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The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Auckland Provincial District]

Mr. Patrick Campbell

Mr. Patrick Campbell, sometime Old Settler, Totara North, was born in Donegal, Ireland, in 1839. The son of a farmer, he followed agricultural pursuits till he came to New Zealand in 1866 per ship “Alexander.” At Auckland he was engaged in the construction of water-works, afterwards following the calling of a brickmaker for a few months, when he went to Whangaroa and resided in the old mission house and engaged in timber work. He purchased 200 acres and continued to farm the property up to the time of his death. Being a most industrious worker, Mr. Campbell improved his farm wonderfully and having a retiring disposition never mixed up in public affairs. He was a conscientious, religious man, and a regular attendant at the district church, in which he took more than usual interest, and was on friendly terms with all his fellow-settlers, by whom his death was deeply regretted. He left a wife and four sons and two daughters.