Hannah Rowntree

Hannah Rowntree was the only one of Joseph’s sisters to survive to adulthood. She was very close to Julia, Joseph’s first wife, and in 1863 Hannah moved in with Joseph to look after his daughter, Lilley, after Julia’s death. Hannah married George Gillett in 1867 and had five children of her own. George worked in the family business, Gillett’s Bank, which was amalgamated with Barclays Bank in 1919. Hannah was a regular correspondent of Joseph for the rest of his life.

Image from originals held at the Borthwick Institute for Archives.