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Bertha Louise RUSHBROOKE

Bertha Louise RUSHBROOKE

Female 1890 - 1960  (69 years)    Has 30 ancestors and 14 descendants in this family tree.

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  • Name Bertha Louise RUSHBROOKE 
    Birth 01 Sep 1890  Great Ellingham, Norfolk, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2] 
    Baptism 12 Oct 1890  Great Ellingham, Norfolk, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Gender Female 
    Immigration From 29 Oct 1897 to 13 Dec 1897  steamship GOTHIC Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 5] 
    Immigration From 29 Oct 1897 to 13 Dec 1897  Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 5] 
    Death 30 Aug 1960  Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this location  [6, 7] 
    Burial Hillsborough, Auckland, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this location  [8] 
    Person ID I2014  NZ Genealogy Project | RUSHBROOKE Descendant
    Last Modified 21 Nov 2020 

    Father Ernest Edwin RUSHBROOKE,   b. 10 Feb 1859, Scoulton, Norfolk, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 27 Apr 1940, Hamilton, Waikato, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 81 years) 
    Mother Ellen Sarah WRIGHT [Sarah],   b. 1857, Great Ellingham, Norfolk, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 08 Sep 1934, Te Awamutu, Waikato, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 77 years) 
    Marriage 30 Sep 1884  Great Ellingham, Norfolk, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [9, 10, 11, 12] 
    Residence 1900  Hamilton, Waikato, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this location  [13] 
    Residence 1905  Taupiri, Waikato, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this location  [13] 
    Residence 1911  Kihikihi, Waikato, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this location  [13] 
    Residence 1914  Te Mawhai, Waikato, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this location  [13] 
    Residence 1919  Te Awamutu, Waikato, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this location  [13] 
    Documents
    1891 Census    		1891 Census
    Marriage 1884    		Marriage 1884
    Children of Ernest E and Ellen S Rushbrooke    		Children of Ernest E and Ellen S Rushbrooke
    Sourced from Rushbrooke Family Bible on Trademe.co.nz
    Family ID F39  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Watkin William ROBERTS,   b. 1889, New Buckenham, Norfolk, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 07 Feb 1958, Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 69 years) 
    Marriage 11 Nov 1915  Te Awamutu, Waikato, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this location  [6, 14] 
    Residence 1919  Helensville, Auckland, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this location  [13] 
    Residence 1919  Manurewa, Auckland, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this location  [13] 
    Residence 1928  Cambridge, Waikato, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this location  [13] 
    Residence 1928  Tirau, Waikato, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this location  [13] 
    Residence From 1935 to 1938  Helensville, Auckland, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this location  [13] 
    Residence 1946  Waitakere, Auckland, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this location  [13] 
    Residence From 1946 to 1954  Onehunga, Auckland, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this location  [13] 
    Residence 1958  One Tree Hill, Auckland, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this location  [15] 
    Children 
     1. Ernest Watkin ROBERTS [Slim],   b. 09 Jul 1916, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 15 Apr 1982, Hamilton, Waikato, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 65 years)
     2. Kathleen Joan ROBERTS [Joan],   b. 01 Jan 1918, Helensville, Auckland, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 07 Apr 1947, Rangiahua, Northland, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 29 years)
    +3. Arthur Ormsby ROBERTS,   b. 01 Feb 1920, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 05 Aug 1999, Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 79 years)
    +4. Alan David Lloyd ROBERTS [David],   b. 25 May 1930, Rotorua, Bay of Plenty, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 16 Aug 2006, Porirua, Wellington, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 76 years)
    Family ID F1016  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 31 Dec 2024 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 01 Sep 1890 - Great Ellingham, Norfolk, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBaptism - 12 Oct 1890 - Great Ellingham, Norfolk, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsImmigration - From 29 Oct 1897 to 13 Dec 1897 - Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 11 Nov 1915 - Te Awamutu, Waikato, New Zealand Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1919 - Helensville, Auckland, New Zealand Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1919 - Manurewa, Auckland, New Zealand Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1928 - Cambridge, Waikato, New Zealand Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1928 - Tirau, Waikato, New Zealand Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - From 1935 to 1938 - Helensville, Auckland, New Zealand Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1946 - Waitakere, Auckland, New Zealand Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - From 1946 to 1954 - Onehunga, Auckland, New Zealand Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1958 - One Tree Hill, Auckland, New Zealand Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 30 Aug 1960 - Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - - Hillsborough, Auckland, New Zealand Link to Google Earth
     = Link to Google Earth 
    Pin Legend  : Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  • Photos
    Bertha Louise RUSHBROOKE    		Bertha Louise RUSHBROOKE

    Documents
    Baptism - Bertha Louise RUSHBROOKE    		Baptism - Bertha Louise RUSHBROOKE

    Histories
    Places - Great Ellingham, Norfolk, England    		Places - Great Ellingham, Norfolk, England
    Information about the parish and village of Great Ellingham in Norfolk. The parish was the birth place of Ellen Sarah Wright in 1857 and her sister Alice Mary Wright in 1861. Ernest Edwin Rushbrooke lived in Bury Hall, a substantial property on the outskirts of the village, from about 1881 until 1897. He married Ellen Sarah Wright in the village church, and six of their children were born in the village. They mirgrated to New Zealand in 1897.
    1897 Voyage to NZ on the steamship Gothic    		1897 Voyage to NZ on the steamship Gothic
    Details of the Gothic and the 1897 voyage to New Zealand. Ernest Edwin RUSHBROOKE, his wife Ellen Sarah WRIGHT and their six children migrated to New Zealand on the steamship Gothic in 1897. Mary Alice WRIGHT and James George WRIGHT, Ellen's sister and brother, also traveled to New Zealand on the voyage.
    		1982 Suicide Bombing
    The 1982 attempt by Neil Ian ROBERTS to destroy the Wanganui Computer Centre because of concerns that New Zealand would become a "police state" with the Computer Center as it's figurehead. He committed suicide with a bomb attempting to destroy the Center.

  • Notes 

    • BIOGRAPHY

      Bertha Louise Rushbrooke, second daughter of Ernest and Sarah Rushbrooke, was born in 1890 at Great Ellingham, Norfolk. In 1897 she migrated with her parents to New Zealand. Bertha married Watkin Roberts in 1915 at Te Awamutu. Watkin was Bertha's cousin, born in 1884 in Norfolk, the son of her mother's sister Elizabeth Barnard Wright and Welsh doctor William Arthur Ormsby Roberts.

      Watkin had a penchant for molesting women which resulted in him having to leave England and Bertha had a very difficult time with him. Watkin first got into trouble in England and was sent abroad by his family to evade prosecution. He went to Ceylon as a "Remittance Man". He got a monthly cheque from his family to stay away. However he soon got into trouble with young girls and was deported from Ceylon.

      He ended up in New Zealand where he worked for New Zealand Railways for the rest of his life. Watkin was a very heavy smoker and he had TB. He and Bertha had four sons and one daughter who was killed in a car crash. The family's major claim to fame was their grandson, a 22-year-old anarchist punk rocker, Neil Roberts, who in 1982 unsuccessfully attempted to destroy the New Zealand National Computer Centre in a suicide bombing.

      Watkin died in 1957 and Bertha died in 1960, both in Auckland.

  • Sources 
    1. [S66] Census England - 1891.
      RG12/1549 Great Ellingham 80/7. Bertha Louise Rushbrooke, dau, 7 months, bn Great Ellingham.

    2. [S17] David Bryant, NZSG Index, (New Zealand Society of Genealogists Inc., 2005).
      School Admission Index

    3. [S1669] Norfolk, England, Church of England Births and Baptisms, 1813-1922, (Ancestry.com).

    4. [S68] Michael A Rushbrooke, Lavenham, Suffolk, Rushbrooke Family, (Michael Rushbrooke, Lavenham, Suffolk 2000).

    5. [S67] Chris J Korte, Rushbrooke Voyage to New Zealand 1897, (Chris Korte, Horsham, Australia 27 Jan 2007).

    6. [S13] Michael A Rushbrooke, Rushbrooke's of New Zealand.

    7. [S85] Auckland Cemetery Records, (Auckland City Libraries 2004), none.

    8. [S85] Auckland Cemetery Records, (Auckland City Libraries 2004), none.
      Name ROBERTS, BERTHA LOUISE; Details F: died 30-08-1960: aged 69; Place Hillsborough; Location Area 14 Block B Lot No 367; Inscription reads "In loving memory of Watkin William Roberts died 7 Feb 1958 aged 69 yrs And his beloved wife Bertha Louisa Robeerts died 30 Aug 1960 aged 69 yrs Also their loved dau Kathleen Joan McCann died 7 April 1947 aged 29 yrs." (Anderson)

    9. [S92] FreeBMD, (http://www.freebmd.org.uk//), none.
      Marriages Sep 1884. Ernest Edwin Rushbrooke and Ellen Sarah Wright. Wayland, 4b, 445.

    10. [S213] Copy of Entry of Marriage, (General Register Office, England).
      1884 Marriage solemnized at the Parish Church in the Parish of Great Ellingham in the County of Norfolk. No 163. When Marrried: September 30 1884. Name and surname: Ernest Edwin Rushbrooke, Ellen Sarah Wright. Age: 26 and 26. Condition: Bachelor and Spinster. Rank or Profession: Farmer. Residence at time of marriage: Great Ellingham and Great Ellingham. Father's name and surname: Alban Rushbrooke (Farmer) and George Samuel Wright (Farmer). Witness: William Arthur Roberts and Alice Mary Wright.

    11. [S332] FreeREG, (http://www.freereg.org.uk/), none.
      Marriage - County Norfolk; Place Great Ellingham; Church St James; RegisterNumber 163; MarriageDate 30 Sep 1884; GroomForename Ernest Edwin; GroomSurname RUSHBROOKE; GroomAge 26; GroomParish Great Ellingham; GroomOccupation Farmer; GroomAbode Great Ellingham; BrideForename Ellen Sarah; BrideSurname WRIGHT; BrideAge 26; BrideParish Great Ellingham; BrideAbode Great Ellingham; GroomFatherForename Alban; GroomFatherSurname RUSHBROOKE; GroomFatherOccupation Farmer; BrideFatherForename George Samuel; BrideFatherSurname WRIGHT; BrideFatherOccupation Farmer; WitnessOneForename William Arthur; WitnessOneSurname ROBERTS; WitnessTwoForename Maria; WitnessTwoSurname WRIGHT

    12. [S31] Family Search, (The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints), none.

    13. [S614] NZ Electoral Rolls, 1853-2010, (Ancestry.co.uk.), none.

    14. [S642] NZ BDM - Historical Records - DATES, (Department of Internal Affairs, Wellington, New Zealand).

    15. [S17] David Bryant, NZSG Index, (New Zealand Society of Genealogists Inc., 2005).
      Purewa Cremation Record. Last address94 Te Kawa Road, One Tree Hill, Auckland.


 

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