James AUSTIN

1838 - 1921  (83 years)

• Name	James AUSTIN  [1, 2, 3]
  Born	1838	Helen's Bay, Down, Northern Ireland, UK   [3, 4]
  Gender	Male
  Died	14 Mar 1921	Temuka, South, Canterbury, New Zealand   [3, 4, 5]
  Buried	16 Mar 1921	Temuka Cemetery, South Canterbury, New Zealand   [3]
  Person ID	I119	Blyth Family Tree
  Last Modified	31 Mar 2018

  
  

  Father	James AUSTIN,   b. 1810, Ballygrot, Down, Northern Ireland ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Mother	Susan LOWRY,   b. 1815, Crawfordsburn, Down, Ireland ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F96	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Mary SHANKS,   b. 1841, Down, Down, Ireland ,   d. 2 Sep 1900, Temuka, South Canterbury, New Zealand  (Age 59 years)
  Married	3 Aug 1863	Bangor, Down, Ireland   [3, 6, 7]
  Children	1. William AUSTIN,   b. 29 Jun 1864, Christchurch, New Zealand ,   d. 29 Jul 1922, Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand  (Age 58 years)  [unknown]   2. James AUSTIN,   b. Dec 1865, Selwyn, Canterbury, New Zealand ,   d. Yes, date unknown   3. Agnes AUSTIN,   b. Dec 1867,   d. Yes, date unknown   4. Andrew AUSTIN,   b. Sep 1869,   d. Yes, date unknown   5. John Jack AUSTIN,   b. Jun 1871,   d. Yes, date unknown   6. Margaret Maggie AUSTIN,   b. Sep 1872,   d. 14 Dec 1954  (Age ~ 82 years)   7. George AUSTIN,   b. Nov 1874,   d. Yes, date unknown   8. Richard Dick AUSTIN,   b. Oct 1876,   d. 1957  (Age ~ 80 years)   9. Mary Elizabeth AUSTIN,   b. 1 Dec 1878,   d. Yes, date unknown   10. Annie AUSTIN,   b. Mar 1881, New Zealand ,   d. 2 Sep 1954, Timaru, Timaru, Canterbury, New Zealand  (Age ~ 73 years)   11. Charles Lowry AUSTIN,   b. Jul 1885,   d. 1967  (Age ~ 81 years)
  Last Modified	31 Mar 2018
  Family ID	F31	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Reference: Cyclopedia of New Zealand, Canterbury edition. Vol. 3 page s 9 18 Published 1903 OHAPE is seventeen miles to the north of Timaru in the county of Geral d ine. It is within five miles of Temuka, and has a bi-weekly mail se rvi ce with Timaru. The district is devoted to farming. has a public s chool a nd a blacksmith shop. FARMERSº AUSTIN, James, Farmer, Ohape, near Temuka. Mr Austin was born in Coun t y Down, Ireland, in 1837, and was brought up as a farmer by his fath er. H e came to Lyttelton in 1864 by the ship "Zealandia," and afte r farming f or three years at Selwyn, removed to Temuka in 1867 - jus t before the h eavy flood in that district. Mr Austin has a number o f farms, and in a ddition to cereal growing, is a breeder of sheep an d cattle at one tim e he owned a stud of Clydesdale horses. He was m arried in the Old Coun ty and has eleven children. James and Mary Austin arrived in Lyttleton, New Zealand from County Do w n Ireland on December 8th, 1863 as paying passengers. They bough t a far m at Winchester, South Canterbury after 3 years in the Selwy n District. G randfather lived by the rules he set. If a man was worth y of his hire, h e was fit to sit at table with the family. He had 1 1 in the family, fin anced four sons and two son-in-laws into farms. B ought houses for them w hen they married. Daughters (single) had an in come for life and then on t heir death, this income was equally divide d among his 28 Grandchildren. M oney invested in his daughter´s farm s was held in trust to be equally d ivided among their respective fami lies at their death…Grandfather sold a 2 8 acre farm or was a tenant o n it to come to New Zealand in 1863 and af ter some years had 6000 acr es in South Canterbury and Mid-Canterbury. T wo farms are still in th e family. Grandmother was a teacher and a beaut iful sewer.´´ Extracts from a letter written by Agnes Kelly (née Connolly) May 1995

  
  

• Sources

  [S53] www.familysearch.org, Familysearch.org International Genealogical Reco r ds (Name: www.familysearch.org; Location: www.familysearch.org;), Batch #: M702289, Sheet #: 00, Source Call #: 0101450, Printout Call #: NONE, Dates: 1863 (Reliability: 0). [S21] Ancestry Family Trees (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ance s try.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry me mbe rs.;), Ancestry Family Trees (Reliability: 0). [S21] Ancestry Family Trees (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ance s try.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry me mbe rs.;), Database online. (Reliability: 0). Record for James Austin [S109] Registrar of Births, Deaths and Mariages, New Zealand - Death Records, Deaths in the District of Temuka, Record for James Austin (Reliability: 0). When: 14 March 1921 at Temuka Name: James Austin Occupation: Retired Farmer Casue of Death: internal ... Father: James Austin Occupation: Farmer Mother: Susan Austin nee Lowry Burried 16 March 1921 Temuka Where born: Helens Bay, Belfast, Ireland 56 years in NZ Where married : Helens Bay, Belfast at age 26 to Mary Shanks [S12] Timaru Cemetery Database - Online, Plot for Mary Austin and James Austin (Reliability: 0). Reference 19575 Surname Austin Forenames Mary Occupation Address Age at Death Unknown Date of Death Wednesday, 5 September 1900 Date of Interment Wednesday, 5 September 1900 Cemetery Temuka Cemetery Section General Block Plot Beam New Row 113 New Plot 320 Clergy Name Funeral Director [S53] www.familysearch.org, Familysearch.org International Genealogical Reco r ds (Name: www.familysearch.org; Location: www.familysearch.org;), "Ireland Marriages, 1619-1898," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/FGNM-5NG : accessed 14 Aug 2013), James Austin and Mary Shanks, 03 Aug 1863. (Reliability: 0). James Austin, "Ireland Marriages, 1619-1898" Name: James Austin Birth Date: Birthplace: Age: Spouse's Name: Mary Shanks Spouse's Birth Date: Spouse's Birthplace: Spouse's Age: Event Date: 03 Aug 1863 Event Place: 0063,Bangor,Down,Ireland Father's Name: Mother's Name: Spouse's Father's Name: Spouse's Mother's Name: Race: Marital Status: Previous Wife's Name: Spouse's Race: Spouse's Marital Status: Spouse's Previous Husband's Name: Indexing Project (Batch) Number: M70228-9 System Origin: Ireland-ODM GS Film number: 101450 Reference ID: [S89] Northern Ireland Civil Records, Marriage of james Austin and Mary SHanks - Details form a Forum Posting (Reliability: 0). Record Type Civil Marriage Date of Marriage 3 Aug 1863 Groom Name james AUSTIN Bride Name mary SHANKS Church Ballygilbert Presbyterian Church Parish Bangor Civil District Newtownards County Down Surname Firstname Year Fathers Firstname county AUSTIN JAMES 1863 JAMES Down SHANKS MARY 1863 JAMES Down