Henry Chidley Reynolds Explained

Henry Chidley Reynolds (26 May 1849  - 19 September 1925) was a New Zealand farm manager, butter manufacturer and exporter. He was born at Beeny, St Juliot, Cornwall, England, in 1849. He began manufacturing butter in 1886 and soon adopted "Anchor" as a brand name. After his butter won an award at the Centennial International Exhibition in Melbourne he began exporting butter to England. Because of financial difficulties he sold his business to the New Zealand Dairy Association in 1896 and the association adopted the "Anchor" brand. Most of the Pukekura factory was demolished in 1981, leaving only a storage shed,[1] but the site is marked by 2 roadside plaques.[2] [3]

His parents were William and Elizabeth (nee Chidley) Reynolds.[4] On 15 April 1879 he married Elizabeth, daughter of Captain William Steele[5] (1831-98)[6] He set up the butter factory with his brother, Richard (1853-1928).[7] In 1903 he was running a butter factory at Tandil[8] and set up River Plate Dairy Company.[9] He died, aged 76, of heart failure at Honor Oak Park station and was survived by Dorothy Kathleen,[10] his daughter, William, his son, and his wife.[11] Elizabeth died on 6 October 1936 at Santos,[12] or possibly in Argentina.[13]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2008 . Waipā heritage trail . Waipā District Council . 978-0-473-14254-4.
  2. Web site: 7 February 2020 . Protecting the origins of a kiwi classic . 2024-05-04 . Fonterra.
  3. Web site: October 2022 . 106 Maungatautari Rd . 2024-05-04 . Google Maps . en.
  4. Web site: W & E Reynolds . 2024-05-04 . eHive . en.
  5. Web site: 19 April 1879 . Marriage. Waikato Times . 2024-05-04 . paperspast.natlib.govt.nz.
  6. Web site: 22 September 1898 . Death of Captain Steele. Waikato Argus . 2024-05-04 . paperspast.natlib.govt.nz.
  7. Web site: 3 February 1928 . Obituary. Te Puke Times . 2024-05-04 . paperspast.natlib.govt.nz.
  8. Web site: 9 May 1903 . Local and general. Wanganui Herald . 2024-05-04 . paperspast.natlib.govt.nz.
  9. Web site: E. R. Doolin. 'Reynolds, Henry Chidley', Dictionary of New Zealand Biography, first published in 1993, updated June, 1996. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, (accessed 4 May 2024) .
  10. Web site: 10 November 1925 . Mr H C Reynold's death. Waikato Times . 2024-05-04 . paperspast.natlib.govt.nz.
  11. Web site: 24 September 1925 . Obituary. Waipa Post . 2024-05-04 . paperspast.natlib.govt.nz.
  12. Web site: 26 November 1936 . Obituary. Evening Post . 2024-05-05 . paperspast.natlib.govt.nz.
  13. Web site: Banks . Amy . 2017-05-02 . Historic Cambridge residents with ‘R’ Surnames . 2024-05-05 . Cambridge Museum . en-US.

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