Son of John Loveday (1816-1891) & Lydia Hailes (1821-1896)
James married Lydia Kemp in 1862 in Forncett Saint Mary, Norfolk, England.
* thanks to Janedl for her email 16-1-2010: James married Lydia Kemp in 1842 in Bunwell Norfolk England. James & Lydia arrived in Hawkes Bay as assisted immigrants aboard the SCHIEHALLION on 26th May 1874, having left London on the 10th February 1874, with 7 children (their 9 month old infant Daniel died a month into the voyage). Also on board was Lydia's mother 49 year old Mary, Lydia's brothers Daniel, Edward and Elijah and sister Elizabeth (all single) and her brother Frederick, his wife Harriet and their 3 children, 6 year old Elijah, 4 year old Willie, 2 year old Harriet and a baby daughter born 27th March 1874. They all settled in Woodville as part of the original Woodville Farm Settlement.
The passenger list of the Schiehallion .. http://tinyurl.com/323rt7dx

they had 15 children
1862 - 1925 George Loveday
1863 - 1931 Florence Loveday (+Walker)
1855 - 1947 William Loveday
1868 - 1931 Eliza Loveday (+Ingpen)
1869 - 1941 Sarah Loveday (+Long)
1872 - 1896 James Loveday
1873 - 1874 Daniel Loveday
. died aged 9 months at sea on the Schiehallion
1875 - 1955 Annie Lydia Loveday (+Pattison)
1876 - 1953 Grace Loveday (+Cross)
1877 - 1890 John Loveday (age 12)
. buried Old Gorge Woodville with sister Elizabeth
1879 - 1934 Mary Loveday (+Treloar)
1881 - Lilly Rebecca Loveday (+Casey)
1883 - 1947 Emily Jane Loveday (+Scott)
1884 - 1887 Elizabeth May Loveday (aged 2)
. buried Old Gorge Woodville with brother John
1890 - 1954 Ethel Maud Loveday (+Whitten)

Oct 1880James's tender for fencing was accepted by the Waipawa County Council - 40 chains @ 10s per chain.
May 1889James was declared bankrupt, it was released in August 1890

More on James & Lydia's 15 children:
George Loveday (1862-1926 Ohura)
married Bessie Doney 1887 Woodville, had:
1888 Edith Lilian Loveday
1890 Leslie George Vivian Loveday
1892 Maude Evangeline Loveday
1895 Herbert Cecil Loveday
1896 Cyril Charles Loveday
1900 Clarence Vincent Loveday

Florence Loveday (1863-1931 Hawera)
married Thomas G Henry Walker 1886 in Sydney & had:
1887 - John William Walker (Aust)
1888 - Ethel M Walker (Aust)
1891 - Sydney Walker (Aust)
1892 - Florence Vera Walker
1894 - Olive Grace Walker
1895 - Lillian Adelaide Walker
1898 - Francis Henry Walker
1900 - James Edgar Walker
1901 - Blanche Nina Walker
1908 - Leslie Vivian Walker
(not all verified as theirs)..

William Loveday (1866-1947)
married Elizabeth Winifred Walker in 1901 Woodville & had:
1889 - Elizabeth Winifred Loveday
1892 - Clara Ivy Loveday
1902 - John Leo Loveday
1903 - Constance Lydia Loveday
1906 - Ethel Vida Loveday
1907 - Grace Evelyn Loveday

Eliza Loveday (1868-1931 Hamilton)
married Francis Alfred Burdette Ingpen in 1891 Woodville & had 6 daughters:
1893 - Ethel Ivy Ingpen
1895 - Constance Maud Ingpen
1897 - Edith Eliza Annie Ingpen
1899 - Grace Lydia Ingpen
1903 - Florence May Ingpen
1907 - Harriet Frances Ingpen

Sarah Loveday (1869-1940 Karori)
married Harry Ernest Long in 1892 Woodville, had:
1892 - Flora Ida Violet Long (+Riggs)
1894 - Myra Mary Lydia Long
1899 - Edna May Long
1902 - Nita Ruth Long (+Robson)
1909 - Jack Harry Hamilton Long

James Loveday (1872-1906 Hamilton)
. didn't marry, buried Hamilton West

Daniel Loveday (1873-1874)
died at sea aged 9 months, 9 March 1874, 1 month after leaving London, on board the Schichallion after having had bronchitis for 4 days

Annie Lydia Loveday (1875-1955 Karori)
married Robert 'Bob' Pattison in 1918 & had 2 children
1918- Kelsey Isabelle Pattison
1923 - Robert Leslie Pattison

Grace Loveday (1876-1853)
married George Henry Styles in 1897
thanks to janedl for the message 21-9-2012 this information is incorrect - a Grace Loveday did marry George Styles but he parents were Joseph and Elizabeth. Grace (19.6.1876 - 27.9.1953) daughter of James and Lydia married George Cross 9.7.1906 and according to Grace death record they had no children
Grace married George Cross in Woodville in 1906

John Loveday (1878-1890 Woodville)
. aged 12, buried Old Gorge with sister Elizabeth May

Mary Loveday (1879-1934 Hamilton)
married Seymour Pope Treloar in 1912 Hamilton & had 3 children
1914 - Minnie Irene Treloar
1918 - Mary Catherine Treloar
1919 - Seymour William Treloar

Lily Rebecca Loveday (1881 Woodville - 1951 Hamilton)
married Richard 'Dick' Casey 1906 & had at least 11 children

Emily Jane Loveday (1883 Woodville - 1947 Hamilton)
married Victor Roy Scott in 1905 Hamilton, had:
1907 - Grace Ethel Scott
1908 - May Scott

Elizabeth May Loveday (1884-1887 Woodville)
. died aged 2, buried Old Gorge with brother John

Ethel Maude Loveday (1890 Woodville - 1954 Hamilton
married Robert Henry Whitten in 1913 & had 5 children
1914 - 1954 Ethel May Whitten (+Jackson +Kennell)
1916 - 1996 Norma Irene Whitten (+Bain)
1918 - 1968 Robert Reginald Whitten (+Saunderson)
1919 - 1919 John William Whitten (29 hours)
1920 - 1998 Thelma Loveday Whitten (+Reynolds +Brook)

Woodville Examiner, 7 Feb 1913
James Loveday Mr William Loveday this morning received a wire announcing the death of his father which occurred at Hamilton. The deceased was one of the first settlers in the Woodville district and left for Hamilton with his family about eight years ago.

He is buried with his wife Lydia and next to a possible brother, William Loveday (1844 - 1913)