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The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Wellington Provincial District]

Perry, Alexander John

Perry, Alexander John. The late. Mr. Perry, who settled in the Kiwitea district in 1877, was born in Wellington in 1852, his father coming out to the Colony with the 65th Regiment. His early days were spent on his father's farm at Turakina, where he had a sound and practical training. When Mr. Perry took up his holding of 900 acres, in the Kiwitea, it was all standing bush, there was no road to Feilding, and he had to endure the hardships incidental to a pioneer's life. The farm is now all improved, and there is a substantial homestead in well laid-out grounds. Mr. Perry was married in 1877 to Miss Hempseed. He was at one time a member of the Kiwitea Road Board, and by his death, which took place in August, 1894, the district lost one of its best settlers. Mrs. Perry, with her family of five sons and four daughters, still resides on the property, and is greatly assisted in the management of the farm by her two eldest sons, John and Alexander.

The late Mr. A. J. Perry.

The late Mr. A. J. Perry.