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Hi
I am interested in learning anything at all about the following family:
GEORGE JAMES BROWN
Was he born in Victoria, Austalia around 1858?
Died: About 1943 in NZ I believe
GEORGINA HARRIET DRIVER (some records seem to spell her last name as DRISER)
Believe she was born around 1859 in London, England? Can anyone confirm or deny this?
Died: About 1940 in NZ I believe
Does anyone know when/where George and Georgina got married? I believe they got married around 1877 in NZ somewhere. But not entirely sure about this. I assume all there children were born in New Zealand, and possibly all at Kowai Bush in Canterbury? But can not yet confirm this...
Together George and Georgina had the following children:
CHILD ONE: Georgina Viva BROWN
- Born: 20 March 1878 in Kowai Bush, Canterbury, New Zealand
- Died: 14 April 1958 in New Zealand somewhere. Unsure where yet.
- Married: Someone by the surname REDDINGTON. Does anyone know what his first name(s) were? Where/when he was born and where/when he died?
- Children: Did they have any? Details?
CHILD TWO: George Albert BROWN
- Born: About 1880 - where?
- Died: About 1958 - where?
- Married: Did he get married? Who too? Details?
- Children: ??? Did they have any? Details?
CHILD THREE: Amy Winifrid BROWN
- Born: About 1882 - where?
- Died: About 1960 - where?
- Married: Someone by the name of George Henry HALPACRE. Where/when was he was born and where/when did he died?
- Children: It appears as though they had one child together who was born and died a short time later in 1916. Name unknown if they called it anything. But did they have any others?
CHILD FOUR: Janiet Harriet BROWN
- Born: About 1884 - where?
- Died: About 1973 - where?
- Married: Charles Frank Stanley BURKE it appears in 1906
- Children: I believe they had as many as 6 children together. There first one was named Rosa Florence Georgina Burke. She was born in New Zealand in 1906 and died in New Zealand in 1999. She appears to have never married or had any children of her own. Janet and Charles appeared to also have had a child named Eric BURKE in 1913; a Ronald BURKE in 1914 and a Stanley BURKE in 1922. Assume they were all born in New Zealand somewhere. Unsure if any in turn got married and went on to have children of there own. Am unsure about details of the other 3 possible children they had.
CHILD FIVE: Evaline Rose BROWN (she appears to have spelt her name a couple of different ways)
- Born: 1887 - where?
- Died: 1957 - where?
- Married: Leonard CHAPMAN in 1914. He appears to have been born somewhere in NZ in 1887 and died somewhere in NZ in 1966. I think his father was named John CHAPMAN (born 1840 in NZ somewhere and died somewhere in NZ in 1931) and his mother was named Emily Croot SURIDGE (born 1850 in NZ somewhere and died somewhere in NZ in 1917). His parents married in NZ somewhere in 1875 I believe.
- Children: It appears as though they had 3 daughters named Gweneth CHAPMAN who was born in 1916; a Marjorie CHAPMAN born in 1920 and a Rona Winifed CHAPMAN born in 1921. Assume they were all born in New Zealand somewhere. Unsure if any in turn got married and went on to have children of there own.
CHILD SIX: Philip Allan BROWN
- Born: About 1889 - where?
- Died: About 1953 - where?
- Married: ??? Did he get married? Who too? Details?
- Children: ??? Did they have any? Details?
CHILD SEVEN: Leonard Harold BROWN
- Born: 22 September 1891 in Kowai Bush, Canterbury, New Zealand
- Died: About 1978 somewhere in New Zealand
- Married: Ethel Alice BEATTIE on 20 March 1918 at St. Andrews Church in Christchurch, New Zealand
Children: Believe they had at least 2 children together. Details are unknown though.
CHILD EIGHT: William Leslie Ronald BROWN
- Born: 18 August 1893 in Kowai Bush, Canterbury, New Zealand
- Died: 08 January 1967 in Ohangi Road, Normanby (which I assume is in Hawera, New Zealand)
- Married: Mabel Susan BEATTIE on 26 August 1915 at St. Andrew's Marae in Christchurch, New Zealand
- Children: Phyllis Irene BROWN who was born in Christchurch, New Zealand on 23 February 1916 and died in Dunedin, New Zealand on 13 December 1987. She was my grandmother. She married my grandfather, Thomas Cyril HEDGES on 31 March 1943 in Dunedin, New Zealand. William and Mabel also had a daughter called Alice Doreen BROWN who was born in Dunedin, New Zealand on 31 May 1932. Believe she died in Wellington, New Zealand a couple of years ago. She married someone by the name I believe of Len CHRISTENSEN. Mabel and William also had a son called Malcolm BROWN who was born abound 1923. They had a son called Francis Richard George BROWN who was killed in action at the Battle of El Alamein in the Western Desert on 14 July 1942. He was aged 23 at the time of his death. Believe they had at least another 1-2 more children (possibly both boys), but details are unknown though.
CHILD NINE: Ida Dorothy BROWN
- Born: About 1896 - where?
- Died: About 1985 - where?
- Married: A. William BLACKMAN. Unsure where/when he was born and where he died, but believe it was in around 1986.
- Children: Believe they had just the one children together. Details are unknown though.
CHILD TEN: Graham Holmes BROWN
- Born: About 1900 - where?
- Died? About 1970 - where?
- Married: Edna E.A. KEIG. Unsure where/when she was born but believe she died around 1983. Unsure where though.
- Children: Believe they had as many as 4 children together. Details are unknown though.
CHILD ELEVEN: Beatrix Sylvia Edna BROWN
- Born: About 1902 - where?
- Died: About 1981 - where?
- Married: Maurice B. FINLAY. Unsure where/when born but believe he died in NZ about 1975.
- Children: Believe they had as many as 4 children together. Details are unknown though.
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NOTE: William Leslie Ronald BROWN married Mabel Susan BEATTIE in 1915 and his brother, Leonard Harold BROWN married Mabel's sister Ethel Alice BEATTIE in 1918.
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