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The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Wellington Provincial District]

Drake, Walter

Drake, Walter, Sheepfarmer, Johnsonville. The father of the subject of this notice—Mr. Thomas John Drake—was one of the earliest Port Nicholson settlers, having arrived by the first ship, the “Aurora,” on the 22nd of January, 1840. He had purchased land from the New Zealand Company before leaving England, and after about ten years in Wellington he settled on the farm of 350 acres in the Johnsonville district, which is now worked by his son on behalf of his widow. Mrs. Drake, née Ceres Selina Walters, who was born in 1813, was married to her late husband at St. Paul's, Deptford, Kent, in 1836. The family consists of five sons and three daughters, and there are eighteen grandchildren. Mr. Walter Drake, who looks after the farm on his mother's behalf, was born in Wellington in 1851 and was brought up to a country life on his father's farm. The estate is in good heart, and carries 700 sheep in the winter, and 900 in the summer.

The late Mr. T. J. Drake.

The late Mr. T. J. Drake.