James TEMPLETON, b. 1827, Ayrshire, Scotland son of Thomas TEMPLETON and Lillias KERR married Janet Muir KENNEDY, b. 1835, Ayrshire, Scotland, daughter of Robert KENNEDY and Martha ___.

James TEMPLETON, Farmer of Carapook, 7 school-aged children, living 1 mile SW of Carapook was one of the signatures to the 1875 petition aimed at establishing a new school at Carapook.

James TEMPLETON and Janet KENNEDY had the following known family:

1. Martha Janet TEMPLETON b. 1855, Sct. d. 1934, Coleraine, m. Neil McINNES
2. Lillias TEMPLETON b. 1857, Sct. d. 1936 Casterton, m. Alexander MURRAY
3. James TEMPLETON b. 1858, Moonee Ponds, d. 1858
4. Thomas TEMPLETON b. 1858, Moonee Ponds, d. 1858
5. Janet TEMPLETON b. 1859, Moonee Ponds, d. 1945, Sale, Vic, m. David Hutcheson Francis MURRAY
6. James TEMPLETON b. 1861, Coleraine, d. 1935 Sale, Vic
7. Mary TEMPLETON b. 1864, Muntham, d. 1866
8. Margaret TEMPLETON b. 1865, Bruk Bruk, d. 1950 Warragul, m. Stephen SHADWICK
9. Mary Ann TEMPLETON b. 1867, Casterton, d. 1951, m. Walter BARNES
10. Thomas TEMPLETON b. 1869, Carapook, d. 1938, m. Jessie ROSS
11. Jane TEMPLETON b. 1869, Dundas, d. 1953
12. Robert TEMPLETON b. 1871, Coleraine, d. 1957
13. John TEMPLETON b. 1872, Casterton, d. 1930 Drouin
14. Matthew TEMPLETON b. 1874, Casterton, d. 1962
15. Ann Houston TEMPLETON b. 1876, Casterton, d. 1906, Maffra, Vic. m. Arthur Randle BROWN
16. Elizabeth TEMPLETON b. 1879, Casteton, d. 1940, Warragul, m. Henry MORTON
17. Agnes TEMPLETON b. 1880, Chetwynd, d. 1965, Sale, m. Michael PREECE

Thomas TEMPLETON, b. 1834, Ayrshire, Scotland son of Thomas TEMPLETON and Lillias KERR married Rosina LANDER, b. 1843, France, daughter of Edward LANDER and Mary Ann SIMPSON.

Thomas TEMPLETON was a Farmer of "Muntham Maines" near Coleraine who was also a Wannon Shire Councillor and Shire President.

Thomas TEMPLETON and Rosina LANDER had the following children:

1. Lillias TEMPLETON b. 1866, Coleraine, m. James Wilson TAYLOR
2. Rosina TEMPLETON b. 1868, "Muntham Maines", m. John Wilson TAYLOR
3. John TEMPLETON b. 1869, "Muntham Maines", ?
4. Thomas Herbert TEMPLETON b. 1870, Coleraine, m. Lucy TOMKINS
5. Edward TEMPLETON b. 1873, Coleraine, m. Ethel Jane ANDERSON
6. Arthur Robert TEMPLETON b. 1875, "Muntham Maines", m. Elizabeth Ellen WIDDICOMBE
7. William TEMPLETON b. 1877, Coleraine, m. Martha McINNES
8. Francis John TEMPLETON b. 1879, Coleraine, m. Violet Brough RIGBY
9. Walter Lander TEMPLETON b. 1882, Coleraine, m. Clarice DAVENPORT
10. Florence Janet TEMPLETON b. 1884, Coleraine, d. 1959
11. James TEMPLETON b. 1885, d. 1885 Coleraine.
12. Jane / Jean TEMPLETON b. 1889, Coleraine, m. James Miller ANDERSON