Sibylla Emily Maude (1862 - 1935)

Born 11 Aug 1862 in Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand

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Died 12 Jul 1935 at age 72 in Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand

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Biography

Sibylla Maude is Notable.

Sibylla was born in 1862 the daughter of Thomas William Maude & Emily Catherine Maude.^[1]

Sibyl was included in the Register of New Zealand Nurses in May 1902 in Christchurch, New Zealand.^[2]

She was awarded a O.B.E in the New Years Honours List in 1934 This was reported in the Dominion on 3 January 1934 in Wellington, New Zealand. Miss Sibylla Emily Maude, of the Nurse Maude district nursing service, Christchurch.^[3]

Her honour was reported in the New Zealand Herald on 3 January 1934 in Auckland, New Zealand. A NEW YEAR HONOUR GREAT SOCIAL WORKER CHRISTCHURCH RECIPIENT

Miss Sibylla Emily Maude, of Christchurch, one of the recipients of New Year honours, is known as the founder and central figure of the Nurse Maude District Nursing Association, of Christchurch. She has devoted the whole of her adult life to work among the poor and sick and from small beginnings she has built up an extensive philanthropic organisation, in which she still takes an active and leading part. She is generally regarded as the pioneer of district nursing in New Zealand and it is largely due to her shining example and tireless activity that similar work has been taken up to a greater or lesser extent over the last 40 years in other centres of the Dominion. At an early age Nurse Maude undertook a general training course in nursing at the Middlesex Hospital, London, where she studied under such eminent medical men as Sir Henry Morris and Sir J. Bland Sutton. After being in charge of a large surgical ward at the Middlesex Hospital she returned to New Zealand as matron of the Christchurch Hospital. She filled this position with distinction until 1896, in which year she began her present work. An old shop in Durham was used as a central office and Nurse Maude travelled many miles on foot visiting the sick and the poor in the city and in Sydenham. Later she enlisted the services of an assistant and purchased a bicycle. She now has staff of eight and at the age of 71 drives her own car. The original nursing service has developed into a large organisation supported by many people in Christchurch and throughout the country, who realise the value of her work. The old office in Durham Street has been superseded by an adequate brick building in Madras Street, the change being made possible by the generosity of Sir Heaton Rhodes and the late Lady Rhodes. Sir Heaton gave a section and Lady Rhodes gave £500 toward a building fund, which was supplemented by subscriptions and by a street collection, the only one to have been organised. Nurse Maude was one of the first in New Zealand to recognise in a practical manner the value of open-air treatment for tuberculosis patients and to provide such treatment for needy' men and women. With the help of working men's clubs she organised two camps for sunshine and air treatment, one at New Brighton for men and one at Burwood for women. Many patients passed through her hands and her assistants before the expense proved too great. ^[4]

Sibylla died on 12 July 1935 and her body lay in state at Christchurch Cathedral, where her memorial service was held. ^[5] She was buried in St Peter's Anglican Churchyard, Upper Riccarton, Christchurch City, Canterbury, New Zealand.^[6]

She is commemorated in two stained glass windows in Christchurch. One, entitled 'Nurse and sick child', is in the chapel in Christchurch Hospital. The second, depicting St Barnabas, is in the chapel of the Community of the Sacred Name and incorporates Nurse Maude's favourite flowers, delphiniums and love-in-a-mist, in the design.

Nurse Maude was one of the leading women in New Zealand nursing. Thanks to the impact of her work, district nursing was developed throughout the country. She was greatly respected and loved for her very genuine practical sympathy for the poor and for her complete integrity.^[7]

Sources

1. ↑ Birth Registration: "New Zealand, Civil Registration Birth Index, 1840-1902"
   Department of Internal Affairs; New Zealand; New Zealand, Registration Birth Index, 1840-1901
   Ancestry au Record 62563 #132349 (accessed 6 June 2023)
   Emily Sibylla Maude birth 1862, child of Thomas William Maude & Emily Catherine Maude.
2. ↑ Registration: "New Zealand, Registers of Medical Practitioners and Nurses, 1873, 1882-1933"
   New Zealand Registers of Medical Practitioners and Nurses. Ravensbourne, Dunedin, New Zealand: Colonial CD Books
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry au Record 6195 #29187 (accessed 6 June 2023)
   Name: Sibyl E Maude; Registration Date: May 1902; Residence: Christchurch, New Zealand; Publication Year: 1903.
3. ↑ "Papers Past, National Library of New Zealand"
   Dominion, Volume 27, Issue 84, 3 January 1934, Page 6
   Papers Past Article (accessed 6 June 2023)
4. ↑ "Papers Past, National Library of New Zealand"
   New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXI, Issue 21689, 3 January 1934, Page 3
   Papers Past Article (accessed 6 June 2023)
5. ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nurse_Maude#
6. ↑ Burial: "Australia and New Zealand, Find a Grave® Index, 1800s-Current"
   Find a Grave. Find a Grave®. http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi; URL: Find A Grave: Memorial #173865797
   Ancestry au Record 60528 #3443846 (accessed 6 June 2023)
   Sibylla Emily Maude burial (died on 12 Jul 1935) in St Peter's Anglican Churchyard, Upper Riccarton, Christchurch City, Canterbury, New Zealand.
7. ↑ Beryl Hughes. 'Maude, Sibylla Emily', Dictionary of New Zealand Biography, first published in 1993. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/biographies/2m42/maude-sibylla-emily (accessed 10 June 2023)

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