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The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Otago & Southland Provincial Districts]

Burns, Andrew

Burns, Andrew , Farmer and Carpenter, Otakau. Mr Burns was born in 1852, in Fifeshire, Scotland, where he was educated and brought up as a carpenter. He arrived at Lyttelton in
Gerstenkorn, photo.Mr. And Mrs A. Burns.

Gerstenkorn, photo.
Mr. And Mrs A. Burns.

page 925 1870, and worked at his trade in Dune-din and elsewhere In 1890, he settled at Otakau, where he secured ninety-two acres of perpetual-lease land, and erected his homestead. The land was originally covered with bush, but most of it has since been cleared. Mr Burns served for a time in the Dunedin Rifles and is now a member of the Otakau school committee. He was married, in Riverton, in 1880, to a daughter of Mr Robert McDowall, of Riverton and Ore-puki, and has five daughters and three sons.