Christian Hanny II (1837 - 1893) - Men's Clothing Merchant

 

Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.), 04 Oct. 1921. 

Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress. 

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Christian Hanny II was born November 25th 1837 in Gertsenzay, Canton of Bern, Switzerland.  His father Christian I brought him to Ohio in 1854.  They moved to Cairo, IL where Christian II opened a men’s clothing store.  

Victor E. Hanny was born in Cairo, IL September 26th 1873 to Christian II and Ursula Jane Hanny, nee Gaither.  Ursula died in the 1880, and with a severe depression, Christian II came to Phoenix in 1887 bringing his children Victor and Florence.   

Christian II took Vic and Florence to Long Beach CA where he enrolled them in school and boarded them in a private home.  Christian II returned to Phoenix and was employed with a men’s clothing store.  Vic returned to Phoenix in 1888 and Florence was enrolled in a school in Ohio.  Vic attended a predecessor of Phoenix Union High School until Christian II died in 1892.   

Vic boarded with the Drachman family and accompanied them to Tucson in late 1892.  This period was recorded in the book Chicken Every Sunday where Vic was mentioned as “Walter” Hanny. 

Vic met Alice Hughes in Tucson and they were married October 27th 1903 in Buffalo NY.  They returned to Tucson where Vic and his partner, Phil Brannen, opened the men’s clothing store “Brannen and Hanny”.  They were also very active with the Twin Buttes Mining Company and were also partners of the Twin Buttes Railroad.  

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