The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Canterbury Provincial District]
Mr. Thomas Cherry
Mr. Thomas Cherry, sometime of East Eyreton, was born in Bedfordshire, England, in 1826, and was engaged in outdoor life from his early years He arrived in Lyttelton by the ship “Mystery” in 1862, and became one of the early settlers in the East Eyreton district, where he bought land, and built a sod where, which served as his homestead for a good many years, and the ruins of which are still standing. Mr. Cherry was married, in 1861, and at his death, in 1902, left eight sons and six daughters. The farm, which consists of fifty acres of fine land, is worked by two of the sons, Messrs W. and J. Cherry.