Caroline (Caller) Wines (1821 - 1922)

Born 12 Oct 1821 in South Petherton, Somerset, England

Ancestors

Wife of James Wines — married 31 Jan 1841 in South Petherton, Somerset, England

Descendants

Died 12 Sep 1922 at age 100 in South Australia, Australia [uncertain]

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Biography

• Born 12 October 1821 to Elizabeth (nee Scaife) and Robert Callow in South Petherton, Somerset, England.^[1]
• Baptised 25 December 1827 at the Parish Church of St Peter and St Paul in South Petherton, Somerset, England.^[1]
• Surname seems to have been changed from that of her father (Callow) due to incorrect transcription before migration to Australia occurred. Confusingly it is still sometimes stated as Callow when she is in Australia, such as on her children Caroline and Escott's 1860 and 1862 birth records.^[2][3] To make research even more difficult half of her children seem to have taken the surname Wynes instead of Wines.
• Migrated from England to South Australia with family in 1852 aboard the Sultana, aged 31 according to the ship log.^[4][5]
• Children:
  1. Betsy (born 1844, South Petherton, Somerset)
  2. Job (born circa 1849, South Petherton, Somerset)
  3. Annice (born circa 1851, South Petherton, Somerset)
  4. Ann (born circa 1 July 1852, Somerset, England or at sea)
  5. Ellen (born circa 26 August 1856, Signal Flat, South Australia)
  6. Caroline (born circa 12 September 1860, Currency Creek, South Australia)^[2]
  7. Escott Wines (born circa 24 August 1862, Signal Flat, South Australia)^[3]
  8. Thomas (born circa 26 May 1864, Giles Flat, South Australia)
• The Wines family made good use of the local courts in Naracoorte and Mount Gambier as they struggled to establish themselves in their new home:
  • In 1869 Caroline sued a lodger by the name of Hodge for recovery of unpaid rent. The case was heard in Mount Gambier Local Court on 30 March 1869. She claimed he owed 15 pounds and 9 shillings. The verdict was in her favour but amount was reduced by 9 pounds which Hodge claimed had already been paid.^[6]
  • In 1870 Caroline's husband, James, was the defendant in a civil court case (Loader v. Wines) in which Loader claimed he had not been paid 10 pounds, 10 shillings for some work done. Wines claimed his and Caroline's son Job had done the work not paid. Caroline and their son, Job, also testified. The verdict of the case was for (in favour of) the defendant (Wines) to the value of "1 and 9 pence".^[7]
  • On 19 August 1872 Caroline's husband, James, was charged with felonious assault in a crimimal court case heard in the Naracoorte Police Court. Some of the Wines children testified in their father's favour. James was accused of striking a boy, Angus Tipping, with a stone on his head after Tipping and his mother had set a dog on a cow owned by the Wines. James claimed Tipping's drunk mother had in fact wielded the stone. James was found not guilty by unanimous verdict of the jury, the members of which did not even leave their box to deliberate!^[8][9]
• Died 12 September 1922 in South Australia (at the ripe age of 100 if this unsourced information is to be believed).^[1]

Sources

1. South Australian Births, Deaths & Marriages Registry (https://www.genealogysa.org.au/index.php)
2. The Ships List: [www.theshipslist.com TheShipsList.com]
3. Unverified source: Christine Evelyn, 2013, Caroline CALLER
4. Unverified source: Nick Martin, 2013, Caroline CALLER

Footnotes

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} PRIMARY OR SECONDARY SOURCE REQUIRED
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} SA BDM Births Reg #21/43
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} SA BDM Births Reg #25/221
4. ↑ The Ships List, 'Sultana' 1852 passenger list
5. ↑ Christine Evelyn's notes accessed September 2013: "With Assistance from Graeme Elliott and Michael Cannon. Emigrated to South Australia on "Sultana", arrived 7/10/1852. Family lived Strathalbyn, Finnis and Currency Creek beofre travelling overland to Naracoorte."
6. ↑ Border Watch 3 April 1969; Wines v. Hodge, T.
7. ↑ Border Watch 16 February 1870: Loader v. Wines
8. ↑ Border Watch 24 August 1872 NARRACOORTE POLICE COURT
9. ↑ Border Watch 19 October 1872: FELONIOUS ASSAULT