Alexander Walter PARTON
Date of Birth:
24 May 1885
Date of Death:
8 Aug 1965
Alexander was born at Wellington.
He married Marion (May) Armstrong (born in 1891) at Wellington in 1911.
They had one son & two daughters. The son, Hector, served in the RNZAF in WW2.
Alexander was a plumber by trade and then moved into company management. At one time in the late 20's he worked as a contractor in ACT, Australia, leaving his family in Wellington.
Marion died early, at the age of 45 in 1936.
He remarried in 1944 to Helen Beyer.
He retired and moved to live in Queen St, Levin and became involved in local politics.
He was a Levin Borough Councilor from 1942 to 1944 & then again from 1949 to 1950 when he became the Mayor of Levin from 1950 to 1953. He stood again in 1953 but lost to another candidate.
Relatives mentioned in profile:
Alexander Walter Parton, William Parton, Rebecca (Rebekka) Adams, Marion Isabell McLean (May) Armstrong, Helen Brabender Beyer, Edna Isabell Marion Parton, William Crosby Perham, Hector Alexander Parton, Marie Vida Brown, Margaret Joyce Parton, Peter Owen Gowing, Henry Sinclair Gordon.