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The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Otago & Southland Provincial Districts]
Mr. Robert Cowan
Mr. Robert Cowan , who has lived in retirement on his farm at Sandymount since 1881, was born in Renfrewshire. Scotland, and came to Dunedin by the ship “Lady Egidia” in 1861, with his wife, five daughters and one son. At first he was engaged in road making and various other work about Anderson's Bay, and in 1863 purchased a farm at Sandymount, to which he removed two years later. The land was then practically covered with bush, but is now in a fine state of cultivation. Mr. Cowan was for many years a member of the Portobello Road Board and school committee, but retired from active life in 1881. Of his family of six, four are now alive, and there are forty-five grandchildren and twenty-five great-grandchildren. Mr. and Mrs Cowan are still hale and hearty, and will celebrate their Diamond Wedding in December, 1904.
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Mr. and Mrs R. Cowan.