Name of “Richard Walden” from burial record of daughter, Ruti (Ruth) found on the from Find a Grave website in July 2025.

Preferred name, date and place of birth and death, place of burial, photos of headstone and grave, from Find a Grave website found in July 2025:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/159955843/richard_deighton-walden
Name: Richard Deighton “Dick” Walden
Birth: 12 Aug 1845, Wellington, New Zealand
Death: 26 Apr 1903 (aged 57), Foxton, Horowhenua District, Manawatū-Whanganui, New Zealand
Burial: Foxton Cemetery, Foxton, Horowhenua District, Manawatū-Whanganui, New Zealand
Plot: Block: Anglican, Row: 3, Plot: 91
Notes:
Richard WALDEN was the second son of John WALDEN and Sarah DEIGHTON. He was also known by the name Richard Harold Andrew(s) WALDEN.
Born in Wellington on 12 May 1845, Richard was baptised alongside his siblings, James and Emma, on 28 Nov 1851 by Minister T. Biddulph HUTTON at the old Cathedral Church of St Paul. At the time, his father's occupation was recorded as fruiterer.
Richard married twice during his lifetime:
Kiti Roka MAHUTA (also known as Ruka AWAIKI) - born around 1849, died in 1883. They were married on 16 Oct 1873 in Foxton.
Sophia FRASER (1868–1943) - married in 1886.

No record of birth could be found on the New Zealand BDM website as at July 2025. This is most likely because births have only been recorded in New Zealand since 1848 and, it was not compulsory to register a birth before 1858).

First marriage result from marriage search on New Zealand BDM website in July 2025:
1873/8788. Bride: Ruka Awaiki. Groom: Richard Henderson Walden

Full date of marriage of 16 October 1873 from further searching in July 2025 on BDM Search by incrementally changing the date range for the marriage.

Second marriage to “Sophia Fraser” as per earlier Find a Grave website found in July 2025.

Obituary from the Manawatu Herald newspaper of 28 April 1903 found on the Papers Past website in July 2025:
Death of Mr Richard Walden.
We very much regret to announce the death of Mr Richard Walden, which occurred on Sunday morning rather suddenly. The deceased was at bis mill at Moutoa on Saturday when an attack seized him, and he was brought to his residence on the Norbiton Road when Dr. Bennett was called in, who pronounced him suffering from heart disease.
The deceased came to this district very many years ago with his parents, who at one time kept a public house and store at Moutoa, which being a landing place for the traffic up and down the Manawatu, was a very busy place. His parents now lie peacefully sleeping in the Foxton Cemetery.
Some years ago Mr Walden removed from Moutoa to the Norbiton Road, and only lately he added considerably to the land surrounding his house.
In the early days he married Roka Mahoto, a native lady who died after leaving him a family of three daughters and 4 sons, but of whom one daughter and four sons only survive. In 1886 he married again Miss Sophia Fraser, a sister of Mrs Jenks and Mrs Fred Carter, by whom be has a family of five sons.
The deceased was both well-known and popular in the district, and he earned the character for being most scrupulously honest, disliking to owe any man anything, to ensure which he periodically stopped his hemp mm to clear all outstanding accounts off, and to be assured by his bank balance that his position was impregnable. He was 58 years of age.
The funeral took place this afternoon, the coffin being taken to All Saints’Church when the Rev. H. F. Wilson read the psalms and a chapter from the Bible, concluding the service at the grave. Mr England played a funeral march on the procession leaving the Church. The attendance was very large.