1.

Mary Jane Giles

Mary Jane Giles

b. 5 Feb 1838, Somersetshire, England

d. 14 July 1910, Oxford; buried 17 July 1910, Oxford

m. 2 July 1857, Christchurch by Rev C Fraser

SP: Alexander Augustus Smith

b. 28 July 1832, Montrose, Scotland

d. 2 Jan 1917, Nazareth House, Christchurch; buried 4 Jan 1917, Oxford.

Alexander Smith came to Lyttelton in 1855 as second mate of the ship ‘Oriental’. He was born in Montrose, Scotland in 1832, and was apprenticed to the sea. He resided for a short time at Kaiapoi, and for four years at Waimate, before settling in the Oxford district in 1869. Mr Smith was married, in 1857, to the daughter of the late Mr. L. Giles of Kaiapoi, and has seven daughters and three sons.

The Cyclopedia of New Zealand, Volume 3, Canterbury Provincial District.

The Cyclopedia Company Ltd, 1903

2.

Lancelot (Lot) Giles

Margaret Marshall

Lancelot ( Lot) Giles

Lancelot ( Lot) Giles

b. 16 Jan 1840, Wincanton, England; d. 1 Jan 1924

m. 29 Nov 1864, Kaiapoi

SP(1): Margaret Marshall

b. 21 Dec 1841, Manchester, England; d. 13 Oct 1882, Kaiapoi

SP(2): Sarah Clothier (Seymour)

b. c1832; d. 20 Aug 1921; m. 20 June 1883

Lancelot (Lot) Giles, Farmer, East Eyreton. Mr Giles who farms eighty acres of land, was born Somersetshire, England, in 1840. He arrived in Lyttelton by the ship ‘Oriental’ in 1856 and settled at East Eyreton. After finding employment for about five years in country life, he bought land, which he has since farmed on his own account.  Mr Giles served for six years as a member of the Eyreton Road Board, and as a member of the local school committee. In the Order of Druids he is attached to Lodge Trafalgar, Kaiapoi. His first wife, a daughter of the late Mr D. Marshall, of Wellington, died in 1882, leaving three sons and five daughters; and in 1884 he contracted a second marriage with the widow of Mr E. Clothier, of Kaiapoi Island.

The Cyclopedia of New Zealand, Volume 3, Canterbury Provincial District.

The Cyclopedia Company Ltd, 1903

3.

Thomas Giles

Thomas Giles

b. 21 Dec 1841, Almsford, Somersetshire, England; d. 14 June 1918; buried 4 Jun 1918

m. 9 Jan 1873, East Eyreton

SP: Sarah Comyns

b. c1842, England; d. 23 Feb 1918; buried 25 Feb 1918, East Eyreton

Sarah Comyns & Thomas Giles

Samuel Clothier Giles, Frances Adele Brunel Fleuret

Edith Malvina Giles, Eslet Ellen Mary Maude Giles,

Lance Lot Giles

4.

Samuel Clothier Giles

Samuel Clothier Giles

b. 6 Nov 1844, Almsford, Somersetshire, England; d. Oct 1918, Waimate m. c1868

SP: Frances Adele Brunel Fleuret

b. 27 Feb 1844, Akaroa; d. 8 Aug 1930; Divorced Samuel and remarried

Samuel Clothier Giles (1844 - 1918) was a son of Launcelot Giles and was born in Somerset. He came out with the rest of the family in the ‘Oriental’. He was a first class bullock driver and was well known as such on Banks Peninsula and Kaikoura. Later on he lived at Timaru. He died at Waimate October 1918, aged 73. He left 1 son, 3 daughters.......................more

G R MacDonald Dictionary of Early Canterbury Biographies

The Museum Library, Canterbury Museum.

5.

Elizabeth Ann Giles

Elizabeth Ann Giles

b. 14 Aug 1845, Somersetshire, England

d. 16 June 1919, Bennetts; buried Anglican Cemetery, Kaiapoi

m. 28 Nov 1861, Kaiapoi

SP: Henry Peter Engelbrecht

b. 27 Feb 1840, Niedermeiser Village, Hesse Province, Germany;

d. 8 Aug 1930, Christchurch; buried Anglican Cemetery, Kaiapoi

Henry Engelbrecht, Farmer, Pine Tree Farm, Bennett's Junction. Mr Engelbrecht was born in Germany in 1840, and came to Lyttelton in 1857 in the ship ‘Bosworth’. He was farming at Kaiapoi Island until the time of the flood in the north branch of the Waimakariri, in 1866. Later on he bought 115 acres of his present property, to which he added from time to time; and now he has 1030 acres of freehold and seventy acres of leasehold, on which he keeps sheep and carries on general farming. He has a fine two-storey residence, surrounded with well grown shelter trees; in the vicinity there are commodious outbuildings, a sheep dip, and well arranged pens for drafting sheep. Mr Engelbrecht was a member of the Oxford Road Board for four years, and was for five years on the Carleton school committee. He was married, in 1861, to a daughter of Mr Launcelot Giles, of Kaiapoi Island, and has four sons and five daughters. One daughter died in 1899.

The Cyclopedia of New Zealand, Volume 3, Canterbury Provincial District

The Cyclopedia Company Ltd, 1903

6.

Benjamin Giles

Benjamin Giles

b. 13 Jan1848, Somersetshire, England; m. 22 Dec 1875, St Thomas’s Anglican Church, Eyreton

d. 5 Feb 1913, Omihi; buried 20 Feb 1913, St Thomas’s Anglican Church, Eyreton

SP: Mary Ann Bailey

b. c1857, Norfolk, England; d. 5 May 1929, Christchuch; buried 8 May 1929, St Thomas’s Anglican Church, Eyreton

Frederick James Giles, Elizabeth Esther Giles, Benjamin Giles, Robert Benjamin Giles

Samuel Thomas Giles, Mary Ann Bailey nursing Percy Merivale Giles,

Ashley Herbert Giles, Florence Emma Giles

7.

Eliza Jane Giles

Eliza Jane Giles

b. 30 June 1850, Somersetshire, England

m. 11 May 1870,Lyttelton

d. 11 Aug 1933, Bennetts, buried Oxford

SP: Robert James Reid

b. c1849, Belfast, Ireland

d. 3 Mar 1901, Bennetts, buried Oxford

Robert Reid, sometime of One Willow Farm, Bennett's Junction, was born in Belfast, Ireland in 1849, and followed farming until he came to Lyttleton in the ship ‘Agamemnon’ in 1862. He went to Kaiapoi Island, where he engaged in general farm work for some years, and finally moved to One Willow Farm at Bennett's. From time to time he added to his area, until he had 370 acres of freehold, on which he conducted mixed farming.

Eliza Jane Giles

Robert James Reid

Eliza Jane Giles

c1920

In 1896 he bought a traction engine and chaff-cutting machine, with which he used to cut chaff for a large number of farmers throughout the district. Mr Reid was a member of the Grand Orange Lodge of New Zealand, and also of the Rangiora and Oxford Orange lodges. He was married in 1870, to a daughter of the late

Mr Launcelot Giles, of Kaiapoi Island. Mr Reid died in 1901, leaving seven sons and six daughters.

The Cyclopedia of New Zealand, Volume 3, Canterbury Provincial District. The Cyclopedia Company Ltd, 1903

Robert Reid (1849 - 1901) was born at Belfast, Ireland and was brought up to farming. He came to Lyttelton in the ‘Agamemnon’ in 1862. He went to Kaiapoi Island and was employed in general farm work and finally moved to Bennetts Junction where he bought land which he increased to 370 acres. He called it One Willow Farm. In 1896 he bought and engine and chaff cutting machine and did contract work in the district. His son and grandson followed him.

Married 11 May 1870 at Holt Trinity Church, Lyttelton by Rev F Knowles to Eliza, daughter of Launcelot Giles of Kaiapoi Island. He died 1 Nov 1901 aged 55, widow died 11 Aug 1933 aged 83. Buried Oxford Cemetery. He left 7 sons and 6 daughters. His son, Robert James Reid, continued with the farm and chaff cutting.

G R MacDonald Dictionary of Early Canterbury Biographies. The Museum Library, Canterbury Museum.

8.

Martha Giles

Martha Giles

b. 16 Feb 1853, Somersetshire, England; d. 9 Jan 1922, Kaiapoi; m. 28 July 1875, Auckland

SP(1): William Alfred Carpenter

b. c1846, Cornwall, England; d. 12 Dec 1887, Wanganui

SP(2): James Geekie Kidd

b. ?; d. c1896; m. 3 June 1893, Kaiapoi

James Geekie Kidd was a farm labourer of Perthshire and came out with a family almost grown up in the ‘Ganomoque’ arriving 9 May 1860.

Sons: Joshua; shepherd at Mt Brown, Amberley. Alexander; d. 15 Aug 1928, aged 78. He married, 18 May 1880, Janet Duncan, 23 at St Andrews Presbyterian Church, Ashley. She died 7 Mar 1918, aged 70.

James Geekie; blacksmith, m. 3 Jun 1893, Martha Carpenter, widow. Born Somerset, daughter of Launcelot Giles. Her first husband William Carpenter, d. 28 Jul 1877

G R MacDonald Dictionary of Early Canterbury Biographies. The Museum Library, Canterbury Museum.

Martha Giles

William Alfred Carpenter

9.

Ada Augustus Oriental Giles

Ada Augusta Oriental Giles

b. 27 Nov 1855 (on ‘Oriental’)

d. 31 Mar 1939, Clarkville

m. 22 Dec 1875, East Eyreton

SP: Charles Holland

b. 29 Aug 1856, Nafferton, Yorkshire, England

d. 5 Nov 1895, Christchurch

Ada Augusta Oriental Giles was born on the 27 November 1855, on board the sailing barque ‘Oriental’ at latitude 23 degrees north. Her family.......................more

10.

Edward Giles

Edward Giles

b. 9 Jan 1857; m. 5 Apr 1880; d. 21 Mar 1929, buried 23 Mar 1929, Clarkville

SP(1): Kate Clothier

b. c1855; d. 30 Jan 1900.

SP(2): Emily Heald (Harvey)

b. ?; d. c1929.

Edward Giles, Farmer and Traction Engine Proprietor, Clarkville; Postal address, Kaiapoi. Mr Giles was born in 1857 at Clarkville, and has always followed outdoor work. He commenced bullock driving at the age of seven, and gained his early experiences in connection with threshing machines when he was thirteen. In 1879 he began farming on his property of thirty-three acres of freehold land, and two years later started a threshing machine, to which he has since added a traction engine. In the year 1868 Mr Giles, while engaged in bullock driving, had an accident which resulted in his losing one of his legs, but not withstanding this, he has succeeded in working his plant and machinery in various parts of the district. He has always had a liking for mechanical work, and does most of the repairs. Since 1892 he has been a member of the Clarkville School Committee. Mr Giles was married in 1880, to a daughter of the late Mr E. Clothier, of Castle Carey, Somerset, England; his wife died on the 27th January, 1900, leaving one daughter and three sons.

The Cyclopedia of New Zealand, Volume 3, Canterbury Provincial District. The Cyclopedia Company Ltd, 1903

Edward Giles

Edward Giles

Kate Clothier

11.

John (Jack) Giles

John (Jack) Giles

b. 12 Jan 1859, Clarkville; d. 26 Apr 1909; m. 27 May 1876

SP: Tamson Honey Meneer

b. c1859; d. 20 Sept 1923, buried 22 Sept 1923, Clarkville

Raised one of Obed's sons after the death of Obed's wife.

John (Jack) Giles, Tamson Honey Meneer

Allan James Giles (son of Obed Giles)

Obed Giles

12.

Obed Giles

Obed Giles

b. 4 Feb 1862; d. 21 May 1938, buried 21 May 1938, Kaiapoi; m. c1887

SP(1): Sarah Ann Bailey

b. ?; d. 10 Nov 1892, buried 10 Nov 1892, Kaiapoi Island

SP(2): Hannah Maria Salt (Hinett)

b. ?; d. 26 Sept 1918; m. c1894

Mr Obed Giles was many years the handy man of the district, his work included Kaiapoi and further afield in other areas. He was available to sink a well or to build a shed. To brick in a wash-boiler or to do a job of engineering was no trouble to him. Probably there are still many of his constructions functioning in Clarkville and surrounding districts. He played the fiddle for dances held in the old school before the Peace Hall was built. Mr Giles had one hobby in which he excelled - fishing for herrings.

A few months in the year the herrings make their way upstream to enter the Cam and other tributaries of the North Branch of the Waimakariri, and our friend Obed had a most uncanny knowledge of their comings and goings. When Mr Giles rolled up his line it was useless for any others to continue fishing. How he knew that the herrings had left - the fish were not visible in the deep water which they favoured - remains a mystery.

The Clarkville Story, Charles Brockelbank, Published 1954

13.

Launce William Ernest Giles

Florence Jane Collins, Launce William Ernest Giles

Emily Charlotte Dona Giles

Launce William Ernest Giles

b. 1 Feb 1881, Kaiapoi

d. 7 May 1940, Christchurch

buried, 9 May 1940, Kaiapoi Public Cemetery

m. 1 Jun 1904, Christchurch

SP: Florence Jane Collins

b. 18 Feb 1885, Ohoka

d. 18 Jul 1972, Christchurch

buried, Kaiapoi Public Cemetery

Florence Jane Collins

SP(2): Ernest Bob Lines

m. 15 Sept 1945; d. 29 Nov 1965

14.

Phebe Caroline Mabel Giles

Phebe Caroline Mabel Giles

b. 23 Apr 1882, Kaiapoi Island; d. 15 Aug 1962, Opunake; m. 19 Sept 1906, Clarkville

SP: John Telfer McCandlish

b. 19 Sept 1884, Woolston; d. 7 Nov 1940, Opunake

15.

Hercus Herbert Reuben Giles

Hercus Herbert Reuben Giles

b. 9 Mar 1884, Kaiapoi; d. 23 Aug 1962; m. 3 Jul 1912, Hamilton

SP: May Voice

b. 13 May 1890.

Launce William Ernest Giles, Hercus Herbert Reuben Giles,

Cis Turner, Phebe Moore/Giles, Phebe Caroline Mabel Giles, Vera Turner,

Griffen Turner

Clara Priscilla Minnie Giles

16.

Clara Priscilla Minnie Giles

Clara Priscilla Minnie Giles

b. 11 May 1885; d. 10 Feb 1889