Cause of death: carcinoma of esophagus (6 wks) pleurisy; pericardial effusion; cardiac failure (1 wk)
Biographical Notes
Note: Ann was just a baby when her father died.
When Ann was 29 years she married Elijah Chapman, 30 years, a "farmer". The marriage took place at her mother's home in Nairne. Albert Chapman, carpenter of Callington and Jane [Dishon] Spence, tailoress of Nairne were witnesses.
Ann lived for many years after her husband's death in 1929. Every Christmas she would go with the Roy Chapmans and Thelma Chapman to Glenelg. They rented a house and went to the beach everyday. We have a picture of Aunt Ann in a boat with young Bob Chapman rowing.
On Ann's death certificate, it states that she had been born in Nairne 86 years previously and died "Sydney Road, Nairne," at the Spence-Chapman family home. She had been nursed by her niece Beryl Chapman Boase. Ann was a "pensioner, widow of Elijah Chapman." H.E. Carr of Mount Barker was the undertaker.
Ann died of cerebral thrombosis and cerebral arteriosclerosis in 1951.
Note: "Aunt Ann played the organ at the Methodist church [in Nairne] for over 25 years; and when she left, they gave her a gold watch and chain. She also had a nice contralto voice."
"The women all stayed at home in those days; they didn't go out to work. Everyone but Aunt Ann had big families. She stayed home to look after her mother."
Death
3 October 1951 (Age 86) Cause of death: cerebral thrombosis (2 wks); cerebral arteriosclerosis (years)