Rose (aka Rosa) CHRISTIE (1877-1963)

Family Stories > 5th GENERATION > John Warren's Family > Sarah J. Warren's Family

1. Rose aka Rosa Christie (1877 - 1963)

Spouse : Christopher Charles Short (1875 - 1956)

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

6. Montefiore Warren

7. Charles James Warren & Agnes McNay
8. Sarah Jane Warren & John Christie
.... Children - 1. Rosa (Rose) Christie & Christopher Charles Short

2. Ethel Jane Christie
3. Charlotte Robenia Christie
4. Beatrice Alice Christie
5. Bertha Christie
6. Violet May Christie
7. Lendsley Harold Christie

Rose (Rosa) Christie

Born                           1877, September 21 at Delamere, Yankalilla, South Australia
Christened                 At home of Charlotte Appleton (her aunt) at Glenburn (now Delamere)
Father                        John Christie
Mother                       Sarah Jane Warren

Marriage                    1896, September 26 at St. Paul’s Church, Port Adelaide, SA
Spouse                      Christopher Charles Short
                                        Born        c 1875
                                        Father    Henry Short
                                        Mother
                                        Died         1956, February 17 at Yorketown Hospital
                                       Buried       1956, February 19 Edithburgh Cemetery

Death 1963, March 24 at Lewis Private Hospital, Beulah Park, SA

Buried                   1963, March 25 at Edithburgh Cemetery
Age at Death         86 years

Children                1. Gladys May Short

2. George Alfred Short

3. Rosa Mary Jane Short

4. Christopher Charles Short

5. Alma Bertha Short

6. Ethel Beatrice Short

7. Thelma Rose Short

8. Herbert John (Peter) Short

9. Henry Arthur Short

10. Olive Elsie Short

11. Leslie Roy Short

Rosa was born at Delamere but soon after birth went with her parents to live on Kangaroo Island where she attended school until the age of nine. Then the family moved to Brighton and three years later to Edithburgh where they lived next to the old school.

Prior to her marriage, Rosa worked at various places and jobs including at the Edithburgh Police Station, at a furniture shop called Durnels, then as a housekeeper for various families, including a Mrs. Warren.

After her marriage to Christopher Charles Short, they lived in many places in South Australia, but during that time, Rosa either owned or managed several stores, including one at 107 Commercial Road, Port Adelaide. Here the family lived above the store and it is told that while Rosa was working in the shop, her young children were minded by local aboriginal women.

Charles was a very good dancer and started dancing lessons at the Coobowie Hall. He also built and repaired boats, the largest of which was 34 feet long.

In retirement, he continued his love of boat building, instead building model sail boats.

1930- Theft of Boat

News (Adelaide, SA : 1923 - 1954), Tuesday 15 April 1930, page 1