Walter SHRIMPTON (1841 – 1936)
Name
Walter ShrimptonKnown as
WattyGender
MaleBirthdate
18 December 1841Birthplace
Crooksmoor, Yorkshire, EnglandMarriage(s)
1874
Margaret Mary Shrimpton
1900
Edith Maud Shrimpton
Date of death
25 July 1936Place of death
MatapiroParents
- John Shrimpton
Partner(s)
- Margaret Mary Shrimpton, nee Rich
- Edith Maud Shrimpton
Children
- Edith Mary (Babs) Shrimpton (25/11/1900, Matapiro - 29/4/1960, Scotland)
- Barbara Muriel Forde
- Walter Shrimpton
- Ronald Honi Shrimpton (1906-1/3/1958)
- Wallace Shrimpton (1913-23/4/1990)
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Biography
Arrived in New Zealand 1853; returned in 1872 after completing his education
Bought 9000ha of land at Matapiro in 1876
Represented Okawa Riding for 37 years
Endowed Napier Hospital with “Shrimpton Ward”, named after his son, Walter
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