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The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Wellington Provincial District]

Mr. Samuel Turkington

Mr. Samuel Turkington, Master in charge of Cross Creek Public School, who holds a D3 certificate, was born in County Down, Ireland. He was first educated at the National School, and afterwards at an Academy in Belfast, and finally in Dublin. In 1881 he married the eldest daughter of Mr. Moses Matthews, of Dromore, County Down, and sister of Dr. James Nelson Matthews, of London. They travelled through Ireland, England, and the Continent, and in 1882 sailed by the Orient Line of mail steamers via Melbourne for New Zealand. His first teaching appointment in New Zealand was at Tenui School, where he spent six years. Besigning in 1890 he entered the Otago College, and returning after two years, he was appointed to the Cross Creck School in 1893.

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