Caithness, Charles Chance: a second family

 

Possibly Charles's first wife, Mary

                                                                                                                                                                                     Charles Chance Caithness      

Charles Chance Caithness remarried after the death of his first wife, Mary. The second wife was Annie Pipard.  Below, he is 70+ seen with his second family. His sons were born 1893, 1894 & 1895. His youngest died in 1901, but the other two look about 10 years old. Charles Chance Caithness died in 1906. This photo was taken about 1900. 

Caithness, Charles Chance and family residence

 

Residence of Charles Chance Caithness and family at Balmain, Sydney. The family were here by 1866 at which time Charles was with P&O (from 1861). By 1876 they had moved to Williamstown.

An 1874 edition of the Illustrated London News, reports the loss of P&O's mail steam ship, Rangoon, just out of Galle Harbour, Ceylon. Apparently Charles was on board at the time, and the experience may have provided an incentive to return to dry land.

Acknowledgement: Peter Hay, Don Gaff