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The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Canterbury Provincial District]

Farmers

Farmers.

Conway, Thomas, Farmer, Horrellville. Mr. Conway was born in London, in 1850, and accompanied his father to Port Chalmers in the ship “Scoresby” in 1862. Three months later the family removed to Canterbury. Mr. Conway, senior, left England with the express intention of taking up land in New Zealand, but having brought out with him the balance of his London stock, he opened a shop in Christchurch to dispose of it. Two years later he bought about 1000 acres at Moeraki Downs, as the Cust district was then styled. Mr. T. Conway gained his experience as a farmer on his father's farm, and afterwards conducted a sawmill, both at Oxford and Alford Forest, as manager for Mr. D. Sladden. On the bush becoming worked out, he farmed in the South Rakaia district for six years, afterwards taking up part of his father's property in the Cust district. In 1891, he bought a farm at Horrellville, where he still resides. For about eight years he was a member of the West Eyreton Road Board and school committee. Mr. Conway was married, in 1883, to the eldest daughter of Mr. J. Childs, of Christchurch, and has three sons and four daughters.

Standish and Preece, photo. Mr. and Mrs T. Conway.

Standish and Preece, photo.
Mr. and Mrs T. Conway.

Graham, Arthur, Farmer, “Studley,” Horrellville. Mr. Graham was born in Yorkshire, England, in 1863, and accompanied his parents to Lyttelton in 1865. He was brought up to country life by his father, and has farmed on his own account since 1886, when he was married to a daughter of Mr. J. Hidgon, of Te Aroha, and has six sons and two daughters.

Horrell, Frederick George, Farmer, Horrellville. Mr. Horrell, who is a son of the late Mr. John Horrell, after whom the district is named, was born in 1866 in the district in which he resides. He was also educated and brought up to a country life there, and gained further experience at Morrinsville, Auckland, to which his father afterwards removed. Since his return to Canterbury,
Wrigglesworth and Binns, photo. Mr. and Mrs F. G. Horrell.

Wrigglesworth and Binns, photo.
Mr. and Mrs F. G. Horrell.

page 513 he has been prominent in church work, and is a member of the district Synod of the Anglican Church. He has long been connected with agricultural and pastoral matters, and is a member of the Northern and Canterbury Agricultural and Pastoral Associations. He has also served on the West Eyreton Road Board and school committee. Mr Horrell has been a member of the Waimakariri-Ashley Water Supply Board since 1886, and has been chairman for half of the time. He was married, in 1892, to a daughter of Mr. S. Sheat, of Horrellville, and has three daughters and one son.

Mr. Samuel Horrell was born in Devonshire in 1850, and was brought by his parents to New Zealand in the ship “Charlotte Jane,” when he was only three months old. After residing for thirteen years at Papanui and Woodend (where he was chiefly educated), the family moved to the Eyreton Plains, where he has resided ever since. Mr. Horrell is a member of the Waimakariri Harbour Board and School Committee. He was married in 1885 to Miss Alexander.

Mr. S. Horrell.

Mr. S. Horrell.

The late Mr. J. Horrell.

The late Mr. J. Horrell.

King, Robert, Farmer, Horrellville. Mr. King was born in the parish of Wishaw, Lanarkshire, Scotland, in 1855, and gained his first experience of agricultural life in his native land. He arrived in Lyttelton by the ship “Chrysolite,” on the 24th of December, 1862. The family settled on Kaiapoi Island, where Mr. King worked for a couple of years. Afterwards he found employment at shearing, harvest work, carpentering, blacksmithing, and butchering, and gained a general insight into such work, becoming, also, a first class ploughman. In the years 1881 and 1883, he was successful at local ploughing matches. Mr. King removed to the plains in the Oxford district, in 1879, and was farming there for about nine years, and also for a similar period in the Culverden district. In 1893 he removed to Horrellville, and, at his father's death, bought out the interests of all parties in his farm of 110 acres, on which he has since resided. Mr. King married a daughter of Mr. Alexander Garland, of Cust, in April, 1893, and has one son and one daughter.

Sheat, Stephen, Farmer, Somerset Farm, Horrellville. Mr. Sheat was born in Somersetshire, England, in 1836, and came out in the ship “Maori” to Nelson in 1853. In 1895 he travelled overland to Canterbury, and settled on his present property at Horrellville, where he has 299 acres of freehold, in addition to 333 acres on the same tenure at Waikari. Mr. Sheat served a good many years on the West Eyreton Road Board and on the local school committee. He has been a liberal supporter of the Methodist Church, and assisted largely in the erection of the church in his district. Mr. Sheat wasmarried, in 1864, to a daughter of Mr. J. Spittals, one of the early Nelson settlers, and has seven sons and four daughters.

Waiting, Isaac, Harewood Farm, Horrellville. Mr Waiting was born in Cumberland, England, in 1845, and came to Lyttelton in 1866 in the ship “Blue Jacket.” For about five years he was settled in the Cust district, but in 1871 he removed to Carleton. Two years later he took the Ashley Hotel, which he conducted for fifteen months. For about five years subsequently he was farming at Ohoka. In 1880 Mr. Waiting bought Harewood farm, of 220 acres, at Horrellville, where he has since carried on mixed farming Since about 1882 Mr. Waiting has been a member of the Eyreton Road Board, and has often served as a member of the Carleton school committee. He has been one of the trustees of the West Eyreton and Cust Cemetery Board since 1882. Mr. Waiting was married, in 1872, to a daughter of Mr. T. Pring, of Rangiora, and has three daughters and one son.

Woodfield, Thomas, Farmer, Horrolville. Mr. Woodfield was born in Northamptonshire, in 1845, and served an appreticeship as a general mechanic. He came to Lyttelton by the ship “Victory,” in 1859, and almost immediately settled in the Oxford district. For eighteen years he was a storekeeper at East Oxford, but bought Springwell Farm at Horrellville in 1880, and since then has resided on that property. For some years he was a member of the Oxford Road Board. Mr. Woodfield was married, in 1858, to a daughter of the late Hon. J. Iliffe, of Leicestershire. This lady died in 1872, leaving one son and six daughters. In 1873 Mr. Woodfield married a daughter of the late Mr. J. Weeber, of Oxford, and has six sons and four daughters by this union.