MRS. W. T. BEATTIE
(By Telegraph.—Own Correspondent.) WHANGAREI, Monday. Mrs. W., T..Beattie is dead, aged 81. She left her home in Kilrush/ Northern Ireland, when she was 16 years old spending some time in Queensland before going to Te Kako run, in the Mackenzie Country. At the age of 20 she married and went with her husband to his farm at Hilton. Since his death fifteen years ago she had lived for the most part with her married daughters, of whom there are three, Mrs. J. P. Findlay (Paeroa), Mrs. C. F. Collins (Whangarei), Mrs. J. Harvey (Kanieri). There are also an unmarried daughter, Miss Beattie (Ashburton) and two sons, Messrs. A»«pBeattie (Temuka) and Edward Beattie (Mackenzie Country). Mrs. Beattie was a most interesting authority on pioneer life of the Mackenzie Country.
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Auckland Star, Volume LX, Issue 172, 23 July 1929, Page 19
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