Individual Details
Edward Merson "Merson" Templer
(13 Oct 1819 - 4 Apr 1897)
1849 Dec 10 E.M. Templer appointed first Magistrate at Orange.
Christchurch Militia List 1860
TEMPLAR, Edward Merson
Coringa station
Stockowner
http://library.christchurch.org.nz/Heritage/Militia/t.asp 05.12.04
DEATH & OBITUARY NOTICE OF E.M.TEMPLER ESQ.
From 'THE LYTTELTON TIMES', APRIL 5, 1897.
Death.
TEMPLER ? April 4,. at Clare Road, Christchurch, Edward Merson Templer, late of Coringa, Riccarton, in his seventy-eighth year.
Another of the early settlers of the colony passed away yesterday in the person of Mr. E.M.Templer, who died at his residence, Clare Road, St Albans, Christchurch, after a short illness.
Mr. Templer, with his brother, the late Mr. Arthur Templer, left England for Australia early in the forties (1843). They were actively engaged in pastoral pursuits until about 1848, when the news that the Canterbury Settlement was about to be formed, caused them to turn their attention to New Zealand.
Selling out their Australian properties, they came to Canterbury in 1851 and took up a large tract of country, in what is now known as the Ashburton district, some months before the arrival of the Canterbury Pilgrims. The homestead was situated on the Longbeach property, now owned by Mr.J. Gigg.
Mr. Templer was amongst the first to import sheep from Australia, with the intention of improving the breed of merinoes, which were then almost the only class of sheep known here. One consignment, which they landed close to the zigzag at Lyttelton, all perished through eating Tutu shortly after getting ashore. When the settlement of Canterbury progressed, the property at Ashburton was sold and. Mr. Templer purchased the well-known Coringa Farm at Yaldhurst, to which he retired and where he remained until about ten years ago, when he sold the property to Mr. G.G. Stead and came to live in town.
In his younger days, Mr. Templer was a most energetic man and was elected one of the first members of the Provincial Council of Canterbury,in which? he sat under Superintendents Fitzgerald, Moorhouse and Rolleston, until the provinces were abolished. Whilst taking a thoroughly Liberal view of Legislation, he strongly opposed the abolition of the provinces, as he could not see his way to disturb the provincial institutions, which he had watched from their infancy. From that time he virtually retired from the political arena.
Soon after his arrival in Canterbury, he married the second daughter of Mrs. M. King who, with her~ family, came out in the 'Cressy', one of the historical 'First four ships's. He is survived by Mrs. Templer,and by six sons and five daughters, all grown-up. The funeral will leave his late residence, Clare Road at 2 p.m. tomorrow, for the Riccarton Cemetery. ?
Christchurch Militia List 1860
TEMPLAR, Edward Merson
Coringa station
Stockowner
http://library.christchurch.org.nz/Heritage/Militia/t.asp 05.12.04
DEATH & OBITUARY NOTICE OF E.M.TEMPLER ESQ.
From 'THE LYTTELTON TIMES', APRIL 5, 1897.
Death.
TEMPLER ? April 4,. at Clare Road, Christchurch, Edward Merson Templer, late of Coringa, Riccarton, in his seventy-eighth year.
Another of the early settlers of the colony passed away yesterday in the person of Mr. E.M.Templer, who died at his residence, Clare Road, St Albans, Christchurch, after a short illness.
Mr. Templer, with his brother, the late Mr. Arthur Templer, left England for Australia early in the forties (1843). They were actively engaged in pastoral pursuits until about 1848, when the news that the Canterbury Settlement was about to be formed, caused them to turn their attention to New Zealand.
Selling out their Australian properties, they came to Canterbury in 1851 and took up a large tract of country, in what is now known as the Ashburton district, some months before the arrival of the Canterbury Pilgrims. The homestead was situated on the Longbeach property, now owned by Mr.J. Gigg.
Mr. Templer was amongst the first to import sheep from Australia, with the intention of improving the breed of merinoes, which were then almost the only class of sheep known here. One consignment, which they landed close to the zigzag at Lyttelton, all perished through eating Tutu shortly after getting ashore. When the settlement of Canterbury progressed, the property at Ashburton was sold and. Mr. Templer purchased the well-known Coringa Farm at Yaldhurst, to which he retired and where he remained until about ten years ago, when he sold the property to Mr. G.G. Stead and came to live in town.
In his younger days, Mr. Templer was a most energetic man and was elected one of the first members of the Provincial Council of Canterbury,in which? he sat under Superintendents Fitzgerald, Moorhouse and Rolleston, until the provinces were abolished. Whilst taking a thoroughly Liberal view of Legislation, he strongly opposed the abolition of the provinces, as he could not see his way to disturb the provincial institutions, which he had watched from their infancy. From that time he virtually retired from the political arena.
Soon after his arrival in Canterbury, he married the second daughter of Mrs. M. King who, with her~ family, came out in the 'Cressy', one of the historical 'First four ships's. He is survived by Mrs. Templer,and by six sons and five daughters, all grown-up. The funeral will leave his late residence, Clare Road at 2 p.m. tomorrow, for the Riccarton Cemetery. ?
Events
| Birth | 13 Oct 1819 | Cullompton, Devon, England, United Kingdom | |||
| Christen | 12 Dec 1819 | Cullompton, Devon, England, United Kingdom | |||
| Emigration | Abt 1850 | Arrived in New Zealand on 'Cressy', Lyttelton, Canterbury, New Zealand | |||
| Marriage | 15 Jul 1852 | Lyttelton, Canterbury, New Zealand - Mary Jane Saunders "Jane" King | |||
| Death | 4 Apr 1897 | Riccarton, Christchurch, New Zealand |
Families
| Spouse | Mary Jane Saunders "Jane" King (1836 - 1906) |
| Child | Frances Sarah "Franky" Templer (1853 - 1859) |
| Child | Reginald Charles Templer (1855 - 1914) |
| Child | Ellen Laura Templer (1857 - 1941) |
| Child | Arthur Templer (1859 - 1916) |
| Child | Anne "Annie" Templer (1861 - 1938) |
| Child | Henry "Harry" Templer (1863 - 1935) |
| Child | John Merson Templer (1865 - 1953) |
| Child | Edith Mary Templer (1867 - 1947) |
| Child | Kate Templer (1869 - 1934) |
| Child | Hugh Reginald Templer (1870 - 1933) |
| Child | James Lethbridge Templer (1872 - 1943) |
| Child | Alice "Nods" Templer (1873 - 1943) |
| Father | Rev John Templer (1784 - 1829) |
| Mother | Sarah Skinner (1793 - 1852) |
| Sibling | Rev Henry Skinner Templer (1813 - 1877) |
| Sibling | Ellen Templer (1814 - 1866) |
| Sibling | John Arthur "Arthur" Templer (1817 - 1885) |
| Sibling | Laura Georgiana Templer (1828 - 1905) |