Petrus Van der Velden
Petrus van der Velden , who is also known as Paulus van der Velden was a New Zealand artist of Dutch descent. Van der Velden was born in Rotterdam, the Netherlands and died in Auckland, New Zealand,Nov 1913. Much of his career was spent in Christchurch, New Zealand.
Sometime late 1903 or early 1904 he returned to Wellington, bringing with him a young Australian woman, Australia Wahlberg, whom he married at the Wellington Registry office onFebruary 1904. A son Noel Van der Velden was born in 1906 but died ageddays and a daughter named Melba Van der Velden was born in 1909. Van der Velden initially settled in Wellington, but planned to move to Auckland, where he died of a heart attack in 1913.
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