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

Thomson, Thomas

Thomson, Thomas , Farmer, “Meadowlea,” Thomson's. Mr Thomson was born in August, 1848, in Perthshire, Scotland, and came to Port Chalmers with his father's family by the ship “Lady Raglan,” in 1864. In 1883, Mr Thomson bought his property of “Meadowlea,” which consists of 341 acres of freehold. The land was then mostly in tussocks and swamp, but has since been well drained by means of four-inch and six-inch pipes. The drainage involved a large outlay, but resulted in the property being brought into a good state of cultivation. Mr Thomson has been a breeder of Clydesdale horses, Shorthorn cattle for dairy purposes, and half-bred sheep. He was married, in 1882, to a daughter of Mr Andrew Kinross, of Invercargill, and has two sons and three daughters.