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The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Otago & Southland Provincial Districts]
Souter, James
Souter, James , Farmer, Spar Bush. Mr Souter was born in the parish of Rayne, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, in 1833, and was brought up to farming by his father. He arrived at Port Chalmers by the ship “Pladda,” in October, 1861, and for eighteen months worked at Waikouaiti, where he purchased a house and section. Afterwards he bought a team of horses, and was engaged in the Palmerston district in carting coal from Shag Point. In 1882, Mr Souter removed to Springbank, where he resided for six years, before purchasing 200 acres of freehold land at Spar Bush. The land was then in its rough state, without drains and fences, but it has now been brought under cultivation. Mr Souter married a daughter of the late Mr George Deans, of Aberdeenshire, and has one son and one daughter, and ten grandchildren.