Date and place of birth and death from, “Family History - Williams”, written by Lena Milne (nee Shute) b. 1893, as per copy from Robin Bruce Norman b. 1929.

Above family history reads, sailed for New Zealand with his wife, Orpha, on 6 February 1883. Arrived Lyttleton New Zealand 17 May 1883.

Date and place of baptism, name of parents, from Wales birth records found in July 2020:
Name: Thomas Joseph Shute
Gender: Male
Baptism Date: 10 Feb 1861
Baptism Place: Saint Mary, Cardiff, Glamorgan, Wales
Father: Joseph Shute
Mother: Sarah
[Cardiff Wales is just across the Bristol Channel from Bristol England where Thomas was born].

Place of birth from 1871 Wales Census for St Marys Cardiff, South Ward, found in July 2020:
Joseph Shute, age 38, born abt 1833 Offwell, Devon, England
Sarah Shute, age 40, born abt 1831 Offwell, Devon, England
Thomas J Shute, age 12, born abt 1859 Offwell, Devon, England
Harriet E Shute, age 10, born abt 1861 Cardiff, Glamorganshire, Wales
Sarah Ann Shute, age 4, born abt 1867 Cardiff, Glamorganshire, Wales

Buried in Taihape, 200 acre farm at Mataroa, lawyers clerk, land and labour agent in Taihape, catering and boarding house 1910, from images of notes written by Ivor James Clark Oliver and emailed by Katia, wife of Tim Grant Oliver, on 1 February 2021. Tim is the grandson of Ivor James Clark Oliver 1907-1989.