FrederickPeterPelvin

Frederick Peter and Ellen Young

FREDERICK PETER PELVIN was born 21st Jun 1870 in Timaru. He was admitted to Clarmont school 16th July 1878, and he passed Std 3 in Sept. 1881.

His father Richard moved his family to the Waimate area and Fred became a first day pupil at the Ikawai School when it opened 1882.

Fred was a mill owner at Waitaki and with his brother Charles, they operated their threshing mills in the Waikakihi distrist from the Waiho River Boundary to the Wairaki and as far as Stonewall. They also did chaff cutting and hauled both grain and wool to the railway at Glenavy and fred farmed at the Waitaki settlement. (Photo of Fred and Charles with a Fowler traction engine)

In mid-January 1899, Fred was driving his traction engine to Waimate for repairs with his brother Charles. He ran short of water in the Gorge and pulled up beside a waterhole to fill the boiler. The hose was too short to reach the water from their position, and on trying to get nearer, the engine ran over the bank and rolled twice into the hole. Fred hung on and ended up underneath in about six feet of water. Luckily he was not stunned, and managed to crawl out backwards, and his brother, who had been able to jump off, pulled him out on the bank. Mr S. J. Adams was passing at the time, and drove the two men to town when it was found that no serious injury had been done. The engine was considerably damaged. The cause of the mishap was found to be the breaking of the steering gear and vigorous attempts were needed to get it out of the hole.

Fred and Nellie had five children:

1 Roland Hill Pelvin (b: 06 Mar 1902 in Glenavy; d: 25 Aug 1980 in Dunedin Hospital 78Y; Burial: 28 Aug 1980 Crem. Dunedin)

2 Stella Pelvin (b: 24 Oct 1903 in Glenavy; d: 27 Jun 1996 in Auckland 93Y ;Bur: 02 Jul 1996 Purewa Cem., Auckland) Mar: 30 Jan 1930 in Dunedin, Otago to Robert Lewin (Lew) Wynyard (b: 11 Feb 1902 in Onehunga; d: 28 Jul 1989 in Epsom, Auckland 87Y; Bur: 01 Aug 1989 Purewa Cem, Meadowbank, Auckland)

3 Stanley (Stan) Edison Pelvin (b: 19 May 1906 in Glenavy, Waimate; d: 27 Aug 1986 in Dunstan Hospital, Clyde; Burial: Alexandra Cem) Mar: 12 May 1933 to Eileen Margaret Cummock (b: 19 Apr 1909 in Dunedin, Otago, NZ; d: 22 Jun 1991 in 69 Killarney St, Alexandra; Bur: 25 Jun 1991 Alexandra Cem)

4 Gladys Mary Pelvin (b: 29 Nov 1908 in Glenavy; d: 23 May 2010 in Christchurch) Mar: 21 Jan 1933 to John James Reeves (b: 06 Sep 1905 in Waipori; d: 11 Dec 1976 in Princess Margaret Hospital, Christchurch; Bur: 14 Dec 1976 Private Crem)

5 Allan Pelvin (b: 28 Oct 1914 in St Kilda, Dunedin; d: 23 May 2002 in Christchurch; 85Y; Bur: 03 Jul 2002 Ruru Lawn Cem. Christchurch) Mar: 15 Jun 1940 in Sydenham, Christchurch to Thelma Irene Mervia Dennison (b: 21 Aug 1916 in Waimea, Hokitika, Westland; d: 10 May 2005 in Christchurch, 88Y; Bur: 30 May 2005 Crem. Ruru Cem)

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Fred was a taxi proprieter in Dunedin when he d: aged 48Y on 30 Nov 1918 due to the influenza epidemic in the hospital at Dunedin. He was bur: at the Andersons Bay Cem Dec 2, 1918 (Block 52, Plot 0030)

To support her growing family, Nellie took in boarders:

1919: Pelvin, Ellen, 9, Queen's Drive, South Dunedin, Widow with Quelch, Elizabeth Muriel, Spinster; Quelch, Ellen Josephine, Mar; Quelch, Victor James, Ironmonger,

1922 Hurley, Alice, Mar; Hurley, James, Retired; Pelvin, Ellen, Widow,

1925, Pelvin, Ellen, 6 Richardson Street, St Kilda, Widow; Pelvin, Roland Hill, Labourer;Pelvin, Stella, Spinster,

Ellen d: 11 Mar 1952 at Christchurch and as bur: on the 14th at Andersons Bay Cem.

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