Lake Falconer AYSON was born 1855 in Warepa, Otago

- he was a son of Peter AYSON & Douglas LAMOND who emigrated from the Scottish Highlands to Otago in 1853, making them among the earlies settlers of the lower Clutha Valley


- he was a FARM LABOURER - RABBIT INSPECTOR - ACCLIMATISATION OFFICER - FISHERIES INSPECTOR and curator of the Masterton Fish Hatcheries

- he married Alice DABINETT in New Zealand in 1884
- Alice died in 1910 aged 51
- he married Dorothea Annie OGG in Knox Church Dunedin in 1923
- he died in Wellington in 1927 aged 70

the children of Lake & Alice were:

1880 Willian Douglas Ayson
- born in Warepa, Otago
- he married Catherine Elizabeth NANCEHIVELL in 1902
- he died in Wanganui in 1971 aged 90

1883 Charles Lake Ayson
- born in Warepa, Otago
- he married Bridget DOWNEY in 1904
- he died in Oamaru in 1970 aged 87

1884 Hugh Fraser Ayson
- born in Toiro, near Balclutha, Otago
- educated at Masterton School, Wellington College and Victoria College, he was admitted as a barrister and solicitor of the Supreme Court at the age of 21
- he married Ivy Ella HOLLARD in 1906 in Lower Hutt
- they had 2 children
- he died Wellington in 1948 aged 63

1888 Geogre Dabinett Ayson
- born in Masterton, Wairarapa
- he married Olive Graham MACKAY in 1912
- he died in Wellington in 1971 aged 82

1894 Leslie Duncan Ayson
- born in Masterton, Wairarapa
- he married Elizabeth Melvell Ann PERFECT in 1917
- he died in Wellington in 1971 aged 77

1897 Francis Caitlins Ayson
- born in Owaka, Otago
- he married Alice Marian CHALCRAFT in 1922
- he died in New Plymouth in 1946 aged 49