Gertrude Olive WARREN (1873-1944)

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2. Gertrude Olive Warren (1873-1944)

Spouse : Frederick Read

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   Warren
3. Charlotte Warren & Francis Appleton
4. Emma Warren & William Chase
5.   Oliver Warren & Elizabeth Hales
    ..... Children - 1. George Albert Warren

2. Gertrude Warren & Frederick Read
3. Bertha Warren
4. Charlotte Warren
5. John (Jack) Warren
6. William Henry (Bill) Warren
7. Rose Elizabeth Warren
8. Beatrice Warren
9. Oliver Francis Warren
10. Olive Warren

6. Montefiore Warren

7. Charles James Warren
8. Sarah Jane Warren

Birth                     1873, September 14 in Happy Valley, South Australia
Father                  Oliver Warren
Mother                 Elizabeth Hales

Married                1915, July 20 in Baptist Church, Adelaide, South Australia
Spouse                Frederick Read

Spouse Birth About 1889
Spouse Father Alfred Giles Read
Spouse Mother
Spouse Death

Death February 1, 1944 in Northfield, Adelaide, SA
Age at Death 71 years
Burial

1873 – Birth – Gertrude Olive Warren

Gertrude Olive Warren was born in 1873 in Happy Valley, South Australia, most likely at the house that Oliver’s father, John Warren, had built on his land. (After John Warren’s death, Gertrude’s father, Oliver Warren, inherited the house and land.)

Name:                      Gertrude Warren
Birth Date:                14 Sep 1873
Birth Place:               Happy Valley
Registration Place:   Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Father:                     Oliver Warren
Mother:                    Elizabeth Hales
Page Number:        267
Volume Number:    126
Source Information : Ancestry.com. Australia, Birth Index, 1788-1922

Gertrude travelled to Kaniva in Victoria with her parents and siblings about 1883 when she was about 10 years old where her father tried his hand at farming under the settlement scheme called Grant’s Land Act, 1878.

Gertrude no doubt helped her mother, Elizabeth, nee Hales, especially when more siblings were added to the family, Beatrice in 1885 (Gertrude was 12) and Francis Oliver in 1887 (Gertrude was 14). She also experienced the birth and death of her last-born sister, a baby girl named Olive Warren in 1890, followed shortly thereafter by the terrible loss of her mother in the following year. All this, and Gertrude was just reaching adulthood at 18 years old.

She then returned to Happy Valley with her father and the other children where life just kept going sour for this young girl.

In 1895 when Gertrude was 22 years old and her sister, Bertha was just two years younger, the worst thing ever happened. Her sister, Bertha was sexually assaulted by her father, Oliver, and was pregnant with his child. Somehow, word leaked out and Oliver was charged with incest with his daughter.

Bertha gave birth to a child that died within a few days. Oliver was tried and sentenced to 12 months hard labour.

Gertrude, the eldest child needed to take over as head of the shattered family. I suppose she did as well as could be expected of a young woman with no - or at least extremely limited – income. She was taking care of Bertha, aged 20 who would have been humiliated and shamed, of Charlotte, aged 18 and who appears to have been mentally unstable and would have been difficult to handle with scrapes with the law. Also, the younger siblings, John, 16, William, 14, Rose, 12, Beatrice, 10, and Oliver Francis, 8 were under her care.

Her father, Oliver Warren, was released from prison about 1896, but from all accounts, he was a shattered and shambling old man, probably suffering from dementia. Gertrude remained to care for the younger children which meant she almost missed the chance of marriage and happiness.

1915 – Marriage – Gertrude Olive Warren

It was not until 1915 at the age of 41 years that Gertrude Olive married Frederick Read in Adelaide. He was 35 years old.

Groom Given Name(s):          Frederick
Groom Last Name:                READ
Bride Given Name(s):            Gertrude
Bride Last Name:                   WARREN
Marriage Date:                      1915, July 20
Marriage Place:                     Baptist Church Adelaide
Groom Age:                          35
Groom Approx. Birth Year:   1880
Groom Marital Status:          S
Groom Father:                     Alfred Giles READ
Bride Age:                            41
Bride Approx. Birth Year:     1874
Bride Marital Status:            S
Bride Father Name:             Oliver WARREN
District:                                Adelaide
Book/Page:                          264/169
Source: www.genealogysa.org.au

1915 - Marriage Registration Gertrude Warren & Frederick Read, SA

Gertrude Warren and Frederick Read remained in South Australia, settling at Northfield.

1944 – Death – Gertrude Olive Warren

Gertrude died at the age of 71 years.

Given Name(s):       Gertrude
Last Name:              READ
Death Date:             01 Feb 1944
Gender:                    F
Age:                         71y
Approx. Birth Year: 1873
Marital Status:         M
Relative 1:                Frederick READ [H]
Residence:               Northfield
Death Place:            Northfield
District:                    Port Adelaide
Book/Page:             672/479
Source: https://www.genealogysa.org.au/index

1944 - Newspaper Death Notice - Gertrude Read, nee Warren, SA

Transcription –

READ – On February 1 (suddenly), Gertrude, beloved wife of
Frederick Read and loving sister of Rose, Beatrice, Will and Jack.

There are no following generations from Gertrude Olive Warren and Frederick Read