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Letter from New Zeland.

Letter received 10/4/1997.

Brind's deaths.

Taken from "Hawera Cemetery" transcriptions.

Alfred Henry Brind died 21.4.1924 buried 23.4.1924 (settler of Hawera aged 81 yrs).

Mary Harriett Sophie Brind died 15.12.1938, buried 16.12.1938 aged 94 yrs. Died at 34 Caledonia St, Hawera.

Death	From Hawera Courthouse
21 April 1924	Alfred Henry Brind
at Public Hospital	male 81 yrs
Born NZ Bay of Islands	death from strangulated hernia

Married at Nelson NZ @ 22 yrs to Mary Harriett Weeden. age of widow 80 yrs.
Father William Derby Brind Mother Eliza Ann nee Snoswell.
Father's rank. Sea Captain.

William Darby (Derby) Brind sea captain died 1840-1848 most probably 1844, records not distinct.

Have an Eliza Ann Brind died 1885 (July, Aug, Sept quarter) at Wairau, NZ.

Births. Were these W & E A Brind (grandchildren?)

1866 Mary Elizabeth F Brind. Nelson.

1867 Female Brind. Nelson.

1868 Minnie Phoebe Kate Brind. Nelson.

1871 --- Brind. Nelson.

1872 William Henry Brind. Nelson. Died 21.12.1872.

1875 Alfred Russell Brind. Nelson. Died 20.1.1875.

1878 Constance Evelyn Brind. Nelson.

1882 Eardly Reginald Brind. Nelson.

1884 Emeline Haywood Brind. Nelson. Died 12.12.1884.

On headstone at cemetery says these + Eliza Ann who died 1885, say in R M of our dear mother Eliza Ann Brind not William Darby wife, all born after his death.