Philip Alfred RIVE

Date of Birth: 
5 Dec 1853
Date of Death: 
6 Mar 1931

Philip was born at Jersey on the Channel Islands.

He came to NZ in 1853.

He married Annie Luxford (born at Wellington in 1858) at Wellington in 1880.

They had five children. The first died in infancy. The last two were twins with one dying at the same time as Annie.

He then married Annie's sister, Elizabeth (born at Wellington in 1865) at nelson in 1886.

They went on to have five children, one of whom died very young.

One son, Clifford, served in WW1 & was wounded. A son-in-law, Sydney Mackie, also served in WW1.

Philip started out as a draper in Wellington. However he ended up in bankruptcy in 1888. He then became an accountant before moving to Masterton as a storekeeper & then a commercial traveller.

He won a ballot for a four acre block in Levin in March 1889. However he then sold the block to Alexander Sample.

 

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Relatives mentioned in profile: 
Philip Alfred Rive, Elias Rive, Anne Kingston, Annie Elizabeth Luxford, Elizabeth Newcome (Eliza) Luxford, Charles Edward Luxford, Elizabeth Ellen Fairhall, Alice Myers Rive, Ellen Kingston Rive, Charles George Barham, Emily Newcome Rive, William Robert Grey, Annie Elizabeth Rive, Philip Alfred Rive, Muriel Rive, Purcell Thomas Webb, Alfred Rowland Rive, Clifford Mogridge Rive, Dulcie Isobel/Isabel Burr (nee Rollo), Margaret Irene Rive, Sydney Frederick Mackie, Mavis Rousel Luxford Rive, Ernest Harvey.