Joseph Goadby Baker was born in 1840 in Waikari, BOI, NZ, JGOC has born 1839 (twin?)
1,2,3,4 He and
Elva Eliza Eling Bedggood were married on 16 September 1868 in Gisborne, NZ.
1,5 He died on 3 February 1924, at age ~84, in Tauranga, NZ.
1,3,6 Goodby or Goadby?
5 descendants in 1892 JGOC
PPA Poverty Bay Herald, Volume L, Issue 16352, 9 February 1924, Page 7
OBITUARY.
MR. JOSEPH G. BAKER.
'Another of New Zealand's very old ' colonists, RevJoseph Goadby Baker, of Bethlehem, Tauranga, has passed away, states a Tauranga message. He was the tenth child of the Rev. Charles Baker, who was, first stationed at Kerikeri in 1828, and ' subsequently in tho Waipu district. Deceased twas born just after V, tho Treaty of Waitangi, in 1840, at Waikaro, of which native district his father was then in charge. Deceased received . his education chiefly at Russell, his instructor having been the Late Rev. Canon Gould. When 19 years old, the late Mr. Baker came with his father mid other members of the family to TagTanga. He married, a daughter of. tho late Mr. Jolin T'.rßhdggpqd; of Waimate North. Fornine,.yjars lie dived among tse Maoris at Motuelcijy during wliich period he supervised their ?moral and religions training. Subsequently hci lived in Napici- ajul ior .many years in Gisborne, and'in -1962' lie retired to Bethlehem, and had since then lived in retirement. Deceased is survived by four daughters, Mrs. J. Bedggood, of Kaikohe, Mrs. M. Campbell, of Wharerata, and Misses Frances and Henrietta Baker, of Bethlehem. When deceased was. two ? years old the family was-moved to Tolaga Bay, then known as tfawa, his father having fakon charge of the native district there. For sonic time they lived in a ""Taupe house put up for them by the Maoris on tho day of their arrival. During his boyhood the deceased lived at various coast stations in the Waiapu district. When 19 years old Mr. (Baker - came with his fafhei? and other 7 members of. the family to Tauranga, his father having been given charge of tlic missionary school situated where tho present post office now stands. On the outbreak of. tho war the Maoris threatened to kill all the. missionaries, so they were removed in a warship to Auckland.' .;Froni tho sixties until the "early seventies deceased engaged in orcharding .with his brothers at. Waikare. Their undertaking was very successful. Tp'the,present day several of the ? frees,; including pears and oranges, are in full bearing, and are still known as ?Baker?s Orchard.? , In 1872 Bis.hop Suter, of Nelson, offered Mr. Baker a position in Whakarewft, and for nine years ho lived among the Maoris at Motucka, during which period he preached twice a Sunday and supervised the moral and religious training of the Maoris generally.' ; *Œ / .* . ? ? %i.i . ... - In 1882 to Gisborne, where he earned on the profession of a licensed interpreter, . at tfye same time; taking'a keen interest in tho Maoris and .? translating several tracts and hymns for their benefit. For sevcral'ycara ho acted in tho interests of the British and Foreign Bible Society, travelling ainoiig the Maoris and scll--7 ing Bibles. .In 1902) owing to illhealth, lie retired to .Tauranga. Mr. Baker. .was.' coiisidcred one of ? the ?greatest]: authorities, on the'Maori language, and in all his work in eonnection therewith'' l ho had in his wife a very able supporter. . Mr. Baker has 7' passed away, and with him. thero has y passed also a wonderful fund of ? . Maori, lore and'New Zealand history, for he leaves behind him no written ' xicofd of all that he knew. Tho Maoris extremely fond iof Mr. , Baker, and this was somewhat pathetically evidenced by the continuous ?'stream of natives who throughout the whole of Sunday visited tho home to pay their last respects to the body and express sympathy. Tho chief of Bethlehem, To Meti, devoutly placed a very beautiful Maori mat over the body us it lay in repose. Joseph Goadby Baker was baptized on 21 May 1841 in Waikari, BOI, NZ.
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