Emma WARREN (1844-1925)
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4. Emma Warren (1844 - 1925)
Spouse : William Chase (1837 - 1903)
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 Elizabeth Manning
.... Children - 1. Elizabeth Warren & Richard Appleton
2. George Warren3. Charlotte Warren & Francis Appleton4. Emma Warren & William Chase5. Oliver Warren6. Montefiore Warren7. Charles James Warren8. Sarah Jane Warren
Name Emma WarrenBorn 1844 in Langham, Suffolk, EnglandEmigration to Australia 1851 on board sailing ship "Reliance"Marriage 1862, March 6 at the house of John Warren, Happy Valley, South AustraliaSpouse William ChaseWitnesses to Marriage Francis Appleton, Storekeeper, Happy Valley, SA & John Warren, Farmer, Happy Valley, SADied 1925, November 7 at 11 Cockburn Street, Port Pirie, South Australia
Age at Death 80 yearsCause of Death Chronic Bronchitis & Morbus Cordis (Heart Disease)
Children
1. Laura Alice Chase (1862 - 1911)2. Rosetta Bertha Chase (1863 - 1875)3. William Leonard Chase (1865 - 1949)4. Emilene Mary Chase (1873 - 1958)
Name William ChaseBorn About 1837 in Godalming, Surrey, EnglandBaptised 1837, September 10 in Godalming, Surrey, EnglandFather Edward ChaseMother Charlotte TruslerEmigration to Australia 1852, Arrived into Port Adelaide November 12, 1852 on board ship "China"Siblings
Charlotte Chase (1834 - )George Chase (1835 - )Frances Chase (1840 - )Edwin Chase (1843 - )Eliza Chase (1847 - )
Step Siblings (by second wife to Edward Chase - Eliza Courtnage)
Jane Chase (1850 - )Emily Chase (1853 - )John Chase (1855 - )Edward Chase (1856 - )Mary Ann Chase (1858 - )Frederick James Chase (1862 - )
Occupation Farmer at Eyre's Flat, south of Adelaide, South AustraliaDied 1903, February 7 at Happy Valley, South AustraliaAge at Death 64 years
Emma Chase nee Warren
Emma Warren's Early Years
Emma Warren was the fourth child of John Warren and Mary Manning. Charles James Warren was brother to Emma and was my great-grand-father. His son was Leonard Leslie Warren – my grand-father. His son, George Ernest Edward Warren was my father.
1844 – Birth of Emma Warren
Emma Warren was born in 1845 in Langham in Suffolk in England. Her parents were John Warren and Mary Manning.
Birth Record for Emma Warren
In the District of StowName Emma WarrenDistrict Stow, SuffolkPage 461Volume 12Registered April – June 1844The Genealogist.co.uk
1851 – Australia
And we also know that she travelled to Australia from England with her parents and siblings on board the sailing ship, the “Reliance”, arriving into Adelaide in 1851 when Emma was 6 years old.
That she received little or no education despite her future brother-in-law opening and being headmaster at the Happy Valley School from the late 1850’s is clear from the cross that marked the place where her signature should have appeared on her marriage certificate.
No doubt Emma was kept at home to help her mother, Mary, care for the family and the new babies as they arrived. She may also have helped with the agricultural work, side-by-side with her father and older brothers as they tried to scrape a living from their new piece of land in Happy Valley.
1861 – Happy Valley
Emma met the Chase family at some stage before her 17th birthday. The Chase family were farming close by Happy Valley at Eyre’s Flat, south of Adelaide in South Australia.
Now to the story of the early years for William Chase before his marriage to Emma
Early Life of William Chase
C1837– Birth of William Chase
William Chase was the third born child of Edward Chase and Charlotte Trusler. He was born in Godalming in Surrey and was baptised there on September 10, 1837.Name: William ChaseGender: MaleBaptism Date: 10 Sep 1837Baptism Place: Godalming,Surrey,EnglandFather: William ChaseMother: CharlotteFHL Film Number: 814231Source Information Ancestry.com. England, Select Births and Christenings, 1538-1975
As I won’t be delving far into the Chase family history and therefore won’t be writing a chapter for them, their details as far as I have discovered them are described here.
William’s Family
William Chase’s father, Edward Chase was born about 1810 and was a paper maker. His first wife, Charlotte Trusler was a little younger, born about 1816. The Chase family lived in Bramshott in Hampshire and then later in Headley.1841 – Census, Bramshott, Hampshire
This is a Transcript of the 1841 census document –1851 Census : Bramshott, Hampshire, UKName Gender Age Occupation Born in this County
Edward Chase Male 30 years Paper Maker YesCharlotte Chase Female 25 years YesCharlotte Chase Female 7 years YesGeorge Chase Male 5 years YesWilliam Chase Male 3 years NoFrancis Chase Female 1 year Yes
William’s parents, Edward and Charlotte Chase, had at least six children. Their last child, Eliza Chase was born on August 1, 1847 in Bramshott in Hampshire, shortly after which William’s mother, Charlotte Chase, nee Trusler, died in 1847 in Farnham in Surrey.
1849 – Re-marriage of William’s Father, Edward Chase
William’s father, Edward Chase, a 38-year-old widower, married Eliza Courtnage, a 21-year-old woman on May 27, 1849 at Headley in Hampshire at the All Saints Church. Eliza took Edward’s children as her own as well as giving birth to her own children by Edward. 1851 – Census, Bramshott, Hampshire
On the night of the 1851 Census, these family members were recorded at home -
1851 Census : Bramshott, Hampshire, UKName Gender Age Occupation Born in this CountyEdward Chase Male 40 years Paper Maker at Mill YesEliza Chase Female 21 years YesCharlotte Chase Female 7 years YesFrancis Chase Female 10 years YesEdwin Chase Male 8 years Yes
Where were George, William and little Eliza? I found them living close by –
George Chase, aged 13 years was at the house of David and Mary Bilton in Farnborough in Hampshire. David Bilton, 70 years old, occupation farm labourer receiving a parish pension. Mary Bilton, 72 years old, his wife. George Chase was listed as their grandson.
William Chase, aged 15 years, was living with his grand-parents – William Trusler, Head of household, 60 years old, occupation, Sawyer. June Trusler, Wife of Sawyer, 62 years old. George Trusler, Son, 23 years old, occupation Sawyer. Ellen Trusler, Daughter-in-Law, 19 years old. William Trusler, Grandson, 1 year old. William Chase, Grandson, 13 years old, occupation, Agricultural Labourer
And Eliza aged 4 years was listed as a Paper Maker’s Daughter, visiting with neighbours, next door to where George was staying in Farnborough.
1851 – Australia
Decision made, Edward Chase, together with his wife, Eliza, and seven children boarded the ship “China” leaving Plymouth for a new life in South Australia. The ship arrived into Port Adelaide on November 12, 1852. So delighted were the passengers with their journey, they posted the following advertisement in the “South Australian Register” newspaper on November 18, 1852. The names of married women were not included in the salute to the captain –TO CAPTAIN McMILLAN, SHIP “CHINA”Port Adelaide, South Australia, November 12, 1852WE, the EMIGRANTS of the Ship “CHINA”, from London, Plymouth to Port Adelaide, desire to offer to you, and the Officers serving under you, our humble testimonial of the high sense we entertain of your unwearied exertions to promote, in every way, our comfort and happiness during the long voyage from England to Australia, at all times, and on all occasions.We beg that you will accept this, and we sincerely regret that it is not in our power to offer to you a more substantial token of the very high respect and esteem in which you are held by us. We wish you and your amiable and kind-hearted lady health and happiness, and we hope that the friends who may follow us may be fortunate enough to sail with you.We remain, Sir, yours very sincerely.
The newspaper article was accompanied by signatures which included Charlotte Chase, George Chase, William Chase and Edward Chase.
These are the genuine signatures, or marks, of the whole of the Single Women, Single Men, and Married Men, being the heads of families, on board the ship “China”.Signed: THOMAS WORSNOP, Schoolmaster on board;DAVID ROBERTSON and JOHN MILLER, ConstablesThe barque “China” was 658 tons and was sailed under Captain George McMillan, from London Plymouth 26th July, 1852 arriving into Port Adelaide, South Australia on 2nd November, 1852.The barque “China”, which arrived at the lightship on Thursday night at 12 o’clock, experienced very fine weather during the passage. It was the seventeenth ship from England to South Australia with government passengers for 1852. There were six births and ten deaths on the passage – with Mr. Sinclair Blue, surgeon-superintendent.There were no deaths among adults but among children there were ten deaths, nine of those under two years.1852 Transcript of Article - South Australian Register, November 18, 1852
The ship’s passenger list included the Chase family as follows –
· Chase, Edward, 41 years, Agr. Labourer, Hampshire
· Chase, Eliza (Courtnage), 23 years (second wife)
· Chase, Charlotte, 18 years, Domestic Servant, with parents
· Chase, George, 16 years, Agricultural Labourer, with parents
· Chase, William, 14 years, Sawyer, with parents
· Chase, Frances, 11 years, with parents
· Chase, Edwin, 9 years, with parents
· Chase, Eliza 6 years, with parents
· Chase, Jane 1 year, with parents
Now back to the story of William Chase and Emma Chase together ......
Emma Warren and William Chase's Life Together
1862 – March, Marriage of Emma Warren & William Chase
On March 6 in 1862, the family of William Chase and Emma Warren gathered together in Emma’s father’s house, John Warren in Happy Valley to witness the marriage of Emma and William.
1862 - Marriage Certificate of Emma Warren and William Chase, Happy Valley, SA
William was 23 years old and Emma just 19. William described himself as a farmer from Eyre’s Flat. Emma’s father, John Warren and her brother-in-law, Francis Appleton, were witnesses to their union. The marriage may well have been a shot-gun wedding because Emma was already more than 7 months pregnant.
1862, April – Birth of Laura Alice Chase
William and Emma began their married life at Clarendon, Morphett Vale in South Australia where their first daughter, Laura Alice Chase was born on April 21, 1862.Name: Laura Alice ChaseBirth Date: 21 Apr 1862Birth Place: ClarendonRegistration Place: Morphett Vale, South Australia, AustraliaFather: William ChaseMother: Emma WarrenPage Number: 505Volume Number: 24Source InformationAncestry.com. Australia, Birth Index, 1788-1922Laura Alice Chase at about 10 years of age
1863 – Birth of Rosetta Bertha Chase
A second daughter, Rosetta Bertha Chase followed, born on August 22, 1863, also at Clarendon.
Name: Rosetta Bertha ChaseBirth Date: 22 Aug 1863Birth Place: ClarendonRegistration Place: Morphett Vale, South Australia, AustraliaFather: William ChaseMother: Emma WarrenPage Number: 185Volume Number: 29Source InformationAncestry.com. Australia, Birth Index, 1788-1922
1865, February – William’s Father - Edward Chase – Destitute Board
Life must have been very difficult for William and Emma’s family, as well as for William’s father, Edward Chase and his young wife, Eliza. On February 25, 1865, the following notice appeared in the newspaper –
DESTITUTE BOARD - Thursday, February 23Clarendon – Edward Chase, nearly blind, applied for medical comforts for his wife. Dr. Motherall certified.Granted any moderate supply that Dr. Motherall may sanction.Transcript of Newspaper Article, "The South Australian Advertiser" February 25, 1865
1865, June – William’s Father, Edward Chase – Destitute Board
A further notice appeared in the newspaper –
DESTITUTE BOARD - Thursday, June 22Clarendon – Edward Chase, account for comforts passed1865 Transcript of Newspaper Article - “The South Australian Register”, June 23, 1865
The time between when Edward first asked for help in February and when help was dispensed in June is an awfully long time to be waiting when desperate enough to approach the Destitute Board in the first place.
1865, August – Death of William’s Step-Mother, Eliza Chase
Not long after Edward Chase’s cry for help was acknowledge, his wife, Eliza died on August 22, 1865 at the age of 37 years.Name: Eliza ChaseBirth Year: abt 1828Age: 37Death Date: 22 Aug 1865Death Place: ClarendonResidence Place: ClarendonRegistration Place: Morphett Vale, South AustraliaPage Number: 263Volume Number: 21Source InformationAncestry.com. Australia, Death Index, 1787-1985
1873 – Birth of daughter, Emilene Mary Chase
Emilene was Emma and William’s fourth child, born on May 30 in 1873 at Clarendon.Name: Emilene Mary ChaseBirth Date: 30 May 1873Birth Place: ClarendonRegistration Place: Morphett Vale, South Australia, AustraliaFather: William ChaseMother: Emma WarrenPage Number: 95Volume Number: 123Source InformationAncestry.com. Australia, Birth Index, 1788-1922
1875 – Death of Rosetta Bertha Chase
Emma and William’s 11-year-old daughter, Rosetta Bertha Chase, died on August 16 in 1875 at Morphett Vale. It must have been a dreadful blow to the family. The poor child died of an abscess of the inner ear – today easily treated with our modern antibiotics, but back in 1875, a slow and painful death.
William Chase, husband of Emma, on the other hand, came from a family who has provided much colour for our peep into history. Brushes with the Destitute Board, the Law Courts, theft, arson, death by explosion – all this and more - off-set by the more civic-minded exploits of local councillors
RANKIN – CHASEOn the 23rd January at Happy Valley by the Rev. J. Allen, Henry Thomas Rankin, of Port August, to Miss Laura Alice Chase, of Happy Valley1878 Transcript of Newspaper Notice – “The South Australian Register” January 26, 1878
1878, November – Law Courts
Emma and William felt unable to contribute to the maintenance of William’s elderly father, Edward Chase, who, being destitute, had applied to the Courts for help back in 1865.
This is a notice that appeared in the newspaper in 1878 –
LAW COURTS –EDWARD CHASE Snr V EDWIN CHASE, WILLIAM CHASE, FREDERICK CHASE, GEORGE CHASE AND EDWARD CHASE JunThis was a case in the plaintiff, being in a destitute condition, sued his five sons for maintenance, and made application for 2 shillings per week each.This the defendants refused to give him, as they stated that they were unable to afford it.The Court made an order for three of the defendants to contribute two shillings and six pence per week, payable monthly.1878 Transcript of Newspaper Article, ”The South Australian Advertiser" November 12, 1878
1885 – Death of William’s father, Edward Chase
Seven years after the court case in which William’s father sued his five sons for support, Edward Chase died.
Name: Edward ChaseBirth Year: abt 1810Age: 75Death Date: 14 Dec 1885Death Place: AdelaideResidence Place: ClarendonRegistration Place: Adelaide, South AustraliaPage Number: 16Volume Number: 151Source InformationAncestry.com. Australia, Death Index, 1787-1985
There was a brief notice in the local newspaper, but no mention of children or grandchildren – no fond memories or sad farewells – did Edward Chase die alone and forgotten?
Deaths - Chase
On the 14th December, Edward Chase, late of Clarendon, aged 76 years
1885 Transcript of Newspaper Notice, “The South Australian Register”, December 16, 1885
1889 – Marriage of son, Leonard William Chase
Another four years passed, and life went on for the Chase family. A newspaper notice of 1889 says it all -Marriages - Chase - Nicolle
On the 28th March, at the Wesleyan Church, Clarendon, by Rev. A.J. Bogle, Leonard William Chase, Hog Bay, Kangaroo Island, only son of Mr. W. Chase, Clarendon, to Louisa Ann (Louie), eldest daughter of Mr. W. Nicolle, Kangarilla.
There were grandchildren for Emma and William – no doubt some of them provided joy for their grandparents, but some of them did quite the opposite! Details of these descendants are recorded in their individual web pages, as well as some of their exploits.1889 Transcript of Newspaper Notice. “The Advertiser”, June 26, 1889
1903 – Death of William Chase
At the aged of 64 years, William Chase died at Happy Valley. The report of his death doesn’t seem to have made it into the local newspapers of the time.
He was buried in the Happy Valley Cemetery and his remains were later transferred to the New Happy Valley Cemetery when the new Reservoir was constructed.
Name: William ChaseBirth Year: abt 1839Age: 64Death Date: 07 Feb 1903Death Place: Happy ValleyResidence Place: Happy ValleyRegistration Place: Morphett Vale, South AustraliaPage Number: 127Volume Number: 292Source InformationAncestry.com. Australia, Death Index, 1787-1985
1925 – Death of Emma Chase, nee Warren
Emma survived her husband, William, by 22 years. Emma’s death certificate indicates she died on November 7, 1925 at her home at 11 Cockburn Street in Port Pirie West, South Australia.
Her death certificate stated that she had been born in Langham in England and had been a resident in Australia for 73 years. She had a son and a daughter who survived her and two daughters who had predeceased her. (Her daughters, Rosetta Bertha Chase died at 11 years old in 1875, and Laura Alice Chase died in 1911 at 49 years old).
The death certificate gives her age as 82 years, when she was only 80 years old at her death.
1928 – In Memoriam – Emma Chase
In Memoriam – Emma ChaseIn memory of my dear mother, Emma Chase, who died November 7, 1925‘Tis hard to part with one we loveSo sadly, missed by her only surviving daughter, E. Bruse.Transcript of Newspaper Notice, "The Recorder (Port Pirie, SA)" November 6, 1928
Emma was clearly a much-loved mother.