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THOMAS CYRIL BROADBRIDGE |
The parents of Thomas were George
Howard Broadbridge, and Lilian Mary ?,
who came from England. They are both shown in the 1893 & 1897
Electoral Rolls, George as a Station Hand, and then as a
storekeeper. It is believed that George was related to one
George Broadbridge, who was Lord Mayor of London in George VI's
reign.
Wairau Valley is a small 'village' about 20 miles west of Blenheim,
on the south bank of the Wairau River. George opened a store there
in 1914, with his wife, and later sold the store, and farmed in
Wairau Valley.George and Lilian had
four Children -
Thomas Cyril, b 1892, George Howard Weir, b 1889, Muriel Agatha b
1898, and Noel say 'Maimie'. I could only find a Mary Louisa Lilian
b 1893? |
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George Howard Weir, and the girls helped at
the store, and George Howard delivered goods by horse and cart as
far away as Tophouse, almost as for as Lake Rotoiti, across rivers
and mountainous country. Muriel and Maimie later married, and George
Snr sold the shop in 1921, both Georges farming.
All the children would have attended the small Wairau Valley school.
Thomas was wounded in France (April to Dec 1915) - "they did not
treat their wounds, and smoked in stead, so gangrene set in", so I
guess that is why he was sent to Brockenhurst.
George Howard Weir Broadbridge married, and had Cyril Desmond, and
Noel Weir.
Cyril started a trucking firm, and the trucks are still operating on
Marlborough and Canterbury roads.
(information kindly contributed
by Harry Wright, NZ) |
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