Sarah Celia (Celia) Woods

   Another name for Sarah was Celia Chivington.

  General Notes:

Calvin Warby notes:
Immigrated 27 Sep 1839 in 'Neptune' - Sydney NSW AUS.
Celia: It is believed that Celia WARBY assumed the name of Sarah Celia WARBY nee:WOOD and lived with her brother, William WARBY, as husband & wife. The first two children supposedly born to Sarah Celia and William WARBY are definitely the children of John and Celia CHIVINGTON nee:WARBY. It is believed that William moved in to support his sister after her husband and two children died, that they then assumed the roll of husband and wife with 7 children being born of which, only two of this union survived without great handicaps
He adds:
My 3rd Great-Grandfather, James Warby (William and Celia's brother), joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormons) and came to the United States, settling first in San Bernardino, California, then in Beaver Utah and finally in Manila, Utah. It being important to Mormons to know about their genealogy, he told his children and grandchildren about the common-law marriage of his sister and brother and it has been handed down through the line since. The story has been told several times by his descendants. Also, Celia (Selina, according to the Ship Neptune's records), is listed with the rest of the family on the ship's logs when they immigrated to Australia in 1939. After the death of John Chivington, Celia changed her name to Sarah Celia Woods (taking on her mother's maiden surname) and, being destitute, her brother, William, moved in with her and her 2 surviving children to support the family. Subsequently, they had seven children together.

The story was also told independently through one of William's descendants, Patricia Evans, who documented 15 generations of Warby's. She documents that only two of William and Celia's children survived this union without severe handicaps, which supports what would happen genetically with a brother-sister relationship. Handicaps requiring institutionalization continued to be prevalent in William and Celia's descendants for generations, but not in the children Celia had by John Chivington, nor in any of William's and Celia's brothers; and sisters' lines, as far as I have researched up to this point.

  Noted events in her life were:

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Sarah married John Chivington, son of James Chivington and Charlotte Dorton, on 13 Feb 1845 in Anglican Church, Hexham, Newcastle, NSW Australia. (John Chivington was born in 1814 in Ewell, Surrey England, christened on 26 Feb 1815 in Banstead, Surrey England, died on 25 Feb 1851 in Raymond Terrace, NSW Australia and was buried on 26 Feb 1851 in Raymond Terrace Pioneer Cemetery, NSW Australia.)

Sarah next married William Warby, son of James Warby and Mary Ann Wood/s, circa 1851 in Hunter Valley, NSW Australia. (William Warby was born in 1814 in Hythe, Kent England, christened on 27 Aug 1815 in St Leonards Anglican Church, Hythe, Kent England, died on 21 Sep 1900 in Maitland East, NSW Australia and was buried on 23 Sep 1900 in Maitland East, NSW Australia interred in Anglican.)