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The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Otago & Southland Provincial Districts]

Mr. Peter Treseder

Mr. Peter Treseder , Chairman of the Otago Benevolent Institution, was born at St. Gluvius, near Penryn, in Cornwall, England, in December, 1831, and is the second son of the late Mr. Stephen Treseder, a nurseryman. He was educated at Truro, and trained as a draughtsman, and in that capacity he spent some time on the Taff Vale railway in Wales. In 1853 he sailed for Melbourne, and afterwards spent about ten years on the Victorian goldfields. Mr. Treseder landed in Dunedin in 1863, and spent six months on the Molyneaux diggings. He was then appointed to a position in the survey department of the Government service, and was stationed at Dunedin. Mr. Treseder retained that appointment for about thirty-four years, and resigned when chief draughts-man in 1897, since which he has lived in retirement. He was for several years chairman of the Albany Street school committee. Mr. Treseder was married in Victoria, in 1855, and has, surviving, five sons and four daughters.

Wrigglesworth and Binns, photo Mr. P. Treseder.

Wrigglesworth and Binns, photo
Mr. P. Treseder.