Richard was born in 1822 and was the son of James Nankervis and Mary Maddern.
Her parents, James and Mary did not marry. There is no record of Richard's baptism, nor of his younger 2 sisters. His brother James is referred to as 'base child' in his baptism.
Census 1841 - Tredinney, St Buryan, Cornwall, England
He arrived in Australian approx 1852
NOTE: Hotham West is now North Melbourne, Victoria
Death notice: Leader (Melbourne, Vic. : 1862 - 1918, 1935) Sat 9 Jun 1906 - WARREN.— On 27th May, at his residence, North Melbourne. Richard Warren, late of "Sylvanham," Gunbar, New South Wales. Aged 86 years.
Richard is buried in the Boroondara General Cemetery, Kew, Victoria, Australia. C/E C 2440. Date of service May 30, 1906[1]
Indexing Project (Batch) Number: C04440-5 System Origin: England-ODM GS Film number: 1595894
Victoria Death Index, 1836-1985 - registration #5779/1906
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Birth Deaths Marriages Victoria lists his mother as Jane Carnow and his father as John Warren on his death notice, with place of death Beechworth. He also published an obituary to his father James upon his death at Beechworth in 1876. There are numerous other references that contradict the parentage cited here. There is a second BDM listing for a Richard Warren dying in 1906, at Hotham West (now North Melbourne), with a mother named Maddern and father unknown. I think it's safe to say that this Richard Warren matches the latter, and is NOT for Richard Warren of Beechworth, proprietor of the Ovens and Murray Advertiser.
edited by Vincent Hill
Thanks for your information. I have removed all information for Richard Warren in Beechworth.
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