John RHODES

Date of Birth: 
c 1855
Date of Death: 
5 Jun 1924

John was born at Preston, Lancashire, England.

He married Annie priddle (born at Middlesex in 1855) at Kent in 1876.

They arrived in NZ in 1876.

They had 5 daughters & 4 sons. One girl & 1 boy died in infancy & one girl at 10 years of age.

One son, Walter, served in WW1.

John was a settler at the Horowhenua Village Settlement (HVS) and then a farmer. By 1919 he was a carter.

Nine of the extended family are buried in Levin.

Occasionally the surname is shown as Rhoades.

Relatives mentioned in profile: 
John Rhodes, Mary Rhodes, Annie Priddle, James Priddle, Esther Anne Plummer, Annie Kasterven Rhodes, Arthur Hanson, John Leonard (Jack) Rhodes, Ada (Haase) Hose, Ellen Mary (Nell) Rhodes, William (Bill) Crighton, Louisa Agnes Rhodes, Walter Henry Rhodes, Annie Lily Riches, James (Jim) Rhodes, William Frederick Rhodes, Alice Maud Rhodes, Francis Thomas Sadd, Lizzie May Rhodes, William Wallace Brewerton, Patrick Aylward, Caroline Lucy Rhodes.