Catherine Christina Braddock (1891 - 1922)

Born 1891 in Kew, Victoria, Australia

Ancestors

Died 6 Mar 1922 at about age 31 in Ithaca, Tompkins, New York, United States

This profile is part of the Braddock Name Study.

Biography

Catherine Christina Braddock was born in 1891 in Kew, Victoria, Australia. Her parents were Henry Braddock and Janet McCrackett. ^[1] Her father was an Australasian agent for the Church Parochial Mission Society, Henry was also a minister and teacher, In 1902 the family migrated to New Zealand.

On 20th November 1909, Catherine passed the Civil Service Junior Examination with credit (gain at least 60 per cent).^[2]

She traveled to Cambridge University on a New Zealand University Scholarship to research, Catherine was aged ~27 when the RMS Rimutaka departed from Port Wellington and arrived in the Port of Plymouth, England on 28th August 1919^[3] she spent a year doing research work in the Psychological Laboratory of Cambridge University, Catherine gained The Susan Linn Sage fellowship in Psychology at Cornell University,^[4] in New York whilst preparing her thesis in the subject. She departed from Liverpool and arrived in New York on 22nd September 1920 abourd the ship Carmania^[5], Catherine studied for a further 2 years at Cornell University

Catherine Christina Braddock died on 6 Mar 1922 at the Cornell University Infirmary in Ithaca, Tompkins, New York, United States, She died of pneumonic influenza^[6][7]

Legacy
Kaikoura High School named Braddock house after Catherine, she was the first female Dux of Kaikoura Town School in 1916.

Sources

1. ↑ Ancestry.com : Australia, Birth Index, 1788-1922 Name: Cath Ctina Braddock Birth Date: Abt 1891 Birth Place: Kew, Victoria Registration Year: 1891 Registration Place: Victoria, Australia Father: Hy Braddock Mother: Jessie Russel Hccrackett Registration Number: 34434
2. ↑

   New Zealand, Teacher and Civil Service Examinations and Licenses, 1880-1920 Name: Catherine Christina Braddock Residence Year: Abt 1910 Residence Place: Wellington Publication Date: 14 Jan 1910 Publication Place: Wellington, New Zealand

3. ↑

   UK Incoming Passenger Lists, 1878-1960 Name: Catherine Christina Braddock Name: Miss C Braddock Arrival Age: 24 Birth Date: abt 1895 Port of Departure: Wellington, New Zealand Arrival Date: 28 Aug 1919 Port of Arrival: Plymouth, England Ship Name: Rimutaka Shipping Line: New Zealand Shipping Company Ltd Official Number: 111355

4. ↑ Ancestry.com : U.S., School Yearbooks, 1900-1990 Name: Miss Catherine C Braddock Gender: Female Estimated Age: 20 Birth Year: abt 1902 Yearbook Date: 1922 School: Cornell University School Location: Ithaca, New York, USA Yearbook Title: Cornellian And Class Book Cornell
5. ↑ Ancestry.com : New York, Passenger and Crew Lists (including Castle Garden and Ellis Island), 1820-1957 Name: Catherine C Braddock Arrival Date: 22 Sep 1920 Birth Date: abt 1892 Birth Location: Australia Birth Location Other: Melbourne Age: 28 Gender: Female Ethnicity/ Nationality: English Port of Departure: Liverpool, England Port of Arrival: New York, New York Ship Name: Carmania
6. ↑ Ancestry.com : New York, Death Index, 1852-1956 Name: Catharine S. Braddeck Death Date: 6 Mar 1922 Death Place: Ithaca, New York, USA Certificate Number: 16503
7. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #188547308

Acknowledgement

This profile was researched by Campbell Braddock as part of the Braddock Name Study