Henry DRYDEN and his wife Mary Ann EAGLE married in New Zealand in 1865. He was from Scotland and she was from Poplar, West London
- Mary Ann died 28 March 1880 aged 35, leaving 5 children aged 5 to 14
- Henry remarried 14 August 1880 to Frances Sarah McCREDIE (1847-1921)


See their lineage here HENRY DRYDEN


the 5 known children of Henry Dryden & Mary Ann Eagle:
1866 - 1958 Henry Ernest Dryden
- married Mary Braithwaite
1867 - 1949 Janet Hannah Dryden
- married Alexander Ramsay
1869 - 1953 Alice Mary Dryden
- married Wakeford Cox
1871 - ? Zoe Dryden
- married Percy Simpson
1875 - 1912 Lena Dryden
- Lena did not marry
- she died in Craigielea, Karori, Wellington after a long illness aged 37



thanks to "Ryder" for the following ...

about their 1st born, Henry Ernest Dryden:-

1866 - 1958 Henry Ernest Dryden
- Henry married Mary BRAITHWAITHE (1867-1943)
- they were both cremated at Karori, Wellington

the children of Henry Ernest & Mary Louisa were:

1891 - 1971 Orlando Dryden
- Orlando married Edith Mary LYNOTT

1893 - 1959 Leslie Roy Dryden
- Leslie married Dorothy Helen HAMMON

1896 - 1973 Hilda May Dryden
- Hilda did not marry, she was cremated at Karori, Wellington

1898 - 1976 Daphne Mary Dryden
- Daphne married John Hamilton MILES

1899 - 1977 Edwin Gilbert Dryden
- no spouse found