Nazha Elizabeth Brooky (1889 - 1944)

Born 1 Apr 1889 in Zahle, Lebanon

Ancestors

Wife of Francis Joseph Karam — married 3 Dec 1907 in St Mary of the Angels, Boulcott Street, Wellington

Descendants

Died 8 May 1944 at age 55 in Wellington, New Zealand

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Biography

First name is spelt inconsistently e.g., Nazha/Nazza/Naza/Nasha/Narzay/Nagha/Tazha/Nujha. Parent's names according to marriage certificate: John Brookey, Salesman and Mary Brookey, Jemaid (note again spelling inconsistencies; birth records of siblings born in NZ spell as "Brooky").

Spelling of her name is Nazza (diminutive of Nazareth) according to her sister in her book ^[1]

Nazha's marriage certificate states birthplace as Mt Lebanon; her birthplace according to husband's testimony in her probate record is Sydney, NSW, Australia. Tried NSW birth record site to look for Sydney birth: https://familyhistory.bdm.nsw.gov.au. There is only one Brooky born 1909 in NSW (no Rose): Leslie M Brooky has same parents as her: Mary and John Brooky.

Epitaph [Billiongraves.com]: In Loving Memory of Our Dearly Beloved Wife And Mother, Elizabeth Karam, Who Passed Away May 8th 1944, Aged 55 Years "Oh Blessed Virgin Mary, For Her Your Prayers Extol, Oh Sacred Heart of Jesus, Have Mercy On Her Soul" "We Loved Her , Oh, No Tongue Could Tell How Much We Loved Her and How Well, God Loved Her Too, And Thought It Best, To Take Her To His Home To Rest"

Sources

1. ↑ Pioneer Wife.

• BDM NZ Marriage Register. Register No: 07/7052. Marriage in the District of: Wellington. Marriage Registration No: 221. When and where married: 3 Dec 1907, St Mary of the Angels, Boulcott Street, Wellington. Name and Surname of the Parties: Francis Joseph Karam and Nazha Brookey. Ages, Profession, Condition: (FK) 24, Storekeeper, Bachelor; (NB) 18, [Blank], Spinster. Birthplace; Residence: (FK) Mount Lebanon, Syria; Wellington, New Zealand, (NB) Mount Lebanon, Syria; Wellington, New Zealand. Father’s Name and Surname, Profession: (FK) Joseph Francis Karam, Storekeeper; (RB) John Brookey, Salesman. Mother’s Name, Maiden Surname: (FK) Lulu Karam, Mukhloof (?); (NB) Mary Brookey, Jemaid. Witnesses: Mamed Geor (?), Storekeeper; Queenie Brookey. https://www.bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz
• NZ BDM Death register: Registration Number: 1944/21031; Family name: Karam; Given name(s): Nazha Elizabeth; Date of Birth/Age at Death 55Y.
• Hutt City Cemeteries Database. Record Number: D14/3917, Title: KARAM, Nazha Elizabeth, Gender: Female, Age: 55, Cemetery: Taita Cemetery - Old Section, Current Cemetery Location Code: BLK I R.C. (2) Plot 79, [C] New Cemetery Location Code: OTC-RC2BLK1-66-G-0031, Date of Death: 8/05/1944, Date of Service: 10/05/1944, Ceremony Performed By: Father O'Donnell. http://iportal.huttcity.govt.nz/Home/Search
• Paperspast website. FUNERAL NOTICES. Evening Post, Volume CXXXVII, Issue 108, 9 May 1944, Page 1. "KARAM.—The Friends of Mr. Francis Joseph Karam are respectfully invited to attend the funeral of his late beloved wife, Nazha Elizabeth, which will leave the Church of the Sacred Heart, Britannia St., Petone, Tomorrow (Wednesday), May 10, 1944, at 9.30 a.m., for the Taita Cemetery. Requiem Mass will be celebrated at 9 a.m. J. R. Croft, Ltd., Funeral Directors, Hutt and Petone." http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz
• "New Zealand, Archives New Zealand, Probate Records, 1843-1998," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKYR-TRLN : accessed 12 May 2016), Nazza Elizabeth Karam, 1944; citing Wellington, Wellington Probate Files [Second Sequence], 1843-1939, record number 13503, Archives New Zealand, Auckland Regional Office. “3. That the said Deceased was my lawful wife and that left her surviving me this deponent her lawful widower and eight children, namely:- Norman Leslie Karam born on the 30th day of November 1908; Victoria Mary Simpson born on the 1st day of June 1910; Ernest Karam born on the 13th day of June 1913; Lulu Grace Karam born on the 29th day of October 1917; Joseph Philip Karam born on the 23rd day of August 1923; Francis John Karam born on the 13th day of June 1925; Mary Karam born on the 15th day of August 1927; Bernard Wilfred Karam born on the 12th day of September 1929… “11. That I was born in Lebanon Syria, and I am a French subject by birth and that I am not and have never been an alien enemy within the meaning of the Enemy Property Emergency Regulations 1939. “12. That the said Deceased was born in Sydney, Australia, and was never an alien enemy of the said Regulations… “Sworn at Wellington, by the said Francis Joseph Karam this 20th day of July 1944, before me. …”
• Archives NZ website: New Zealand, Archives New Zealand, Probate Records. https://www.archway.archives.govt.nz
• Billiongraves.com website: https://billiongraves.com/grave/Elizabeth-Karam/12599982
• Pioneer wife by Rosemary Karam, Taumarunui Press, c1987, 64 p. illustrated, 20 cm. http://discover.elgar.govt.nz/iii/encore/record/C__Rb1846557