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The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Nelson, Marlborough & Westland Provincial Districts]

Four Fathom Bay

Four Fathom Bay.

Wells, George Gabriel, Senior Partner of Messrs Wells Brothers, Farmers, Four Fathom Bay, Pelorus Sounds. Mr. Wells was born at Nydia Bay, in 1857. and was brought up to farming. He subsequently assisted his father for about three years, until the latter's death, and has since, in conjunction with a brother, conducted the estate. The property consists of 1500 acres of hilly grazing land, in page 401 cluding a considerable area of virgin country, and carries about 1800 sheep and forty head of cattle. Mr. Wells is a member of the Dairy Factory Company.
Mr. Daniel Wells , sometime of Four Fathom Bay, Pelorus Sound, was
The late Mr. D. Wells. (Taken at Nydia Bay.)

The late Mr. D. Wells.
(Taken at Nydia Bay.)

born in England, in the year 1853, and came to New Zealand in the early days. He worked for some time in Nelson, and on the West Coast. In the seventies, he took up his farm at Four
The late Mr. D. Wells and Family.

The late Mr. D. Wells and Family.

Fathom Bay, and resided there until his death, in April, 1903. Mr. Wells was a member of the Order of Foresters. He left five sons and five daughters.