Biography

Rosetta May Aherin (nee Warren) (1862 circa - 1935) was born in Ireland in the 1860s, the daughter of Henry Warren of Drumin House, Co. Meath. Rosetta came to Australia as a young girl with her parents who settled in Sandringham, Victoria.

She married Charles Richard Aherin of Victoria and they had one daughter. The family later took up residence in Launceston and joined the congregation of St. John's Church. Rosetta became actively involved in the community and social work and was a member of the Elphin Road/Newstead branch of the Launceston General Hospital Auxiliary.

In February 1935, Rosetta suffered a bad accident in Sandringham where she was visiting. The accident resulted in a broken hip and other injuries from which she did not recover. She died on 3^rd May 1935. In St. John's Church, in her memory, a brass plaque was erected in the north aisle. Charles Aherin moved to Devonport and died there in 1957, aged 93. The inscription on the plaque for Rosetta reads:
IN LOVING MEMORY OF
ROSETTA MAY AHERIN
DAUGHTER OF HENRY WARREN
DRUMIN HOUSE CO. MEATH, IRELAND
BELOVED MOTHER OF WYVERNE MURRAY WHITE
3RD MAY 1935

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