The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Otago & Southland Provincial Districts]
Heenan, Michael
Heenan, Michael
, Farmer, “Brooklands,” Pyramid. Mr Heenan was born at Burr, King's County, Ireland, in 1849, and was brought by his parents to Port Chalmers in 1851 in the ship “Mariner.” The family settled at North East Valley, and later on removed to the Taieri. After some years spent on his father's farm, and on other farms, Mr Heenan took up “Brooklands,” which comprises 300 acres, close to Pyramid siding, and which he devotes to dairying. He also owns “Bannockburn,” of 146 acres, in the same district, which is occupied by one of his sons, and a third farm of 200 acres in the Rivers-dale district, named “Ballyhooley,” is let to a tenant for dairying. Mr Heenan was for many years a member of the Presbyterian church committee at Riversdale, and also of the school committee there, and he now is a member of the Pyramid school committee. He was married, in 1870, to a daughter of the late Mr John Styles, of
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Otago Peninsula, and has six daughters and five sons.
Mr. And Mrs M. Heenan And Family.