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Note: Frederick was a well known school teacher in the North Island of New Zealand . He m. Charlotte Newby - 4 chn.? 1860-1929 d Dunedin m? Ethel May Unknown 1879/1965 Ethel bur 8/7/1965 Purewa Cem Auckland born NZ age 86 Agnes Hutley Aldred d 1902 age 40 buried Purewa cem John Percy Aldred age 89 d 1976 bur Purewa Cem Auckland
THE ALLANTON PUBLIC SCHOOL, which was established about the year 1870, is a wooden building containing two lofty and well ventilated classrooms. There are fifty-seven scholars on the roll, with an average attendance of fifty. The schoolhouse, playground, and master's residence cover four acres of land. Mr. Frederick Scott Aldred is master, and Miss Elizabeth McKay, mistress.
Mr. FREDERICK SCOTT ALDRED, Headmaster of the Allanton Public School, was born in London, in 1855, and two years later accompanied his parents to Tasmania. He was educated at the Hobart High School, and after taking his degree, taught for two years in private schools. Mr. Aldred came over to New Zealand in 1875, in the ship "Chanticleer," which was lost on its return voyage. His first engagement was at the Collegiate Institute at Dunedin, where he remained for ten months, and was then appointed master at the Inch Valley School. After sixteen months spent in that position he resigned, and engaged in insurance business for a year. Mr. Aldred was then appointed master of the Macraes school, and was subsequently headmaster of the Alexandra school for over fifteen years before receiving his present appointment in 1894. As a Forester he has been a member of Court Pride of Alexandra since 1879, and acted as secretary for his Court for about thirteen years. Mr. Aldred married a daughter of Mr. Phillip Newbury, the noted tenor, and has one son and three daughters.
Taken from "The Cyclopedia of New Zealand" 1897 - 1908 vol.4 Otago & Southland Provincial District. Pages 649 & 650.
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