James' mother was five month pregnant when they set sail from the West India Docks, London in September 1841. He was born aboard the Mary Ann, within Nelson Harbour two days before the family disembarked and is probably the youngest immigrant to have landed in New Zealand.  He ran away from home in 1850, following a family argument taking the family bible from which he taught himself to both read and write, becoming a Blacksmith and Wheelwright before finally settling as a farmer.

James Henry Augustus's Family

Spouse: Martha Peters (Married 12-Oct-1867)
Children: Augustus Henry Baggarley, Edith Hannah Baggarley, Louisa Gertrude Baggarley, Samual Harold Baggarley, Arthur James Baggarley, Sarah Mabel Baggarley, Martha Emily Baggarley, Clarice Ethylyn Baggarley
 

James Henry Augustus's Heritage

Parents: James Henry Baggarley, Louisa Maria Howard
Siblings: Henry James Baggarley, Eliza Maria Baggarley, William Baggarley, Louisa Baggarley, Henry Bagley, Jessie Bagley, William Bagley