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Ruth Anne Gilbert
1879 - 1968 (~ 89 years)-
Name Ruth Anne Gilbert [1] - Sister of Millicent (Wife of Adolphus), daughter of Edward and Lydia Gilbert
Birth Abt. 1879 [2] Gender Female Death 17 Sep 1968 New Zealand 
[1, 2] Person ID I22635 Great Wooster Tree Last Modified 26 Apr 2021
Family James Brandon, b. 3 Apr 1877, Peckham, Surrey d. 28 Sep 1959, Whanganui, New Zealand (Age 82 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. UNKNOWN2. Lila Ruth Brandon, b. 11 Jan 1914, Whanganui, New Zealand d. UNKNOWN3. Nancy Lorraine Brandon, b. 22 Sep 1915, Whanganui, New Zealand d. UNKNOWN4. 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
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Marriage - 20 Apr 1911 - St. Lawrence's Church, Whanganui, New Zealand 
Death - 17 Sep 1968 - New Zealand = Link to Google Earth Pin Legend 
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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.
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