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The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Otago & Southland Provincial Districts]
Mr. Thomas Mawhinney
Mr. Thomas Mawhinney , sometime of “Fairview,” Maruimato (White Sow Valley), Wedderburn, was born in County Derry, Ireland. He arrived in Lyttelton, New Zealand, by the ship “Piako,” in 1830, and settled a few years afterwards in Otago, at White Sow Valley. There he held 2000 acres of land; 1000 under a lease in perpetuity, and 1000 as a small grazing run. In 1898 he shore 1200 sheep. Mr. Mawhinney married a daughter of the late Mr. Melrose, formerly of Perthshire, Scotland, and latterly a Government nurseryman in the forestry department at Wedderburn. Since Mr. Mawhinney's death on the 25th of September, 1902, “Fairview” has been let to a tenant, and Mrs Mawhinney now (1904) resides in Dunedin, with her children — three daughters and one son. Mr. Mawhinney was forty-two years of age at the time of his death.
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Mrs Mawhinney And The Late Mr. T. Mawhinney.