Ellen Lucy (Templer) Campbell (abt. 1847 - 1935)

Born about 1847 in Australia

Ancestors

Wife of Michael Scott Campbell — married 21 Nov 1867 in Riccarton, Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand

Descendants

Died 5 Mar 1935 at about age 88 in Kowai Bush, Canterbury, New Zealand

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Biography

Ellen Lucy Templer was born around 1837 in Australia. She was the daughter of John Arthur Templer and Rosamund Mary Darvall.

. Her parents became early European settlers at Canterbury, New Zealand.

On 21 November 1867 at Riccarton Church, Christchurch, she married Michael Scott Campbell.

They followed farming pursuits in Canterbury, successively at Longbeach station (where her husband was in partnership with her uncle, Edward Merson Templer), Mesopotamia, and Craigieburn station. They then went to live at Christchurch.

She was a keen archer, a member of the Christchurch Archery Club, which used a lawn in the Botanic Gardens. She was also one of the earliest and keenest women golfers in Christchurch, associated with the Christchurch Golf Club.

After living at Papanui, where her husband passed away in 1897, and Avonside, she went to live with her daughter Miss Rose Campbell at Kowai Bush.

She passed away on 5 March 1935 at Kowai Bush, aged 87. She was survived by 6 daughters. She was buried at the Church of England Cemetery, Papanui (St Paul's Anglican Church Cemetery), with her late husband.

Sources

• New Zealand Births, Deaths and Marriages search for marriage reg., 1867/7246, marriage of Ellen Lucy Templer and Michael Scott Campbell, date 21 November 1867 [adjust search dates to verify.]
• Lyttelton Times, 4 December 1867, Page 2, Marriages via Papers Past, marriage on 21 November [1867] at Riccarton Church, Michael Scott Campbell, Esq., of Mesopotamia, Canterbury, to Ellen Lucy Templer, 2nd daughter of J. Arthur Templer, Esq., of Narrambla, New South Wales.
• New Zealand Births, Deaths and Marriages search for death reg., 1935/14632, Ellen Lucy Campbell, age 87Y, date of death 5 March 1935 [adjust search dates to verify.]
• Ashburton Guardian, 6 March 1935, Page 6, Obituary via Papers Past, obituary of Mrs Ellen Lucy Campbell, widow of the late Michael Scott Campbell, in her 86th year; born in Australia; daughter of Mr and Mrs Arthur Templer, of Avonside [Christchurch], who were among the very early settlers of the province; her husband farmed the Longbeach station as a cattle run in partnership with Mr E. M. Templer, which was dissolved when the station was sold to Mr John Grigg in 1864; Mrs Campbell went with her husband to Mesopotamia [Canterbury], with Mr William Caton as a partner, the purchase price being £1350; a year previously, Samuel Butler, author of "Erewhon", had sold the Mesopotamia station to William Parkerson; her husband sold his interest in Mesopotamia to his brothers, General Campbell and Mr J. R. Campbell; in 1879, in partnership with a cousin, Mr R. H. Campbell, he bought the Craigieburn station and stayed there until 1881, when they went to live in Christchurch; Mrs Campbell was a keen archer, a prominent member of the Christchurch Archery Club which used the archery lawn at the Botanic Gardens; she was one of the earliest and keenest of the women golfers in Christchurch, associated with the Christchurch Golf Club; after living at Papanui and Avonside, she went to live with her daughter, Miss Rose Campbell, at Kowai Bush some years ago; she is survived by her six daughters, Mesdames A. P. Harper (Wellington), C. L. T. Gordon (Hawke's Bay), Harne (Tauranga), Foshery Nancarrow (Dunedin), Douglas Cox (Kowai Bush), and Miss Rose Campbell (Kowai Bush); the funeral took place today at the Church of England Cemetery, Papanui.
• Find A Grave: Memorial #122557017, photo of grave at St Paul's Anglican Church Cemetery, Papanui; Michael Scott Campbell, died 9 June 1897; also Ellen Lucy, his wife, died 5 March 1935.