Born UK 1828 - Died Timaru 1910 Aged 82
West, Daniel82 Years 22 Feb 1910 - Timaru Cemetery
Buried with West, Elizabeth 42 Years 7 Jan 1891 - Timaru Cemetery
Architect for the Canterbury Education Board
1859 + 1862 + 1872 + 1890. Royal Hotel. 20 Cains Tce /1-5 Beswick Street
Daniel West. Victorian Commercial Classicism
1876. Old Bank Hotel. 232 Stafford St
Daniel West. Commercial Classicism
1880-81. James Shepherd’s Store. 36 Stafford St & 11 North St
Daniel West. Victorian Commercial Classicism
1900. Tourist Cycle Works. 183 Stafford St
Daniel West. Victorian Commercial Classical
1901-2. Custom House. 2 Strathallan St
Daniel West. Neoclassical
1907. The Arcade Chambers/Bowker Building. Royal Arcade 158 Stafford St
West & Hall. English Renaissance
After being a respected resident of Timaru for close on forty years, Mr Daniel West died at his residence in Rose street yesterday morning. Born in the Old Country he emigrated to Australia when a youth, and there spent several years, full of varied incidents, in mining pursuits. New Zealand next attracted his attention, and a few years later saw him employed as a carpenter in Timaru. His first employer was Mr G. Cliff, who owned a sawmill in this town. Mr West proved to be very industrious, and soon developed into an architect of no small ability. After some perseverance he built up a business on his own account, and was, for a number of years, architect to the South Canterbury Education Board. With advancing years Mr West retired from business, and was able to live happily on the proceeds of his industry. His long residence here was only broken by a spell of two years when he visited Auckland, and so it is only natural that he made many firm friends here, who feel the deepest regret at his not unexpected end. He was an enthusiastic member of the Timaru Bowling Club, and took a strong interest in matters pertaining to its welfare. His wife, a sister of Mr Moses White, left him a widower some years ago, and his family, four sons and one daughter, together with a wide circle of friends are left to mourn their loss. At the time of his death he was 82 years of age, and but for a gradually increasing weakness which made itself felt three weeks ago, his health had always been good, and his general disposition a happy one.
- Timaru Herald. 23 February 1910 (Papers Past) [07/01/2017
Thier son: Harry Leslie Daniel West was born on 27 March 1887 at Timaru and baptised at St Mary's Anglican Church on 15 March 1893. He was the youngest son of Daniel and Eliza (née White) West. Harry was educated at Timaru Main School until 1896 when he moved north with his widowed father and went to Paeroa School, then on to Auckland. Harry followed his father into architecture. On 3 January 1911 he married Isabel May Matheson MacKay née Blick). She was divorced and broght two children - Ulrich Sinclair MacKay and Stewart Sinclair MacKay. Harry and Isabel had one daughter - Moira Doris West born on 23 April 1913 at Timaru and baptised on 23 July at St Mary's. The family moved north to Opotiki. Harry and Isabel had separated when he enlisted and were to divorce in 1918. Both remarried, Isabel to Thomas William Le Cocq in 1923 and Harry to Julia Vallance Murray Bowie in 1934. Both Ulrich and Stewart MacKay went to England and died there, Stewart in a flying accident in 1931.Ulrich was also a flying officer. Moira, who married magistrate John Charles Kennedy Fabian, died in 1977. H. L. D. West was the Tauranga Borough architect and many of his buildings still stand even though he resided there for only three years before his sudden death. Harry's older brother, Charles Edward West, served in both the South African War and World War I. - https://museum.timaru.govt.nz/explore/whats-on/ww100/scroll/profile?id=4698