Hannah Eke was born in Peterborough in 1870 and was the daughter of William Eke (1844) and Elizabeth Broughton. In 1881 she was living at 6 Neals Cottages, Whitsed Street, Peterborough. She married Alfred Hacker, a postman from Hackney, in Thrapston in 1899. In 1891 she was living at 10 Bedford Street, Peterborough, and working as a domestic servant. In 1901 she was living at 12 Beechmans Road, Sheffield, with her family and her two brothers Frederick and Walter.

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• 1. 1881 Census. 6 Neals Cottages, Whitsed Street, Peterborough. Hannah Eke. Daughter. Age 5 Born Peterborough. Scholar. • 2. Marriage Registers. Eke, Hannah & Hacker, Alfred Walter. Jun. 1899. 3b. 499. Thrapston. • 3. 1901 Census. 12 Beechmans Rd, Sheffield. Hannah Hacker. Age 24. Born Peterborough. • 4. 1891 Census. 10 Bedford St, Peterborough. Hannah Eke. Daughter. Age 14. Domestic Servant. Born Peterborough.