| Brief Description |
Sepia original carte de visite photograph of Rev. Rainsford Bavin. Studio portrait photograph of man's head and torso cropped in oval frame. Man wears a suit jacket, worn open over buttoned high-necked waistcoat and white collar. Man has a full moustache and short beard and hair is styled in side parting and quiff at the front.
Printed below the image is: "WRIGGLESWORTH & BINNS / PHOTOGRAPHERS / WELLINGTON, N.Z."
Rev. Rainsford Bavin was a member of the Foregin & Bible Society and succeeded the Rev. J. Berry as a Methodist Minister in Whanganui. He took up the position in 1875, and and was the first minister in Aramoho. Under his leadership the Methodist Church was expanded to accommodate the growing congregation, a school room was built, and new churches were built in Aramoho, Springvale and Upokongaro.
Rainsford and his wife Emma had the following children while residing in New Zealand:
Edna Sarah born 1871
Florence Emily born 1872
Jessie Maude born 1873
Thomas Rainsford born 1874
Horace William born 1877
Cyril born 1879
Myra born 1880, died 1880 aged 3 months
Lancelot born 1881
Rev. Bavin was succeeded by Rev. W. Lee 1878 and the family eventually relocated to Australia, where he died in Sydeny on 3 August 1905.
|
