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Richard Brandon

Male 1842 - 1898  (56 years)


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  • Name Richard Brandon 
    Birth 1842  Rotherhithe, Surrey Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Gender Male 
    Emigration 11 Sep 1878  Gravesend, Kent Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Ship: Otaki 
    Immigration 10 Dec 1878  Wellington, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Immigration 29 Oct 1881  Wellington, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Ship: Pleione 
    Death 5 Feb 1898  Whanganui, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    • Cause: Heart Attack
    Burial Whanganui Old Cemetery, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Person ID I23909  Great Wooster Tree
    Last Modified 25 Apr 2021 

    Father Samuel Brandon,   b. Bef 31 Dec 1800, Paradise Row, Rotherhithe, Surrey Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 23 Mar 1865, Rotherhithe, Surrey Find all individuals with events at this location (Age > 64 years) 
    Mother Jane Charlotte Wooster,   b. Bef 11 Oct 1809, Bermondsey, Surrey Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 6 Jul 1892, Lymington, Hampshire Find all individuals with events at this location (Age > 82 years) 
    Marriage 15 Aug 1835  Holy Trinity, Newington, Surrey Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Family ID F00438  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 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
    Children 
     1. Edward Brandon,   b. 28 Jun 1866, Lower Clapton, London Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 2 Sep 1956, Palmerston, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 90 years)
    +2. Grace Brandon,   b. 12 Aug 1867, Lower Clapton, London Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 7 Sep 1923, Wellington, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 56 years)
    +3. Herbert Brandon,   b. 28 Oct 1868, Lower Clapton, London Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 29 Nov 1938 (Age 70 years)
     4. Frederick Brandon,   b. 6 Nov 1869, Plaistow, Essex Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 3 Jul 1964, Te Kuiti, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 94 years)
     5. James Brandon,   b. 8 May 1871, West Ham, Essex Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 17 Oct 1871, West Ham, Essex Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 0 years)
     6. Edith Brandon,   b. Bet. Jul-Sep 1872, Plaistow, Essex Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 21 May 1935, Poole, Dorset Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 62 years)
    +7. Adolphus Brandon,   b. 16 Jan 1874, Plaistow, Essex Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 17 Sep 1969, Whanganui, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 95 years)
     8. Alice Brandon,   b. 14 Oct 1875, West Ham, Essex Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Bet. Jul-Sep 1876, West Ham, Essex Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 0 years)
    +9. James Brandon,   b. 3 Apr 1877, Peckham, Surrey Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 28 Sep 1959, Whanganui, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 82 years)
     10. Richard Ballard Brandon,   b. 13 Sep 1878, Nunhead, Surrey Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 26 Dec 1959, Whanganui, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 81 years)
    +11. Kate Brandon,   b. 11 Apr 1882, Whanganui, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 16 Oct 1982, Gisborne, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 100 years)
    +12. Lionel Brandon,   b. 17 Aug 1883, Whanganui, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 27 Jan 1974, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 90 years)
    Family ID F05982  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 3 Dec 2022 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 1842 - Rotherhithe, Surrey Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 5 Sep 1865 - Parish Church, Broadstairs, Kent Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsEmigration - Ship: Otaki - 11 Sep 1878 - Gravesend, Kent Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsImmigration - 10 Dec 1878 - Wellington, New Zealand Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsImmigration - Ship: Pleione - 29 Oct 1881 - Wellington, New Zealand Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 5 Feb 1898 - Whanganui, New Zealand Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - - Whanganui Old Cemetery, New Zealand Link to Google Earth
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  • Histories
    Richard and Lucy Brandon (nee Ballard)    		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.

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

    2. [S00055] LDS, International Genealogical Index (IGI), Batch Number: M039391.
      Samuel BRANDON Sex: M Marriage(s): Spouse: Jane Charlotte WOOSTER Marriage: 15 Aug 1835 Holy Trinity, Newington, Surrey, England -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Source Information: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Batch number: Dates Source Call No. Type Printout Call No. Type M039391 1825-1837 0307688 Film 6906129 Film Sheet:


 

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