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Ralph Hardy Browne 1862 – 1938 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 21 Nov 1862

Birth Location: Ohariu Valley, Wellington, New Zealand

Death Date: 02 March 1938

Death Location: Dannevirke, Hawkes Bay, New Zealand

Father: Lewis Brown

Mother: Mary Shephard)

Spouse(s): Margaret Patterson

Children(s): Roy Browne

The story of Ralph Hardy Browne began in 1862 in Ohariu Valley, Wellington, New Zealand. Ralph Hardy Browne married Margaret Elizabeth Ellen Patterson, and had children including Roy Hardy Browne. Ralph Hardy Browne passed away in 1938 in Dannevirke, Hawkes Bay, New Zealand.

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Biography

  • The story of Ralph Hardy Browne began in 1862 in Ohariu Valley, Wellington, New Zealand.
  • Ralph Hardy Browne married Margaret Elizabeth Ellen Patterson, and had children including Roy Hardy Browne.
  • Ralph Hardy Browne passed away in 1938 in Dannevirke, Hawkes Bay, New Zealand.

Immediate Family

Parents

Lewis Brown
1834 – 1930
Birth Location: London, England
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Mary Shephard)
1824 – 1894
Birth Location: Norwich, Norfolk, England
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Spouses(s)

Margaret Patterson
1871 – 1933
Birth Location: Cobden, Grey, West Coast, New Zealand
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Children(s)

Roy Browne
1898 – 1970
Birth Location: Feilding, Manawatu, New Zealand
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Ralph Browne's Ancestors

Self
Ralph Browne
1862 – 1938
Birth Place: Ohariu Valley, Wellington, New Zealand
Parents
Lewis Thomas Brown
1834 – 1930
London, England
Mary (Matilda Finnis (born) Shephard)
1824 – 1894
Norwich, Norfolk, England
Grandparents
Reeve (Ralph Hardy) Shepherd
1797 –
Norwich Norfolk
Mary Webster
1792 –
Norwich Norfolk
Great-Grandparents
William Shepherd
1750 –
Elizabeth Walter
1765 – 1838
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Francis Walter
1745 –
Elizabeth Blenkinsop
1745 –

Ralph Browne's Descendants

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Ralph (Hardy) Browne (21 Nov 1862 – 02 March 1938) m. Margaret (Elizabeth Ellen) Patterson (28 Mar 1871 – 15 Oct 1933)
  1. 1. Roy (Hardy) Browne (09 August 1898 – 14 Nov 1970) m. Johanna (Jeanette (Gladys Hannah)) Berkahn (28 Jan 1901 – 14 Jul 1969)
    1. 1. Margaret (Irene) Browne (28 Jul 1930 – 29 Dec 2023) m. Liecester (John) Walton (02 Sep 1931 – 10 Oct 2012)
      1. 1. Christopher (John) Walton m. Joanne (Heather) Tindale
        1. 1. Bonnie (M) Walton (28 Apr 1990 – ) m. Matthew Sander
        2. 2. Kane Walton m. Fern

Ralph Browne's Timeline

2 Records

1862
21 Nov 1862
Birth of Ralph Hardy Browne in Ohariu Valley, Wellington, New Zealand
Ohariu Valley, Wellington, New Zealand
1938
02 March 1938
Age 76
Death of Ralph Hardy Browne in Dannevirke, Hawkes Bay, New Zealand
Dannevirke, Hawkes Bay, New Zealand

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 21 Nov 1862
    Event Place: Ohariu Valley, Wellington, New Zealand

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 02 March 1938
    Event Place: Dannevirke, Hawkes Bay, New Zealand
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