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

Craig, John

Craig, John , Farmer, Caroline. Mr Craig holds a farm of about 600 acres in the Caroline Valley; 285 acres freehold, and 311 acres leasehold, about three miles from Caroline siding. Mr Craig was born at Glenluce, Wigtonshire, Scotland, in 1851, and arrived at Port Chalmers in 1875, by the ship “Maori.” He was educated at Dune-din, and worked on his father's farm at Goodwood, until he started farming in the Shag Valley district with his brothers. In 1874, he took up land in the Oamaru district with his brother James. After leaving Oamaru he took up, in 1883, a small section near Caroline siding, where he engaged in the firewood trade. In 1886, he took up 150 acres at Dipton, but sold out in 1900 to remove to Caroline. In 1877, Mr Craig married a daughter of Mr George Lindsay, of “Birkenshaw,” Milton, and has five sons and three daughters.