He was a Dunedin landowner and contractor and was one of the promoters of the Dunedin Peninsula and Ocean Beach Railway. He owned the horse-drawn trams serving the suburbs of Dunedin and had a "virtual monopoly", until he sold them to the Dunedin City and Suburban Tramway Co. in 1883 for £55,000.[4] He was the brother-in-law of newspaper proprietor Sir George Fenwick, owing to Fenwick's marriage to Proudfoot's sister Jane.
In 1883, he left Dunedin and died in Sydney on 20 March, 1891, while undergoing surgery. Reports of his age at death varied between 49[5] and 61.[6] A cousin said he was 50.[7] His Waverley Cemetery burial record[3] and an inscription on his coffin said he was 49.[8]
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^"DEATH OF MR DAVID PROUDFOOT. EVENING STAR". paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. 21 March 1891. from the original on 17 September 2021. Retrieved 17 September 2021.
david, proudfoot, engineer, david, proudfoot, 1838, march, 1891, zealand, engineering, contractor, company, director, dunedin, born, musselburgh, gilmerton, midlothian, scotland, about, 1838, 1841, david, proudfoot, about, 1883he, dunedin, landowner, contracto. David Proudfoot 1838 20 March 1891 was a New Zealand engineering contractor and company director in Dunedin He was born in Musselburgh 1 or Gilmerton Midlothian Scotland in about 1838 2 or 1841 3 David Proudfoot about 1883He was a Dunedin landowner and contractor and was one of the promoters of the Dunedin Peninsula and Ocean Beach Railway He owned the horse drawn trams serving the suburbs of Dunedin and had a virtual monopoly until he sold them to the Dunedin City and Suburban Tramway Co in 1883 for 55 000 4 He was the brother in law of newspaper proprietor Sir George Fenwick owing to Fenwick s marriage to Proudfoot s sister Jane In 1883 he left Dunedin and died in Sydney on 20 March 1891 while undergoing surgery Reports of his age at death varied between 49 5 and 61 6 A cousin said he was 50 7 His Waverley Cemetery burial record 3 and an inscription on his coffin said he was 49 8 References Edit DEATH OF MR DAVID PROUDFOOT EVENING STAR paperspast natlib govt nz 21 March 1891 Archived from the original on 17 September 2021 Retrieved 17 September 2021 Sinclair F R J David Proudfoot Dictionary of New Zealand Biography Ministry for Culture and Heritage Retrieved 23 April 2017 a b Waverley Cemeteries Retrieved 16 September 2021 Dunedin s Matchbox Railway The Dunedin Peninsula and Ocean Beach Railway Company and Other Suburban Transport Ventures by J A Dangerfield p11 1986 New Zealand Railway and Locomotive Society Wellington ISBN 0 908573 45 6 Family Notices Evening News Sydney NSW 1869 1931 21 March 1891 p 4 Retrieved 16 September 2021 DEATH OF MR DAVID PROUDFOOT Daily Telegraph Sydney NSW 1883 1930 21 March 1891 p 6 Retrieved 16 September 2021 Death of Mr Proudfoot Evening News Sydney NSW 1869 1931 23 March 1891 p 5 Retrieved 16 September 2021 The Funeral Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners Advocate NSW 1876 1954 23 March 1891 p 5 Retrieved 16 September 2021 nbsp This business related New Zealand biographical article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title David Proudfoot engineer amp oldid 1164272813, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
