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

Mr. John Symington

Mr. John Symington , District Deputy Grand Master of the North Otago District Independent Order of Oddfellows, was born in Roxburghshire, Scotland, on the 16th of July, 1853. He was educated chiefly at Fountain Hall school, Midlothian, and was brought up as a dyer in Selkirkshire. Mr. Symington was engaged in Scotland to take charge of the dyeing department of the Oamaru Woollen Factory, and came to the Colony by the R.M.S. “Rimutaka,” in August, 1886, and since then he has been in the employment of the company. He is an Oddfellow, and is attached to Lodge Alfred, in which he has passed all the chairs. Mr. Symington was elected District Deputy Grand Master of the Order of Oddfellows in 1892, and was re-elected in 1897, and again in 1899. He was married in 1878 to a daughter of the late Mr. John Inglis, of Selkirk, and has five daughters and one son.