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The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Canterbury Provincial District]

Baker, James F.

Baker, James F., Farmer, Belfast Road, Belfast. Mr. Baker came to New Zealand in the ship “Cressy,” and landed in Lyttelton in 1850, with his parents, he being then only five years of age. He was brought up on his father's farm at Kaiapoi, and later on he was for ten years owner of a threshing machine plant, and afterwards owned and worked a farm at Kaiapoi for a number of years. He purchased his present holding in 1888. Mr. Baker was married in Kaiapoi to Miss Burrows, a daughter of a very old colonist, who was a coalminer on the West Coast. Three sons and two daughters have been born of the union. Mr. Baker's father is referred to in another article as an old colonist.