The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Otago & Southland Provincial Districts]
Mrs Christina Callaghan
Mrs Christina Callaghan , Proprietress of the Shamrock Hotel, is a daughter of the late Mr Thomas
Harrison, farmer, of East Taieri, who came to New Zealand in 1848. She was born at Christon, Kirkintilloch, Scotland, in 1837, accompanied her parents to the colony, and lived with them until 1854, when she married Mr Robert Montgomery McDowall, a school teacher. Two sons and two daughters born of this marriage are now alive. In 1875, she married Mr John Callaghan, to whom she bore four sons and six daughters. Mrs Callaghan
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settled thirty-eight years ago at Orepuki, where she was the first white woman. She afterwards built the Havelock Hotel at Riverton, and conducted it for six years, when she built her present house and has held it ever since. Despite the fact that she is a great-grandmother, Mrs Callaghan is an enthusiastic cyclist. She also drives a motor-car, having bought a fine “Swift” in 1903.
Mrs C. Callaghan.