by Frank Martin, March 2021
Samuel and Sarah (Smith) Warren at North West Brook. This photo was taken in celebration of Samuel’s 65 birthday and his retirement from Northern Bight Station, 1946 (Photo courtesy Frank Martin)
Samuel Warren, son of Thomas and Eliza (Smith) Warren, was born at Chance Cove 19 April 1881. He married Sarah Ann Smith, daughter of Nathaniel and Eva (Peddle) Smith at Chance Cove on 14 December 1899.
For a while Samuel earned his living as a fisherman. Then he obtained a job with the Newfoundland Railway. He worked as a railway section man out of Rantem Station, Trinity Bay. He became railway section foreman and moved to Northern Bight Station where he lived with his family for several years.
Samuel’s four sons Tom, Nath, Joe, and Manuel, also worked for the Newfoundland Railway as section men out of Northern Bight Station with Manuel also serving as railway section foreman.
Samuel and Sarah (Smith) Warren. This photo was taken in front of the school at Rantem. (Photo courtesy Frank Martin)
While Samuel was working, his wife Sarah Ann Smith (1877-1957) and their children lived at Northern Bight Station. As the family got older some of the children married and moved to nearby North West Brook.
When Samuel retired from the railway he was presented with a clock which became one of his most prized possessions.
Samuel Warren passed away on 9 July 1950 at North West Brook and his body was taken to Chance Cove for burial. After his death, Sarah Ann moved to Chance Cove where she lived with family. She passed away on 12 October 1957 and was buried beside her husband in the Anglican Cemetery, Chance Cove.