Burdett Launder (1891-1974)
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Burdett Launder (1891 - 1974)
1965 : Burdett Warren, nee Launder
Burdett Launder was my paternal grandmother
BURDETT LAUNDER
BIRTH 13 November 1891 at home at 7 Cyril Street, Windsor, Windsor, Victoria, Australia
MOTHER Mary Burdett SALISBURY
MARRIAGE 17 May 1911 Prahran, Victoria, Australia
WITNESSES L. M. Warren and L. M. Warren
DEATH 3 January 1974 Macleod, Victoria, Australia
WHERE BURIED Boroondarra, C of E, "C", Grave 3982
OCCUPATION Milliner
RESIDENCES BEFORE MARRIAGE 1891 5 Cyril Street, Windsor
1894 5 Mount Street, Prahran
1895 11 Cyril Street, Windsor
1907 2 Bowen Street, Prahran
1910 720 High Street, Armadale
CHILDREN
Robert Leslie James WARREN MALE
BIRTH 6 July 1912 Hawksburn, Victoria, Australia
DEATH 9 April 1992 Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
BIRTH 16 August 1913 Hawksburn, Victoria, Australia
DEATH 1 August 2003
Albert Herbert Melville WARREN MALE
BIRTH 21 September 1914 Hawksburn, Victoria, Australia
DEATH 6 July 1994 Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Unnamed FEMALE
BIRTH 1935
DEATH about 1935
Burdett Launder - Her Early Life
1891 – Birth of Burdett Launder
About a year after the birth of Leonard Leslie Warren and several hundred kilometres south east of Kaniva, a little girl was born in Prahran, a suburb of Melbourne.
On the 13th day of November in 1891, Burdett Launder was born – the sixth and last-born child of her parents, Roberts Launder and Mary Burdett Salisbury, at the family home at 5 Cyril Street, Prahran. The house was a single fronted work-man’s cottage which nestled amongst many similar residences in the street as well as the adjoining lanes and streets. And yes, her father’s name was Roberts – with an ‘s’!
Where did the name ‘Burdett’ come from? Certainly, it was her mother’s second name, and her maternal grandfather, Richard Salisbury, sometimes adopted ‘Burdett’ as his second name, and sometimes ‘Albert’. Many years of searching has yet to clarify the origins of the name.
1910 – Death of Roberts Launder
The Launder family moved several times during the next seventeen or so years and by 1910 at the time of the death of her father, Roberts Launder, the family were living at 720 High Street, Armadale when Burdett was about 19 years old. They lived behind and above a shop front which housed the family painting and decorating business. In fact, Burdett’s father, Roberts, died as a result of lead poisoning which was in those times an ingredient in paints and emulsions which were made in the shop.
The photo shows two of the Launder family posing at the door of the shop, the man on the left is most likely Roberts Launder, the other being his son, Harold Launder.
It is not clear whether Burdett received much of an education but judging by her lack of expertise with a pen, it is likely she fell under the radar of the education requirements of the time. Nevertheless, Burdett worked as a milliner (a maker of ladies’ hats) prior to her marriage - a job that required expertise as a needlewoman and creativity.
Nothing much else is known about Burdett's early life - so go now to the page for Leonard Leslie Warren for the rest of her story.