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

Mr. Archie Taylor Heydon

Mr. Archie Taylor Heydon , Ganger of No. 1 Section (Gore to Mandeville) Waimea Plains Railway,
Mr. And Mrs A. T. Heydon.

Mr. And Mrs A. T. Heydon.

was born at Ashton, Northampton, in 1874, and came, with his parents, to New Zealand in 1875. After he left page 1041 school he went to farm labour, but joined the New Zealand railway service in August, 1891, as a surfaceman. In 1903, he was promoted to the position of ganger. Prior to his being made ganger he was for some time in charge of the outside work at the Government creosoting works at Kew. As an Oddfellow, Mr Heydon is a member of the United Gore Lodge, Manchester Unity, and was Warden of the Lodge in 1904. He was married, in 1898, to a daughter of Mr A. Phillips, ganger, Glenham, and has a family of three sons and one daughter.