Charles John Ayton (24 February 1846 – 29 July 1922) was a New Zealand goldminer, rabbiter, rural labourer and diarist. He was born in

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, on 24 February 1846.

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1846 births 1922 deaths New Zealand miners British emigrants to New Zealand 19th-century New Zealand diarists {{NewZealand-writer-stub