Rev Frederick Inwood

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Original information:
Rev Frederick Inwood migrated from Hampshire as an infant with his parents Daniel (46), a farmer and miller, and Mary (40), and his siblings George, a miller (1832-1886), William (1833-1926), Elizabeth (13), James (1840-1903), Mary (8), Daniel (1846-1905), and Augustus (1848-1915).

A fortnight after their arrival, the family moved to the Plains, where Daniel Sen. established a flour mill on W. C. Fendall’s RS18. The Inwood family remained at Fendall Town for seven years and then moved to central Christchurch to erect a mill in the Avon River near the Hereford Street bridge on what became known as Mill Island. The waterwheel there recalls the Inwoods’ endeavours. The family went on to be prominent figures in the development of Southbridge.

Frederick became an Anglican minister. He was a lay reader at Winchester and was ordained by Bishop Harper. From 1877-1879 he was the vicar at Flaxton-Ohoka, and from 1889-1906 he was the first vicar of New Brighton, which included Burwood. When Burwood and New Brighton became separate parishes, Inwood took up Burwood. He remained there until his retirement to the Cashmere Hills in 1910.

Readers’ response:
A family member believes Frederick married someone named Teresa, who had no children but did have a nephew. Apparently the nephew, after a drawn-out dispute, received the family money. ¹

Footnotes:
1. Information supplied by Jean Busch