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The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Canterbury Provincial District]

Barr, John

Barr, John, Stock Dealer, Sockburn. Mr. Barr was born in Ayrshire, Scotland, in 1858. Two years later he was brought out to Lyttelton by his father, the late Mr. Porteus Barr, in the ship “William Miles.” Soon after their arrival the family settled at Courtenay, where Mr. Barr, senior, took up land, and remained there for ten years. Mr. Barr farmed in the Annat district for about twenty years, after which he went to Gisborne, where he resided up to the time of his death. He was chairman and member of the Sheffield Road Board for several years, and he also served on the local school committee. Mr. John Barr was brought up on the farms at Courtenay and Sheffield, and afterwards went to Ashburton, where he was for four years farming on his own account. On returning to Sheffield he farmed there for three years, but was compelled to leave on account of ill-health. He then removed to Sockburn, where he took up twenty acres for grazing purposes, and has since been successfully engaged in stock dealing. Mr. Barr has been a member of the Order of Oddfellows, and passed through the chairs of the Malvern Lodge. He married a daughter of Mr. Andrew Dawson, an old resident of Waterton, and has a family of six sons and three daughters. The eldest son is engaged with his father in his business.