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

Mr. Alfred Frederick Blatch

Mr. Alfred Frederick Blatch arrived in Otago by the ship “John Wickliffe,” in 1848. He was born at Cleggate, in Surrey, England, in 1835, and in November, 1847, left for New page 969 Zealand, with his parents. His father took up land in the Taieri district. After working some years on farms in the vicinity of Dunedin, Mr A. F. Blatch went to Maungatua, where he worked for some time, but afterwards spent many years on various stations in the Otago district, finishing up with eight years on Cottesbrook station. In March, 1874, he took up a farm on the Otago Peninsula, where he carried on dairying and market gardening. He held three farms on the Peninsula at different times. When the Waiau land was thrown open, in 1893. Mr Blatch succeeded in securing a good section, and he now holds Birch Grove farm, of 930 acres. He also holds the Sunnyside station, Waiau, of 640 acres of freehold, and 10,900 acres of leasehold. For several years, Mr Blatch was a member of the Peninsula Road Board. While residing at North East Harbour he was a member of the school committee, of which he was chairman for some time, and also of the library com-committee, as well as being one of the cemetery trustees. He is a member of the local school committee and of the Cemetery Trust at Clifden, and also a prominent member of the Farmers' Union, and of the Southland Farmers' Co-operative Association. Mr Blatch was married, in 1870, to a daughter of the late Mr William Henry Monson, architect and builder, Dunedin, and has a family of nine sons and three daughters. Mr Monson was a fellow passenger of Mr Blatch, and his daughter (Mrs Blatch) was born in Dunedin, in 1849.

Gerstenkorn, photo.Mr. And Mrs A. F. Blatch.

Gerstenkorn, photo.
Mr. And Mrs A. F. Blatch.