Lillian Guilford and Jim Scarlett
 
LILLIAN GRACE GUILFORD was born October 13, 1902 in
Timaru, and died August 03, 1993 in Timaru. Cremated Timaru. She married
JAMES SCARLETT May 17, 1923 in Fairlie, son of
RICHARD and EDITH SCARLETT. He was born January 08, 1890 in Oxford, and
died October 05, 1970 in Timaru.
James Scarlett's grandparents William and Mary Ann came from
Yorkshire and sailing from Plymouth 1859 with their 2 sons. One was
Richard born 1853 who became Jim’s father. The family landed at Port
Chalmers and moved to Christchurch where they settled for a time before
buying a farm at Lincoln. It was here that Richard received his grounding
in farming working first for his father and in 1873, at the age of twenty
he moved to Waddington and took up some Government land which he developed
from the native tussock with fencing and cultivation. He built a homestead
and outbuildings. He had both stock and crop and owned several teams which
carted timber from the Oxford bush. He also had a travelling van which he
used to take tourists to the West Coast. He served on the East Malvem
Roads Board, Cemetery Board, School Committee and the Canterbury A&P.
He married Miss Askey of Waddington and they had a family of 5 sons and 4
daughters. In 1903 they moved to Glenroy and took over the property now
known as Shangri-La and owned by the Fowler family. It was here that their sons and daughters
grew up and went to school at Glenroy. Three of the sons were James,
Richard and William (Bill). In 1908, when James was eighteen, they came
through Cattle Valley with their teams on the way to Tekapo where as
wagoners they carted the building materials from Tekapo to the 'new'
hermittage site. The material came from Timaru by train to Fairlie, and by
traction engine from Fairlie to Tekapo. Cattle Valley must have made an
impression because in 1912 James and William were able to buy Matahiwi on
McMasters Rd. The name then changed to Glenquoin.
There was no home on the blocks so James
moved the Matahiwi cottage from the corner on McMasters road and that had
to suffice until they were in a position to build around it in 1935. There
were yards and a woolshed of sorts which also had to suffice until 1937
when Percy Stewart was hired to build a new woolshed using some of the
material from the Puketohu shed in Middle Valley. In 1914 James went off
to WWI and didn't return until 1919 - the extra year being spent with the
Camel Corp in the Syrian uprising. During the years he was away his
brother Bill, a bachelor, looked after the farm. In 1923 James married
Lillian Guilford the daughter of Frank and Maria Guilford. Their three
children went to Skipton School. James, from earliest years, was
a workaholic and except for the Skipton School Committee was never far
from work and home. He was fortunate to be a good allrounder and could
turn his hand to most things around the farm. Lil who was equally
versatile was well known at the Mackenzie A&P show with her baking and
cake icing. She kept a good garden in earlier years, played the piano by
ear, and enjoyed handcrafts. She was a member of the Allandale Country
Women's Institute and the Skipton branch of the WDFF. Over the hill on
Gudex Road was Malthus' block which Malthus used in the winter and early
spring for his hoggets from Mt Gerald. James leased this during the summer
months for some added carrying capacity. During the 1940's he leased the
Meikleburn property over the Clayton Saddle. The hoggets were taken out in
early spring and brought back as two-tooths. Cattle were also run out
there and it was of course a good support for the main ewe block in a
drought.  In 1946 he branched out again
and bought the Hammond property in Middle Valley installing Les and Edith
Trumper in the cottage there to manage it for him. During those years he
spent a good deal of time on horseback going from Cattle Valley to Middle
Valley. Jim and Lil retired to Timaru in 1952 but James returned to the
farm as often as he could. Some years later he handed over the reins to
son Des. A feature of James' life was his desire and enthusiasm to
create a quality Romney flock; which he not only achieved but encouraged
others to do also. James died in 1970 after a lifetime of achievement that
he could be well pleased with. Always well spoken and dressed, he managed
to portray a relaxed attitude which belied the intensity of his activities
at home. He was a very precise person but had a good sense of humour
nevertheless. Lil died in 1993. Ref: Raincliff Story
Children of LILLIAN GUILFORD and JAMES
SCARLETT :
(1) BERNARD JAMES SCARLETT (Born: 15 Feb 1924 in Fairlie;
Died: 19 Apr 2008 in Timaru; Bur: 22 Apr 2008 Timaru) He Mar: 06 Mar 1948
at Timaru to ALICE JEAN* LINTON (Born: 09 Dec 1926 to parents ALEXANDER
LINTON and ROBERTA; Died: 27 Apr 2012 in Timaru)
Their Timaru born Children are:
(a)IAN LINTON SCARLETT, He married ROSEMARY MAY KING in
Timaru, daughter of HILDA KING. Their 2 children born at Timaru are
ALEXANDER KENNETH; NATALIE ROSE
(b) NANCY JEANETTE SCARLETT, She married WILLIAM GEDDES
in Timaru, son of JAMES GEDDES and LILLIAN. Their 5 children were born
in Timaru:STEPHEN RAYMOND; RAEWYN FAYE; KAREN MAREE; ANGELA JAYNE and
ANTHONY WILLIAM (c)MARGARET ALICE SCARLETT, b. March 02, 1953,
Timaru; d. March 24, 1957, Timaru. (d) DONALD BRUCE SCARLETT (e)
ALISTER JAMES SCARLETT m. DEBORAH ELIZABETH GRESHAM at Timaru. (f)
PETER MURRAY SCARLETT, m. ???.
(2) VALERIE JEWELLE SCARLETT was born at Pleasant Point
and she married JAMES ENRIGHT MULVIHILL on January 26, 1949 in Timaru.
Jack was the son of PATRICK MULVIHILL and CAROLINE KENT and was born May
16, 1922 in Pleasant Point; D: 24 Jul 1999. Their 3 children were born in
Timaru:
i. VALMAI LORAINE* MULVIHILL She married at Timaru to
DAVID JOHN LARNER, son of G LARNER and JEAN SLATER. They had 2 sons JOHN
JAMES b. Huntley and SCOTT ANTHONY LARNER, b. May 29, 1976, Huntley; d.
September 06, 1976, Green Lane, Auckland ii. GEOFFREY JOHN MULVIHILL
married VANESSA JANE SHORE in Woodbury, daughter of KENNETH SHORE and
ADRIANE. Vanessa was born in Geraldine and their son born at Timaru is
TYSON JAMES iii. NEVILLE JAMES MULVIHILL married Waimate-born SANDRA
JOY RAINEY, daughter of ALLAN RAINEY and JOY. Their family are LINDA
JOY; SUZANNE KAY and PATRICK JAMES
(3) DESMOND WILFRED SCARLETT married at Timaru to MARGARET
LENIHAN , daughter of JOE LENIHAN and ANNE and was born at Geraldine.
Children of DESMOND SCARLETT and MARGARET LENIHAN are:
i. JENNIFER ANN SCARLETT, b. Christchurch. She married
DOUGLAS FEARNLEY SIMPSON in Timaru, son of HUGH LENNA. He was born in
Auckland. Their 3 children are: HAMISH DOUGLAS HUGH; TIMOTHY JAMES
SCARLETT and GEORGIANNA EMILY SCARLETT SIMPSON ii. MALCOLM WAYNE
SCARLETT, b. Timaru. married ROSEMARY HELEN LITTLE in Cave, daughter of
WILLIAM LITTLE and JEAN Their 3 children born at Timaru are SIMON JAMES;
JEREMY NIGEL and ANDREW WILLIAM iii. RICHARD DESMOND SCARLETT, b.
Timaru. married HELEN LOUISE STEWART in Pleasant Point, daughter of
COLIN STEWART and MAIRA She was born in Timaru as were their 3 children
are KATY VICTORIA LOUISE; JAMES STEWART RICHARD and HAMISH GEORGE
DICKSON iv. JANNINE MARGARET SCARLETT, b. Timaru married ALISTER
WALTON HOLWORTH BREMNER son of JAMES BREMNER and BEVERLEY, born in
Christchurch. Their 2 children are HARRIET CONSTANCE SCARLETT and GEORGE
WALTON MCALLISTER

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