OBITUARY.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume XLV, Issue 10360, 27 March 1925, Page 5

OBITUARY.

MRS CHARLOTTE CROY.

One of the county's early settlers passed away at Ashburton yesterday in the person of Mrs Charlotte Croy' widow of the late Mrs Janiesi Croy. MrsCrow was born in Yorkshire in 1855 and, with her parents, Mr and Mrs Robert Moore, came to New Zealand in the "Queen of the Mersey" about 63 years ago. She was married to Mr Croy in 1875, and the couple settled in, this district, engaging in farming until 1900, when they transferred to Overdale. After eight years there the couple retired to Allenton, and later to. Cameron Street. Mrs Croy took a. keen interest in the Methodist ChurchShe had been ailing for the past five years, during the last three of which: she was almost wholly confined to her bed. She was predeceased by her husband 18 months ago. Mr and Mrs Croy were popular and highly respected in the district. There are five sons of the marriage—Robert, who is a farmer, of Chertsey; James and John, residents of Oxford; Albert, owner of a threshing plant in the Brookside district j and David, engaged in a motor garage business in Christchurch.

MRS P. DOIC, SENR\.

Mrs P. Doig, widow of the late Mr P. Doig, of Chertsey, passed quietly away recently at her residence, "Kenmuir," Chertsey, in her 85th year,, after a comparatively short illness. The Chertsey district thus loses one of the last of its early pioneers, Mrs Doig having resided there for 47years. She was the daughter of Mr Thomas Dick, of Alloa, Clackmananshire, Scotland, and was married to Mr P. Doig: in 1861, leaving for New Zealand during the same year by the ship Crysolite. Mr and Mrs Doig settled in the Moeraki Downs, and later took up land at Chertsey. Mr Doig, who died in 1912, was a native of Stirling. Mrs Doig, who won the love and esteem of all who knew her, took a prominent part in the work of the Presbyterian Church, and, although during recent years she had been unable to take an active share in church matters, her family ably carried on her work. She leaves six sons and five daughters, nearly all of whom are settled near their old home, the sons who are prominent farmers, are: —Messrs Thomas, John. Paul, Peter Andrew, and James. The daughters are Mrs P.. Ironside, Mrs J. Cameron, Mrs Sadler (Christchurch), and Misses Margaret and Janet Doig. One daughter, Isabel, died a few years ago. There arealso 28 grandchildren and eight greatgrandchildren.

MR WALTER SNEDDON. .

One of the early identities of Canterbury, Mr Walter Sneddon, of Christcnm-ch, and later of Waverley (near Wanganui), North Island, died! at St. Leonards, Dunedin, at the age of 88. Born in Linlithgowshire, Scotland, Mr Sneddon came to the Dominion in the ship "Canterbury," at Lyttelton on January 10, 1864. He entered immediately the employ of the late Mr John Anderson (later J. and? A. Anderson), and remained with the firm for upwards of 34. years, duringr which he carried out very important railway bridge works throughout the 1 Dominion. When the late Mr John Anderson imported the first "Woods"* reaper and binder into Canterbury, Mr Sneddon was given the work of fitting ? up this implement and attending to» the first trial, given at Riccarton in 1899. Mr Sneddon took in hand the construction of the Makohine viaduct, on the North Island Main Trunk railway, this beinsr a larger piece of engineering work than had been previously attempted in New Zealand.