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Rare sea gull on stand signed JACOB WARREN PITCAIRN ISLAND.
SIGNED (signature is carved on the back along with Pitcairn Island) by the artist
JACOB WARREN, Pitcairn Island
The Pitcairn Islands officially named the Pitcairn, Henderson, Ducie and Oeno Islands , are a group of four volcanic islands in the southern Pacific Ocean that form a British Overseas Territory . The four islands – Pitcairn, Henderson , Ducie , and Oeno – are spread over several hundred miles of ocean and have a total land area of about 47 square kilometres. Only Pitcairn, the second largest and measuring about 3.6 kilometres (2.2 mi) from east to west, is inhabited. With only about 48 inhabitants (currently from four main families: Christian, Warren, Young and Brown), Pitcairn is the least populous jurisdiction in the world. Pitcairn, is accessible only by boat through Bounty Bay . Jacob Warren (1920-2007) produced some stunning wood carvings throughout his life and career working as a gifted boatbuilder amongst his many other skills which helped his family and community through the Island of Pitcairns Public Work Programme. JACOB WARREN, OWNER OF A ‘DAZZLING SMILE,’ DIES ON PITCAIRN
ANGWIN, CALIF., USA ------ Jacob Ralph (Chippie) Warren, who was born on Pitcairn Island on June 4, 1920, and was known by all on the island for his dazzling smile and hard work, has died.
He was awarded the British Order of Empire medal in 1991 by Pitcairn's Governor David Moss in recognition of his outstanding service to the Pitcairn people.
Mr. Warrens death came on the last day of January 2007, as the result of a fall on Pitcairn's main road not far from the island home he shared with his wife, Mary Mavis Warren, whom he married on September 24, 1956; and his daughter, Meralda Warren.
Jacobs parents were Christopher Warren and Mary Emily Christian. He grew up on Pitcairn, and in the 1940s and 50s worked in New Zealand as a mattress maker and carpenter. He had to leave Pitcairn again in the 1970s as the result of an accident, and in the year he was away recuperating he again worked as a carpenter in Wellington, New Zealand. It was through his carpentry work that he became known to friends as Chippie.
Jacob survived a heart bypass operation in 1996, and then continued his vigorous life on Pitcairn. He helped build the islands first jetty, became the forester for Pitcairn in 1964 and led in reforestation of various parts of the island. He built and repaired a number of Pitcairns famed wooden longboats, and always carried his tools and material to mend the boats and build things on the island when the Pitcairners would voyage to Oeno Island for their annual holiday there.
In addition to his many other good works on Pitcairn, Jacob was a deacon for many years in the Pitcairn Island Seventh-day Adventist Church. His carpentry skills helped keep the church building in repair, and his love of nature found him tending the churchs flower garden with care.
Jacob was always a regular in showing up for Pitcairns required Public Work program, of which participation by all able-bodied men is required, this continuing up until last year when his old knees started not to hold him up, as one Pitcairner said.
Work was something Chippie was not afraid of, said his daughter. Dad was more of a giver than a receiver, and he earned great respect from young and old in this community. He will be sorely missed. |
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