The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Otago & Southland Provincial Districts]
Mr. James Goymer Steans
Mr. James Goymer Steans
, Postmaster and Telephonist at Waianiwa, was born in 1863, in Manchester, England, where he was educated and brought up to a mercantile life. He came to Port Chalmers by the ship “Dunedin,” in 1880, and afterwards settled in Invercargill. Mr Steans commenced business on his own account as a storekeeper, in 1891. He was chairman of
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the Waianiwa school committee in 1903, is connected with the Shamrock, Rose and Thistle Lodge of Oddfellows, and is treasurer of the Waianiwa Athletic
Society. Mr Steans was married, in August, 1886, to a daughter of Mr Philip King, of Wainaiwa, and has six sons and two daughters.
Mr. J. G. Steans.