Note: John was born in 1875 son of Mary Agnes (nee Tankersley) and Hugh Campbell. He was married to Emily Blatchford on 16 March 1904 at the Blatchford homestead at Rangitumau. Emily was born in 1879. John and Emily lived at Essendale when they were first married and bought land at Opaki, where they lived until shifting to Ratanui. The Opaki farm is retained in the family. They had six children and Isia, Olive and Rata are still living (1990.) Ratanul was split between John's three sons. Rata farmed Ratanul, Raymond (Ray) farmed Awarua and Clarence (Clarrie) farmed Essendale. Ramesile was also bought for the three boys. Later on Clarence farmed this. These farms are still in the family, being farmed by their sons. Emily died in 1958 and John in 1966.
Their children were
Raymond Eric Campbell Raymond was born in 1905.
Clarence John Campbell Clarence was born in 1906
Olive Campbell Olive was born in 1907
Isla Campbell Isla was born in 1913
Hilda Mary Campbell Hilda was born in 1913 she died in 1913.