In March 1879, A H Bristed, aged 18 years, arrived in Victoria Australia from London per the vessel Syria. 4
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In the 1885/6 New Zealand electoral rolls Arthur Henry Bristed, reporter, was residing in Gloucester Street East, Christchurch.
In the 1890 New Zealand electoral rolls Arthur Henry Bristed, journalist, was residing in Gloucester Street, Christchurch.
In the 1896 and 1900 New Zealand electoral rolls Arthur Henry Bristed, journalist, and wife Kate Bristed, domestic duties, were living at 45 Gloucester Street, Linwood.
In the 1905/6 New Zealand electoral rolls Arthur Henry Bristed, journalist, and wife Kate Bristed, were living at 62 River Road, Linwood.
In the 1911,1914, 1919 and 1922 New Zealand electoral rolls Arthur Henry Bristed, journalist, and wife Kate Bristed, were living at 62 River Road, Linwood.
In the 1925 New Zealand electoral rolls Arthur Henry Bristed, journalist, and wife Kate Bristed, were living at 62 River Road. At the same address were [son and daughter] Frank Griffith Bristed, salesman, and Kathleen Griffith Bristed, spinster.
In the 1928 New Zealand electoral rolls Arthur Henry Bristed, journalist, was living at 62 River Road Avon. At the same address was [son] Frank Griffith Bristed, salesman.
In the 1931 and 1935 New Zealand electoral rolls Arthur Henry Bristed, journalist, was living at 62 River Road, Avon.
In the 1941 New Zealand electoral rolls Arthur Henry Bristed, journalist, was living at 62 River Road, Linwood.
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BRISTED.—On December 26, 1943, at Christchurch, Arthur Henry, husband of the late Kate Bristed, Avonside drive; aged 84 years. No flowers by request. Private interment Avonside Churchyard...
Press, Volume LXXIX, Issue 24140, 27 December 1943, p. 1
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OBITUARY
MR. A. H. BRISTED
After a short illness Mr Arthur Henry Bristed died recently in his eighty-fourth year. Born in the Isle of Wight* and educated privately, he came to New Zealand at the age of 18. In 1882 he joined the staff of "The Press" as a junior reporter. Two years later, on the inception of the "Weekly Press and New Zealand Referee," he was appointed its editor. He continued as editor of the "Weekly Press and New Zealand Referee" for 42 years. In 1926 he was appointed compiler of the New Zealand Stud Book for the New Zealand Racing Conference and concluded his work with Volume XI of the Stud Book, which up to that time was the most complete record of breeding published in New Zealand. He was one of the best known sporting writers in New Zealand, and under the pen-name of Antisthenes he contributed many widely-read articles on the evolution of the thoroughbred.
Mr Bristed was closely associated with Sir Truby King from the very early days of the Plunket Society, and was one of the original members of the advisory board of the Christchurch branch. He was deeply interested in eugenics, and wrote many articles on this subject, some of which appeared in English reviews and magazines.
In 1894 he married Miss Kate Griffith, daughter of Mr E. J. Griffith, a well known racing identity of those days, who imported several well sires, including Traducer, from Britain. Mrs Bristed was secretary of the Christchurch branch of the Plunket Society for some years, and also was president for a short period before her death in 1926.
Mr. Bristed represented North Otago as a Rugby footballer, and was a Canterbury representative tennis player. His eldest son, Lieutenant E. G. Bristed, was killed in action at Ypres in 1917, and his third son, F. G. Bristed (Griff), died on active service in Egypt in 1941.
Mr Bristed is survived by his daughter Kathleen, wife of Commander Hewson, R.N., and by his second son, Flying Officer J. F. Bristed, and by 10 grandchildren.
Press, Volume LXXIX, Issue 24141, 28 December 1943, p. 6; Waikato Times, Volume 193, Issue 22234, 31 December 1943, p. 4
* Perhaps Arthur Henry Bristed spent his formative years on the Isle of Wight after his father died in 1863, but he was born in the Whitechapel district of London.
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