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The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Otago & Southland Provincial Districts]

Mr. Thomas Pryde

Mr. Thomas Pryde , father of Mr William Pryde, of “Glenburnie.” Mataura, and sometime of Waikaka Valley, became a colonist in 1862, when he arrived with his family at Port Chalmers by the ship “Grasmere.” He was born in March, 1823, in Fifeshire, Scotland, and brought up as an oatmeal and barley miller, and was milling on his own account before coming to New Zealand. In the early days he was at the Waitahuna goldfields, and later on he found work at roadmaking in the Milton district, and at Blueskin. There he bought first one
Four Generations:Mr. T. Pryde (Father). Mr. W. M. Pryde (Son). Mr. T. Pryde (Grandson). Master N. Pryde (Great-Grandson).

Four Generations:
Mr. T. Pryde (Father).
Mr. W. M. Pryde (Son).
Mr. T. Pryde (Grandson).
Master N. Pryde (Great-Grandson).

horse and then another, and worked his team on the roads. He subsequently bought land at Waikouaiti, where he farmed for ten years. Having sold his farm, Mr Pryde settled at Waikaka Valley, on a property of 200 acres. Mr Pryde had seen seven generations of the Pryde family, and was present at his great-grandmother's funeral when he was only seven years of age. He married, in 1845, a daughter of the late Mr William Middleton, of Paisley, Scotland. Mrs Pryde died in 1855, leaving four sons and one daughter, and Mr Pryde himself died on the 16th of January, 1905, aged 81, at his residence, Waikaka Valley, and was buried in the Mataura cemetery on the 19th of that month. All the family, with the exception of one son who was in Scotland, wire at the funeral.