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Welsh tradition asserts that Hann's family came from County Durham. It seems his Mother Caroline came from Sunderland, County Durham, though his Father a Cashier Colliery Agent came from Wallsend, Newcastle, Northumberland.

Using his membership record in the Transactions of the North of England Institute of Mining and Mechanical Engineers, it can be seen that in 1872 his home was "Lofthouse" (for Loftus, Cleveland). In 1873-1876 his home was Brotton adjacent to Saltburn-by-the-Sea (and a place where there were only ironstone mines). Whereas by 1877 his home was Glanmoor Villa, Uplands, Swansea.

It is known that in 1912, his home was The Oaklands, Aberaman,Aberdare. By 1923-1928 his home was The Rise, Llanishen, Cardiff.

Hann was married to Mary Ann from Crook, County Durham and had a Daughter Florence, who along with their first son William Reginald M.,were born while they lived in Brotton. There were certainly five sons. Several of them followed their father into the South Wales Mining Industry. A small portrait of the family (and another confirmation of the Oaklands location) comes in the wedding note for the fifth son Frank Percival Hann who was married in 1913. Frank Percival Hann along with his younger brother Douglas Alfred were both born in Aberdare, and from the 1901 Census it is known they had some of their education at Haileybury College, near Hertford, Hertfordshire. They both returned to, Aberman, Aberdare to become Mining Engineers. In the membership lists of The South Wales Institute of Engineers Proceedings Frank Percival is noted as a colliery manager elected to membership in 1905. The Edmund L. Hann elected in 1902 and resident in Aberdare in the same list is another sibling, this E.L. Hann is likely to be the third son Edmund Lawrence Hann, who is mentioned along with two other of Edmund Mills Hann's sons in his Will.

Using the source from the membership list, the first son to follow father into the coal industry was George G. Hann also of Aberdare in 1914 and first elected to this institute in 1898. Sadly George Hann predeceased his father dying in 1918.

These sons can also be found in lists of company directors associated with their father. So in 1928 the Rhymney Iron Co. has both E. L. Hann and E. M. Hann as directors. The general manager is D. A. Hann.