OBITUARY

Hokitika Guardian, 15 May 1933, Page 6

OBITUARY

AN EARLY NELSON .PIONEER

'MR HENRY HAMMOND, AGED 92

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BLENHEIM, May 15

The death is (announced of Mr Henry Hammond, of Fairhall, aged 93 years, one of the original Nelson pioneers. 'He reached Nelson with hU parents in the ship, Lord Auckland, in February, 1842, and spent, his boyhood in Nelson. He took up' land in. Marlborough in 1870, and was a very widely respected resident. Messrs W. L. and W. H. Hammond, of Fairhal!, Mrs W. Esson, of Wellington, Mrs H. 'P>°yc, e of Fairball, and Mrs W. C. Hammond, of Nelson, are the late Mr Hammond's sons and

daughters. . •Mj.. Hammond’s death directs attention that now the sole surviving member of the Lord Auckland’s complement i s Mr William Cole, of Wakefield;'. Nelson, who will be 98 next October..

PROMINENT NELSON RESIDENT NELSON, May 15.

The death occurred thijj mornfng of Mr William Rout, a prominent resident of Nelson. Deceased, was the sole named executor in the wilt of the late Mr Thomas Owthron, founder,, of the Oawthron Institute. ;. >

ARCHDEACON ENSOR. \ BLENHEIM, May 15:

» The death occurred at Waikawa, Piston, of Archdeacon Harold Edward Ensor, formerly Archdeacon of Akaroa, and before that in charge of several cures in Canterbury. He had been a complete invalid since 1909. He is survived by a widow, and one son, Edward Ensor of Rvdall Downs, Canterbury, and two daughters, Mrs Reginald Pearcy of Grove, and Mrs O. L. Wilson, the Vicarage, Soutlibridge, Canterbury.