Bertha WARREN (1875-1916)
Family Stories > 5th GENERATION > John Warren's Family > Oliver Warren's Family
Children of Oliver Warren & Elizabeth Hales
3. Bertha Warren (1875 - 1916)
1. Nola Irene Warren
2. .... George Ernest Edward Warren & Iris Ella Ford
3. .... .... Leonard Leslie Warren & Burdett Launder
4. .... .... .... Charles James Warren & Agnes McNay
5. .... .... .... .... John Warren and Mary Manning
.... Children - 1. Elizabeth Warren & Richard Appleton
2. George Warren3. Charlotte Warren & Francis Appleton4. Emma Warren & William Chase5. Oliver Warren & Elizabeth Hales..... Children - 1. George Albert Warren
2. Gertrude Warren & Frederick Read3. Bertha Warren4. Charlotte Warren5. John (Jack) Warren6. William Henry (Bill) Warren7. Rose Elizabeth Warren8. Beatrice Warren9. Oliver Francis Warren10. Olive Warren
6. Montefiore Warren
7. Charles James Warren8. Sarah Jane Warren
Bertha Warren
This is the perfect example of where the basic birth, death and marriage data does not tell the real story ....Birth 1875, October 7 in Happy Valley, South AustraliaDeath 1916 in South AustraliaAge at Death 41 years of ageBuried 1916, December 3 at West Terrace Cemetery, AdelaideChildren One Unnamed Infant, result of incest, who died shortly after birth
1875 – Birth – Bertha Warren
Bertha Warren was the third child born from the marriage of Oliver Warren and Elizabeth Hales. She was born in Happy Valley, South Australia.
Name: Bertha WarrenBirth Date: 7 Oct 1875Birth Place: Happy ValleyRegistration Place: Adelaide, South Australia, AustraliaFather: Oliver WarrenMother: Elizabeth HalesPage Number: 395Volume Number: 156Source InformationAncestry.com. Australia, Birth Index, 1788-1922
She probably had an average childhood for the times in which she lived, moving from place to place as her father sought to better the family’s life and income.
When she was just 16 years old, her mother died in Kaniva, Victoria, after which her father took his remaining family back to Happy Valley.
How it happened or why, we shall never know, much less understand, but by the time Bertha was 20 years old in 1895, she fell pregnant to her father, Oliver Warren. Oliver was charged, tried, and found guilty of incest with Bertha and went to jail with hard labour for 12 months. It is probable the judge was lenient with his sentence because he was shown to be a feeble-minded man, greatly affected by the death of his wife and last-born child and beset by failure in everything he attempted.
Bertha’s pregnancy resulted in the birth of a baby who lived only a few days.
After the awful business with her father, Bertha must have been a troubled woman, with shame weighing heavily on her mind – her family may have extended sympathy - the wider community could have been very judgemental.
1914 – Electoral Roll – Bertha Warren
Bertha never married and spent at least some of her time with relatives in Gippsland, Victoria.
Bertha’s sister, Charlotte, married to Arthur William Appleton, died in 1910. The 1914 electoral records for Narang in Gippsland, show Bertha in the household of Richard James Appleton, grazier, Ada Appleton, home duties, and Charlotte’s widowed husband, Arthur William Appleton.
Name: Bertha WarrenGender: FemaleElectoral Year: 1914Subdistrict: LindenowState: VictoriaDistrict: GippslandCountry: AustraliaSource Information: Ancestry.com. Australia, Electoral Rolls, 1903-1980
1916 – Death - Bertha Warren
Bertha returned to Happy Valley just shortly before her death in 1916. She died of cancer of the lungs.
Name: Bertha WarrenDeath Date: 3 Dec 1916Cemetery: West Terrace CemeteryBurial or Cremation Place: Adelaide, Adelaide City, South Australia, AustraliaURL: https://www.findagrave.com/mem...Source Information: Ancestry.com. Australia and New Zealand, Find A Grave Index, 1800s-Current
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