A GOLDEN WEDDING.
Mr and Mrs, J. C. Eyre celebrated their golden wedding on Monday last. About 35 friends and relatives sat down to the breakfast provided, among those present being the Rev. W. Curzon-Siggers. The aged couple received many congratulations during the day, and there was a large gathering in the evening in the Stuart Street Hall, where refreshments were provided, and an enjoyable time spent. Mr John Charles Eyre left England in September, 1849, in the ship Sarah, and reached Sydney in December of the name year. After working at his trade as a saddler for 12 months he proceeded to Melbourne. He spent two or three years on the goldfields, including Castlemaine and Bendigo, and then decided to come to Dunedin, arriving here in the ship Beauergis. He worked tor some time for the late Mr Charles Moore (now Brace, Windle, and Blyth), and then became manager for the late Mr George Dowse, a position he held until the latter retired from business some 19 years ago. Mr Eyre started in business on his own account about 11 years ago in Dunedin. and afterwards at Owaka, where he still resides. He was married to Miss Rebecca E. Richards at Sydney in October, 1855. and they have a family of 11 — four sons and seven daughters — all of whom are still living, and, with two exceptions, are all married. The daughters are Mrs Stenhouse (Sydney), Mrs G. West (Dunedin), Mrs S. Vickery (London), Mrs G. Morton (Melbourne), Mrs C. Rowden (Christchurch), Mrs C. H. Hayward (Dunedin), and Miss Eyre. One of the sons is in Auckland, another at Springfield, and two in Dunedin. There are at present 16 grand children. -Otago Daily Times, 28/10/1905.
FUKEEAL NOTICE.
THE Friends of the late John Charles Eyre (and family) are respectfully invited to attend his Funeral, which will leave his late residence, 58 Dundas street, TOMORROW (Saturday), the 4th inst., at 1 p.m., for the Southern Cemetery.
HUGH GOURLEY. Undertaker, Clarke and Maclaggan streets. -Evening Star, 3/5/1912.
Mr John Charles Eyre, whose death was announced in our columns of yesterday at the age of 83 years, was well known in the sixties and seventies in connection with the saddlery trade of this City. The late Mr Eyre was born in Truro, Cornwall, in the year 1829, where he served his apprenticeship to his trade, but glowing accounts coming from Australia he left England in September, 1849, in the ship Sarah for Sydney. After working at his trade as a saddler for some time he got the gold fever, and spent several years on the goldfields of Castlemaine and Bendigo, but the news of the large fortunes to be made in New Zealand at Gabriel's Gully caused him to come to Otago, and lie arrived in the ship Boanergis in 1862. He worked for some time for the late Mr Charles Moore, and then became manager for the late Mr George Dowse, a position held by him for 20 years, until the business was taken over by the present proprietor, Mr Peter Miller. Mr Eyre started business on his own account, continuing until 1898, when he removed to Owaka, spending about 10 years there. For the last ten years he had lived in comparative retirement. He was married to Miss Rebecca E. Richards at Sydney in 1855, and Mr and Mrs Eyre celebrated their golden wedding on October 23, 1905, surrounded by their children and grandchildren. Of the family of four sons and seven daughters all, with one exception, are still alive. The daughters are Mrs Stenhouse (Sydney). Mrs Morton (Melbourne). Mrs S. Vickery, Mrs G. West, Mrs C. Rowden (all of Christchurch), Mrs C H. Hayward, and Mrs H. Otto (Dunedin): the sons are Messrs M. W. Eyre, of P. Hayman and Co. (Auckland), and Charles and George Eyre (of Dunedin). -Evening Star, 4/5/1912.
DEATHS.
EYRE. — On December 17, at the residence of her son-in-law (Mr George Pope), 15 Moreau street, St. Kilda, Rebecca, Elizabeth, relict of John Charles Eyre; aged 81 years. Private interment. — Hugh Gourley, undertaker. -Otago Daily Times, 18/12/1916.
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