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- Maren Johanne Marie NISSEN born 9 November 1874 in Schleswig (Maren was known as Annie & Johanne was pronounced Johanna), christened 20 December 1874 at Aabenraa, Aabenraa-Sonderborg, Schleswig. She was 1 year and 9 months old when she landed in Adelaide. Maren always said she was 2 years old when she arrived and the Passengers Contract ticket showed 2 years. The story goes that it wasn’t till Maren obtained her birth certificate for presentation to the minister performing her marriage that she learnt her full name. She was confirmed on 28 April 1889 at St Paul's Church of England, Pultney St, Adelaide, SA, and took her first communion on 5th May 1889 at St Paul’s. She was married on 23 August 1892 in Holy Trinity Church of England, North Tce, Adelaide, SA, to William Finlayson SUMMERS, born 2 May 1867 Kermode St, North Adelaide, SA (son of Charles SUMMERS and Mary LOCK). His occupation was as a plumber and he died on 20 March 1917 of appendicitis, and is buried in Payneham Cemetery.
This was William’s second marriage. He first married Emma Amelia WEAKLEY on 15 June 1888. Emma died on 11 January 1890 in Broken Hill, NSW. They had a daughter, Annie Augusta SUMMERS, born 17 December 1888 in Carrington St, Adelaide. Maren offered to bring up Annie but, quite possibly because they had cared for her since her mother’s death, she was brought up by William’s brother, George, and his wife Euphemia who had no children of their own. In 1918 Maren, a widow of twelve months, took on the up-bringing of Theador’s daughter, Dorothy, following his wife’s death. Apparently she was asked to take his son, Ken, as well but refused, as he was older, and Maren thought Theador could manage and that boys need their father.
Maren kept an exercise book in which she recorded the family history, and this has been a great source for the historian. Near the end of her life her eyesight had deteriorated to the stage where she wore very thick glasses and still needed a magnifying glass to read anything. However her mind was sharp until the end and lots of things were committed to her memory. She died at the age of 86 on 16 November 1960 in Repatriation Hospital, Daw Park, SA, of cancer of the mouth and throat. She is buried in Payneham Cemetery.
Maren and William had eight children. Their first child Riccard William SUMMERS (known as Dick) was born on 9 February 1893. He was killed in action near Ypres, Belgium on 25 August 1917. He was a private with the number 4886 in the 50th Brigade, AIF.
A daughter, Laura SUMMERS, married Sydney BECK. One of Laura’s granddaughters is Margaret TUNE who has done a lot of work on the family story. A number of the Becks were very involved in the Church of Christ. One of their daughters, Marjorie Ethel BECK, married Alfred David LEHMANN (known as David). One of Marjorie’s sons, Trevor John LEHMANN, was a Policeman/Detective who married Lynette ROSENZWEIG. Their son is Darren Scott LEHMANN born on 5 February 1970 in Gawler Hospital and he is an Australian cricketer. He was state captain from 1998 and has played in the Australian Test and one-day teams. He has also played, and been captain, for Yorkshire, England.
Another son of Maren, William Ernest SUMMERS (known as Will) was born on 6 December 1897 and died on 14 September 1921 in Adelaide, SA. He is buried in Payneham Cemetery. He was in the Australian Infantry Forces, 50th Brigade, with his brother Riccard. He was invalided home because of respiratory condition caused by gassing and only survived the war by a few years.
The youngest daughter, Susie Madge SUMMERS, was born on 16 April 1912. Hans Johannes Trules NISSEN was her godfather. She first did live-in housework in SA then, later, was a clerk for the NSW Government. She visited Adelaide at least every Christmas and for other special celebrations. Susie was a member of the first woman's cricket team to represent Australia in England in 1937. She was not chosen for any of the Test matches. The Australian captain was Margaret Peden and the English captain the famous Betty Archdale. The Australians only lost one match, the second Test. A write-up in the Adelaide Advertiser before the tour described Susie as follows: Sue Summers, the only South Australian in the side, will also be useful as a batsman, although she was chosen for her slow left hand bowling. Summers is one of the keenest girls in the team and, with the little practice she has had, her bowling shows marked improvement. Because she was the only South Australian in the team she asked Don Bradman to assist with fund raising for her but he refused. She died 25 February 1988 at home in Sydney, NSW, of heart failure. Her ashes are in Payneham Cemetery. Susie had a heart valve replacement some years prior to her death.
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