William George DRYSDALE
Date of Birth:
17 Feb 1881
Date of Death:
7 May 1945
William was born at Wellington.
He married Mary Blake (born at Woodville in 1889) at Palmerston Nth in 1907.
They had four boys & one girl. Sadly the girl died less than 20 days after birth.
One son, Dougall, has a separate profile.
William started out as an enginedriver at Nireaha. He moved to farming at Eketahuna and then to Tiro Tiro Rd in Levin around 1925. The family lived in (what became known as) "Western House", now demolished. Mary moved to Hereford St after William's death.
Relatives mentioned in profile:
William George Drysdale, James Drysdale, Kate Woodward, Mary Blake, Samuel Blake, Margaret Nairn, Keith Woodward Drysdale, Eileen Beryl Hogan, Evelyn Mavis Drysdale, Robert Gordon Roebuck, Allan Nairn Drysdale,, Phyllis Alice Moss (Phyl) Pratley, Noeline Ellen Drysdale, Lionel George Drysdale, Marjory Money, Joseph Antonia Andrew Patton, Sylvia Ida Drysdale, Dougall William James Drysdale.