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Lucy Ballard
1841 - 1926 (84 years)
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Name Lucy Ballard Birth 11 Sep 1841 Broadstairs, Kent 
[1, 2] Christening 26 Dec 1841 St Peter, Kent [3] Gender Female Immigration 29 Oct 1881 Wellington, New Zealand [1] Ship: Pleione Death 14 May 1926 Wellington, New Zealand [1, 4] Burial 11 Jun 1926 Karori Cemetery, Wellington, New Zealand [5] - PLOT: Church of England 1, 80 Q [5]
Person ID I01257 Great Wooster Tree Last Modified 12 Jun 2023
Family Richard Brandon, b. 1842, Rotherhithe, Surrey d. 5 Feb 1898, Whanganui, New Zealand (Age 56 years) Marriage 5 Sep 1865 Parish Church, Broadstairs, Kent [1] - Married by the Rev Fred Newell
Children 1. Edward Brandon, b. 28 Jun 1866, Lower Clapton, London d. 2 Sep 1956, Palmerston, New Zealand (Age 90 years)+ 2. Grace Brandon, b. 12 Aug 1867, Lower Clapton, London d. 7 Sep 1923, Wellington, New Zealand (Age 56 years)+ 3. Herbert Brandon, b. 28 Oct 1868, Lower Clapton, London d. 29 Nov 1938 (Age 70 years)4. Frederick Brandon, b. 6 Nov 1869, Plaistow, Essex d. 3 Jul 1964, Te Kuiti, New Zealand (Age 94 years)5. James Brandon, b. 8 May 1871, West Ham, Essex d. 17 Oct 1871, West Ham, Essex (Age 0 years)6. Edith Brandon, b. Bet. Jul-Sep 1872, Plaistow, Essex d. 21 May 1935, Poole, Dorset (Age ~ 62 years)+ 7. Adolphus Brandon, b. 16 Jan 1874, Plaistow, Essex d. 17 Sep 1969, Whanganui, New Zealand (Age 95 years)8. Alice Brandon, b. 14 Oct 1875, West Ham, Essex d. Bet. Jul-Sep 1876, West Ham, Essex (Age 0 years)+ 9. James Brandon, b. 3 Apr 1877, Peckham, Surrey d. 28 Sep 1959, Whanganui, New Zealand (Age 82 years)10. Richard Ballard Brandon, b. 13 Sep 1878, Nunhead, Surrey d. 26 Dec 1959, Whanganui, New Zealand (Age 81 years)+ 11. Kate Brandon, b. 11 Apr 1882, Whanganui, New Zealand d. 16 Oct 1982, Gisborne, New Zealand (Age 100 years)+ 12. Lionel Brandon, b. 17 Aug 1883, Whanganui, New Zealand d. 27 Jan 1974, New Zealand (Age 90 years)Family ID F05982 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 3 Dec 2022
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Event Map 
Marriage - 5 Sep 1865 - Parish Church, Broadstairs, Kent 
Immigration - Ship: Pleione - 29 Oct 1881 - Wellington, New Zealand Death - 14 May 1926 - Wellington, New Zealand 
Burial - 11 Jun 1926 - Karori Cemetery, Wellington, New Zealand = Link to Google Earth Pin Legend 
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Histories 
Richard and Lucy Brandon (nee Ballard)
From Rev. Brian Brandon
Richard was born in Rotherhithe, England, in 1842, the third child of Samuel and Jane Brandon. He was brought up on his father's market garden at Rotherhithe.
At the time of the 1851 census, they were living at 2 Paradise Row, Rotherhithe, which was where the market garden was. He married Lucy Ballard, daughter of James, a hotel keeper, and Alice, and grand- daughter of Isaac Ballard, on the 5th of September 1865, in the Parish church at Broadstairs, Kent, by the Rev Fred Newell. At the time Richard's address was Saint John Machline, Middlesex, and his occupation was stated as a market gardener.
Richard and Lucy must have moved a lot. Up until about 1870 they lived at Lower Clapton, then at Plaistow, London until about 1876. In 1877 they were living at 11 Cemetery Road, Peckham, Surrey, and Richard was then a clerk at a basket factory. Clearly, Richard, for some reason, decided to leave the market gardening business. He may have been moving to where he could find work.
Richard, at some stage travelled quite widely, and must have had some means to do this, although using it up in the process. He could speak French quite well, and it is said that he had a mistress in France. Richard came out by himself to New Zealand in 1878, on the `Otaki', leaving Gravesend on the 11th of September, and arriving in Wellington on the 10th of December, a passage of 90 days. The ship was considered one of the fastest to make the trip, making 17 altogether to NZ. There were 53 passengers on board.
He must have thought NZ a suitable place to live, because he returned home to bring out his wife Lucy and his family who arrived at Wellington on the 29th October, 1881 on the sailing ship `Pleione'. The voyage lasted 103 days. There were 37 passengers. The Pleione was later (in 1887) stranded at Waikanae Beach because of a navigational error at night.
Richard and Lucy had ten children born to them in England: Edward, Grace, Herbert, Frederick, James, Edith, Adolphus, Alice, James and Richard. The first James, and Alice died in infancy. Edith did not come to NZ, so she must have been left with another member of the family in England. They settled in Wanganui, living first in Sydney Place and then in Riverbank Road in a house built by Herbert Brandon. They had a further two children born to them in Wanganui, Kitty and Lionel. Richard died of a heart attack in Wanganui on the 5th of February, 1898, aged 56, and was buried in Wanganui Old Cemetery. He had suffered from heart trouble for many years.
Lucy had many talents, one which was producing lovely needlework, and this was one of her pleasures right to the end of her life. She was a delightful, witty and cheerful person. After her family left her, Lucy moved to live in Wellington with her daughter, Grace Ewart, and then when her daughter died, she went to Tinakori Road and lived with an old friend, Mrs Rickson. Her faculties were with her till the last. She spent her last afternoon with a friend and seemed her best. She died from angina in 1926, aged 85. Her funeral service was held in St. Paul's church with only relatives and very close friends present, and she was buried in the Karori Cemetery.
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Sources - [S326] Rev. Brian Brandon (Reliability: 3).
- [S01844] 1851 Census, Registration district Thanet, Sub-registration district Ramsgate, ED 1g, Household schedule number 45, Piece 1630, Folio 102, Page number 11 (Reliability: 3).
- [S10495] England, Select Births and Christenings, 1538-1975, FHL Film Number 1835666 (Reliability: 3).
- [S15658] New Zealand BMD Online, Deaths Reg No: 1926/2478 (Reliability: 3).
- [S10867] findagrave.com (Reliability: 3).
- [S326] Rev. Brian Brandon (Reliability: 3).