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The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Wellington Provincial District]

Mr. James Ritchie

Mr. James Ritchie, Leading Engine Driver at Paikakariki, is a Scotchman, having been born in Forfarshire in 1854. After serving eight, years as fireman on the Caledonian Railway, northern section, he came out to Queensland, where he stayed two years. Arriving in Auckland in 1883, Mr. Ritchie was engaged in pile-driving and bridge building in Te Aroha till 1886, when he came to Wellington and joined the Wellington-Manawatu Railway Company as fireman. In January, 1892, he was promoted to the position of driver, and two years later he became leading driver. Mr. Ritchie was married in 1886 to a daughter of the late Mr. William Threadgill of Occold, near Eye, Suffolk, England.

Mr. and Mrs. James Ritchie.

Mr. and Mrs. James Ritchie.