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

Author: Cyclopedia Company Limited

Publication details: The Cyclopedia Company, Limited, 1905, Christchurch

Part of: The Cyclopedia of New Zealand

License: Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 New Zealand Licence

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Perriam, Henry Robert , Farmer, Waituna. Mr Perriam has a farm of 315 acres at Waituna, and some distance away another section of eighty-two acres, which he is reserving for timber-cutting. Mr Perriam lives at Invercargill, and the farm is managed by members of the family. He was born at Ottery St. Mary, Devonshire, England, in 1850, and at the age of eighteen left for Cardiff, where he was employed on railway works. In 1873, he left for Rockhampton, Queensland, whence he shortly afterwards removed to Newcastle, New South Wales, where he worked for eighteen months. He then came to New Zealand, and worked in the Christchurch gas works for about six years, leaving in 1882 for Invercargill. He lived for two years on his farm, which he had purchased before leaving Christchurch, and has for the past seventeen years worked in the gasworks of Invercargill. During his residence at Waituna, Mr Perriam served on the school committee for two years. As an Oddfellow, he is a member of the Loyal St. George Lodge, Manchester Unity. He was married, in 1878, to a daughter of the late Mr Thomas Waters, stevedore, of Waterford, Ireland, and has four sons and two daughters.