Born about in Devon, England
Daughter of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Wife of
Graham Bruere
— married
24 Dec 1874 in Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand
Descendants 
Mother of
Graham Augustus Bruere, Alice Mary (Bruere) Lister, George Raymond Bruere, Charles Percy Bruere, Robert Arthur Bruere, Albert Edward Bruere, Frederick Ernest Bruere, Bertha Frances (Bruere) Dudfield, May Augusta (Bruere) Henderson, Jane Ellen (Bruere) Hopkins and Annie Elizabeth (Bruere) Sutton
Died
at about age 79
in Canterbury, New Zealand
Profile last modified
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Biography
Elizabeth Goss was born about 1855[1] in Devon, England.
She emigrated to New Zealand in 1874 aboard the 'Cathcart', landing at Lyttelton on 28th August. The passenger lists records as being from Devon and aged 20y.[2]
- A remarkable passage was made by the fine iron clipper Cathcart to Lyttelton in 1874. A ship of 1,387 tons, built four years previously by Robert Steel, of Greenock, she sailed from London with 481 Government immigrants on the 11th June, and from the Downs three days later, making the passage in 70 days 12 hours to the Snares, and arriving at Lyttelton on the 29th August, 76 days from the Downs to port. The equator was crossed on the 21st day out. On the 28th July she made a run of 304 miles, and the following day 293.[3]
Elizabeth married Graham Bruere on 24 December 1874.[4] 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).
She married (2nd) Thomas Boyd at St John's in Balcairn on 20 February 1902.[5]
- BOYD-BRUERE - Feb 20 1902, at St John's Church, Balcairn, by the Rev Herbert East, Thomas Boyd of Christchurch to Elizabeth Bruere, widow of the late Graham Bruere, Balcairn.[6]
Elizabeth passed away in 1934[7] and is buried in Balcairn Cemetery.[8]
Sources
- ↑ Based on age at death and as recorded in shipping records
- ↑ http://freepages.rootsweb.com/~ourstuff/genealogy/Cathcart.htm
- ↑ Henry Brett, White Wings Vol 2, Auckland (1928), p 182; http://nzetc.victoria.ac.nz/tm/scholarly/tei-Bre02Whit-t1-body-d2-d8-d8.html
- ↑ https://www.bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz - NZBDM - Marriage 1874/12514; Elizabeth Gofs and Graham Bruere
- ↑ NZBDM - Marriage 1902/933
- ↑ Lyttelton Times, 1 March 1902, pg 1
- ↑ NZBDM - Death 1934/14960
- ↑ https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/199526078/elizabeth-boyd
- Family information.
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Michelle Millar
Goss-2889 and Goss-2848 appear to represent the same person because: Appear to be the same person - same spouse, marriage date and place.
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Rejected matches › Elizabeth Jane (Goss) Driver (1864-1942)
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