Show Posts
1
New Zealand Completed Requests / Re: William Brown & Sarah Ann Braithwaite
« on: Thursday 30 March 17 09:55 BST (UK) »
Hi - re New Zealand connection.
I can confirm from my research that William Brown and Sarah Braithwaite had seven children (based on online birth records available at www.dia.govt.nz). The children were: Margaret Anne, Isabella, James Braithwaite, Jessie, George Gordon, Thomas Braithwaite and Frederick Gilbert.
William Brown was a boatman in Timaru, New Zealand. The boatmen were employed to ferry cargo between ship and shore, because Timaru didn't have a real harbour. Sarah was a dressmaker.
Jessie Brown was my grandmother (although she died when I was quite young, so I didn't know her). Jessie married Ethelbert Joseph James Welch in 1907, and divorced her in 1939. They had one son, my father Rewi Braithwaite Welch, who married Isabel June Watt. Rewi and June had four children. So yes - there are some NZ relatives.
I don't have any photos of Jessie unfortunately.
I can confirm from my research that William Brown and Sarah Braithwaite had seven children (based on online birth records available at www.dia.govt.nz). The children were: Margaret Anne, Isabella, James Braithwaite, Jessie, George Gordon, Thomas Braithwaite and Frederick Gilbert.
William Brown was a boatman in Timaru, New Zealand. The boatmen were employed to ferry cargo between ship and shore, because Timaru didn't have a real harbour. Sarah was a dressmaker.
Jessie Brown was my grandmother (although she died when I was quite young, so I didn't know her). Jessie married Ethelbert Joseph James Welch in 1907, and divorced her in 1939. They had one son, my father Rewi Braithwaite Welch, who married Isabel June Watt. Rewi and June had four children. So yes - there are some NZ relatives.
I don't have any photos of Jessie unfortunately.