Macdonald Dictionary Record: Frederick Waymouth

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George Ranald Macdonald
Production date
1952-1964
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One record, handwritten in ink on rectangular card, with biographical information for Frederick Waymouth. Written by George Ranald Macdonald for the Macdonald Dictionary of Canterbury Biography project, 1952-1964.
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G R Macdonald Dictionary of Canterbury Biographies
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W260
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W260
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W260
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Marks/Inscriptions: W. 260 Waymouth, Frederick (1849 -1914) was the 3' son of John Way mon th and Ann Blackman of Auck. His father was an accountant and came out to Auck. in the ship Wm Watson with his wife + family - arriving in 59. He was educ. in Auck and was for 5 years in the office of John Robertson + Co merchants and was then for a time on the Thames Gold fields. He then +joined his father his father in the bus ness of Waymouth + oa acc un taunts. He came down to Canty in 74 on the firms busin eos and stayed thoreau while he was in Ch.Ch. John Grigg offered him the job. f keeping the Long beach books and this undoubtedly ted to his being appointed the first Sccoc . of the Canty Fe O xan In cat , son after Co. The C.F. M. was founded in 82 and started Operations Wt. He was present at the premarital meeting called to consider the Formation freezing Coy. and was appointed Sec. Norman ( McBeth succeeded him as sec. in 1901 and Waymouth th then became managing director He wason fast an po kilda bos oh Goons Hiss. Cyclop. N.Z. 11 Wakely Ples Jubilee 1850-1900 . St. Panls Tai Tapr M.R. : C.F. M. Minutes .18.9.74; Type of mark: Machine translation/Transcription; Notes: Machine translation by Mark Fryer
Marks/Inscriptions: F.Waymouth W. 260 wren he was appointed sec. to the C.F. M. he had a hard struggle to sell all the 1000 shares necessary to start the Coy. Henry Chamberlain came to his ard and told him that he and , take his fends would - Them all up. He and R.M. Cresswell the first. manager did not get on well to gether and in July go were ou such bad terms that Cress wells sons who worked in the C.F. M. Co Ambushed Waym outh and attacked him and beat hum up. This ted to a court case r assault The boys were fined but the feling in the Court was so strong in their favour that subscrip tons were unin chatelet takan up in Court and the money handed over to the bays . Waymouth was a nervous highly stren g marr f he had to wait he would Walk about put hs hando in Every pocket in tim and pulling them out aga - 3years He was mayor of the Borough of St. Albans, and a member of the Domain Bd He rep. St Albans on the Lylt. Harb Bd of which he was chairman for several years. He was a member of the Canty. Chat. of Comm. and was Pres. 96-97. He was one of the first men to build a house of on the Cashmere; Type of mark: Machine translation/Transcription; Notes: Machine translation by Mark Fryer
Marks/Inscriptions: W. 260. He built the first house on the site of Mona Vale ou which Mrs Towered later built the wellknown Mona Vale. .He went in for amateur theatricals . he took the important port of Pick wick in Bandelier Pick wich in St Likes Push lanter Ta mme nt Sept. 7 He beat a strong candidate J.J. Kinsey when he first stood for the Lylt. Harb. Bd. Feb. 89. He resigned from the posi ron , managing director of the C.F. M. Co. 28.2.09. When the Coy started operations . they killed 250 sheep a day and could hold 10000 carcass in store, When he retired the Coy could kill 14000 a day and con ld store 300000 carcasses marr. 4.5.81 at St. Mary's , Springston Alice youngish t dau of Wr ham Collins of J8ling ston He d. 6.2.1 4 at Torna ag 65 family. widow died 1926 while coming out to NZ sons Frederick Waller Oliver to visit family. educ. X's Coll 99-1903 : Engineer - Lieut. R.N.R. in 1914 war . Engineer. he d. 10.1.58 ag. 73 .estate valued at £y225 Geoffrey Wm. educ. X's Coll 01-04 ) salesman . Hastings. eldest dau Eleanor Mary marr. 29.1.10 in Cornwall Eng. Robt. Mawson Hughes of Seven oak s Kent. dau Well kam artist in water colours. LT. 23.2 .89 : 27.2.09. X's Coll Sch list; Type of mark: Machine translation/Transcription; Notes: Machine translation by Mark Fryer

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