some PRIER marriages in New Zealand 1869 - 1930


the PRIER GROOMS

Albert Henry Prier
- married Elizabeth FARNO in 1926

Arthur Edgar Prier
- married kathleen STEVENSON in 1920

Edgar Prier
- married Alice DAVIS in 1899

Edgar Hammond Prier
- married Sadie Jeannette BISHOP in 1920

Harold David Prier
- married Ethel Minnie BRUCE in 1924

Henry James Prier (1868-1949)
- married Sarah WOODMAN in 1894
- Henry was a Farmer in the Manawatu
- he died 11 Nov 1949 aged 81
- buried PLOT 062, ROW 013 at Kelvin Grove

John Fredrick Prier
- married Rita LEWIS in 1924

Leonard William Prier
- married Vera LEWIS in 1923

Melville Lancelot Prier
- married Lena BROWN in 1929

Reginald Prier
- married Kathleen Mary Vera GIMBLETT in 1927

Thomas John Prier
- married Kate WOODMAN in 1894

Thomas Leslie Prier
- married Ruby Elizabeth Nicholson KIDD in 1924

Walter Charles Prier
- son of William Smale PRIER (1835-1891) & Susannah BIRD
- married Jane BENGE in 1899
- Walter divorced Jane in June 1905
- Walter died 29 Sep 1909 aged 36 and is buried PLOT 16, ROW 2 at Rongotea

William Prier
- married Rhoda Mary TOWNSEND in 1869

William Prier
- married Charlotte Eliza LOVER in 1923



the PRIER BRIDES

Ada Prier
- married Thomas SPICER in 1894

Blanche Evelyn Prier
- married Leslie Clifford KNIGHT in 1924

Eliza Prier
- married William Alfred SPICER in 1892

Elizabeth Prier
- married Charles LEWER in 1884

Grace Emma Prier
- married James SPICER in 1894

Mary Jane Prier
- married Henry LEWER in 1880
they had 11 known children

Reita Frances Prier
- married Roy Stanley BEAMISH in 1924

Sarah Prier (1864-1931)
- married Carl William RUEBE (1869-1943) in 1892
- their known children were:
1893 - 1977 Elizabeth Ada Ruebe
- Elizabeth wasn't married
1896 - 1979 Dorothy Ella Ruebe
- Dorothy married Victor Caddy DAVIES in 1922
1898 - 1899 Ethel May/Mary Ruebe
- Ethel died aged 20 months

Vera Pearl Prier
- born 2 August 1909
- 6th born child of Henry James PRIER & Sarah WOODMAN (above)
- Vera died 1995
- married Philip Richard HART on 4 June 1930
- born 27 August 1906
- 2nd born child of Thomas HART & Eliza WALLIS
- Philip died 1983




grave of Henry James Prier
Kelvin Grove, Palmerston North