Thomas Alan RUSHBROOKE

1892 - 1977  (84 years)

• Name	Thomas Alan RUSHBROOKE
  Birth	13 Oct 1892	Great Ellingham, Norfolk, England   [1, 2, 3]
  Baptism	21 Feb 1897	Great Ellingham, Norfolk, England   [3]
  Gender	Male
  Immigration	From 29 Oct 1897 to 13 Dec 1897	steamship GOTHIC   [4, 5]
  Immigration	From 29 Oct 1897 to 13 Dec 1897	Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand   [4, 5]
  Military Service	1917  [6]
  	Private, Auckland Infantry Batln, NZEF
  Occupation	1920  [7]
  	Farmer, Te Mawhai, Waikato
  Death	09 Jun 1977	Te Awamutu, Waikato, New Zealand   [8, 9]
  Cremation	13 Jun 1977	Hamilton, Waikato, New Zealand   [10]
  Probate	21 Jun 1977	Hamilton, Waikato, New Zealand   [11]
  Buried	11 Dec 2004	Te Awamutu, Waikato, New Zealand   [12, 13]
  Person ID	I2016	NZ Genealogy Project | RUSHBROOKE Descendant
  Last Modified	21 Nov 2020

  
  

  Father	Ernest Edwin RUSHBROOKE,   b. 10 Feb 1859, Scoulton, Norfolk, England d. 27 Apr 1940, Hamilton, Waikato, New Zealand (Age 81 years)
  Mother	Ellen Sarah WRIGHT [Sarah],   b. 1857, Great Ellingham, Norfolk, England d. 08 Sep 1934, Te Awamutu, Waikato, New Zealand (Age 77 years)
  Marriage	30 Sep 1884	Great Ellingham, Norfolk, England   [14, 15, 16, 17]
  Residence	1900	Hamilton, Waikato, New Zealand   [18]
  Residence	1905	Taupiri, Waikato, New Zealand   [18]
  Residence	1911	Kihikihi, Waikato, New Zealand   [18]
  Residence	1914	Te Mawhai, Waikato, New Zealand   [18]
  Residence	1919	Te Awamutu, Waikato, New Zealand   [18]
  Documents		Documents (Log in)
  Family ID	F39	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Gladys Jane ALSTON,   b. 22 Sep 1895, Barbourne, Worcester, Worcestershire, England d. 05 Feb 1978, Te Awamutu, Waikato, New Zealand (Age 82 years)
  Marriage	04 Jul 1918	Worcester, Worcestershire, England   [19, 20]
  Residence	1919	Marton, Rangitikei, New Zealand   [18]
  Residence	From 1920 to 1946	Te Mawhai, Waikato, New Zealand   [18]
  Residence	From 1954 to 1963	Ngarimu Bay, Thames, Coromandel, New Zealand   [18]
  Residence	From 1969 to 1972	Te Awamutu, Waikato, New Zealand   [18]
  Children	+ 1. Alan Alston RUSHBROOKE,   b. 03 Jul 1920, Mount Eden, Auckland, New Zealand d. 11 Oct 2005, Te Awamutu, Waikato, New Zealand (Age 85 years) + 2. Peter George Alston RUSHBROOKE,   b. 09 Aug 1921, Te Awamutu, Waikato, New Zealand d. 27 Jan 2009, Te Awamutu, Waikato, New Zealand (Age 87 years)   3. Thomas Alston RUSHBROOKE,   b. 07 Dec 1922, Te Awamutu, Waikato, New Zealand d. 12 Jul 2008, Manukau, Auckland, New Zealand (Age 85 years)
  Documents		Documents (Log in)
  Family ID	F1018	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	31 Dec 2024

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 13 Oct 1892 - Great Ellingham, Norfolk, England Baptism - 21 Feb 1897 - Great Ellingham, Norfolk, England Immigration - From 29 Oct 1897 to 13 Dec 1897 - Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand Marriage - 04 Jul 1918 - Worcester, Worcestershire, England Residence - 1919 - Marton, Rangitikei, New Zealand Residence - From 1920 to 1946 - Te Mawhai, Waikato, New Zealand Residence - From 1954 to 1963 - Ngarimu Bay, Thames, Coromandel, New Zealand Residence - From 1969 to 1972 - Te Awamutu, Waikato, New Zealand Death - 09 Jun 1977 - Te Awamutu, Waikato, New Zealand Cremation - 13 Jun 1977 - Hamilton, Waikato, New Zealand Probate - 21 Jun 1977 - Hamilton, Waikato, New Zealand Buried - 11 Dec 2004 - Te Awamutu, Waikato, New Zealand  = Link to Google Earth
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  BIOGRAPHY Thomas Allen Rushbrooke, the third son of Ernest and Sarah Rushbrooke, was born in 1892 at Great Ellingham, Norfolk. He migrated to New Zealand with his parents in 1897. Thomas ran away from home when he was a young man and he worked on various farms until the outbreak of the First World War. He enlisted in the New Zealand army and was sent to Gallipoli where his brother Ernest was killed just before they were due to meet up. Thomas was sent to England where he met Gladys Jane Alston, the only daughter of a well-to-do draper in Worcester. Thomas married Gladys in Worcester on 4 July 1918. After the war Thomas and Gladys returned to New Zealand where Thomas farmed at Te Mawhai in the Waikato. It was a great shock for Gladys, having led a very comfortable life in Worcester, to adjust to a small farmhouse with an earth floor and no facilities. They later moved to a 600 acre sheep farm at Te Aroha where life was somewhat more comfortable. Thomas and Gladys had three sons and when Gladys' father died, her mother went to live with them in New Zealand. According to Electoral Rolls, Thomas and Gladys lived at Ngarimu Bay, Thames, from 1954 until 1963. They finally moved to Te Awamutu. Thomas died in 1977 and Gladys in 1978; both at Te Awamutu.

  
  

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