Templeton History

James Templeton Married Margaret Wilson in March 1794. They had 10 children  one was John Templeton

John Templeton born in dreghorn, Ayrshire Scotland (1769-1881) He married Martha kenneth who was born in Kilwinning, Ayrshire Scotland(1812-1881) in 1842 and had 6 children. Their second youngest Child was William Templeton

William Templeton was born in Meiklewood, Kilmarnock in Scotland in 1852. He married Margret

Campbell in Waimate NZ in 1885. As he does not appear on the Government Assisted Immigrants List it appears that he was wealthy enough to afford the afford the fare himself. arrived 1883(Approx 14 pounds at the time) or was sponsored by another person, possibly his future father in law as he worked on his farm as a ploughman. He and Margret had five sons and one daughter. After the first child was born the family moved to Havelock North where he worked as a road overseer for the Hawkes Bay County Council. He died in November 1915  

The fourth child was David Muir Templeton born in 1894 in Havelock North and named after his mothers brother. He married Doris Jensen and had three children the last one was Bob or Poppa. He spent most of his working life as a shepherd on farms in the Hawkes Bay area and lived at Whakatu. He also served as a soldier In the first world war(Photo Below) where he manned Vickers Machine Guns. After being wounded when a bullet shattered his elbow. He was repatriated and spent some time in rehab. He died in 1964.

Bob Templeton Married Heather Sinclair in 1966 and has three children, David, Louise and Greg. Bob worked as a carpenter or orchardist for most of his working life before retiring to Havelock North.

David Templeton  married Nicky Gotham in 1991 and has 2 children Alex and Brain.. He works as a I.T consultant.

Louise Templeton has one child Mason. She works in the Building  Industruy

Greg Templeton has four children Sage,Ethin, Xavier and Wyatt. He works in the Engineering Industry.

Ethin Templeton was born in 2003 and goes to Parkvale Primary School. He has One sister And 2 half Brothers.