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Alice Mary WRIGHT

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Name Alice Mary WRIGHT Birth 1861 Great Ellingham, Norfolk, England [1, 2]
Gender Female Census 02 Apr 1871 Great Ellingham, Norfolk, England [3]
Census 03 Apr 1881 Ipswich, Suffolk, England [4]
Occupation 03 Apr 1881 [5] Drapers assistant, Ipswich Census 05 Apr 1891 Great Ellingham, Norfolk, England [6]
Occupation 05 Apr 1891 [7] Mothers Help (Domestic), Great Ellingham Immigration From 29 Oct 1897 to 13 Dec 1897 Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand [8, 9]
Immigration From 29 Oct 1897 to 13 Dec 1897 steamship GOTHIC [8, 9]
Residence 1900 Hamilton, Waikato, New Zealand [10]
Residence 1905 Ponsonby, Auckland, New Zealand [10]
Residence 1911 Mount Eden, Auckland, New Zealand [10]
Residence 1914 Onehunga, Auckland, New Zealand [10]
Residence 1928 Epsom, Auckland, New Zealand [10]
Residence 1935 Kingsland, Auckland, New Zealand [10]
Death 23 Nov 1941 Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand [8, 11]
Burial 25 Nov 1941 Pukekohe, Auckland, New Zealand [11]
Person ID I5909 NZ Genealogy Project Last Modified 20 Jul 2013
Father George Samuel WRIGHT, b. 1827, Gateley, Norfolk, England d. 08 Feb 1881, Great Ellingham, Norfolk, England
(Age 54 years)
Mother Mary Ann BARNARD, b. 1822, Costessey, Norfolk, England d. 1874, Wayland RD, Norfolk, England
(Age 52 years)
Marriage 15 Nov 1855 Great Ellingham, Norfolk, England [12]
Documents Documents (Log in) Family ID F1004 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Ernest Edwin RUSHBROOKE, b. 10 Feb 1859, Scoulton, Norfolk, England d. 27 Apr 1940, Hamilton, Waikato, New Zealand
(Age 81 years)
Married? N Marriage status Partners Children 1. Mary Louisa RUSHBROOKE [Lou], b. 13 May 1899, Hamilton, Waikato, New Zealand d. 05 Jun 1988, Manurewa, Auckland, New Zealand
(Age 89 years)
Family ID F1002 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 31 Dec 2024
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Notes BIOGRAPHY
Alice Mary Wright, the younger sister of Ellen Sarah Wright, was born in 1861 at Great Ellingham, Norfolk, England. At the 1881 Census she was working as a drapers assistant in Ipswich, Suffolk. At the 1891 Census she was living with her sister Sarah and brother-in-law Ernest Rushbrooke at Great Ellingham, employed as their mother's help. Alice became pregnant to Ernest Rushbrooke and moved to New Zealand in 1897 with the Rushbrooke household and her brother James. After the birth of her daughter Mary Louisa Rushbrooke on arrival in New Zealand, Alice moved to Auckland and lived with her brother James. James Wright, on arriving in New Zealand, obtained work as a grocers salesman in Auckland. By 1928 he was a manager. Alice and James lived at various locations in Auckland. Alice died in 1941 aged 80.
Alice's daughter, Mary Louisa, was raised as a member of her sister's household and used the surname Rushbrooke.
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