James McNAUGHTON [17075]

  General Notes:

Immigration
28 Jan 1861 Port Chalmers, Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand
sailed from Greenock 12 Oct 1860 arrived Port Chalmers 28 Jan 1861 on the LADY EGIDIA


NZ Internal Affairs - Death
1891/6201 McNaughton James 61Y (Registered dod 19 Nov 1891)


Southland Times, Issue 11900, 23 November 1891
Obituary
Very general regret was felt in the West Plains district on the 20th inst when it became known that Mr James McNaughton had passed away. The deceased was a bachelor and lived alone, occupying an allotment of twenty acres, formerly part of a considerable holding which he sold at a very good figure to Mr P. K. McNaughton some years ago. His brothers-in-law, Messrs A. Toshach, and J. Macpherson, and Mr J. Murray, visited the house on Thursday evening, and chatted with the deceased, who appeared to be in his usual health and spirits, till ten o'clock, when they left. Next morning a boy staying with Mr Macpherson was given a paper to leave at Mr McNaughton 's as he went to school. He did so, and returning in the evening he noticed that it had not been taken in, and told Mr Macpherson, who went to Mr McNaughton's residence about p.m. He found his relative lying dead in the passage leading to the front door. An open book, and a kerosene lamp, which had evidently burned out (the oil being exhausted) were found on the table inside, at which deceased had apparently been reading, and it is supposed that he must have taken ill after his visitors left on Thursday night, and had tried to get outside for assistance. He had been in delicate health for a long time, and was attended two years ago by Dr Young, who found that he was suffering from valvular disease of the heart. Notwithstanding his ill-health, which did not, however, prevent him from engaging in out-door pursuits, Mr McNaughton possessed a cheerfulness and geniality which made him greatly liked and respected by his neighbours, who recognised in him a man of sterling qualities. He was quiet and unobtrusive in his habits, and a great reader, a fact sufficiently attested by his possession of a good library. He was among the earliest settlers in the district, and came to the colony in the ship Lady Egidia in 1861. The deceased, who was in his sixty-first year, followed, the occupation of a clothier in his earlier days, and lived for some time in Newfoundland.