Robert Lowe BREWSTER
Date of Birth:
18 Feb 1853
Date of Death:
3 Apr 1942
Robert was born in Preston, Lancashire, England.
He married Martha Howard (born 1861 in Blenheim) in 1885.
They had three girls & one boy.
The son Robert Stanley served in WW1 as a Captain in the Royal Flying Corp.
A son-in-law Henry Gill died of his wounds in France in 1918.
Another son-in law, george Adams, also served in WW1
Robert started his business life as a draper in the early 1890's in Blenheim. He was then shown as a settler in Levin by 1905, then moved to Hamilton and finished up at Glen Massey as a storekeeper.
He signed the "Yes" petition in the 1905 Levin township petition.
Relatives mentioned in profile:
Robert Lowe Brewster, Edward Brewster, Jane Amelia Lowe, Martha Howard, James Howard, Frances Read, Ethel Lowe Brewster, Sydney Stanley Walkley, Robert Stanley (Stanley) Brewster, Dorothea Mary Souness, Frances Sophia Brewster, Henry Herbert (Bert) Gill, George Edward Adams, Dorothy Marguerite Brewster.