Nwanne ya nwoke bụ́ George ghọghachiri eze n'afọ 1935, Katherine na nwanne ya nwaanyị bụ́ Irene alaghachikwara Gris. O sonyeere Red Cross nke Gris mgbe Agha Ụwa nke Abụọ tiwapụrụ na 1939. Na 1941, mgbe ndị agha Axis merisịrị Gris
, ọ gbagara South Africa na nwanne ya nwoke nke atọ, Paul, n'ụgbọ mmiri na-efe efe Sunderland, ebe ọ rụrụ ọrụ dịka nọọsụ n'ụlọ ọgwụ dị na Cape Town. Ọ nụghị ihe ọ bụla banyere nwanne ya nwanyị bụ́ Helen ruo afọ anọ. Ọ laghachiri England na 1946, na-aga njem ikpeazụ site n'Ijipt gaa England na Cunard liner RMS "Ascania". N'ụgbọ mmiri ahụ, ọ zutere Major Richard Campbell Brandram MC (5 August 1911 <unk> 5 April 1994), onye isi na British Royal Artillery. Ha kwere onwe ha nkwa ọlụlụ izu atọ mgbe ha bịarutere England, ma e kwupụtara nkwa ọlụlụ ha nanị na February 1947. Na Eprel 1 na Royal Palace, izu atọ tupu agbamakwụkwọ ahụ, nwanne ya nwoke bụ Eze George nwere ọrịa strok ma nwụọ obere oge ka ọ nwụsịrị n'ihu Katherine. Nwanne nwoke nke atọ nke Katherine bụ Paul, bụ onye nọchiri George n'ocheeze Gris, onye rụrụ ọrụ dị ka nwoke kachasị mma na agbamakwụkwọ ahụ, nke mere dịka usoro ihe omume ahụ si dị na 21 Eprel 1947.