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== Early life ==

== Early life ==

[[File:Asbestos Cottage 03.jpg|thumb|left|upright|Interior of Asbestos Cottage]]

[[File:Asbestos Cottage 03.jpg|thumb|left|upright|Interior of Asbestos Cottage]]

Henry Chaffey was born in [[Somerset]], England, in 1868 to a prosperous farming family. He travelled to New Zealand as a farm cadet at age 17. By 1907 he owned agricultural equipment and a threshing mill in [[Timaru]] in South Canterbury. He married Laua Adcock on 11 March 1903. The couple separated after about a year and divorced on 7 March 1908. In the early 1900s, Henry met Annie Fox ({{nee|Best}}), who was married with two children and whose husband was frequently absent.<ref>Jim Henderson, ''The Exiles of Asbestos Cottage'', 1981, pp 60–61</ref>

Henry Chaffey was born in [[Somerset]], England, in 1868 to a prosperous farming family. He travelled to New Zealand as a farm cadet at age 17. By 1907 he owned agricultural equipment and a threshing mill in [[Timaru]] in South Canterbury. He married Laua Adcock on 11 March 1903. The couple separated after about a year and divorced on 7 March 1908. In the early 1900s, Henry met Annie Fox ({{nee|Best}}), who was married with two children and whose husband was frequently absent.{{sfn|Henderson|1981|pp=60–61}}

== Mining activities ==

== Mining activities ==

==References==

==References==

*{{cite book |first=Jim |last=Henderson |title=The Exiles of Asbestos Cottage |year=1981}}

*{{cite book |last=Hindmarsh |first=Gerard |date=2010 |title=Kahurangi Calling |location=[[ Nelson, New Zealand|Nelson]] |publisher=Craig Potton Publishing |isbn=9781877517198 }}

*{{cite book |last=Hindmarsh |first=Gerard |date=2010 |title=Kahurangi Calling |location=[[ Nelson, New Zealand|Nelson]] |publisher=Craig Potton Publishing |isbn=9781877517198 }}