William Bailey (1854 - 1946)

Born 7 Jan 1854 in Littledean, Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom

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Died 17 Sep 1946 at age 92 in Sumner, Christchurch, New Zealand

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Biography

William was born in 1854. William Bailey ... He passed away in 1946. ^[1]

BAILEY, WILLIAM, Farmer, Templeton. Mr Bailey, who has resided at Templeton for about forty years, is a son of Mr Samuel Bailey, who is elsewhere referred to as an old colonist. He was born in Gloucestershire, England, in 1854, and, at an early age, came out to New Zealand with his parents in the ship “Brothers' Pride,' landing at Lyttelton in 1863. He was brought up to farming on his father's estate, at Templeton, and has since farmed in the same district with much success. Mr Bailey now owns and resides at the Spring Top Farm. This valuable property, which comprises about 1150 acres was originally part of Mr Samuel Bealey's estate. It is all agricultural land, and, although of a somewhat light nature, yields an average of thirty bushels of wheat and forty of oats to the acre. Since 1893 Mr Bailey has been a member of the Templeton Road Board, of which he was chairman for two years, and he has been a member of the Domain Board since 1895. For five years he served on the Templeton school committee, and he is a director of the Midland Saleyards Company, and of the Broadfields Shearing Shed Company, and a member of the Farmers' Union. Mr Bailey joined the Canterbury Mounted Rifles as a trooper in 1895, served some years as quartermaster sergeant, and is now lieutenant quarter-master in the 1st Battalion, North Canterbury Rifles. For about five years he acted in the capacity of county valuer for the Commercial Union Insurance Company. Mr Bailey married a daughter of the late Mr Gilbert Mayo, sometime master of the Templeton school, and has a family of four sons and three daughters. ^[2]

• Fact: Christening (5 February 1854) Littledean, Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom
• Fact: Residence (1861) , Gloucestershire, England
• Fact: Immigration (1863) Brothers Pride - Gloucestershire to Lyttleton Lyttelton, Canterbury, New Zealand
• Fact: http://familysearch.org/v1/Affiliation (from 1893 to 1902) Member of Templeton Rd Board (chairman 2 years) Templeton, Canterbury, Canterbury, New Zealand
• Fact: http://familysearch.org/v1/Affiliation (from 1895 to 1902) Templeton Domain Board Templeton, Canterbury, Canterbury, New Zealand
• Fact: Residence (1902) Spring Top Farm (Owner) Templeton, Canterbury, Canterbury, New Zealand
• Fact: http://familysearch.org/v1/LifeSketch Section in Canterbury encyclopedia: http://nzetc.victoria.ac.nz/tm/scholarly/tei-Cyc03Cycl-t1-body1-d6-d22.html

Sources

1. ↑ New Zealand, Death Index, 1848-1966
2. ↑ Title: The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Canterbury Provincial District] Author: Cyclopedia Company Limited Publication details: The Cyclopedia Company, Limited, 1903, Christchurch Part of: The Cyclopedia of New Zealand Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 New Zealand Licence License: Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 New Zealand Licence

• "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : modified 29 August 2020, 23:41), entry for William Bailey(PID https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:K8CX-GD7); contributed by various users.
• Name: William Bailey

Death Date: Jul-Aug-Sep 1946

Registration Place: Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand

Folio Number: 3410

Source Citation New Zealand, Death Index, 1848-1966

cestry.com. New Zealand, Death Index, 1848-1966 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014.

• The Family Saga" [of those descendants of Elizabeth nee Hill (1792-1836) and William Fowle Bailey (1788-1862) who emigrated to New Zealand. Prepared and published by Marie Lawry on the occasion of The Bailey Family Reunion, 3-4 December, 1988.
• Paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/CHP18931215.2.33