Graham Bruere (1834 - 1896)

Born 1834 in India

Ancestors

Husband of Elizabeth (Goss) Boyd — married 24 Dec 1874 in Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand

Descendants

Died 28 Apr 1896 at about age 62 in Balcairn, Canterbury, New Zealand

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Biography

Graham was in India in 1834.^[1] He was the son of James Bruere and Augusta (Bannerman) Bruere.

In 1841 he and his 5 year old sister Augusta were living in the household of Richard Boulton in Leatherhead, Surrey, England.^[2] By 1851 he was at college in Winchester, Surrey.^[3]

Graham emigrated to New Zealand aboard the 'Blue Jacket' leaving Liverpool in October 1859; arriving in Auckland on 16 March 1860.^[4][5] He went south buying land in Sefton, Canterbury, In 1892 he moved to Balcairn.

He married Elizabeth Goss on 24 December 1874.^[6] They had eleven children before his death in 1896. Their children were: Graham (1876), Alice (1878), George (1880), Charles (1882), Robert (1884), Albert (1885), Frederick (1888), Bertha (1891), May (1892), Jane (1894), Anne (1896).

He passed away at Stanwell Farm, Balcairn in April 1896^[7][8] His youngest child was only five days old. He is buried in Balcairn Cemetery, Canterbury. ^[9]

Sudden Death - Mr Graham Bruere, farmer, of Mount Grey Downs, was found dead in bed this morning. His health was usually good, but yesterday, not feeling well, he consulted a doctor at Rangiora, being the first time in his life that he had sought medical advice. He retired last night in a condition that gave no cause for anxiety and the position he was found in this morning led to the supposition that he passed away peacefully in his sleep. Mr Bruere was was advanced in years, was an old and highly respected settler. He leaves a widow and large family well provided for.^[10]

Mr. Graham Bruere, sometime of Balcairn, was born in Bombay, India, and was the eldest son of Judge Bruere. He was taken to England when three years old and educated at Westminster. On leaving college, he studied law, but the confinement was unfavourable to his health, and he joined the army, in which he served for one year in Ireland. Finally he made a choice of New Zealand, and came out to Auckland in the ship Blue Jacket. He purchased a large run, which he disposed of in 1859, when he came to Canterbury and settled near Sefton, where he took up land in its native state. The land is still in possession of the family. When it was first settled roads were few and far between, and bridges were almost unknown. Mr. Bruere removed to Balcairn in 1892, and increased his area to about 1600 acres. He was for many years chairman of the road board and a member of the school committee. Mr. Bruere was married, in 1874, to Miss Goss, and died at Balcairn on the 28th of April, 1896. He left six sons and five daughters.^[11]

...of Mt.Grey Station, North Canterbury, New Zealand.

Sources

1. ↑ http://indiafamily.bl.uk/ui/FullDisplay.aspx?RecordId=014-000386709; possible birth record
2. ↑ 1841 UK Census - HO107; Piece: 1070; Book: 12; Civil Parish: Leatherhead; County: Surrey; Enumeration District: 2; Folio: 40; Page: 15; Line: 18; GSU roll: 474660
3. ↑ 1851 UK Census - HO107; Piece: 1674; Folio: 298; Page: 15; GSU roll: 193582
4. ↑ http://freepages.rootsweb.com/~shamere/genealogy/B.html; transcribed as Graham Bruire
5. ↑ Shipping Intelligence, Daily Southern Cross, 20 March 1860, pg 2
6. ↑ https://www.bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz - NZBDM - Marriage 1874/12514; Elizabeth Gofs and Graham Bruere
7. ↑ NZBDM - Death 1896/5135
8. ↑ Death Notice; Lyttelton Times, 6 May 1896, pg 1

   • Bruere - April 28, suddenly at his residence, Stanwell Farm, Balcairn, Graham, the dearly loved husband of Elizabeth Bruere and only son of the late James Graham Sadlier Bruere, Esq; aged 62 years

9. ↑ https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/199540657/graham-bruere
10. ↑ Sudden Death - Star, 29 April 1896, pg 3
11. ↑ Cyclopedia of New Zealand, Vol 3, pg 350 - http://nzetc.victoria.ac.nz/tm/scholarly/tei-Cyc03Cycl-t1-body1-d4-d27-d3.html#Cyc03Cycl-fig-Cyc03Cycl0530c

• 1841 UK Census - HO107; Piece: 1070; Book: 12; Civil Parish: Leatherhead; County: Surrey; Enumeration District: 2; Folio: 40; Page: 15; Line: 18; GSU roll: 474660
• 1851 UK Census - HO107; Piece: 1674; Folio: 298; Page: 15; GSU roll: 193582
• https://collection.canterburymuseum.com/objects/708822/macdonald-dictionary-record-graham-bruere
• Calendar of the Grants of Probate and Letters of Administration made in the Probate Registries of the High Court of Justice in England; Graham Bruere, died April 1896, New Zealand, probate 12 Oct 1896, London
• Wainewright, John Bannerman. Winchester College, 1836-1906 : a register, Winchester (1907) , p 118.
• Bruere family information.