William Warn (1851 - 1904)

Born 29 Dec 1851 in Adelaide, South Australia, Australia

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Died 23 Jan 1904 at age 52 in Adelaide, South Australia, Australia

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Biography

William was born on 29 December 1851, son of Richard Warn maltster and Elizabeth formerly Henwood. The informant was Sabina Coppin of South Terrace. [b.cert] William Warne labourer was fined 10s in the Police Court Adelaide for using indecent language and also fined 20s on a previous charge of a similar nature. [SA Register 6 July 1878. ]

William Warn aged 53 labourer, a heavy drinker of colonial wine, hanged himself at Glen Osmond in January 1904 aged 53. He used to sleep at an untenanted house near the quarries and had complained to Constable Murphy that he had worn out two or three pairs of boots in an unsuccessful search for work, and was a swagman and sleeping in an untenanted house near the quarries. He was of a lively disposition but had been fidgety of late. [Adelaide Observer, 30 Jan 1904] The house was built when the quarry was making its record output, but had recently been occupied only by swagmen who have camped in it. Charles Gross, a plasterer, of Lower Mitcham, said he last saw the deceased alive about a fortnight ago. He seemed melancholy, and had been out of work for sometime. He drank a considerable quantity of colonial wine. The coroner made condemnatory remarks concerning the sale of cheap so-called “colonial wine”. [The Advertiser, 25 Jan 1904]

Sources

• Birth certificate. SA Register 6 July 1878. Adelaide Observer, 30 Jan 1904.

The Advertiser, 25 Jan 1904.