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William Dron

Arrived Nelson on the Lady Nugent, 10 May 1850, aged 11. Pioneer farmer, Waimea West; later of Spring Grove.

Born: 1838-09-08, Arngask, Fife, Scotland
Died: 1927-01-21, Nelson
Buried: Waimea West Cemetery, Appleby
Father: John Dron1804–1885
Mother: Agnes Drummond1806–1880
Married: Jane Rutherford1843–1882, 1868, New Zealand
Married: Elizabeth Drummond1856–1951, 1889, New Zealand
Children: Wallace Drummond Dron1892–1971
Barbara Edith Dron1872–1938
Agnes Dron1875–1962
Elizabeth Dron1875–1967
John William Dron1878–1958
Jessie Anne Dron1880–1971
Jane May Dron1882–1883
Douglas Alexander Dron1890–1918
Edmund Thomas Dron1891–1918
Louisa Jane Dron1895–1928
Lawrence Campbell Dron1896–1974

Places and things

1850-05-10 The Dron family (parents and eight children) arrived at Nelson on the Lady Nugent; William was 11.