Walter RYDER
Date of Birth:
9 Apr 1870
Date of Death:
10 Jul 1958
Water was born at Nelson.
He married Laura Riley (born 1871) in 1893.
They had two sons before she died in 1900.
He then married Eileen Barry (born 1880) in 1901.
They had 3 daughters & two sons. She died in 1948.
He then married Mary Feeney (born 1893) in 1929.
Walter started as a farmer in Otaki before moving to Levin around 1897 as a butcher. He moved back to farming around 1922.
One daughter died very young. One son, Ellis, served in WW1.
13 of the family are buried in Levin.
Relatives mentioned in profile:
Walter Ryder, William Ryder (Snr), Ann Elizabeth Cousins, Laura Denver Riley, Eileen (Helen) Barry, Mary Winifred Feeney, William Feeney, Rosalinda (Rose) Feeney, Ernest Morton (Mort) Ryder, Olive Gertrude Johnson, Ellis Ronald Rangitane Ryder, Lucy Annie Hogan, Laura Denver (Sally) Ryder, Dorothea Annie Hinemoa Ryder, William Edward Cousins Ryder, Nina Isabel/Isobel Trotter, Norman Walter (Dick) Ryder, Elsie Evyleen Ann Boyle, Thelma Cecilia Ryder, Ward John Stratford, Adelaide Muriel Morris.