OTAGO EARLY SETTLERS

Otago Daily Times, Issue 18218, 13 April 1921, Page 2

OTAGO EARLY SETTLERS

MONTHLY MEETING, The monthly committee meeting was held in the board room yesterday, the president (Dr Fulton) in the chair. The following gifts were received, and votes of thanks passed to the donors: —From Mis E. V. Briscoe (Dunedin), framed! portrait of herself, Gloucester, 1858; C. C. Armstrong (Dunedin), framed photo of Otago Hussars drilling at Ocean Beach; Mrs M. Henderson (Anderson’s Bay), framed portrait of her late father, James Gray, Arima, 1863; Miller family (per A. A. Fleming, Green Island), framed portrait in oil of their late grandparents, Mr and Mrs R. Cramond (East Taieri), Mary, 1849; Mrs J. W. Brown (Gore), framed portrait of her late grandfather, Donald Sinclair, first Gaelic missionary in Otago, Victus, 1864; C. Lees (North-East Valley), framed portrait cf his late grandfather, George Shand (East Taieri), Maori, 18S2; Mrs M. Taylor (Frederick street), photo of her lato father, Peter M'Gregor (NorthEast Valley), Robert Henderson, 1858; Mrs M'Clmtock (William street), book published 1839; A. Morrison (Stirling), number of old documents; Dr Fulton, old map of Wakatipu district; W. J. Marsh (Wyndham), volume of Government G-azettcs, 1863, map of Otago, 1863, handbook for Now Zealand emigrants, 1848; James Knox (York place), copper token (Day and Mieville), 1857; Alexander Gilmore (Shag Valley) ,number of old books, 18oS; Mrs Waghorn, old newspapers, 1807-1811; P. C. Grant (Miller’s Flat), framed enlargement “Old Man Rock,” Alexandra; ..eass Burt (Dunedin), framed portrait of her late father, Alexander Burt, City of Hobart, 1861; Dr Oolquhoun, litho. picture, “Burke's Brewery in the ’Seventies”; Mrs J. H. Matheson (Roslyn), framedl portrait of her lato parents, Mr and Mrs R. Grigor (Balclutha), father Three Bells, 1858, mother Star of Tasmania, 1862. The following deaths were recorded; —R. M. Roberts; Christchurch (78), Gabriel’s Gully, 1861; Mrs Joan White, Mihiwaka (74), Sevilla, 1862; Mrs Alice Hartley, Oamaru (90), John Duncan, 1863; Samuel Philp, Port Chalmers (90), Lightning, 1864; Thomas M'Dowall, Moa Flat (95), Gabriel’s Gully, 1861; Q. B. Neale, Roslyn (73), Chili, 1867; David Dunn, Oamaru (80), arrived 1863; John Hogg, Evans Flat (84), early ’sixties; Thomas Walker, North-East Valley (62), Ocean Chief, 3861; . W. Familton, Oamaru, arrived 1855; Daniel Haynes, Dunedin (87), arrived 1861; Mrs Joseph Braitbwaite, Dunedin (65),arrived 1861; Mrs Jane Ford, Dunedin (61), England, 1865; Captain John Eemech, Roslyn (74), arrived ’sixties); James Kennedy, Waikouaiti (73), Celestial Queen, 1868; Mrs Beckingsale, Arthur street (79), Omeo, 1862; Anders Johansen (Old Andy), arrived Otago, 1863 (aged 87); William Dick, Pukehiki (83), Robert Henderson. 1860; Robert Leishman, North Taieri, Robert Henderson, 1860. Tho following early settlers were enrolled: Mrs M. A. Dunbar (nee Brunton), Hamcueu (Mariner, 1859); Mrs B. Porteoua (nee Brunton), Warrington (Mariner, 1859); Mrs W. Pucldy (nee Hewitt), Waikouaiti (Ben Lomond. 1863); J. R. Clark, Waitati (Three Bells, 1858); 'Mrs O. Mitchell (nee Paterson), Albany street (City of Dunedin, 1863); Robert Cumberbeach, Waikouaiti (Strathmore, 1856); A. ■4. Fleming, Green Island (City of Dunedin, 1868); Mrs Charles- Lemon, Wellington (Cosmopolite, I 860),; John Spratt, Mosgiel (Escort, 1862); Mrs George Hutchison, Oamaru (Three Bells, 1858); Walter Briggs, Castle street (Escort, 1862); Robert M’Donald, Oamaru (Aldinga, 1861); Edward Hewitt, Caversham (Lady Egidia, 1861); Thomas Glendining, Dunedin (Resolute, 1866); Mrs G. Mitchell (nee Rutherford), Dundias street (Helenslee, 1868); James Cooper. Anderson’s Boy road (Bruce, 1860); Mias Wilhelmina Ross, Eden street (Ellen Simpson, 1862); Mrs H. Burrows (nee Hastie), Balclutha (Jura, 1858); ™ J. Spratt, Mosgiel (England, 1865; John Mills, Parnell, Auckland (Twins, 1849);, Mrs Margaret' Cotton (nee .Atkinson), Waipori, °hn Craig, Caroline (M'aori, 18a7); Mre Thomas Hope, St. Andrew- street (Storm-cloud. 1861); Mrs Helen M'Taggart, North-East Valley (Palmyra, 1858); Alexander Jenkins, Invercargill (Omeo, 1860). Twenty-eight descendants of early settlers were also enrolled.