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Henry William Peryman

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TitleHenry William Peryman SummaryA notable early settler at Tai Tapu.DescriptionMr. Henry William Peryman, J.P., is a native of Dartmouth, Devonshire, England, and was born in 1828, educated in his native place, and brought up as a builder. He came out to South Australia in 1849, and in 1858 removed to New Zealand and settled in Nelson, where he was engaged in the milling business for six years.

He became a Canterbury settler in 1864, purchasing land at Tai Tapu, where he has since been occupied in agricultural pursuits. Mr. Peryman has taken a prominent part with local bodies for many years. He was elected to the Education Board in 1880, of which he has been continuously a member since that time.

For eighteen years he was a member of the Selwyn County Council, from which he retired in 1896; he has also held a seat on the Hospital Board, representing Selwyn County Council, and was for six years a member of the Lyttleton Harbour Board, of which he was chairman for one year. Mr. Peryman has been on the South Waimakariri River Board since its inception, and has twice filled the office of its chairman. He was one of the original directors of the New Zealand Farmers' Co-operative Association of Canterbury, on which he still holds a seat, and is also a director of the New Zealand Farmers' Co-operative Insurance Company.

He has been prominently connected with the Wesleyan Church during his life, has attended nearly all the annual conferences in New Zealand as a delegate, and in 1888 and 1894, was sent to the general conferences held in Australia.

Mr. Peryman was married in 1853 to a daughter of the late Mr. Amram Saunders, of Devizes, Wiltshire, and sister of Mr. A. Saunders, and has two sons and two daughters living. One of his sons is the Rev. S. H. D. Peryman, Wesleyan minister.

He appears in the 1841 English Census as the son of Henry W Peryman (builder) and Charlotte. Living at New Road, Totnes, Devon.

First NameHenry WilliamLast NamePerymanDate of Birth1828Date of Death1910Place of DeathTai TapuAge at Death82

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Taken FromNZETCAshburton Guardian, Volume XXXI, Issue 8167, 19 September 1910, Page 4

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Henry William Peryman