Jesse Preddy

Jessie was baptised on 7th July 1871 in Lydiard Millicent Swindon, Wiltshire. He came to NZ with his parents George and Elizabeth, his sister Elizabeth and two brothers Mark and Alfred on the Ballochmyle They left England on the 4 March 1874 and arrived in Lyttelton on 1 June 1874. They then immediately travelled down the coast on a steamer to make their home in Temuka. As a young man Jesse worked for his father who owned a threshing mill in South Canterbury. At his father's retirement Jessie took over the mill and continued working as the owner.

Jessie married Margaret Honeyman in 1897 and they had four children including twin boys(One was my grandfather), before Margaret died of TB on the 7th September 1908. He remarried around 1916 and his wife Minnie added to the family with another son Leonard (Lennie). - notes from Carolyn Ford

GEDCOM Note

Burial Details: 20 Sep 1850 Row 32 Plot 138 Temuka Cemetery SOUTH CANTY 7920 NEW ZEALAND

GEDCOM Note

<p dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;">Burial Details: 20 Sep 1850 Row 32 Plot 138 Temuka Cemetery SOUTH CANTY 7920 NEW ZEALAND</p>

cause of death: embolism of coronary artery - cardio vascular degeneration