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Harriet Ackroyd (b: 06 May 1876 in Temuka,
Sth Canterbury, the 9th child born to parents John Edmund and Maria
Ackroyd, he d: 01 Oct 1949 in Temuka, her bur: 03 Oct 1949
Temuka Cem.) Harriet's scholastic
ability was recorded in the
newspapers if the time during her years of attendance at
the Temuka District School and Sunday School and
later, like her sisters, she competed with success at various
shows.
She mar: 18 Oct 1902 in Temuka to
William James Lyon (b: 18 Nov 1877 in Temuka, d: 12 Jul 1961 in
Temuka 83Y) He was the son of William and Catherine Lyon;
OBITUARY: William Lyon Sen. was
one of the early settlors,of Rangitira Valley where he
was highly respected by all who had made his acquaintance during the
years he had resided in the district. He was b: Jun 1838 in
Stromness, Orkney Scotland and d: 31 Oct 1910 in Rangitira Valley
Temuka at age 72Y - bur: 2 Nov 1910 at Temuka Cem.). William,
occ: joiner (he served an apprenticeship as a carpenter, but
never followed up business) mar: on 21 Dec 1860 in Navishow,
Stromness to Maria (Mona) Isbeister Clouston who was b: 30 Jun 1833
in Stromness. Orkney - she d: there 25 Feb 1865 and was
bur at the Stromness Parish Churchyard.
Maria and William's son was Joseph
Clouston Lyon (b: 03 Nov 1861 in Navishow, Stromness) He
remained in Scotland cared for by his grandparents before coming
to NZ where he mar: 1900 to Raima Te Uhuuhu Mangai (b:
1878 she d: 26 Jun 1927 in Waipukerau; bur: Te Hauke Pa,
Hastings.) They had 5 children - Maraea Maria; Wiremu; Tokotoroa;
Parehuia Matuahe Lyon
William Lyon left as an unassisted
immigrant to join Australia's great gold rush from
Gravesend in Oct 1861 with his brother Thomas aged 29Y on board
the ship "Netherby" to Victoria. With two mates he tramped from
Ballarat to Sydney, a distance of 500 miles He tired of
Australia, and with gold having been found in New Zealand, in
1865 he came to the colony and worked on the West Coast and
Otago goldfields. In 1866 he purchased a small farm of 50 acres for
£100. He farmed this for about 12 months and in 1867 along with with
Messrs John Talbot and William< Wright, who also were living in
the Rakaia-Selwyn district, they came to Temuka. William
shortly afterwards bought a farm of 100 acres at Rangitira Valley.
From time to time he added to his farm by purchasing the
properties of Messrs Cook, Swaney, and Davcy, until at the
time of his death he had one of the best farms in the district. His
energies were not all devoted to his farm - with Mr John Talbot he
brought one of the first steam threshing plants into the district, a
portable engine supplying the motive power. After many years
service, this wore out, and was replaced by the purchase of a
traction plant, and later on still another. The partnership with Mr
Talbot in the milling business continued abt 2 years before his
death. Another venture was with Joseph Harrop - they started a
grocery business and also sank a considerable sum of money
in the ill-fated Temuka Linseed Company.
William Lyon proved a true friend and
a splendid neighbour who had good health until 1909 but after an
illness from which he to a considerable extent
recovered, saw a return of his alarming symptoms and he died on
the farm at Rangitira until his end on 31 Oct 1910.
William Lyon
remarried 24 Mar 1876 at Temuka to Catherine Garson (b: 1840 in
Sandwick Orkney Scotland; she d: 15 Jun 1915 in Temuka aged
75Y) Their 4 sons - William James; Thomas;
Colin Carson and John Lyon
Harriet's husband William
James Lyon was b: 18 Nov 1877 in Temuka, the eldest son of Wm and
Catherine Lyon; Farmer at Rangitira, on Executive of the NZ Farmers
Union Temuka, Winchester Show commitee, Temuka and Geraldine A and P
Association executive; he d: 12 Jul 1961 in Temuka aged 83Y.
Harriet and William had three sons:
i Clarence (Clarrie) Rowland Lyon (b: 07 Jan
1904 in Temuka; d: 31 May 1960 in Temuka, Canterbury, NZ 56Y Bur: 02
Jun 1960 Temuka Cem) he mar: 23 Apr 1940 in St Andrews Presbyterian
Church, Geraldine toAgnes Kathleen Omelvena (b: 30
Sep 1906 in 30 Old Glenarm Rd, Larne, Antrim, Nth
Ireland; d: 09 Feb 1994 in Temuka aged 87Y) Their dau.
Margaret Ellen Melvin Lyon (b: 07 Apr 1946 mar: ? Thomas
- They had 3 children; she d: 13 May 1999 at
Wellington)
ii Edmond John Lyon (b: 09 Mar 1909 in Temuka;
d: 09 Mar 1909 aged 2 hrs; Bu: 11 Mar 1909 with grandparents Wm
and Catherine at Temuka Cem)
iii Hector Lyon (b: 12 Mar 1912 in
Temuka; d: 06 Jul 1976 in Timaru, Sth Canterbury 63Y Burial: 06 Jul
1976 Temuka Cem.) He mar: 1938 to Jean Hazel
Archibald (b: 23 Mar 1914 in Temuka; d: 28 Nov 1945 in Temuka aged
31Y; Bur: 30 Nov 1949 from his residence
Kakahu Rd for Temuka Cem.) The 4 children Kenneth Hector (SBC);
Bruce William (SBC); Keith Allan Lyon (SBC) and Jean Hazel
Lyon
*2nd Wife of Hector
Lyon: Dorothy (Dot) Mary Archibald (b: 17 Feb
1919 in Temuka; d: 20 Oct 2003 at Timaru Hosp. aged 84Y) they mar:
15 Nov 1947 at the Presbyterian Church, Temuka and had 3
children
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