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The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Nelson, Marlborough & Westland Provincial Districts]

The Rev. Barton Henry Ginger

The Rev. Barton Henry Ginger, formerly minister of St. Paul's, Hokitika, was called to the ministry in the year 1885, and entered upon his duties at Hokitika in the year 1896. Mr. Ginger was born in Herefordshire, England, in 1861, and educated in the Isle of Wight. In 1889
The Rev. B. H. Ginger.

The Rev. B. H. Ginger.

he came to New Zealand by the ship “Iberia,” and was stationed at Christchurch for about three years, and for a similar period at Cromwell, Otago. On returning to Christchurch in 1895, he joined the Methodist Union Church, and took charge at Hokitika. Mr. Ginger, who has laboured consistently in the temperance cause, was trust secretary for the Bible Christian district for five years, and president for one year. He married a daughter of Mr. Richard Davy, of Cardiff, Wales. Mr. Ginger is at present (1906) stationed at Greytown, in the provincial district of Wellington.