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The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Otago & Southland Provincial Districts]
Mr. Alexander Swhan
Mr. Alexander Swhan , who now resides at Waikiwi, was born in 1839, in Kircudbrightshire, Scotland, where he was brought up to farming. He arrived in Victoria, in 1856, and came to Oamaru in 1860 by the ship “Armin.” After residing for some years in Otago and Southland, Mr Swhan engaged in farming at Mataura, for about twelve months, when he bought a share in the Mokoia estate at Hawera, Taranaki. He subsequently, however, sold his interest in the estate, and returned to Southland, where he was for five years manager for Mr W. A. Tolmie's trustees, at Waipahi. He afterwards held the position of supervisor of the Southland properties of the Scottish and New Zealand Investment Company for eleven years, before settling at Waikiwi in 1898. Mr Swhan was married, in 1875, to a daughter of the late Mr Alexander Carmichael, of Argyle, Scotland, and has three sons and three daughters.
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Mr. A. Swhan.