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

Author: Cyclopedia Company Limited

Publication details: The Cyclopedia Company, Limited, 1905, Christchurch

Part of: The Cyclopedia of New Zealand

License: Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 New Zealand Licence

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Shand, John Thomas , Settler, Kennington. Mr Shand was born in 1852, at Cabrach, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, where he was brought up to farming. He came to New Zealand in 1875, worked on a farm at Centre Bush for four or five years, and then started sawmilling in the Winton district. A few years later, Mr Shand acquired a farm at Benmore, in the same district, but gave it up to take a property at Myross Bush, where he remained for six years. In 1898 Mr Shand gave up farming, and came to reside at Kennington, where he has been a member of the school committee since his arrival in the district. He was married, in 1880, to Miss Brown, of County Galway, Ireland, and has four sons and two daughters.