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Grace Brandon

Female 1867 - 1923  (56 years)


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  • Name Grace Brandon  [1
    Birth 12 Aug 1867  Lower Clapton, London Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Gender Female 
    Immigration 29 Oct 1881  Wellington, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Ship: Pleione 
    Death 7 Sep 1923  Wellington, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    • Cause: Chronic gastritis and colitis
    Person ID I22614  Great Wooster Tree
    Last Modified 3 Dec 2022 

    Father Richard Brandon,   b. 1842, Rotherhithe, Surrey Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 5 Feb 1898, Whanganui, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 56 years) 
    Mother Lucy Ballard,   b. 11 Sep 1841, Broadstairs, Kent Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 14 May 1926, Wellington, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 84 years) 
    Marriage 5 Sep 1865  Parish Church, Broadstairs, Kent Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    • Married by the Rev Fred Newell
    Family ID F05982  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Dr John Ewart,   b. Abt. 1858   d. 8 Aug 1939, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 81 years) 
    Marriage 4 Dec 1889  New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 3
    Children 
     1. Lucy Brandon Ewart,   b. 28 Jan 1895, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 31 Oct 1965, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 70 years)
     2. Edith Mary Brandon Ewart,   b. 20 Jun 1896, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Unknown
     3. Ian Brandon Ewart,   b. 3 Oct 1900, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 28 Jan 1949, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 48 years)
     4. David Ewart,   b. 19 Dec 1905, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 19 Dec 1905, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 0 years)
    Family ID F6925  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 25 Apr 2021 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 12 Aug 1867 - Lower Clapton, London Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsImmigration - Ship: Pleione - 29 Oct 1881 - Wellington, New Zealand Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 4 Dec 1889 - New Zealand Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 7 Sep 1923 - Wellington, New Zealand Link to Google Earth
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  • Histories
    Grace Brandon and Dr John Ewart
    Grace Brandon and Dr John Ewart
    From Rev. Brian Brandon

    Grace was born on the 12th of August. 1867 at Lower Clapton, the second child of Richard and Lucy Brandon. She was fourteen years old when she came to New Zealand. Although her brothers used to speak very highly of her, she did not travel as much as the other members of the family, and she died before any of her grandchildren were old enough to remember her, and so not as much is known of her.

    When she was a teenager in Wanganui she became sick with Tetanus. With no antibiotic in those days, she was so ill, the doctor said there was only one thing left and that was to pray over her. He knelt beside the bed and prayed for her and she recovered. She was never very strong after this illness. She was small and slight in stature.

    She trained as a nurse in Wellington Hospital, and was among the first group of nurses to graduate from a new 4 months course in 1988/89 that had been introduced by the Superintendent, Dr Truby King. It was not until 1901 that 3yr training for nurses began.

    She was married in 1889 to Doctor John , an outstanding surgeon and superintendent of the Wellington Public Hospital. from 1889 to 1909. They had four children, Lucy, Edith (Daisy), Ian and David, who died as an infant. Ian followed in the footsteps of his parents and became a doctor. She had a number of miscarriages. The family lived in the Superintendent's house in the grounds of the hospital before moving to Willis Street.

    Grace died from chronic gastritis and colitis on the 7th of September 1923, aged 56. Her husband, John, lived until 1939.

  • Sources 
    1. [S326] Rev. Brian Brandon (Reliability: 3).

    2. [S00044] Free BMD, Births: Registration Date: 1867, Quarter of the Year: Jul-Aug-Sep, Registration Place: Hackney, London, England, Volume: 1b, Page: 429 (Reliability: 3).

    3. [S15658] New Zealand BMD Online, Reg no: 1889/2862 (Reliability: 3).