Individual Details
John Merson Templer
(12 Jul 1865 - 18 May 1953)
For some years he was goldmining in Tasmania, where he met and married Nellie Thorne Devlin. Shortly afterwards they returned to New Zealand, where he took up farming - first of all in Taranaki and then in Hamilton. After Aunt Nellie died, he left the farm and went to live in Hamilton. Later he went to live with Uncle Harry and Aunty May at Tauranga. Aunty may died in 1947 and the two men lived together until UncleJack died suddenly a few years later - Letter from Marjorie Pitcher nee Templer 22.07.1973
Events
| Birth | 12 Jul 1865 | Riccarton, New Zealand | |||
| Marriage | 27 Aug 1902 | Corinna, Tasmania, Australia - Nellie Thorne Devlyn | |||
| Death | 18 May 1953 | Tauranga, New Zealand |
Families
| Spouse | Nellie Thorne Devlyn (1884 - 1933) |
| Child | Revd John Merson Templer (1904 - 1992) |
| Child | Jean Mary Templer (1907 - 1953) |
| Child | Arthur Lethbridge Templer (1910 - 2001) |
| Child | Hugh Reginald Templer (1913 - 1985) |
| Child | Dorothy Katherine Templer (1918 - 2007) |
| Father | Edward Merson "Merson" Templer (1819 - 1897) |
| Mother | Mary Jane Saunders "Jane" King (1836 - 1906) |
| Sibling | Frances Sarah "Franky" Templer (1853 - 1859) |
| Sibling | Reginald Charles Templer (1855 - 1914) |
| Sibling | Ellen Laura Templer (1857 - 1941) |
| Sibling | Arthur Templer (1859 - 1916) |
| Sibling | Anne "Annie" Templer (1861 - 1938) |
| Sibling | Henry "Harry" Templer (1863 - 1935) |
| 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) |