The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Canterbury Provincial District]

Rev. Thomas Alfred Joughin

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Rev. Thomas Alfred Joughin, Minister in charge of the Wesleyan Methodist Church, was born at Kirkbride, Ramsey, Isle of Man, in 1863, and educated at the Ramsey Grammar School and King William's College, Castletown, Isle of Man. He arrived in Auckland in 1880, by the ship “British Empire,” and was for three years engaged in farming with his brother at Pukekohe, till he became a local preacher in that district, and subsequently a candidate for the ministry. The Conference of 1884 accepted him for training at Three Kings College. He was called out to supply in the Upper Thames circuit in November 1883. In March, 1887, Mr. Joughin succeeded the Rev. T. G. Hammond in charge of the Native and European work in the Hokianga district, where he remained for six years. He was afterwards stationed at Te Aroha, Upper Thames, from 1893 to 1896, when, owing to domestic bereavement and ill-health, he obtained the permission of the Conference to visit England. His health being restored by the voyage, he supplied in the Wesley circuit, Liverpool, for one year, and returned to New Zealand about Christmas, 1897. Mr Joughin was appointed to Roxburgh, Otago, in 1898, and to Woodend in 1901. He was married, in 1890, but Mrs Joughin died on the 1st of December, 1895, leaving one daughter. In September, 1902, Mr. Joughin was married at Kaiapoi to Miss Wilson, daughter of Mr. Isaac Wilson, of that town.

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Name of Minister.........Birthplace.........Year of Birth.........Entered Ministry.........Date of Death.........Place of Burial /Cremation
Joughin, Thomas A.....Isle of Man............1863..................1887.........................10 Jan 1942..............Auckland