Alfred Thomas Scrivener
Alfred Thomas Scrivener was born in Wanganui in 1863, the third son of Thomas and Annie Scrivener. Photographic records show that as a child he attended the Wesleyan Sunday School in Wanganui.
He married Antonette Elizabeth Christiansen in the Wesleyan Chapel, Midhurst on 29th October 1889. Here is the entry for A.T. Scrivener in 'The Cyclopedia of New Zealand', 1908 Mr. Alfred Thomas Scrivener was born in Wanganui in the year 1863, and was educated at the Wanganui Grammar School. He gained commercial experience under Messrs Duthie and Thain; and after being twelve months with Mr. Davidson, of Hawera, he took up a dairy farm at Midhirst, which he worked for about ten years, and then re-entered commercial life in partnership with Mr. Sergeant. About 1895 the partnership was dissolved, and Mr. Scrivener started on his own account in Midhurst. In November, 1904, in conjunction with Mr. G. W. Tayler, he took over the large business formerly conducted in Eltham by the late Mr. R. A. Adams. Mr. Scrivener was a member of the Midhirst Road Board for some years, and was at one time a director of the Midhirst Dairy Factory. He has always taken considerable interest in local affairs, and is ready to assist any proposal beneficial to the community at large. Mr. Scrivener married a daughter of Mr. Christianson, of Midhirst, and has two sons and three daughters. Alfred died in Whangarei on 16th June 1950. and is buried in the Maunu Cemetery alongside his wife. |