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| CLASSIC FISH Signed JACOB WARREN |
£320 / SOLD |
A good classic fish typically signed to the wing Made By J.R.WARREN, & SOUVENIR FROM PITCAIRN ISLAND.
Length 31.5 cm .
Condition small chip to top fin.
Jacob Ralph "Chippie" Warren was born on Pitcairn Island on June 4, 1920. His father was Christopher Warren and his mother was Mary Emily Christian. He died on January 31, 2007. Jacob grew up on Pitcairn, then went to New Zealand from 1946 t o 1953, as a mattress maker and carpenter. He again left Pitcairn as the result of an accident and worked in Wellington, New Zealand as a carpenter in 1977 and 1978. On September 24, 19565, he married Mary Mavis Warren and they had two children, Jay and Meralda. Jacob is survived by two children, four grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren. Jacob, with David Bradnam built Pitcairn's first jetty in the 1960s, and he headed the school and schoolhouse project, among numerous other projects. He was the forester for Pitcairn in 1964, and oversaw the re-forestation of the Island. He built and repaired a number of Pitcairn's longboats. In 1991 he was awarded the British Empire Medal by Pitcairn Governor Moss. Jacob was a deacon in the Pitcairn Seventh-day Adventist Church for many years, always keeping the church building in shape, and the church garden clean and colorful. "Dad was more of a giver than a receiver," said his daughter Meralda, "and he has earned a great respect from young and old in this community. |
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