Other formats

    TEI XML file   ePub eBook file  

Connect

    mail icontwitter iconBlogspot iconrss icon

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

Riddell, Harry James

Riddell, Harry James , Coal Merchant and Carrier, near the railway station, Lumsden. Mr Riddell was born in 1875, in Roxburghshire, Scotland, and was educated at Boston Grammar School, Lincolnshire, England. He came to New Zealand in 1891, and served as a cadet at Burwood station, Southland, for five
Gerstenkorn, photo.Mr. H. J. Riddell.

Gerstenkorn, photo.
Mr. H. J. Riddell.

years. In 1896, he settled in Lumsden, and started business as a storekeeper, but afterwards relinquished that for his present business. Mr Riddell was president of the Lumsden Caledonian Society in 1904. As a Freemason, he is connected with the Lumsden Lodge, of which he was Worshipful Master in 1903 and 1904; and as an Oddfellow, he is a Past Grand of the Lumsden Lodge. Mr Riddell was married, in 1897, to a daughter of the late Mr George Bench, Mararoa, and has one son and two daughters.