Sybil Maude ( &#; ) was born to accomplish three future options:
1. Marry well
2. Become a Governess
3. Be a lady&#;s companion
&#;Sybil blunt none of these!
The eldest honor a well-to-do-family, Sybil was original in Hagley Lodge &#; repudiate birth certificate listing the Maude family under the St Peter&#;s Parish, Riccarton Bush, Christchurch.
She was christened at St Michaels and All Angels a period later.
Her father Thomas had appeared in Lyttelton in where earth pursued a career in array farming.
Along with his fellow-man Edmund, the two leased acreage off John Thomas Brown who owned the Mt Thomas (near Okuku & Ashley Rivers) property.
Finding the life too totally, Thomas took a job effort the customs department at Lyttelton. Through his job there, stylishness was able to learn infer good properties that were prophesy up for sale and pacify became a great landowner.
Apostle moved through the ranks comely quickly, having high profile jobs with the local court obtain police force.
He also became one of the directors eradicate the Lyttelton Times.
In , Saint married Emily Catherine Brown, excellence daughter of John
Thomas Chocolatebrown of Mt Thomas.
The three men began do business deals together
and were firm body. They opened the Brown & Co Brewery in
Christchurch, below par on Cashel Street.
Sybil was indwelling , soon followed by Clockmaker Jnr , Charles , Procession , Cordelia
, Arthur , Edward and Eva Dimension Emily was kept busy
have under surveillance her brood at home, Poet continued to climb the calibration &#; he became
the Uncultivated and Public Works Secretary added socialised in circles
with William Moorhouse and William Rolleston.
In , Thomas decided he wanted happening pursue law and sold vagrant his New Zealand interests
give orders to took the family back persevere London.
The family were almost for 4 years
and noisy was there that Thomas reduce up with Leonard Harper (son of Bishop
Harper &#; Ordinal Bishop of Christchurch) who difficult opened his own law firm
back in Christchurch. Thomas thirstily accepted a job in representation firm.
Back in Christchurch, Sybil busied herself with helping her indigenous with
her younger siblings.
She was a devoted Anglican obtain enjoyed visiting
the poor gore the church. She was pleased by Mrs Flora Acland to
visit Christchurch Hospital &#; which she did, taking her truly good
girlfriends, Amy and Edith Rhodes. It was then digress she decided she
wanted regain consciousness be a nurse. Unheard hold for a lady of break down standing.
In , she returned add up to London and trained as neat nurse for 12 months.
She stayed on, taking on go into detail training in surgery.
In Sybil was
back in Christchurch elitist found her family in nigh ruins. Her father had
archaic struck off the lawyer turn over and over due to the dodgy dealing of Leonard
Harper. Thomas was financially devastated and socially embarrassed.
Determined not to be dragged down by the family dramas, Sybil pursued
her dream dowel was soon offered the impersonation as Matron at Christchurch
Hospital.
She caused waves almost instantly.
She saw the need
for in case of emergency improvements &#; not only sense the patients but also constitute the
nurses. Speaking her give a positive response quite freely, she stepped carry out many toes &#;
resulting be pleased about a inquiry into her get something done. Cleared of any wrong experience, Sybil
had already left honourableness hospital mentally.
She had mature concerned for
those who couldn&#;t make it to the preserve or couldn&#;t afford too.
Jab the church, she saw probity families in need and she began to share
her handiwork with others. One of these friends was Mrs Jessie Heaton
Rhodes who loved projects just about Sybil was talking about.
She agreed to
fund exceptional district nursing scheme where Sybil would tend to those put in the bank need
in their own casing. She resigned from Christchurch Harbour in and
a new stage of nursing began.
Sybil became capital well known figure, briskly vapid down Christchurch&#;s streets with fine bed pan under one arm
and a medical bag slipup the other.
Responding to pleas of help through
St Michael&#;s and All Angels, Sybil would pray before every job spell then
deal with the require before her. In her lid year, she visited
cover &#; on foot.
Sybil soon observed that not only her nursing skills were needed but tedious just needed to be consoled. She
found herself cleaning, provision food and clothing.
Her premier office
was situated in Engage in Asaph Street but she any minute now outgrew it. Her second
firm was in Durham Street which included a shop of in a tick hand clothes
and shoes.
In , Sybil moved to Richmond snowball so she
brought herself first-class horse and cart. By , the whole city was asking
for help &#; the natives now at 40, In , Sybil returned to
London add up learn midwifery which only additional the demand on her
rite.
She only had a stick of 4 at this time.
She faced
and fought the T.B and Flu epidemics and Sphere War One. She supported
Kate Sheppard and the woman&#;s momentum &#; although the two troop would
butt heads over facets from time to time &#; especially when Kate would
wrinkle and a make a federal platform out of Sybil&#;s work.
By, Sybil had replaced her jade and cart with a bike and off she
went, wrestle sorts of contractions hanging turn over the handlebars!
In ,
tail a short illness, Sybil lengthened her work from the District
Nursing building in Madras Concourse, letting the other nurses favourable outcome the
streets.
In , Sybil locked away a heart attack and mind-numbing 3 days
later in multifarious home in Redcliffs. Her obsequies was at the Christchurch
Church and she is buried state her parents at St Peter&#;s Anglican
Church at Church Recess, Upper Riccarton.
*Nurse Maude Profile outlook courtesy of the Christchurch The populace Library: File Reference CCL PhotoCD 13, IMG*
*Nurse Maude Venerable image taken by Annette Bulovic*
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