James Grubb

1853 - 1917  (64 years)

• Name	James Grubb
  Birth	1853	Lyttelton, Canterbury, New Zealand   [1]
  	Parents: John and Mary Grubb
  Gender	Male
  Electoral	1905	Lyttelton, Canterbury, New Zealand   [2]
  	GRUBB Bessie, London Street, Lyttelton, domestic duties GRUBB Betsy, London Street, Lyttelton, housewife GRUBB James, London Street, Lyttelton, shipwright GRUBB Mary, London Street, Lyttelton, machinist
  Death	23 Mar 1917	Lyttelton, Canterbury, New Zealand   [3]
  Death Notice	24 Mar 1917	"The Press", New Zealand   [4]
  	GRUBB On March 23rd 1917, at his late residence, 70 London Street, Lyttelton, James Grubb, Master Shipwright; in his 64th year. By request no mourning. The Friends of the late James Grubb are respectfully informed that his Funeral will leave his late residence, No 70 London Street, Lyttelton, on Sunday, March 25th at 3PM for the Church of England Cemetery. W T LESTER KILWINNING MASONIC LODGE No 23. LYTTELTON The Members of the above Lodge are requested to attend the Funeral of our late Worshipful Brother James Grubb, PM, which leaves his late residence, London street, Lyttelton for the Church of England Cemetery on Sunday at 3PM. Members are requested to meet at the Lodge Room at 2.30pm. All Sister Lodges are invited to attend. White gloves and ties. By order, WM CEDERMAN Worshipful Master GEORGE RUTHERFORD Secretary
  Obituary	24 Mar 1917	"The Star", Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand   [5]
  	OBITUARY JAMES GRUBB Quite a gloom was cast over Lyttelton yesterday, when it became known that Mr James Grubb had passed away. Deceased had been in poor health during the past three years, and his death was not unexpected. He will be greatly missed in shipping circles, in which he was held in the highest esteem, and was always sought by old skippers on their arrival. Deceased was the second son of the late Mr John Grubb, who arrived in Lyttelton in 1848. He was the carrier of the first mails between Lyttelton and wellington in the schooner Canterbury, and was the constructor of the first wharf in the port, known in olden days as Screw Pile Jetty. Subsequently he entered into partnership with Mr Allan as Messrs Grubb and Allan, shipwrights. The deceased served under his father, finishing off at Dunedin, where he worked on the construction of the Discovery and Terra Nova Returning to Lyttelton. He took over the business from his father and was for the last thirty-five years master shipwright for the Union Steam Ship Company at the port. Mr Grubb became a member of the Lyttelton Borough Council in 1895, and was again returned in 1898. He was elected Mayor in 1902, in which year the Municipality took over the gasworks. During his mayoralty he was active in forwarding the progress of the borough. In 1904 and 1905 he once more sat as a councillor. Mr Grubb was a founder member of the Canterbury Kilwinning Lodge, then under the Grand Lodge of Scotland, and afterwards joined the Grand Lodge of New Zealand. Brother Grubb was PGD and also Master of the Canterbury Kilwinning in 1881, 1883, 1887, 1890 and 1893. Mrs Grubb pre-deceased her husband twelve years ago. He leaves a family of two sons, the elder of whom was recently reported wounded in the Somme battle; the second, who was at the landing at Gallipoli, has been invalided home; and five daughters. The Press - 26th March 1917 named the married daughters: Mrs Murchison (Liverpool), Mrs McCaskey (Ashburton) and Mrs Robson (Gore). One of the late Mr Grubb's sisters, Mrs Whitmore of Christchurch, is one of the very few survivors of the first four ships.
  Person ID	I4363	Ailsa and Bill Family Histories

  
  

  Family	Betsy McDonald,   b. 1 Jul 1854, St Andrews-Lhanbryde, Moray, Scotland d. 2 Dec 1905, Lyttelton, Canterbury, New Zealand (Age 51 years)
  Marriage	21 Jun 1877	Canterbury, New Zealand   [6]
  Number of Children	7 Children
  Children	1. Bessie Gregor Grubb,   b. 1878, Lyttelton, Canterbury, New Zealand  [Father: natural]   2. Mary Grubb,   b. 1880, Lyttelton, Canterbury, New Zealand  [Father: natural]   3. John Grubb,   b. 1883, Lyttelton, Canterbury, New Zealand  [Father: natural]   4. Margaret Grubb,   b. 1885, Lyttelton, Canterbury, New Zealand  [Father: natural]   5. Helen Gordon Grubb,   b. 1888, Lyttelton, Canterbury, New Zealand  [Father: natural]   6. James Alexander Grubb,   b. 1891, Lyttelton, Canterbury, New Zealand  [Father: natural]   7. Gladys Grubb,   b. 1895, Lyttelton, Canterbury, New Zealand  [Father: natural]
  Family ID	F445	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sources

  [S2] NZ BDM Indexes, Microfiche or Online, (Name: NZSRGO; Location: Lower Hutt, New Zealand;), 1853 NZ Online Database: 1853/ 3133. [S6] NZ Electoral Roll, Subject: Elections, (Name: BAB Microfilming, Auckland, New Zealand, 1853 - 1967;), 1905/06 NZ Electoral Roll, Lyttelton Canterbury. [S2] NZ BDM Indexes, Microfiche or Online, (Name: NZSRGO; Location: Lower Hutt, New Zealand;), 1917 NZ Online Database: 1917/1289 aged 64. [S10] Newspaper, Type: Various Papers, The Press, Vol LIII, Issue 15858, 24 March 1917 Page 1 & Page 11. [S10] Newspaper, Type: Various Papers, Star, Issue 11964, 24 March 1917, Page 10. [S2] NZ BDM Indexes, Microfiche or Online, (Name: NZSRGO; Location: Lower Hutt, New Zealand;), Folio No 2099 1877 NZ Online Database: 1877/2134.