Post #688747 by Cheese Pirate on Mon, Aug 5, 2013 12:56 AM

I would think there's a high probability that Dobrey Christian of Pitcairn Island was descended from Fletcher Christian,
famous for his part in the mutiny on the Bounty.
Of possible interest, is that the descendants were eventually relocated and live now on Norfolk Island, an Australian territory.
It may also interest some that William Bligh later became Governor of the fledgling Australian colony for a time and the vague Tiki
connection is that he became entangled in what was known as the "Rum Rebellion".
Anna Bligh, a descendent of William, was recently Premier of the state of Queensland.
The story of the Bounty has many ties to Australia and your painting is fascinating, nice find.

About the relocation to Norfolk Island, that is partly correct, though within 5 years of the relocation 44 people had moved back to Pitcairn and roughly 50 people still live there today. Dobrey Christian served on the Pitcairn island council in 1979 and 1980.

Dobrey Christian

Dobrey was born Verna Carlean Deborah Young, but Fletcher Christian is her great-great-great-great-grandfather. Fletcher had a son named Thursday October Christian, who had a son named Thursday October Christian II, who had a daughter named Agnes Christian. She married Samuel Russel Warren, a whaler from Rhode Island, and they had a daughter named Catherine Edith Warren. She married David Andrew Stanley Young and they had a son named Andrew Clarence David Young. Andrew Young operated the first wireless set on Pitcairn in 1921 and in 1938 became the first Radio Amateur operating on the island. He was Dobrey's father.

Thursday October Christian II (Dobrey's great-great-grandfather and Fletcher Christian's grandson)

Andrew Young (Dobrey's father)

The painted "Hattie leaves" from Pitcairn are named after Hattie Andre who among other things taught the Pitcairn islanders dry leaf painting.

[ Edited by: Cheese Pirate 2013-08-05 02:27 ]