The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Otago & Southland Provincial Districts]
Blaikie, William
Blaikie, William , Farmer, “Sunnyside,” Ryal Bush. Mr Blaikie was born in 1847, in Roxburghshire, Scotland, where he was educated. He accompanied his father to Port Chalmers, in 1860, by the ship “Robert Henderson,” and was brought up to farming in the Ryal Bush district. Mr Blaikie is owner of 300 acres of freehold, which he acquired in 1874, and he has brought his property to a fine state of cultivation. He has been a member of the Ryal Bush school committee on two or three occasions. Mr Blaikie was married, in 1891, to a daughter of Mr Thomas Hodgkinson, of Hanley, Staffordshire, England, and has three sons and two daughters.
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Mr. And Mrs W. Blaikie.