Son of James and Mary Ann BAYLISS nee WILLILAMS

Marriage
28 March 1910 Rhoda HOPWOOD
A pretty wedding took place on Easter Monday at the residence of Mr Hopwood, Fergusson Street. The contracting parties were Mr Harold Bayliss, of Oroua Bridge, and Miss Rhoda Hopwood. The ceremony was performed by the Rev. T. W. Newbold, of Auckland. The bride looked charming in a Chinese silk costume, with the orthodox veil and orange blossoms. Miss Brialey and Miss Hopwood were chief bridesmaids, with Madge Hopwood and Erina Newbold, Roy Hopwood and Neville Newbold as pages. At the wedding breakfast the usual toasts were duly honoured. Festivities were kept up till a late hour. The presents were very handsome and costly. MANAWATU TIMES, VOLUME LXV, ISSUE 973, 30 MARCH 1910, PAGE 4

In 1920 Rhoda BAYLISS remarried to Norman William MacDONALD. She died in 1953.

We regret to hear that Mr H. B. Bayliss is seriously ill, and confined to his bed, through blood-poisoning. TE PUKE TIMES, 30 MAY 1919, PAGE 2

DEATH.
BAYLISS - At Te Puke, on June 3rd, 1919, Harold Bertram, beloved husband of Rhoda Bayliss, and youngest son of the late James Bayliss, of the Wairarapa and Palmerston North, and of Mrs Bayliss, of Palmerston North, aged 38 years. TE PUKE TIMES, 6 JUNE 1919, PAGE 2

THE LATE MR H. B. BAYLISS. News of the untimely death on Tuesday last of Mr H. B. Bayliss was received throughout the town and district with unfeigned sorrow, for it was recognised that the community had lost one of its most sterling settlers - a kindly, straightforward man, whose bright and cheery disposition had endeared him to all who knew him. Since he came to this district some seven years ago the late Mr Bayliss had made a host of friends, for to know him was to esteem him, and his demise at the early age of 38 years is universally regretted. As is generally known, Mr Bayliss had the misfortune to prick and poison his thumb, and being in a rather low state of health, the poison travelled rapidly through his system, compelling him to take to his bed. Then came an attack of pneumonia, and against the the compound trouble he had not the strength to rally, the illness terminating fatally about eight days after the poisoning symptoms set in. He leaves a wife and two young children, for whom the greatest sympathy is expressed, as well as for his brother, Mr L. E. Bayliss. The late Mr Bayliss was the youngest member of an old and highly respected Wairarapa family. He was born at the Hutt, and after spending his schooldays in the Wairarapa, commenced farming at Pahiatua, later on taking up land at Stratford, and then in the Manawatu. Eventually he settled in Te Puke. He was always most optimistic as to the future prospects of this district. Although an energetic farmer he found time to take a keen interest in public affairs, and filled the positions of Chairman of the Town Band, being an ardent musician, Chairman of the Te Puke Drainage Board, and Chairman of Directors of the Bay of Plenty Dairy Association, resigning the latter office during his illness.
The funeral took place on Wednesday, and was very largely attended, mourners being present from all parts of the district. The cortege was headed by the Town Band, which, as the procession wended its way to the Cemetery, rendered the "Dead March." The Rev. J. W. Chapman conducted the burial service, at the close of which the Band softly played, "The Last Wish." TE PUKE TIMES, 6 JUNE 1919, PAGE 2