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The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Otago & Southland Provincial Districts]
Mr. John Mathieson
Mr. John Mathieson , sometime of “Springfield,” Highcliff, was born in Midlothian, Scotland, and came to Port Chalmers, with his wife and family, by the ship “Jura” in 1858. He first settled at Grant's Braes, Anderson's Bay, and seven years later he purchased the Springfield farm, on which he resided until his death in 1887, at the age of sixty-seven. Mr. Mathieson always took an interest in local affairs, and was for several years a member (and also chairman) of the Peninsula Road Board. He was a member of the Peninsula Agricultural and Pastoral Association, and took an active part in forming the local library. Mrs Mathieson died in 1883, leaving one son and two daughters.
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The late Mr. J. Mathieson.