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Tales of Banks Peninsula

No. 37.—Mr. John Gebbie

page 259

No. 37.—Mr. John Gebbie.

Mr. John Gebbie and family were among the earliest pioneers to Canterbury, travelling down in the schooner Richmond in 1843, the same vessel which brought the Deans, Hays and Sinclairs. Mr. Gebbie stayed at Riccarton for two years. Later he took up land at the head of Port Cooper, now called Teddington, and acquired a fine estate, including that portion in the valley now called Gebbie's Valley Mr. Gebbie had both cattle and sheep, and was well known as a splendid manager of sheep. Unlike so many settlers Mr. Gebbie died in the early fifties, when a comparatively young man, leaving four sons and two daughters. His grandchildren now own the property he acquired, and are among the best known families in Canterbury.