Individual Details
Reginald Charles Templer
(27 Sep 1855 - 14 Jul 1914)
He was farming for a while then became a school teacher; the last two appointments being as Headmaster of Inglewood and Stratford in Taranaki. NZ - Letter from Marjorie Pitcher nee Templer 22.07.1973
Mr. Reginald Charles Templer was appointed Secretary of the Midhurst Dairy Company in the year 1905. He was born in 1855 in Lyttelton, and is a son of the late Mr. Edward Merson Templer, of Coringa station, who was a member of the first Provincial Council of Canterbury. He was educated at Christ's College, Christchurch, and was brought up to farming. Mr. Templer subsequently served under the Wanganui Education Board as a teacher for eighteen years, during ten years of which he was headmaster of the Cheltenham school. In 1893 be became connected with the dairy industry, assisted in establishing the Cheltenham Dairy Factory, and was secretary for six years. He left the district to take up the management of a large herd of cows for Mr. C. Fitzherbert, of Cinder Hill. Two years and a-half later, Mr. Templer removed to Stratford, where he was in business on his own account as an auctioneer and commission agent for two years. He was the first to organise the Farmers' Union in the Taranaki district, and was for some time afterwards secretary of the Stratford Dairy Company, before his present appointment. In the year 1881 Mr. Templer married a daughter of Dr. Richards, of Hororata, Canterbury, and has two sons and one daughter.
Reginald Charles Templer 1880-1881 Electoral Roll Coleridge, Canterbury
Mr. Reginald Charles Templer was appointed Secretary of the Midhurst Dairy Company in the year 1905. He was born in 1855 in Lyttelton, and is a son of the late Mr. Edward Merson Templer, of Coringa station, who was a member of the first Provincial Council of Canterbury. He was educated at Christ's College, Christchurch, and was brought up to farming. Mr. Templer subsequently served under the Wanganui Education Board as a teacher for eighteen years, during ten years of which he was headmaster of the Cheltenham school. In 1893 be became connected with the dairy industry, assisted in establishing the Cheltenham Dairy Factory, and was secretary for six years. He left the district to take up the management of a large herd of cows for Mr. C. Fitzherbert, of Cinder Hill. Two years and a-half later, Mr. Templer removed to Stratford, where he was in business on his own account as an auctioneer and commission agent for two years. He was the first to organise the Farmers' Union in the Taranaki district, and was for some time afterwards secretary of the Stratford Dairy Company, before his present appointment. In the year 1881 Mr. Templer married a daughter of Dr. Richards, of Hororata, Canterbury, and has two sons and one daughter.
Reginald Charles Templer 1880-1881 Electoral Roll Coleridge, Canterbury
Events
| Birth | 27 Sep 1855 | Coringa, Riccarton, New Zealand | |||
| Marriage | 2 Aug 1882 | New Zealand - Amelia Alice Mary Ada "Ada" Richards | |||
| Death | 14 Jul 1914 | Taranaki, New Zealand | |||
| Burial | Aft 14 Jul 1914 | Hawera, New Zealand | |||
| Alt name | Charles Reginald Templer |
Families
| Spouse | Amelia Alice Mary Ada "Ada" Richards (1855 - 1933) |
| Child | Guy Merson Templer (1883 - 1970) |
| Child | Noel Reginald Templer (1887 - 1968) |
| Child | Muriel Dorothy Mary "Dolly" Templer (1895 - 1955) |
| Father | Edward Merson "Merson" Templer (1819 - 1897) |
| Mother | Mary Jane Saunders "Jane" King (1836 - 1906) |
| Sibling | Frances Sarah "Franky" Templer (1853 - 1859) |
| Sibling | Ellen Laura Templer (1857 - 1941) |
| Sibling | Arthur Templer (1859 - 1916) |
| Sibling | Anne "Annie" Templer (1861 - 1938) |
| Sibling | Henry "Harry" Templer (1863 - 1935) |
| Sibling | John Merson Templer (1865 - 1953) |
| Sibling | Edith Mary Templer (1867 - 1947) |
| Sibling | Kate Templer (1869 - 1934) |
| Sibling | Hugh Reginald Templer (1870 - 1933) |
| Sibling | James Lethbridge Templer (1872 - 1943) |
| Sibling | Alice "Nods" Templer (1873 - 1943) |