. Paul's Ladies' society. Mrs. Heap has long taken an active part in furthering the best interests of Muskegon's welfare work. Her great enthusiasm and special gifts so spurred others that any cause to which she lent her aid was almost always sure to succeed.
When the Hackley Art gallery was started, she did much to help create an interest in the subject of art in Muskegon. With this in view, the art class of the Woman's club was originated by her and she also became vice-president of the Muskegon art society formed at that time.
Mrs. Heap is survived by her husband and five children - Mrs. Paul Reyher, Lionel Heap, Cecil R. Heap, R. Reginald Heap and Miss Muriel V. Heap.
The two daughter and one of the sons are now in the war zones. Mrs. Reyher's home is in Paris, where her husband is a professor in the Sorbonne and has been employed as government censor and translator in the minister of war's office. Miss Muriel Heap has gone to Russia under the auspices of the war council of the American Y.W.C.A.
Cecil Heap who by this time is thought to be in France is in the medical corps of the American Aero service. Of the other sons, Reginald Heap is a mining engineer at Galena, Kansas, and Lionel Heap is associated with his father in the factory at Grand Haven.
Mr. and Mrs. Reginald Heap and son arrived in Muskegon this morning to join those of the family near at hand as did also John H. Hanley of Kenosha, Wis who is a nephew. Mrs. Heap leaves as well one brother, Sharland J.H. Hanley of Muskegon."
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Note:
1) The birth year on Sarah's gravestone is wrong. Apparently her son, Lionel, ordered the stone and did not know her birth date.
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