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

Mr. William Brown

Mr. William Brown , formerly Manager of Chester Mains Farm, was born in Lanarkshire, Scotland, in February, 1864. He was brought up to agriculture, and had the charge of a farm for about four years, before coming to Port Chalmers by the “Florida” in 1884. Mr. Brown settled in the Dunstan district, where he was for a short time engaged in goldmining, but he became manager of “Chester Mains” in 1890. He was married, in 1884, to a daughter of Mr. John Weir, of Lanarkshire, Scotland, and had one son and one daughter. Mr. Brown died early in the year 1993.