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The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Canterbury Provincial District]

Mr. Thomas Fincham

Mr. Thomas Fincham, sometime of “Willow Glen,” Taumutu, was born in Essex, England, in 1836, and came to the Colony in the ship “Grassmere,” in 1854. At first he settled on the Ferry Road, Christchurch, and took up land in the Rangiora Bush, but subsequently disposed of it. He then bought land in the Ellesmere district, where he settled in 1864, and gradually increased his holding to 500 acres. Mr. Fincham was married, in 1858, to Miss Cooper, who came to the Colony with her parents in 1851, in the ship “Travencore.” He died in 1895, leaving a widow and four sons and one daughter. An elder daughter—wife of Mr. Daniel Cant, a prominent farmer at Lakeside—predeceased her father by fifteen months. The sons are Mr. George Fincham, farmer, Lakeside; Mr. John Fincham, farmer, Stony Gully, Southbridge; Mr. Robert Fincham, farmer, Springston; and Mr. Herbert Fincham, who manages the homestead at “Willow Glen.” The surviving daughter is the wife of Mr. Oscar Johnson, second master in the Central school, New Plymouth.

The late Mr. T. Fincham.

The late Mr. T. Fincham.

Mrs T. Fincham.

Mrs T. Fincham.

Mr. and Mrs G. Cooper. (Father and Mother of Mrs T. Fincham.)

Mr. and Mrs G. Cooper.
(Father and Mother of Mrs T. Fincham.)