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The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Otago & Southland Provincial Districts]

Alderson, David

page 953

Alderson, David , Farmer, “Hopedale,” Koromiko, Waihoaka. Mr Alderson was born in 1857, in County Durham, England, where he was educated. When twenty years of age, he came to New Zealand by the ship “Western Monarch,” and landed at the Bluff. For six months after his arrival, he worked as a ploughman at Merino Downs, Tapanui, and was then employed for nine months by Mr Cowan, of Benmore. Later on, he worked at Lake Wakatipu, and settled, in 1881, in the Orepuki district, where he has since been engaged in mining and farming. His fine farm, known as “Hopedale,” consisting of 400 acres of freehold land, is devoted to dairying and general farming, the milk being delivered at the Te Tua factory. Mr Alderson was married, in 1903, to the widow of the late Mr J. H. Young, of Hopedale Farm. Mrs Alderson had seven sons and three daughters by her former marriage.

Mr. and Mrs D. Alderson.

Mr. and Mrs D. Alderson.