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The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Canterbury Provincial District]

Old Colonists

Old Colonists.

Mr. Samuel Bailey, of Barton Farm, Templeton, was born in 1829, in Gloucestershire, England, and, accompanied by his wife and six children, came to New Zealand by the ship “Brothers' Pride.” Shortly after his arrival he removed to Templeton and started a blacksmith's shop, where he did a lucrative business for some years. He bought land in the district, and carried on farming in conjunction with his trade. After some years he relinquished the blacksmithing business, and devoted his increased attention to farming. Mr. Bailey imported three steam threshing machines, with which he carried on a flourishing business, and afterwards added a combine, the first made by J. Anderson and Co., of the Canterbury Foundry. After years of hard work and great prosperity, he now lives a life of ease on his handsome homestead at Templeton, where he still, for the sake of health and pastime, interests himself in his farm. Mr. Bailey was a member of the Templeton school committee for thirty years, for twenty-five of which he was continuously chairman. He was also a member of the Templeton Road Board for twenty-eight years, and for fourteen years its chairman, and only retired through failing health. Mr. Bailey was one of the directors of the New Zealand Farmers' Co-operative Association from its inception, and also of the New Zealand Farmers' Fire and Marine Association, and has held various other offices as a churchwarden and synodsman. Mr. and Mrs Bailey celebrated their golden wedding on the 5th of November, 1901, and have, living, a family of eight sons and one daughter, forty-one grandchildren, and two great-grandchildren.

Mr. S. Bailey.

Mr. S. Bailey.

Mr. and Mrs Bailey and Family: Golden Wedding Group.

Mr. and Mrs Bailey and Family: Golden Wedding Group.

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Mr. Stephen Barter, one of the early settlers at Templeton, was born at Salisbury, England, in 1827. He arrived at Lyttelton by the ship “Rochampton,” in 1858, and resided there, and at Christchurch, for a few months. Mr Barter then bought and settled on 101 acres of Government land at Templeton. It was tussock land, then in its native state, and he broke it up and fenced it, and planted all the trees on his property. Mr. Barter farmed the land successfully for many years, but it is now let to a tenant. He, however, still occupies the homestead, where he resides with Mrs Barter, whom he married before leaving the Old Country. For several years Mr. Barter was a member of the Templeton Road Board, and he also served on the Templeton school committee.

Mr. S. Barter.

Mr. S. Barter.

Mrs S. Barter.

Mrs S. Barter.

Mr. John Maginness, of Templeton, was born in County Armagh, Ireland, in 1833. He arrived at Port Chalmers by the ship “Matoaka,” on the 4th of July, 1863, and a week later came on the Christchurch, where he remained for two years. He then removed to Templeton, where he took up fifty acres of Government land, and afterwards increased his holding to 150 acres. Mr. Maginness served three years on the Templeton Road Board, and was a member of the Broadfield school committee for about ten years. He was married in New Zealand to a lady whom he knew in the Old Country, and who arrived in 1864, by the ship “Indian Empire.” There is a family of five sons and three daughters.

Standish and Preece, photo.Mr. and Mrs J. Maginness.

Standish and Preece, photo.
Mr. and Mrs J. Maginness.