PETER DEY  He was b: 23 Jul 1836 in Kirktown of Mortlach, Banffshire, Scotland. His father, Alexander Dey was b: 10 Aug 1805 Aberlour; d: 9 Mar 1865 at Forkins, Botriphny, Banffshire) and mar: 1838 to his mother Elspeth nee Dow. Peter d: Age 56Y, 5 Dec 1892 in Gordon Road, Mosgiel, Otago, bur: East Taieri Cemetery

Census: 1851 Place: Ardluie,Cabrach, Banffshire, Scotland

Census: 1861 Place: Forkyns, Botriphnie, Banffshire, Scotland

Peter is on the electoral Rolls Dunedin in 1866 and he mar: 13 Nov 1868 in East Taieri, Otago to MARY MARGARET SMITH who was b: 1851 in West Taieri, Otago, and she d: 30 Jul 1898 aged 48Y at her residence  Cumberland St, Dunedin.

Notes for PETER DEY - Occ: Carpenter and Building Contractor:

Otago Witness , 10 April 1875: Fire occurred at 2.43 p.m., when the railway station was burned down in threequarters of an hour. It appears that one Henry Halliday, a carpenter, was sitting on a bench in the station morticing timber, and saw the engine pass several times with ballast trucks. There was at the time a quantity of shavings in the place. Two minutes after the engine had passed on the last occasion he saw the shavings on fire, and at once endeavoured to extinguish the flames, but could not do so owing to a strong wind blowing in the front of the station. Although plenty of hands soon collected, the property could not be saved, owing to the want of water. The station was a third-class passenger one, and had not passed out of the hands of the contractors, Messrs Peter Dey and William Wedderpoon, who lose about £500 by the fire, as the building was not insured. A spark from the engine is supposed to have fallen on the shavings, and set fire to them. Some dried tussocks some distance from the station were also set fire to the same day by sparks from the engine. In all three fires have occurred in this district during the past ten days, and in each instance the parties were uninsured.

Otago Witness , 23 Sept 1876, TAIERI AGRICULTURAL. SOCIETY. The annual meeting of the Taieri Agricultural Society was held in the Mosgiel Drill Shed on the 19th inst. Mr Peter Dey has resigned, in consequence of his inability to attend to the duties of the office.

Otago Witness , I 8 September 1877: The Government will work the line with the rolling stock at present on the Palmerston Railway:" September 5th. The following' tenders were received for the Waikouaiti Bridge contract Accepted Peter Dey, Dunedin - £4298.

1878 His address Mosgeil, on Caversham Electorate: Freehold; Maclaggan street, section 5, block 7; Dunedin City Electorate; Freehold; Dunedin, part section 8, block 27

Otago Witness , 17 December 1881 a number of allotments in the township of West Mosgiel were disposed of, - purchaser Peter Dey, £41 10s 40,

Mr Peter Dey tendered successsfully to build new buildings at the Sunnyside Asylum

Otago Witness, 1 April 1882; There was great excitement in Mosgiel on Saturday on the occasion of the election of six town commissioners for the newly-proclaimed district. The poll was taken at the drill- shed, and after 7 o'clock the returning-officer (Mr W. M'Leod) announced' the result - elected : William Knott, 66; Robert Dickie, 63; John Jago, 60; John Dryden, 56; Samuel Young, 49; Peter Dey, 48;

1883 Return - elected Taeiri Road Board

1885 to 1892 - First Mayor of Mosgeil

Otago Daily Times , 3 Sept 1890 - SALE OF WAIHOLA ESTATE. Messrs Wright, Stephenson, and Co. report having sold by auction to-day, on account of Messrs Guthrie, Blair, and Co., the Waihola estate, containing 3531 acres, situate In the Waihola and Clarendon districts, to Mr Peter Dey, of Mosgiel, at 31s per acre.

1892: FUNERAL NOTICE. The Friends of the late PETER DEY are respectfully invited to attend his Funeral, which will leave his late residence, Gordon road, Mosgiel, at 2.30 p.m. THIS DAY (WEDNESDAY), the 7th Inst, for the place of interment at the East Taieri Cemetery. WILLIAM WEDDERSPOON, Undertaker.

Otago Witness , 6 May 1897, FRIDAY, 14th MAY, 1897, At 11 o'clock sharp. IMPORTANT UNRESERVED CLEARING SALE OF sheep, Horses, Cattle, IMPLEMENTS, CONTRACTOR'S PLANT, &c. &c. DONALD REID it CO. have received instructions from the Trustee in the estate of the late Mr Peter Dey to sell by auction on the Waihola estate on the above date the whole or' the farm stock and implements, comprising 1900 crossbred Ewes and Wethers. 450 crossbred Lambs. 30 longwool Rams. 7 heavy draught Horses (fire mares and two geldings). 2 Hacks. 24- three and four year old Steers and Heifers. Implements Lowdown binder, grain and drill turnip machine, d.f. plough (Fowler), hillside plough (Reid and Gray), set five-leaf barrows, set disc harrows, dray with frame, spring cart and harness, two sledges, four sheep boxes, quantity plough and cart harness. Contractor's Plant, Including 13 wheelbarrows, 5 hand barrows, 11 heavy hammers, 5 new short-handled shovels, 2 long crosscut saws, axes, crowbars, coil wire rope, 31 picks, 8 tins large iron nails, large heavy chain, trolley, blacksmith's bellows, anvil, vice, grind- stone, box blacksmith's tools and sun- dries, 5 cwt hematite paint, pump, quantity of furniture, &c. As the estate has been disposed of, everything is for absolute and unreserved sale. Sale will commence at 11 o'clock sharp. Luncheon Provided.

Children of PETER and MARY DEY:

i. JANE (JEANIE) DEY (b. 10 Oct 1870; Enrolled Mosgeil School 4 Oct 1875 - last day: 6 Feb 1885 for home as unwell; d. 1940).  She mar: 1891 to SAMUEL RICHARD STEDMAN (b: 4 Jun 1863 in Killbride, Wicklow, Leinster, Ireland, occ; garage proprietor;  d: 16 Jun 1931 aged 68Y, Resid. 177 Carroll Street, Dunedin, Otago; 45 yrs in NZ Crem 19 Jun 1931). Their children: