John RYDER
Date of Birth:
18 Jun 1859
Date of Death:
14 Aug 1935
John was born at Riwaka Valley near Nelson.
He married Mary Bell (born at Johnsonville in 1870) in 1888.
They had 8 daughters & 2 sons.
Two of the daughters died at ages 10 & 11.
One son, Charles, & one son-in-law, James Jamieson served in WW1.
John was on the unofficial census in 1905 for the levin borough petition.
In his obituary (Horowhenua Chronicle of 14 Aug 1935) he was a farmer, a Levin Borough Councillor from 1906 to 1909, a foundation member of the Horowhenua A & P Assn & Levin Racing Club, a member of the Levin Club & the Levin Bowling Club.
Relatives mentioned in profile:
John Ryder, William Ryder (Snr), Ann Elizabeth Cousins, Mary Celia Bell, George Bell, Frances Ann Prince, Emily Myrtle Ryder, John Murray (Jack) Munro, Charles Albert Ryder, Charlotte Yates, Anne Maud Ryder, Lilian May (Lil) Ryder, Ernest Richard Blewett, Fannie Helen Ryder, Violet Winifred Ryder, James Jamieson, Linda Cecilia Ryder, Archibald Stewart, William John Ryder, Irene Pearl (Ivente) Towers, Mersey Frailty Ryder, James Philip Webster, Hinemoa Constance Hilda Ryder.