Sarah BRAMBLE (1883 - 1961) :Sarah BRAMBLE, born Hampshire, was the daughter of Sarah (nee BENNETT ?) and Joseph BRAMBLE. She arrived in New Zealand as an infant with her parents and several siblings.
[Sophie BRAMBLE, (married A.J. STAPLETON) referred to in the wedding article link posted earlier, was her NZ-born sister.]
Sarah BRAMBLE remained a spinster and died aged 77 years in 1961, as you found in the listing. She was the birth mother of Alexa Edna Rita BRAMBLE.
Obviously it is difficult to know exactly under what circumstances Alexa BRAMBLE came to be a part of the Charles L. MORRISON family ? Alexa BRAMBLE's birth > 14 April 1915 > was registered at Auckland, as was the birth (5 June 1915) of Jessie HOYE (d/o Mary Ethel, later MORRISON) some seven weeks later.
Of most interest perhaps, is that Sarah BRAMBLE did have a relationship with her daughter Alexa, and Alexa in turn, was acknowledged by at least two of Sarah's siblings.
[The 1927 Will of Joseph BRAMBLE bequeaths a third share each of his real and personal property to his sisters Flora Ann BRAMBLE and Sarah BRAMBLE and his niece, Alexa BRAMBLE.
The 1947 Will of Flora Ann BRAMBLE, names "my sister Sarah BRAMBLE, spinster of Glen Eden and, my niece Alexa Edna Rita SORENSEN, single woman of Thames", as executrices.]
The following is the link to the Will (Probate file) of Sarah BRAMBLE (it also names a grandchild).
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSLH-MSJY-R?i=205&cat=2240878 ~ Lu continues next > >