DEATHS.
STRINGFELLOW.—On June 21st, at Ashburton, James Stringfellow, of Chertsey; in his 74th year. [Ashburton Guardian, Volume XXIX, Issue 7210, 22 June 1907, Page 2]
OBITUARY.
MR JAMES STRINGFELLOW.
The death is announced of Mr James Stringfellow, which occurred at his residence, Ashburton, last evening. Mr Stringfellow had been in ill-health for some considerable time, and his death was not unexpected. Mr Stringfellow was the second son of the late Mr. H. Stringfellow, a member of an old English family who had lived for generation on the Arundel estate. Mr H. Stringfellow was agent to Squire Plowden, of Plowden Hall, Shropshire, and died in 1894, at the advanced age of eighty-three. Mr James Stringfellow was born in Wiltshire, and followed farming in England, until he came to New Zealand in 1874, by the ship " Eastern Monarch," accompanied by his wife and a family of six children. Mr Stringfellow went to Port Levy, where he was employed by the late Mr Charles Cholmondeley and Mr Fleming, until he leased a dairy farm, on which he milked about fifty-cows, and fifteen on his own freehold, and made cheese. He worked this farm for about seven years. However, owing to the low price of cheese, he left Port Levy in 1881, and went to Chertsey, where he rented a farm from Mr George King. Three years subsequently he bought the freehold of the estate, which comprises 1091 acres of some of the finest land in the district. Mr Stringfellow was known as a successful breeder of the well-known Corriedale strain of sheep, a cross between the Lincoln ram and Merino ewe, which yields good flesh and fine wool. This system of breeding he pursued from 1888, with great success. Of late years Mr Stringfellow also devoted his attention to Shropshires. He obtained over 100 first prizes with his sheep at the Ashburton, Timaru, and Christchurch and Dunedin shows. At Chrislchurch in 1902, he took first prize for aged Corriedale rams out of a class of seventeen entries, besides first prize and highly commended certificates for ewes and lambs ; and he took first prize for five Corriedale wethers in the same year, at Ashburton. He was a member of the Rakaia Road Board for some years, also a member of the Cemetery and Domain Board, and a member of the Agricultural and Pastoral Associations of Christchurch, Timaru, and Ashburton, and was a member of the committee of the last-named association. Mr Stringfellow was also a Justice of the Peace. Failing health recently caused Mr Stringfellow to give up active farming and retire into private life, and his departure from the Chertsey district was fittingly recognised by the general community of the district. He married before leaving England, and had a family of seven, of whom four sons and one daughter (Mrs J. H. Rule) are married. [Ashburton Guardian, Volume XXIX, Issue 7210, 22 June 1907, Page 3]
STRINGFELLOW.—On June 21st, at Ashburton, James Stringfellow, of Chertsey; in his 74th year. [Ashburton Guardian, Volume XXIX, Issue 7210, 22 June 1907, Page 2]
OBITUARY.
MR JAMES STRINGFELLOW.
The death is announced of Mr James Stringfellow, which occurred at his residence, Ashburton, last evening. Mr Stringfellow had been in ill-health for some considerable time, and his death was not unexpected. Mr Stringfellow was the second son of the late Mr. H. Stringfellow, a member of an old English family who had lived for generation on the Arundel estate. Mr H. Stringfellow was agent to Squire Plowden, of Plowden Hall, Shropshire, and died in 1894, at the advanced age of eighty-three. Mr James Stringfellow was born in Wiltshire, and followed farming in England, until he came to New Zealand in 1874, by the ship " Eastern Monarch," accompanied by his wife and a family of six children. Mr Stringfellow went to Port Levy, where he was employed by the late Mr Charles Cholmondeley and Mr Fleming, until he leased a dairy farm, on which he milked about fifty-cows, and fifteen on his own freehold, and made cheese. He worked this farm for about seven years. However, owing to the low price of cheese, he left Port Levy in 1881, and went to Chertsey, where he rented a farm from Mr George King. Three years subsequently he bought the freehold of the estate, which comprises 1091 acres of some of the finest land in the district. Mr Stringfellow was known as a successful breeder of the well-known Corriedale strain of sheep, a cross between the Lincoln ram and Merino ewe, which yields good flesh and fine wool. This system of breeding he pursued from 1888, with great success. Of late years Mr Stringfellow also devoted his attention to Shropshires. He obtained over 100 first prizes with his sheep at the Ashburton, Timaru, and Christchurch and Dunedin shows. At Chrislchurch in 1902, he took first prize for aged Corriedale rams out of a class of seventeen entries, besides first prize and highly commended certificates for ewes and lambs ; and he took first prize for five Corriedale wethers in the same year, at Ashburton. He was a member of the Rakaia Road Board for some years, also a member of the Cemetery and Domain Board, and a member of the Agricultural and Pastoral Associations of Christchurch, Timaru, and Ashburton, and was a member of the committee of the last-named association. Mr Stringfellow was also a Justice of the Peace. Failing health recently caused Mr Stringfellow to give up active farming and retire into private life, and his departure from the Chertsey district was fittingly recognised by the general community of the district. He married before leaving England, and had a family of seven, of whom four sons and one daughter (Mrs J. H. Rule) are married. [Ashburton Guardian, Volume XXIX, Issue 7210, 22 June 1907, Page 3]
DEATHS.
STRINGFELLOW.—On June 21st, at Ashburton, James Stringfellow, of Chertsey; in his 74th year. [Ashburton Guardian, Volume XXIX, Issue 7210, 22 June 1907, Page 2]
OBITUARY.
MR JAMES STRINGFELLOW.
The death is announced of Mr James Stringfellow, which occurred at his residence, Ashburton, last evening. Mr Stringfellow had been in ill-health for some considerable time, and his death was not unexpected. Mr Stringfellow was the second son of the late Mr. H. Stringfellow, a member of an old English family who had lived for generation on the Arundel estate. Mr H. Stringfellow was agent to Squire Plowden, of Plowden Hall, Shropshire, and died in 1894, at the advanced age of eighty-three. Mr James Stringfellow was born in Wiltshire, and followed farming in England, until he came to New Zealand in 1874, by the ship " Eastern Monarch," accompanied by his wife and a family of six children. Mr Stringfellow went to Port Levy, where he was employed by the late Mr Charles Cholmondeley and Mr Fleming, until he leased a dairy farm, on which he milked about fifty-cows, and fifteen on his own freehold, and made cheese. He worked this farm for about seven years. However, owing to the low price of cheese, he left Port Levy in 1881, and went to Chertsey, where he rented a farm from Mr George King. Three years subsequently he bought the freehold of the estate, which comprises 1091 acres of some of the finest land in the district. Mr Stringfellow was known as a successful breeder of the well-known Corriedale strain of sheep, a cross between the Lincoln ram and Merino ewe, which yields good flesh and fine wool. This system of breeding he pursued from 1888, with great success. Of late years Mr Stringfellow also devoted his attention to Shropshires. He obtained over 100 first prizes with his sheep at the Ashburton, Timaru, and Christchurch and Dunedin shows. At Chrislchurch in 1902, he took first prize for aged Corriedale rams out of a class of seventeen entries, besides first prize and highly commended certificates for ewes and lambs ; and he took first prize for five Corriedale wethers in the same year, at Ashburton. He was a member of the Rakaia Road Board for some years, also a member of the Cemetery and Domain Board, and a member of the Agricultural and Pastoral Associations of Christchurch, Timaru, and Ashburton, and was a member of the committee of the last-named association. Mr Stringfellow was also a Justice of the Peace. Failing health recently caused Mr Stringfellow to give up active farming and retire into private life, and his departure from the Chertsey district was fittingly recognised by the general community of the district. He married before leaving England, and had a family of seven, of whom four sons and one daughter (Mrs J. H. Rule) are married. [Ashburton Guardian, Volume XXIX, Issue 7210, 22 June 1907, Page 3]
STRINGFELLOW.—On June 21st, at Ashburton, James Stringfellow, of Chertsey; in his 74th year. [Ashburton Guardian, Volume XXIX, Issue 7210, 22 June 1907, Page 2]
OBITUARY.
MR JAMES STRINGFELLOW.
The death is announced of Mr James Stringfellow, which occurred at his residence, Ashburton, last evening. Mr Stringfellow had been in ill-health for some considerable time, and his death was not unexpected. Mr Stringfellow was the second son of the late Mr. H. Stringfellow, a member of an old English family who had lived for generation on the Arundel estate. Mr H. Stringfellow was agent to Squire Plowden, of Plowden Hall, Shropshire, and died in 1894, at the advanced age of eighty-three. Mr James Stringfellow was born in Wiltshire, and followed farming in England, until he came to New Zealand in 1874, by the ship " Eastern Monarch," accompanied by his wife and a family of six children. Mr Stringfellow went to Port Levy, where he was employed by the late Mr Charles Cholmondeley and Mr Fleming, until he leased a dairy farm, on which he milked about fifty-cows, and fifteen on his own freehold, and made cheese. He worked this farm for about seven years. However, owing to the low price of cheese, he left Port Levy in 1881, and went to Chertsey, where he rented a farm from Mr George King. Three years subsequently he bought the freehold of the estate, which comprises 1091 acres of some of the finest land in the district. Mr Stringfellow was known as a successful breeder of the well-known Corriedale strain of sheep, a cross between the Lincoln ram and Merino ewe, which yields good flesh and fine wool. This system of breeding he pursued from 1888, with great success. Of late years Mr Stringfellow also devoted his attention to Shropshires. He obtained over 100 first prizes with his sheep at the Ashburton, Timaru, and Christchurch and Dunedin shows. At Chrislchurch in 1902, he took first prize for aged Corriedale rams out of a class of seventeen entries, besides first prize and highly commended certificates for ewes and lambs ; and he took first prize for five Corriedale wethers in the same year, at Ashburton. He was a member of the Rakaia Road Board for some years, also a member of the Cemetery and Domain Board, and a member of the Agricultural and Pastoral Associations of Christchurch, Timaru, and Ashburton, and was a member of the committee of the last-named association. Mr Stringfellow was also a Justice of the Peace. Failing health recently caused Mr Stringfellow to give up active farming and retire into private life, and his departure from the Chertsey district was fittingly recognised by the general community of the district. He married before leaving England, and had a family of seven, of whom four sons and one daughter (Mrs J. H. Rule) are married. [Ashburton Guardian, Volume XXIX, Issue 7210, 22 June 1907, Page 3]
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