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

Mcbreen, William

Mcbreen, William , Farmer, Ida Valley. Mr. McBreen was born in 1845 in County Tyrone, Ireland, and was brought up to agriculture. He arrived in Auckland in 1863, by the ship “Nimrod,” and two years later removed to Otago. In goldmining he was not very successful, though he had at Ophir, and on the West Coast, experiences which extended over eight years. Mr. McBreen settled in 1874, in Ida Valley, where his property consists of 400 acres of freehold, and a similar, area of leasehold land. He was married, in 1882, to the widow of the late Mr. G. Thompson, of Ida Valley, and has two sons and five daughters.