F NAMES, Clareville Cemetery to Oct 2012
the name spelling, death dates etc were taken from their site:
Clareville Cemeteries Search
* dates here may be of death OR burial
* born still not included in this list
* go to link to search for Plot numbers etc
* use as a guide only to your own research
* edited as info is found

ALSO SEE
* Bachelor to Byrne
* D'arcy to Dykstra
* Fairbrother to Fulton
* Kamper to Krosp
* Oberg to Oytaben
* Quaintrell to Quinn
* Udy to Upritchard

F NAMES
FAIRBROTHER
* ANNIE Fairbrother 30 Aug 1882 aged 11 months
~ 1 of 8 children (4 born in NZ) of William Ringwood Fairbrother (1840-1894) & Isabel Pearson (1849-1924). William & Isabella are buried Taradale, Napier
* BEATRICE EMILY Fairbrother (nee Cliff) 18 Oct 1957 aged 96
* DOREEN ADELIADE Fairbrother (nee Allen) 7 June 1954 aged 55
~ database has no name with this date. Doreen married Leslie Jonathan Fairbrother in 1927
* CHARLES Fairbrother 12 Sep 1937 aged 75
~ son of Richard Fairbrother & Winifred Conboy
* DOUGLAS CLIFF Fairbrother 9 March 1978 aged 82
* ELWIN FENTON Fairbrother 31 Oct 1968 aged 59
~ son of Oswald Roland Fairbrother & Katherine Sophie Nielsen. Elwin married Olive Mary Edmonds in 1935
* EMMA (nee Hart) Fairbrother 17 Aug 1942 aged 83
~ married George Augustus Fairbrother in 1879 & had 5 children. A daughter, Jessie, is below under Fowler
* FLORENCE EDITH Fairbrother (nee Cliff) 9 Sep 1942 aged 76
~ married Charles Fairbrother in 1888
* GEORGE AUGUSTUS Fairbrother 23 Oct 1926 aged 68
~ son of Richard Fairbrother & Winifred Conboy
* IRENE KOI Fairbrother 23 May 1912 aged 4
~ daughter of Oswald Roland Fairbrother & Katherine Sophie Nielsen
* IRIS JEAN Fairbrother 16 July 1985 aged 71
* KENNETH GORDON Fairbrother 22 Aug 1988 aged 83
* LESLIE JONATHAN Fairbrother 13 June 1979 aged 82
~ son of Charles Fairbrother & Florence Edith Cliff
* MAISIE WINIFRED Fairbrother (nee Fairbrother) 15 Nov 1976 aged 76
~ Maisie married Douglas Cliff Fairbrother in 1921, their fathers were brothers - their mothers were sisters. Douglas's parents were Charles Fairbrother (1861-1937) & Florence Edith Cliff (1876-1942). Maisie's parents were Thomas Frederick Fairbrother (1863-1951) & Beatrice Emily Cliff (1868-1957) * Their unnamed child is also buried here (11 May 1922)
* MARY AGATHA Fairbrother 14 Aug 1898 aged 42
* OLIVE MARY Fairbrother (nee Edmonds) 27 Dec 1990 aged 79
~ Olive married Elwin Fenton Fairbrother in 1925
* RICHARD Fairbrother 15 May 1892 aged 66
~ First Mayor of Carterton (see photo)
* RICHARD HENRY Fairbrother 28 Jan 1936 aged 84
~ son of Richard Fairbrother & Winifred Conboy
* THOMAS FREDERICK Fairbrother 9 June 1951 aged 88
~ son of Richard Fairbrother & Winifred Conboy. Thomas married Beatrice Emily Cliff in 1894
* WINIFRED Fairbrother (nee Conboy) 22 June 1915 aged 83
~ wife of Richard (1825-1892)

FAITHFULL
* PHILLIP JAMES Faithfull 11 April 2008 aged 61

FALCONER
* FLORENCE BEATRICE CASTLE Falconer (nee Taylor) 20 Feb 1974 aged 66
~ married Ronald Maxwell Falconer in 1929
* LIONEL RONALD Falconer 30 April 2008 aged 74
* MALCOLM HUGH LESTER Falconer 3 May 1998 aged 68
* MARGARET JOCELYN Falconer 29 Aug 2015 aged 80
* NGAIRE VALERIE Falconer 14 March 2002 aged 70
* REX REGINALD Falconer 11 Feb 1948 aged 10
* RONALD MAXWELL Falconer 27 April 1977 aged 74

* FALLON RAYMOND WILLIAM 27 Feb 2012 aged 71

* FARMER RALPH 13 Aug 1957 aged 86

* FARRELL JAMES 'Jim' 22 Sep 1890 aged 42
Wairarapa Daily Times, 22 Sep 1890
CARTERTON James Farrell, proprietor of the livery stables and carting agency here, was found dead in his bedroom at the Marquis of Normanby hotel yesterday morning, He had been ill since Thursday, but nothing serious was suspected. Lumbago, or at the worst, slight internal inflammation, was considered the extent of his ailment, but now it is thought there must have been some heart affection as the immediate cause of death. He was under the doctor's care. The fatal result was very unexpected and has caused a good deal of regretful comment, while the other recent sudden deaths have intensified the melancholy feeling. The deceased was middle aged and single. He has no relations in the colony as far as is known. The late James Farrell, although following a comparatively humble occupation, had earned the respect and regard of all who came into contact with him. He was a true "rough diamond" if there ever was one. He was honesty itself, and "Jim" as he was popularly called, might, as we have more than once heard it said, have been trusted with a 'thousand all in gold'. By his worthy and generous characteristics, which, although they were of a plain kind, were none the less good and were based on sound principles, which were creditable to their possessor, he had earned the good opinion of not only Carterton residents but many others, With commercial travellers he as a great favourite and there is not a man on the road who will mot miss the sound if Jim's honest Irish voice when he next passes through Carterton. It was a voice too. It could be heard a mile away almost and its owner, with all his giant strength, seemed indeed the last person in the world to be so suddenly stricken down. Death calls every day exemplifying how feeble is our grasp of life, when even apparent health and the greatest vigour succumb at one fell blow.
.. Yet another sudden death has occurred here, making the frequency of our present experience of these melancholy events almost appalling. Yesterday morning Jas. Farrell was found dead on the floor of his bedroom at the Marquis of Normanby Hotel. He was seized on Thursday last with what was thought might either be lumbago or slight internal inflammation. He place himself under the doctor's care, but succumbed under the circumstances indicated. It is considered that some affection of the heart may have been the immediate cause of death. Mr Farrell was a single man, middle-aged and was proprietor of the livery stables and carting agency here. He is well known to all commercial travellers on the road and by them, as by everyone else, was held in high regard for the possession of honest and generous characteristics which entitled him to respect. The deceased was a very powerful man, with whom it would have almost seemed absurd to have associated the word death

* FARRER JAMES WILLIAM 3 Oct 2012 aged 70

* FARRINGTON AGNES (nee Francis) 23 April 1960 aged 88
~ born 31 Jan 1872 to Walter & Fanny Francis (see below), makes her death age 88, BDM has 87. Agnes married Malcolm Charles Astell Farrington (1877-1927) in 1898 & had 4 children

* FAUVEL KEITH MOURANT 3 Feb 2011 aged 92
~ born 31 Dec 1919

* FEALICK PETER 26 March 1929 aged 98

FEIST
* FRANK Feist 26 May 1885 aged 17 days
* JAMES Feist 6 Feb 1900 aged 3 months
~ sons of Frank Alfred Feist & Amelia Prince

FENSHAM
* AMELIA RACHEAL WILLSHIRE Fensham 21 May 1957 aged 63
* ANN FRANCES 'Fanny' Fensham 26 Oct 1915 aged 59
* GEORGINA MAY Fensham 2 Sep 1950 aged 68
* JOHN Fensham 11 May 1943 aged 91
* JOHN HENRY Fensham 24 Sep 1886 aged 14 days
~ database has John Henery Fencham
* LAVINA Fensham (nee Wakelin) 9 April 1913 aged 57 (see note below)
* NINA ELSIE LETITIA Fensham 24 May 1978 aged 81
* RUBY NORA MELITA Fensham 27 May 1957 aged 69
NOTE All the above are John (1851-1943) & Lavinia Fensham and their children, except Ann Frances Fensham (1856-1915) who was John's sister Ann. John & Ann were children of Caroline Amelia Rachael Willshire (1826-1893) who married Henry Fensham in England. Henry Fensham died 1892 in England but Caroline had emigrated to NZ on the 'Oliver Lang' in 1858 with her children John (1851-1943), Caroline (1851-1937) & Fanny (1857-1915). Caroline (mother) remarried in 1864 to William Challis (1846-1935) & had Emily Challis who married George Gordon & buried Clareville and Charlotte Challis who married Arthur Phillpotts & buried Masterton. Caroline & William Challis are buried together here at Clareville

* FERGUSON ERROL STANLEY 28 Dec 1983 aged 60

FIDO
* ALMA MAUD Fido (nee Thomas) 8 March 1960 aged 57
* COURTNEY THOMAS Fido 20 Nov 1990 aged 94
~ Alma was a daughter of Charles Edward Thomas of Upper Hutt & Alice Lucas of Greytown

FIELD
* JANE Field (nee Ridgway) 13 June 1946 aged 87
~ married William Edward Field in 1874 & had 10 children
* KAY Field 27 Jan 2010 aged 51

* FIELDING MARGARET JEAN 23 Aug 1945 aged 35

* ZILLWOOD LUCY OLIVE (nee Hodder) 20 May 1952 aged 73
~ married Christopher Vincent Zillwood in 1901
NOTE I had Fillwood. Thanks to neich in comments I have changed it

* FINDLAY MARGARET 4 Sep 1974 aged 47

FISHER
* ALAN DOUGLAS Fisher 10 Nov 1989 aged 73
* BARBARA Fisher (nee McBride) 4 Dec 1911 aged 66
* ELIZABETH JESSIE DAWN Fisher 1 Oct 2009 aged 91
* ELLEN Fisher 21 Dec 1911 aged 24
* EMILY MAY Fisher 2 July 1980 aged 95
* EVELYN MARGARET 'Betty' Fisher 6 April 2005 aged 95
* HELEN Fisher (nee Bubb) 8 Sep 1965 aged 78
* HELEN BERTHA Fisher (nee Smith) 16 Sep 1928 aged 42. Helen married James Fisher in 1911. James next married Louisa Elise Anderson in 1930
* INA EMILY Fisher 22 June 2003 aged 93
* JAMES Fisher 21 May 1977 aged 96
* JAMES FERGUSON Fisher 26 Nov 1922 aged 4 weeks
* LOUISA ELSIE Fisher (nee Anderson) 22 May 1981 aged 84. Second wife of James Fisher
* MARY CATHERINE Fisher (nee Hansen) 29 May 1933 aged 71
* PAULINE JUNE Fisher 31 Oct 2009 aged 82
* ROBERT Fisher 11 June 1906 aged 28
* RODERICK COLIN Fisher 23 April 1923 aged 1 month
* SYDNEY WILLIAM Fisher aged 81
* WILLIAM Fisher 17 Oct 1995 aged 81
* WILLIAM Fisher
* ALBERT RICHMOND Fisher 11 Oct 1914 aged 35
* WILLIAM ANDREW Fisher 20 July 1936 aged 87
* WILLIAM DAVID Fisher 17 Dec 1955 aged 74

FITZGERALD
* BERTHA ROSE Fitzgerald 8 Aug 1957 aged 73
* DENIS PATRICK Fitzgerald 13 Oct 2003 aged 56
* EDWARD JAMES Fitzgerald 15 March 1946 aged 79
* ELIZABETH Fitzgerald 8 May 1905 aged 73
~ wife of James
* FRANCIS PATRICK Fitzgerald 'Frank' 28 June 2000 aged 92
* JAMES Fitzgerald 18 Aug 1906 aged 75
* JOHN Fitzgerald 24 April 1936 aged 74
* JOHN THOMAS Fitzgerald 8 March 1965 aged 63
* MARGARET Fitzgerald 9 Feb 1948 aged 72
* MICHAEL LYN Fitzgerald 29 Aug 1996 aged 80
* SARAH JANE Fitzgerald 25 Dec 1956 aged 86
* WILLIAM JOHN Fitzgerald 17 Aug 1953 aged

FITZMAURICE
* MONICA MARY Fitzmaurice (nee Wright) 28 Jan 1979 aged 61
~ 1 of 14 children of William Darling Wright (1876-1953) & Annie Johanna Lipinski (1876-1959). Monica first married/partnered George Burden & had a daughter
* THOMAS HENRY Fitzmaurice 15 Feb 1989 aged 73

* FLAN ELLEN 24 July 1979 aged 88

* FLEETWOOD JOHN DANIEL 27 March 1996 aged 65

FLEMMING
* JAMES Flemming 4 May 1953 aged 82
* MINNIE Flemming (nee Franklin) 21 Nov 1922 aged 43
~ Minnie was a daughter of William Franklin & Eliza Cullum. She married James Flemming from County Donegal, Ireland in 1907. James next married Maria Philps (nee Hewson) in 1930

FLETCHER
* EVA EMILY Fletcher 31 May 1962 aged 66
* HARRY Fletcher 18 May 1952 aged 73
* JOYCE EVELYN Fletcher 28 March 1978 aged 57
~ wife of William
* WILLIAM THOMAS Fletcher 25 May 1998 aged 76

* FLUTEY ERENA JILL 7 Jan 2007 aged 70

FLY
* MYRTLE MARIA Fly (nee Pleasant) 22 Aug 1972 aged 79
~ daughter of Alfred George Pleasant & Esther Ann Bennett. Married Norman in 1925
* NORMAN WILLIAM Fly 3 March 1966 aged 75
~ son of William James Fly & Adelaide Lewin

FOLEY
* CONSUELO EDITH Foley (nee Pilcher) 29 Aug 1979 aged 72
~ daughter of Thomas William Pilcher & Edith Lily Littlewood. She married Leonard in 1936
* LEONARD NOEL Foley 14 April 1988 aged 80

* FOLLOWS KENNETH LESLIE 4 June 1924 aged 1 month

* STUART-FORBES EMMA LOUISE 6 April 1939 aged 72
~ database has FORBES, Stuart no age. Left in this list in case you are looking for Forbes, Stuart. Emma was a daughter of Sir William Stuart-Forbes, (1835-1906) 9th Baronet of Monymusk and Pitsilgo, Aberdeenshire & Lady Marion (nee Watts 1846-1889). Marion & daughters are buried at Clareville but Sir William left Carterton after the death of Marion, settled in Blenheim and remarried to Florence Rose in 1900. He is buried in Blenheim. William's bio by my friend Adele

FOREMAN
* CHARLES ROBERT Foreman 29 May 1959 aged 12
* GEORGE JAMES Foreman 15 July 1928 aged 70
* JAMES FREDERICK FOSTER Foreman 31 Aug 1933 aged 72
* MYRTLE PATRICIA 'Pat' Foreman 7 July 2014 aged 97
* NELLIE WINIFORD Foreman (nee Rofe) 10 July 1956 aged 84
* ROBERT REWI Foreman 11 June 1991 aged 73
* SARAH ANN Foreman (nee Wylie) 4 July 1950 aged 74
* WILLIAM Foreman 13 July 1954 aged 89

* FORSYTH WILLIAM ALEX 4 Sep 1996 aged 63

FORTUNE JAMES 14 Dec 1919 aged 75
~ database has FORTEWC, James
Wairarapa Daily Times, 18 Dec 1919
The death occurred at Carterton on Sunday of Mr James Fortune, an old resident, at the age of 75 years

* FORWARD GEORGE ALFRED 31 July 1985 aged 75

* FOSS VALERIE 9 Jan 1971 aged 84

FOSTER
* ARTHUR STUART Foster 8 Feb 1888 aged 2
* CLARENCE CHRISTIAN MCGREGOR Foster 12 May 1993 aged 75
* CONSTANCE MARY ELLEN Foster 1 Oct 1951 aged 71
* HOLLY BEATRICE Foster 2 Nov 1920 aged 31
* MARY ANN Foster (nee Grix) 14 March 1911 aged 50
* MARY WAIRETE Foster 31 Dec 1906 aged 5 months
* THOMAS WILLIAM Foster 3 April 1915 aged 56
* WILLIAM PINDER Foster 25 March 1963 aged 80
~ Thomas & Mary Ann married in 1879 and had 16 children. Their children shown above are .. Arthur Stuart, Holly Beatrice, Mary Rita & William Pinder Foster

* FOWLER JESSIE FAY Fowler (nee Fairbrother) 23 Oct 1922 aged 34
~ daughter of George Augustus Fairbrother & Emma Hart, see above. Jessie married George Ernest Fowler in 1909

* FOX-ROGERS JOHN 21 Dec 1957 aged 80
~ John was born 25 April 1877 in High St., Lathbury, Newport Pagnell, Buckinghamshire to B. Fox (1849-) & Catherine Ann (1849-) Rogers. He served as 1st Class Gunner 875, with the Royal New Zealand Artillery, Permanent Force from 9 Feb 1899 when he enlisted from Inglewood. He was in clerical duties from Feb 1900 and in March 1902 he requested advancement but was told there were no vacancies. He was discharged at his own request in Dec 1902. He married Rose Elizabeth Maslen (1876-1907) in 1901, a daughter of George Thomas James Maslen (1824-1922) & Harriet Ann Spencer (1847-1927). Rose is buried at Karori.
John next married Rona Quintal (1897-1997) in 1931. Rona had first married William McCracken in 1920 in Sydney & divorced in Sydney. Rona was born in Norfolk Island, daughter of Fletcher Evelyn Quintal (1868-1953) & Alice Abigail Nobbs (1877-1959). Her father Fletcher, was L/Sergeant in the 8th Company, New South Wales Imperial Bushmen. He gained the rank of Lieutenant in 1903 in the British Yeomanry. He gained the rank of Trooper in 1914 in the 6th Australian Light Horse. He fought in the Gallipoli Campaign in April 1915, where he was wounded, losing an eye. In 1946 he served as an escort to the Duke of Gloucester during the Duke's visit to Norfolk Island.
Rona's father Fletcher Quintal was a grandson of Rev George Hunn Nobbs via his mother Ann Naomi Nobbs.
Rona's mother Alice Abigail Nobbs was a granddaughter of Rev George Hunn Nobbs via his son James Wingate Johnstone Nobbs
Rona died in Norfolk Island aged 99.9

FRANCIS
* ALEXANDRA EVELYN 'Alexia' Francis 10 Nov 1975 aged 95
~ born 18 Oct 1880, a daughter of Walter (1839-1928) & Fanny (1842-1932) Francis
* EMILY SUSAN Francis 16 March 1955 aged 94
~ born 24 Sep 1861 to Walter & Fanny, makes her age at death 94, BDM has 90
* FANNY Francis 7 Dec 1932 aged 96
~ married Walter Francis & had 8 children in NZ (unknown previous)
* MARIA EDITH Francis 1 April 1952 aged 92
~ born 12 Dec 1859 to Walter & Fanny, makes her age at death 92, BDM has 89
* SOPHIA LOUISA Francis 17 Nov 1933 aged 70
~ born 20 March 1863 to Walter & Fanny, makes her age at death 70
* WALTER Francis 19 July 1928 aged 89
~ born 1837 in Cheltenham, England, also see daughter Agnes Farrington

FRANKS
* MARGARET Franks 8 April 1896 aged 30
* ROBERT PERCY Franks 21 July 1942 aged 54
~ born 1887 1 of 14 children of Walter Henry Franks & Euphemia Young. Robert married May Jensen in 1911

FRASER
* ALEXANDER WILLIAM ANDERSON Fraser 17 Feb 1967 aged 12 days from 71
* DIANA AMELIA Fraser 21 May 1975 aged 40
* DUNCAN DENIS ALEXANDER PHILLIP Fraser 12 Aug 2014 aged 82
~ husband of Shirley
* ISABEL ELIZABETH Fraser 24 Dec 1974 aged 68
* JAMES DALRYMPLE Fraser 24 Feb 1884 aged 50
~ database has Frazer
* PETER Fraser 14 April 1923 aged 3 days
~ database has Paeter Frazer
* SAMUEL Fraser 3 May 2000 aged 77
* SHIRLEY ELLEN Fraser 20 Dec 2006 aged 77
~ wife of Duncan

FREEMAN
* KATE Freeman 7 Aug 1905 aged 2 days
~ daughter of Walter John Freeman & Kate Paice
* WALTER JOHN Freeman 14 Aug 1905 aged 59

FREER
* IRIS ROSETTA Freer (nee Carroll) 9 Dec 1981 aged 89
~ daughter of John & Catherine Carroll. Married John Archibald Freer in 1913
* JOHN ARCHIBALD Freer 22 Feb 1965 aged 84
Wairarapa Daily Times, 31 Dec 1913
FREER-CARROLL The marriage took place at St Patrick's Church, Masterton, yesterday afternoon, of Mr John Archibald Freer, son of Mr John Freer, of Melrose, Scotland and Miss Iris Rosetta Carroll, daughter of the late Mr J. Carroll, of Mauriceville. Miss May Brooks was bridesmaid and Mr W. H. Brooks best man. The ceremony was performed by the Rev Father Guinana. A large number of guests were subsequently entertained at thee residence of Mr J. Culloty in Cornwall Street
* YVONNE CATHERINE PATRICIA Freer 15 July 2010 aged 9 days from 97

FREW
* HAZEL REBECCA Frew (nee White) 22 July 2007 aged 91
* HERBERT RONALD Frew 31 Dec 1981 aged 61
* HORACE EDWARD Frew 9 March 1981 aged 75
~ son of William Frew & Phoebe Ann Carroll. Married Hazel Rebecca White

FRIEND
* FREDERICK WILLIAM Friend 22 Aug 1999 aged 77
* YVONNE MARY Friend 12 Jan 1989 aged 60

* FROST ANNIE MARGARET 27 Oct 1901 aged 50

FRYER
* DARREN BURNEY 28 March 2011 aged 44
* LANCE RICHARD Fryer 4 June 2003 aged 34
~ Darren & Lance were brothers
* LESLIE OWEN Fryer 2 Aug 2003 aged 81
* MILLY Fryer (nee Field) 13 Sep 1977 aged 87
~ daughter of William Edward Field & Jane Ridgway. Married William Fryer (below) in 1937
* VIOLA DOLIENA Fryer 14 May 1984 aged 64
* WILLIAM Fryer 9 July 1966 aged 75

FUGLE
* ALLAN LEON Fugle 15 June 1977 aged 63
* MARY VERONICA 'Molly' Fugle (nee Quinn) 14 Sep 1995 aged 75
~ Allan & Molly married in 1941

* FULLER JILL CHRISTINE 10 Dec 2004 aged 63

* FULTON ELSIE 19 May 2003 aged 63

. . . others at Clareville
* Archer, John + Louisa Ellen Climo
* Cadwallader
* Challis, William married 3 times
* Conwell
* Drake, Walter Clunie + Emily Jane Higgins
* Dykes, Harriet Evelyn (nee Kitchener)
* Fairbrother
* Fensham, John & Levina Wakelin
* Foster, Thomas William + Mary Ann Grix
* Freeman, Walter + Annie Wackett
* Gallon
* Grace
* Grant
* Graham
* Grantham
* Granville
* Gravestock
* Gray
* Greathead
* Greeks
* Gregor
* Griffin
* Griffiths
* Griggs
* Grimmer
* Groen
* Gronkowski
* Groube
* Gustafson
* Hare
* Hart
* Kamper, Anna Angela
* Keedwell
* Keegan
* Keenan
* Keenast
* Kidd
* Kiddie
* Kitchen
* Krahagen
* Lamb
* Lamond
* Lancaster
* Lane
* Lawrence
* Lawrence, James Edward + Emma Coe
* Lorenzen
* Lowe
* Lyster
* Madden
* Magnusson
* Mancer
* Marriages at St Mark's, Carterton
* Masson
* Matiaha
* Max
* Nicholls
* Osborne, Thomas + Maria Piggot
* Riggs, Andrew Cooper + May Ann Richardson
* Sexton
* Sage
* Saxelby
* Shedden
* Shutkowski, Peter Joseph - Rosalia Christina Lipinski from Gdansk, Poland
* Smith
* Udy, Lauris May + John Lawrence Peck
* Vickerstaff
* Wadham
* Wiley, Hamilton James + Jane Freeman Gausden
* Worsfold, John Henry + Louisa Trevena

PHOTO (written in 1897)
Mr Richard Fairbrother, who was the first Mayor of Carterton, a position which he occupied for six years, was one of the pioneer settlers in the borough. Born in 1826 in London, he enlisted in the 49th Regiment and served in India and China, but was never in an engagement, although at the front. Returning, he was stationed in Ireland, where he married and after a short time in Greece, finding his family increasing, he decided to buy out. On leaving, his commander commended him publicly for his steadiness and thrift. After a short time in the grocery business in London Mr Fairbrother came to New Zealand in 1856 in the ship “Ann Wilson.” Settling in the Wairarapa he opened a store in Greytown and worked some time on the roads. Subsequently removing to Carterton - then known as the “Three Mile Bush” -
he took up land and, when the township was laid out, established a general store to which the post-office was soon attached. Mr Fairbrother always took a deep interest in local politics. He promoted the first school in the bush by raising subscriptions, drew the memorial for naming the locality, assisted in the erection of the town hall, was captain of the volunteer corps and for thirteen years was chairman of the Town Board before the foundation of the borough. In church affairs he was for many years minister's churchwarden of St. Mark's Church. Mr Fairbrother died in May 1892 leaving his widow with six sons and three daughters, all grown up.