Constance Jean (Warren) Bonython OBE (1891 - 1977)

Born 7 Nov 1891 in Adelaide, South Australia, Australia

Descendants

Died 11 Jun 1977 at age 85 in Stirling, South Australia, Australia

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Biography

Jean Bonython was born in Adelaide in 1891, the elder daughter of merchant, Charles Warren and his wife, Alice Maria, née Downer. After a private schooling in Adelaide she went on to the University but her studies came to an end with her marriage in 1911 to widower, Sir John Lavington Bonython. Constance became stepmother to his three children, and subsequently gave birth to three children of her own. [1]

She married Sir John Lavington Bonython on 11 December 1912 in St John's Anglican Church, Halifax Street, Adelaide, South Australia. [2]

Lady Bonython passed away in June 1977 and is buried at the Centennial Park Cemetery in Pasadena South Australia. [3]

From the Canberra Times of Monday the 13th of June 1977 we see:

SA woman,

84, dies

ADELAIDE: One of South Australia's most outstanding women, Lady (Constance Jean) Bonython, died on Saturday night, aged 84.

Lady Bonython, who was made an OBE in 1954, was a former Lady Mayoress of Adelaide and a tireless worker for charities.

She was the widow of Sir Lav-ington Bonython, a former Lord Mayor of Adelaide.

She married Sir Lavington in 1912 when she was 21. Sir Lavington had three children from his first marriage: John, Betty (now Lady Wilson) and Ada (Mrs Denis Heath).

Sir Lavington and Lady Bonython had three children: Warren, Katherine (Mrs Colin Verco) and Kym.

South Australia Birth Index : 1891 | 490/299 ^[1]
Surname | Given Name | Father Name | Mother Name | District |
WARREN Constance Jean | Charles Herbert WARREN | Alice Maria DOWNER | Adelaide

Birth

7 NOV 1891  :: Adelaide SA

Death

ID: CB863880-DC62-4F9A-A9B4-1EB35473FD44

ID Number: MH:IF1434

11 JUN 1977

Stirling SA

Record ID Number

ID Number: MH:I694

User ID

ID: 02716836-E76A-43EB-8876-98F30BA86478

UPD

30 DEC 2012 13:45:08 GMT+10

Sources

Parents: Charles Herbert Warren and Alice Maria Downer (Warren)

She had a major stroke in 1970, and in the period between then and her death in 1977, her son Warren wrote her biography: "I'm no lady : the reminiscences of Constance Jean, Lady Bonython, O.B.E. 1891-1977", edited by C. Warren Bonython, Issued in progressive chapter-instalments 1976-1981.

1. ↑ genealogysa

• Joyce Gibberd, 'Bonython, Lady Constance Jean (1891–1977)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/bonython-lady-constance-jean-9539/text16799, published first in hardcopy 1993, accessed online 26 October 2019.

• History Trust of South Australia, J150 Plaque, Lady Jean Bonython, SA History Hub, History Trust of South Australia, http://adelaidia.sa.gov.au/things/j150-plaquelady-jean-bonython, accessed 26 October 2019.

• John Lavington Bonython from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia at: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Lavington_Bonython first accessed 26 October 2019.

• Swain, Shurlee, 2014, Bonython, Constance Jean, from 'The Encyclopedia of Women and Leadership in Twentieth-Century Australia first accessed 26 October 2019. at: http://www.womenaustralia.info/leaders/biogs/WLE0140b.htm

• THE LADY MAYORESS from The Register News-Pictorial (Adelaide, SA : 1929 - 1931) of Saturday 2 February 1929, Page 40. at: https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/54252483 first accessed 26 October 2019.

• SA woman, 84, dies from The Canberra Times (ACT : 1926 - 1995) of Monday 13 June 1977, Page 7. at: https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/110850073? first accessed 26 October 2019.

• Bonython, Constance Jean, (Lady) (1891-1977) from TROVE at: https://trove.nla.gov.au/people/624531?q=%22Constance+Jean+Bonython%22&c=people first accessed 26 October 2019.

• Inscription 8227565 - Constance Jean Bonython online from the Australian Cemeteries Index at: https://austcemindex.com/inscription?id=8227565

• Find A Grave, database https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/153937893/constance_jean-bonython : accessed 26 October 2019), and memorial page for Constance Jean Bonython (1892–11 Jun 1977), Find A Grave Memorial no. 153937893, citing Centennial Park Cemetery, Pasadena, Mitcham City, South Australia, Australia ; Maintained by Dwight Baker (contributor 47306645) .