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The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Canterbury Provincial District]

Adamson, Alexander

Adamson, Alexander, Farmer, Glencoe Farm, Silverstream. Mr. Adamson was born in 1872, at Washdyke, near Timaru, and attended school at Albury and Fairlie. He was brought up to farming, and for eleven years worked on the Allandale station. He then took up 277 acres of leasehold land at Albury, and worked it as a sheep and agricultural farm. In 1900 Mr. Adamson leased his present farm of 322 acres, upon which he runs a flock of 300 sheep and also crops about 100 acres. At one time he owned a butchery business at Fairlie in conjunction with his brother-in-law, Mr. Milne, but abandoned it after eighteen months. He has been a member of the Fairlie Oddfellows' Lodge since 1888, and is also a member of the Farmers' Union, and the Mackenzie Agricultural Society. Mr. Adamson was married, in 1898, to a daughter of Mr. James Milne, of Albury, and has one son and one daughter.

Burford, photo.Mr. and Mrs A. Adamson.

Burford, photo.
Mr. and Mrs A. Adamson.