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The baby is Charlotte Amy Hayden with her mother Charlotte Hayden nee Bartrum. BENJAMIN PACKER BARTRUM
b: Oct 9, 1853 at Ferry Road, Christchurch to parents George
and Sarah Bartrum; Bapt: Dec 4, 1853 He d; August 14,
1910 after an accident at Wanganui
23 March
1882: Benjamin announced to his farming
customers he would be visiting England. While he
was there, on Aug. 24, 1882 at
Helmdon Berks Church, England, Ben mar: his cousin
CHARLOTTE AMY*
HAYDEN. Amy was the daughter of a minister, Frederick Hayden
who had married George Stothert Bartrum's sister, Charlotte
Bartrum. Amy had been born 08 Mar 1857 at the Heldom
Rectory. Amy was a hard-working mother dedicated to her
church work - she did not enjoy country living and was
homesick for England. 
Group Photograph Taken
by Fairlie Photographer J.E. Pigott
Left to right: Front
Row: Charlotte Amy Dorothy Bartrum (became Mrs Dorothy Stocker); Amy
Bartrum (née Hayden); Gertrude Beatrice Bartrum (now Mrs. Malcolm Carter)
Agnes Mary Bartrum (married John Brownlie).
Top Row: Cyril Frederick Bartrum; Oswald Benjamin Bartrum; Irene Scott Bartrum. [A note above the hat, top left hand corner states, “Arthur
missing, at college"
Ben and Amy's 9 children were born at Coopers
Creek, Orari Geraldine. Click their name to go to their page
TIME LINE:
11 May 1865:
LIST OF SCHOLARS TO WHOM PRIZES HAVE BEEN AWARDED BY THE
BOARD, Benjamin Bartrum, Ashley Bank district
school
24 April 1874:
Onward Lodge: Waikuku, 1.0.G.T.— The fortnightly
session of this Lodge was held in the schoolroom, Waikuku, on
Wednesday last. The election of officers took place for the ensuing
three months, when the following were elected - W.C. Bro Benjamin Bartrum
1878/1879:
The Peel Forest station was licenced to Francis Jollie in 1853 -
it's area was from the Rangitata and Orari rivers right up to Peel
Forest itself and in 1854 it carried 1382 sheep. In 1861 the run was
split. (Src:) In 1878, 25 yr old Benjamin Bartrum
found ready work as a wool classer and the following year, he was
able to lease Creek Station with a few acres about it. On the
eastern boundary where the Geraldine road crossed Coopers
Creek, (To use: Place
your cursor on icons on map to find Coopers Creek near the Orari
Bridge) Ben established a wool scouring business beside the
creek and was a lay reader at St Mary's
Anglican church at Geraldine. 1882 - Return of the
Freeholders: Benjamin P Bartrum; Woolclasser, Geraldine; Area 4 acres; Value
£180
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Timaru
Herald, 7 January 1880
Timaru Herald, 17 October
1879
Timaru Herald, 15 November
1888 |
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Timaru Herald, 20 March
1882
Timaru Herald, 29 November
1882 |
29 April
1887: SCHOOL ELECTIONS: Orari Bridge - Elected to committee: B P
Bartrum
9 June 1887: TENDERS are
Invited for BUILDING ADDITIONS, ROOFING, and RE- PAIRING OLD
BUILDINGS, Creek Station, Geraldine. Specifications on Premises.B P
Bartrum, Geraldino.
4 Oct 1888: The
Springfield farm was put up in lots. Lot 1, consisting of 61 acres
of maiden swamp land, was started at £l2 per acre and the price rose
rapidly to £16. A third bidder then chimed in, and at £1910s, the
lot fell to Mr B.P. Bartrum.
13 Nov 1888:
FIRE: Mr B. P. Bartrum's woolshed at Cooper's Creek, Orari was
totally destroyed by fire on Wednesday evening last, between seven
and eight o'clock. The origin of the fire is a complete mystery, as
Mr Bartrum left everything apparently quite safe at 6.15 D.m.
between seven and eight, however, the servant gave the alarm, and in
spite of every effort that could be made the build- j ing was
destroyed. Unfortunately, beside the building, Mr Bartrum had about
fifteen bales of scoured wool, £350 worth of sheeting, about 1000
full-woolled skins, and a large patent wool press destroyed. The
building was 60ft x 30ft, two-storied one part, and had only been
erected some nine months. There was an insurance upon it of only
£200 in the South British olfice. The loss is estimated at between
£400 and £600. The accident happening just now is particularly
unfortunate for Mir Bartrum, as it is just the commencement of the
busy season in the wool trade,Evening
Post  12 Nov 1888: B P BARTRUM
BEGS TO NOTIFY to his Clients and Wool Growers generally that though
his Most Convenient and Roomy Premises have been burned down HE
STILL SUVIVES the fire and wilI have Temporary Premises and be in
working order within a month. All Wool will be Insured if not
Insured by Ownera. Wool taken delivery of at Rangitata or Winchester
ami returned thither free of transit charges. B P BARTRUM
1890 Served on
the vestry of St Mary's Anglican Church, Geraldine and acted as lay
reader. Amy competes in the Geraldine flower
show, supporting geraldine and Orari funding of benefits
with her singing, and organisation.
1893: Charlotte Amy Bartrum - on the first
electoral roll for women 1893 address was Creek Station, Geraldine
Rangitata electorate
8 Sep 1900
(Advertisement) WANTED- TENDERS for GORSE CUTTING and GRUBBING at
Monument Hill, Raincliff. Apply B. P. BARTRUM, Monument Hill,
Raincliff
10 July 1901 Mr A Brown
took over Ben Bartrum's Coopers Creek property and he
bought at Gudex Rd, Raincliff, Cattle Valley The Puketohu
Home was built 1902 and a woolshed and yards were added in
1904.
 5 May 1904: FARMERS' UNION; The
annual meeting of the' Fairiie branch of the New Zealand' Farmer's'
Union was held at the Social Club's premises: Mr James Wilson
occupied the chair, Committee elected: Messrs J.Wilson, Bray,
Gillies, Wheeler, Herbert, Isitt, Trotter, Talbot, Bartrum, and
Boucher; Mr Bartrum's moved; "that in view of increased settlement
in. the district requiring increased facilities for getting stock;
to market in good condition, the Minister of Public Works be asked
to give a grant in aid of erecting a traffic bridge at the Allandale
Crossing.
24 Mar 1907: Death of wife
Charlotte Amy Bartum 
17 Dec1907: AOTEA LAND BOARD. The
Aotea District Maori Land Board met at Wanganui on Tuesday, 10th '
The following transfer was agreed to: —Section 1 Block VII. (Ohotu
Block), 1644 acres, Wm. Scott, jnr. to Benjamin P.
Bartrum;
1910 Death: Notice reads:
"BARTRUM---On August 14th at Wanganui Hospital Benjamin Packer, of
Pleasant Point, eldest son of G. S. Bartrum, Rangiora. Died in his
56th year as the result of an
accident."
"IN
MEMORIAM. Benjamin Packer Bartrum.
Recently there passed
into the ranks of the Church Expectant in Paradise one who for many
years worked strenuously for the Church as a vestryman,warden and
lay reader. Mr B. P. Bartrum was a layman who was willing to do
work, not only when it was quite convenient and easy, but also when
it involved considerable trouble. It was as a lay reader especially
that he worked strenuously. In the parish of Geraldine, and more
lately in the parish of Te Ngawai, he filled that office with honour
to himself and benefit to others. Long rides or drives, in bad
weather and in good,sometimes of considerably over thirty miles to
his destination and back, undertaken in order to read Divine
Service, show that a man is in earnest in doing work for our
Lord.
Mr Bartrum could make a
firm stand for the right when occasion required, in the face of
opposition. He died in the North Island, but his body was brought
back to his own parish for burial. It rests in the Church cemetery
which surrounds St. David's church. Raincliff.
R.I.P."
This from the MacDonald dictionary
held at the Canterbury Museum: Bartrum, Benjamin Packer (1854 -
1910) Eldest son of George Stothard [sic] Bartrum. He was educ. at
Merton's School Rangiora He farmed at Tuke Tohu in the Pleasant
Point dist. He went to Matahiwi to superintend some bush felling in
a bush section taken up by brother George. A tree fell on his leg
which was so badly injured that amputation was necessary. This was
done at Wanganui Hospital. He died three weeks later. Source: Stuart
Bartrum
This obituary (Aug
16 1910) is also pasted into the bible:
MR. B.
BARTRUM.
The death of Mr. B. Bartrum, of Tuke Tohu, in the
Pleasant Point district, occurred in the Wanganui Hospital on Sunday
as the result of an accident. A few weeks ago Mr Bartrum went to
Matahiwi on the Wanganui River to superintend the work being carried
out on some bush land taken up adjoining a selection owned by his
brother Mr George Bartrum. Bushfelling was in progress, and a tree
fell on one of Mr Bartrum's legs, smashing it so badly that
amputation was considered necessary, The operation was performed at
the Wanganui Hospital. This was about three weeks ago, and the
information received by his family was to the effect that Mr Bartrum
was doing well. On Sunday his son at Lincoln College, received a
telegram announcing his death. Mr. Bartrum was about fifty-six years
of age, and was the eldest son of Mr G. S. Bartrum of Rangiora. He
was a widower and has left a family of three sons and four
daughters."
5 Jun 1911: A Cheap Property, DALGETY
AND COMPANY, LTD., have been instructed by the; Executors of the
late Mr B P Bartrum to offer for private sale his property,
comprising 1644 Acres Aotea Lease, 700 acres felled, of which 600 is
in grass and 300 just sown. The country consists of bold hills of
strong papa formation. Carrying capacity 20 sheep per acre. Situated
at Matahiwi, 4 miles, from a good landing on the Wanganui River.
PRICE £4 10s per, acre for the felled country, the bush given
in. Further particular's from— DALGETY & COMPANY,
WANGANUI.
Monumental
Inscriptions: St David’s Anglican
Church,
Raincliff; In Memory of C. AMY BARTRUM; born Helmdon Rectory,
Northamp, Eng, Fell asleep March 24th 1907 Aged 50 "Her children
rise up and call her blessed" Also of BENJAMIN P. BARTRUM Who died
August 14th 1910 Aged 55 years also CHARLOTTE AMY DOROTHY STOCKER
Eldest daughter of BENJAMIN PACKER BARTRUM and CHARLOTTE AMY STOCKER
born 28th November 1883 died 11th July 1971.
The carved mahogany hymn board In the church was donated by Mrs D Stocker of Surrey,
England in 1957 in memory of her parents who were original parishioners. Ben (he helped in the establishment
of St. David's at Raincliff and served on the vestry and Amy
Bartrum played the organ.
5 April 1911; DECEASED
PERSONS' ESTATES Benjamin Bartrum £12,783
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