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The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Wellington Provincial District]
Mr. David Henry Jenkins
Mr. David Henry Jenkins, Headmaster of the Khandallah Public School, is a native of Wiltshire, England, where he was born in 1860. Educated at Devizes he came to Australia in 1879 per s.s. “Norfolk,” and crossed over to Wellington by the “Ringarooma.” Mr. Jenkins soon afterwards became first assistant at the Newtown School, then but just established, and after four-and-a-half years he was transferred to Feilding. Four years later he was promoted to the position of headmaster at Turakina, and after another four years in this school, he accepted in 1893 the appointment he now holds. Mr. Jenkins is musical, his instrument being the violin. During his residence in Feilding and Turakina he took a leading part in local choirs and succeeded in organizing and conducting concerts in which cantatas were rendered. In 1888 Mr. Jenkins was married to a daughter of the late Mr. T. Lightbown, of Manchester, engineer, and has one son and two daughters.