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

Senior, Joseph Robson

Senior, Joseph Robson , Farmer, “Knottingley,” Caroline. Mr. Senior was born in 1852, in the West Riding of Yorkshire, England, and was educated at Pontefract. He left for Australia in 1877 by the s.s. “Chimborazo,” and followed various pursuits in New South Wales for five years. After re-visiting the Old Country he came to New Zealand in 1883 and settled in Southland, where he acquired his farm of 400 acres, on which he systematically grows crops and depastures stock. Mr. Senior was married in 1893 to a daughter of Mr. Alexander Jenkins, of Dipton.