NIELD, DAVID (1843-1934), a son of William Nield, a cotton-spinner, was born at Oldham, Lancashire, and attended the Oldham Lyceum. He started work at the age of eight in the cotton mill. In 1863 he became secretary of the ragged school of Oldham, and married the teacher, Miss Stanfield. He was later employed as a book-keeper in Werneth, as secretary of the mechanics' institution; for three years as a worker in a shipbuilding firm in the United States; as a traveller for weighing machines in Britain and India, and as proprietor of a vegetarian restaurant at Leeds. Becoming a Seventh Day Adventist missionary, he came to New Zealand in 1897 and conducted services in Wellington. In 1907 he married Rosalind Amelia Young, of Pitcairn Island. Pastor Nield preached the restoration of the creation week and believed in the end of the world. He supplied copies of his book, Restitution (1922) to members of Parliament and others. Other publications included The Good Friday Problem and Eden's Initial Dayline (1907). He died on 23 Oct 1934.

Who's Who N.Z., 1932; Evening Post, 24 Oct 1934 (p).

Reference: Volume 2, page 65

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