The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Wellington Provincial District]
Verry, George
Verry, George,
Settler, Man Read, between Makakahi and Pahiatua. Mr. Verry has a dairy farm of 215 acres, about equally divided by the road. It is all flat and well grassed, and a field of a few acres has been stumped and ploughed. Mr. Verry has about seventy milch cows, and though within easy reach of the creamery, he prefers making his own butter, having, in fact, a creamery of his own. His land is rich and well watered. Mr. Verry was born in Reading, Berkshire, England, in 1835, and came with his parents to Nelson, per ship “Clifford,” in 1812. Educated and trained as a farmer in that province, he remained there until 1890, when he sold his farm at Waimea, Spring Grove, and removed to Pahiatua. In 1865 Mr. Verry was married to Miss Gibbs, daughter of Mr. James Gibbs, of Lone Oak Farm, Wakefield, near Nelson, and eleven of their twelve children survive: one of the six
boys died a few years ago. In his dairying business, Mr. Verry is ably assisted by those members of his family resident on the farm.