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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Botting, Francis William , Farmer, Livingstone. Mr. Botting was born in 1860, near the mouth of the Murray river. South Australia, and came to New Zealand with his parents on the 25th of May, 1866. The family lived at Naseby for the first five years, and were a year in Dunedin before settling in the Livingstone district. Mr. Botting started mining on his own account in 1877, and although his time is now principally employed as a cattle dealer and in sheep-farming, he is still the owner of three mining claims. His property consists of 400 acres, together with a freehold of an acre on which his homestead stands. Mr. Botting has served as a member of the local school committee. He was married, in 1881, to a daughter of Mr. James McQuade, of Deborah, near Oamaru, and has two sons and three daughters.