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Wallace Drummond Dron

4th son of William Dron. Spelled 'Wallis' in land records. Leased Beacon Hill from 1930 and bought it on 21 Apr 1937; Jersey stud breeder.

Born
1892-10-30, New Zealand
Died
1971-06-06
Buried
Richmond Cemetery (8 Jun 1971)
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Nelson and the Waimea Plains from the International Space Station; Hope lies on the plainEarth Science and Remote Sensing Unit, Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
The title sections in 1936G & K Jennings, 'Beacon Hill' (family papers)

Events

  • 1918-08-14 Married.
  • 1930-07-01 Wallace, 'farmer of Spring Grove', leased Beacon Hill for 5 years from the Paton aunts; Sybil came to look after them and they shared the house.
  • 1937-04-21 Bought Beacon Hill (257 acres) from the Paton estate.
  • 1940 'When all the old people had gone, we took off the top storey and added on to the ground area to make a more compact and modern house.' (Sybil)
  • 1958-08-13 Wallace transferred a half share of Beacon Hill to Bruce.

Sources

  • S09 FamilySearch Family Tree (public pages)
  • S11 Nelson Evening Mail, 17 Aug 1918, p4: Marriage (Dron-Paton)
  • S04 Beacon Hill
  • S25 Nelson Evening Mail A&P show lists 1932-1940