Avery, Charles

Farmers.
Avery, Charles, Farmer, Pahiatua. A typical New Zealand farmer, Mr. Avery was born at the Lower Hutt on the 19th of November, 1851, and was educated at the old Provincial Government School, Taita, where his aged father still resides. In those days the children of the bush were early inured to toil. At the age of twenty-one Mr. Avery was managing one of his father''s farms at Taratahi,
near Carterton, a farm which was afterwards sold to the late Mr. Farquhar Gray, the father of Messrs. Gray Bros., referred to in the portion of this volume devoted to that part of the country. About fifteen years ago Mr. Avery took up land in the Forty-mile Bush, and entered upon its subjugation with the experience born of a practical and life-long attention to the details of the business he had in hand. His estate covers about 300 acres. About forty acres have been stumped and ploughed, and the remainder is sown in English grasses. He runs upwards of 500 sheep; he has recently relinquished dairying in favour of the less worrying, if also less profitable branch of fattening cattle for the meat markets. Though a busy man on his own farms, Mr. Avery has found time to do a good deal of hard work for the district, and many important positions have been, and still are, held by him. He was a member of the first Road Board and of the first County Council. A promoter of the Pahiatua Farmers'' Auctioneering Association, he is still a director of that body. The sheep and cattle saleyards of the Association were designed by him. In his young days he was a successful athlete in such matters as running, jumping, etc.; and when the time was ripe for the formation of an athletic society in Pahiatua, Mr. Avery was one of the chief movers. His efforts in this matter have been fitly recognised by his election as a vice-president

Mr. Chas. Avery''s Homestead.
and a trustee of the Association. He is also a vice-president of the Woedlan is Hunt Club, and rides at all hunts; and he is a member and a steward of the Pahiatua Racing Club. The picture here given of the homestead shows that hard work has been done in the past, and Mr. Avery may well now enjoy a little respite. Since the photograph was taken the grounds have been wonderfully improved. From the appearance of the lawn in front of the house, no one would guess that only a few years ago the trees had to be felled to make room for a hut by the roadside, where the gate now stands and swings—a hut of less dimensions than the hall of the present comfortable home. In 1875 Mr. Avery was married to Miss Jane Hirst, daughter of the late Mr. Sydney Hirst, of Taita, and their family consists of a son and four daughters, of whom the eldest is Miss Alice Avery, whose beautiful oil paintings adorn the drawing-room, hall, and other parts of the house. The young artist confines herself mainly to the painting of flowers, and certainly her work is very much above the quality one would expect from a lady still in her “teens.”
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from
The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Wellington Provincial District] 1897 http://www.nzetc.org/tm/scholarly/tei-Cyc01Cycl-t1-body-d4-d98-d15.html

Birth Details
1851/25, Charles Avery, Wellington - no parents listed
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(Dec 2012)
1851/3917, Charles Avery, Mother: Charlotte, Father: George

Birth Details
1855/644, Jane Hirst - no parents listed

Marriage Details
1875/740, Bride: June (sic) Hirst, Groom: Charles Avery - Date of Marriage 27/2/1875 from Marriage Registration

could not see a Marriage Notice in online searchable newspapers

Death Details
1917/3596, Charles Avery, Aged: 65Y - Date of Death 18/6/1917 from Death Registration

Evening Post 18 June 1917
A Press Association message from Paihiatua states:- Charles Avery, and old and highly esteemed settler, died this morning, aged 66. He had been in ill health for some time. Deceased was a County Councillor and a late president of the Agricultural Association. He had been connected at various times with several other institutions.

Tararua District Council Cemetery Records
Interment ID: 6380
Last: Avery
First: Charles
Cemetery: Mangatainoka Pahiatua
Last Address: Pahiatua
Age: 65
Occupation: Farmer
Section: Main
Block: 4
Section/Plot Number: 4
Grave: 56
Person Classification: Adult
Marital Status: Married
Row Alpha:
Religion: Anglican
Date of Death: 18/06/1917
Date of Funeral/Burial: 20/06/1917
Time of Funeral/Burial:
Number of Burials: 1
Burial Warrant Number:
Funeral Director: C M Burt
Interment Type: Burial
Funeral Officiator: Rev Fern
Depth: 5 Feet
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Comments: Headstone Inscription: In loving memory of Charles, dearly beloved husband of Jane Avery who died June 18 1917, aged 65 years. Also Jane Avery, died Aug. 31 1953 (sic), aged 78 years.

Probate Charles Avery, Place: Pahiatua, Occ: Farmer, Date of Death: 18/6/1917, AAOY W3298 74, Filed: 18/7/1917, Will, Archives NZ, Wellington

Death Details
1933/10183, Jane Avery, Aged: 77Y - Date of Death 31/8/1933 (sic) from Death Registration

Interment ID: 9378
Last: Avery
First: Jane
Cemetery: Mangatainoka Pahiatua
Section: Main
Block: 4
Section/Plot Number: 4
Grave: 55
Row Alpha:
Person Classification: Adult
Occupation:
Marital Status: Widow/Widower
Age: 77
DOB:
Religion: Unknown
Last Address: , Wanganui
Date of Death: 31/08/1933
Number of Burials: 1
Date of Funeral/Burial: 2/09/1933 (sic)
Time of Funeral/Burial:
Burial Warrant Number:
Funeral Director:
Interment Type: Burial
Funeral Officiator:
Depth: 5 Feet
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Comments: Headstone Inscription: In loving memory of Charles, dearly beloved husband of Jane Avery who died June 18 1917, aged 65 years. Also Jane Avery, died Aug. 31 1953 (sic), aged 78 years.


Probate Jane Avery, Place: Wanganui, Occ: Widow, AAOG W3559 66/33, Filed: 14/9/1933, Will, Archives NZ, Wellington