RIDDIFORD, DANIEL (1814-75) was the stepson of Dr G. S. Evans (q.v.), whom he accompanied to New Zealand in the Adelaide, arriving in Port Nicholson in Mar 1840. Riddiford brought out a house in sections, and erected it at Pipitea. After acting for a few years as an agent for the New Zealand Company, he moved to the Hutt and erected a new home, Woburn. About 1845 he purchased the Orongorongo property, where the family lived for 10 years, returning to Woburn after the earthquake of 1855. The Te Awaiti property (including Tora, Lagoon Hills and Tuturumuri) was acquired about 1850. Riddiford died on 20 Mar 1875.

N.Z.C.; Cycl. N.Z., i; St John's Parish Mag., Jul-Oct 1938; N.Z. Times, 24 Mar 1875.

Reference: Volume 2, page 123

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