Dorothy Florence PAUL [Dorothy BLANSHARD]

1902 - 1994  (92 years)

• Name	Dorothy Florence PAUL
  Known As	Dorothy BLANSHARD
  Birth	12 Feb 1902	Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand   [1, 2]
  Gender	Female
  Death	30 Nov 1994	Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand   [1, 2]
  Burial	06 Dec 1994	Hamilton, Waikato, New Zealand   [3]
  Person ID	I2020	NZ Genealogy Project
  Last Modified	24 Apr 2014

  
  

  Family	John RUSHBROOKE [Jack],   b. 02 Feb 1901, Taupiri, Waikato, New Zealand d. 24 Feb 1959, Hamilton, Waikato, New Zealand (Age 58 years)
  Residence	From 1925 to 1959	Te Aroha, Waikato, New Zealand   [4]
  Marriage	22 Sep 1925	Te Aroha, Waikato, New Zealand   [1, 5, 6]
  Residence	From 1954 to 1959	Otahuhu, Auckland, New Zealand   [4, 7]
  Children	+ 1. John Graham RUSHBROOKE [Graham],   b. 24 Jun 1927, Te Aroha, Waikato, New Zealand d. 21 Jul 2014, Te Aroha, Waikato, New Zealand (Age 87 years) + 2. Betty Christina RUSHBROOKE,   b. 05 Feb 1929, Te Aroha, Waikato, New Zealand d. 06 Aug 2006, Henderson, Auckland, New Zealand (Age 77 years)
  Family ID	F1020	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	31 Dec 2024

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 12 Feb 1902 - Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand Residence - From 1925 to 1959 - Te Aroha, Waikato, New Zealand Marriage - 22 Sep 1925 - Te Aroha, Waikato, New Zealand Residence - From 1954 to 1959 - Otahuhu, Auckland, New Zealand Death - 30 Nov 1994 - Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand Burial - 06 Dec 1994 - Hamilton, Waikato, New Zealand  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Notes

  BIOGRAPHY Dorothy Florence PAUL used the surname of her mother when she married John Rushbrooke in 1925. NZ BDM Birth Search show her birth date as12th Feb 1902, her mother Ada PAUL and her father was not recorded. Dorothy was adopted by Frederick and Christina BLANSHARD. Dorothy was also known as Dorothy Blanshard before she married. Frederick Blanshard was a carpenter by trade and he married Christina Wade in 1892 at Christchurch. The couple had two sons, George Henry in 1893 and Ernest Frederick in 1896. According to Electoral Rolls, the family lived in Palmerston North (1896), Wanganui (1900, 1905, 1911), Puriri in the Waikato (1914, 1919, 1928, 1931). Frederick died in Te Aroha in 1938 and Christina died in 1958. Frederick's will listed Dorothy Rushbrooke as his adopted daughter. Based on the above, Dorothy spent her early life in Wanganui then at Puriri in the Waikato, before marrying John Rushbrooke in 1925 at Te Aroha. The couple had a son and daughter while living in the Te Aroha district where John farmed. They moved to Otahuhu, Auckland, in the early 1950s where John worked as a mechanic. John died in 1959 at Hamilton and Dorothy in 1994 at Auckland. They were buried in Hamilton.

  
  

• Sources

  [S13] Michael A Rushbrooke, Rushbrooke's of New Zealand. [S503] NZ BDM - Historical Records, (Department of Internal Affairs, Wellington, New Zealand). [S70] Hamilton City Council Online Cemetery Database, (Hamilton City Council, New Zealand). Type Burial; Name Dorothy Florence Rushbrooke; Age 92 Years; Gender Female; Last Address Kolman Rest Home Papatoetoe; Date of death 30-November-1994; Date of burial Tuesday 06-December-1994; Burial of Body; Cemetery Hamilton Park; Location CHRRY-26-01; Funeral Director Lambert Fountain [S614] NZ Electoral Rolls, 1853-2010, (Ancestry.co.uk.), none. [S172] NZ Marriages 1836-1956, (New Zealand Society of Genealogists, 2006). [S642] NZ BDM - Historical Records - DATES, (Department of Internal Affairs, Wellington, New Zealand). [S17] David Bryant, NZSG Index, (New Zealand Society of Genealogists Inc., 2005). Probate record. Residence: 87 Church St, Otahuhu