James Brandon

1877 - 1959  (82 years)

• Name	James Brandon  [1]
  Nickname	Jum
  Birth	3 Apr 1877	Peckham, Surrey   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Immigration	29 Oct 1881	Wellington, New Zealand   [1]
  	Ship: Pleione
  Death	28 Sep 1959	Whanganui, New Zealand   [1]
  Person ID	I22617	Great Wooster Tree
  Last Modified	21 Jan 2014

  
  

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

  
  

  Family	Ruth Anne Gilbert,   b. Abt. 1879   d. 17 Sep 1968, New Zealand (Age ~ 89 years)
  Marriage	20 Apr 1911	St. Lawrence's Church, Whanganui, New Zealand   [1]
  Children	1. Grace Augusta Brandon,   b. 2 Feb 1912, Whanganui, New Zealand d. UNKNOWN   2. Lila Ruth Brandon,   b. 11 Jan 1914, Whanganui, New Zealand d. UNKNOWN   3. Nancy Lorraine Brandon,   b. 22 Sep 1915, Whanganui, New Zealand d. UNKNOWN   4. Colin James Brandon,   b. 14 Aug 1917, Whanganui, New Zealand d. 9 Jun 1998, New Zealand (Age 80 years)
  Family ID	F6927	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	26 Apr 2021

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 3 Apr 1877 - Peckham, Surrey Immigration - Ship: Pleione - 29 Oct 1881 - Wellington, New Zealand Marriage - 20 Apr 1911 - St. Lawrence's Church, Whanganui, New Zealand Death - 28 Sep 1959 - Whanganui, New Zealand  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Histories

  James and Ruth Brandon (nee Gilbert) From Rev. Brian Brandon James (Jum) was born on the 3rd of April, 1877, at 11 Cemetery Road, Peckham, Surrey, the 9th child of Richard and Lucy. He married Ruth Gilbert, the sister of Millicent, at St Lawrence's Anglican Church, Wanganui, on the 20th of April, 1911. There were five children from the marriage, Grace, Lila, Nancy, Colin and Eileen, all born in Wanganui. He had a moustache as a young man, and one day when he decided to cut it off without telling his family, the children didn't recognise him. He purchased a farm at Hauturu up the road from Herbert, in partnership with the Turners. At one stage he had a bad accident, cutting his foot with an axe - and had quite a lot of time off from that. He left the farm in 1921, and they bought a 15 acre farm at Okoia, 5 miles south of Wanganui. They were not very prosperous times because of the depression. They milked cows on the farm, and to supplement his income, James worked at the Okoia Dairy factory for some years. He also did some work at the freezing works in town. James was a more public man than the rest of the family. He was Chairman of the Okoia Dairy factory (South Wanganui). Their farm was sold during the war years, and they moved to a home that was built in 15 Boydfield Street, Wanganui. Ruth was musical, and played the piano and sung in the choir at St. Lawrence's for many years before her marriage. She also taught music. James died in Wanganui on the 28th of September, 1959, and Ruth on the 17th of September, 1968.

  
  

• Sources

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