The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Otago & Southland Provincial Districts]
Waters, David
Waters, David
, Farmer, “Sandymount,” Mataura Island. Mr Waters
was born in 1816, in Caithncss-shire, Scotland, where he was brought up to farming. He came to Port Chalmers in 1876 by the ship “Duncdin,” and
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for the first five years after his arrival he worked and farmed at Shag Valley. In 1881, Mr Waters removed to Benmore Flat, where he farmed a property of about 300 acres until June, 1888, when he acquired his present property of 308 acres of freehold land, at Mataura Island. He carries on mixed farming, and, in 1904, had about fifty cows in milk. Mr Waters has greatly improved his property by draining, fencing, and the erection of buildings. He has been a director of the local dairy factory for about nine years, and is also a member of the school committee. Mr Waters was married a short time before leaving the Old Country, to a daughter of the late Mr William Manson, of Caithness, Scotland, and has four sons and two daughters.
Gerstenkorn, photo.
Mr. D. Waters.