Macdonald Dictionary Record: John Allan

Maker
George Ranald Macdonald
Production date
1952-1964
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One record, handwritten in ink on rectangular card, with biographical information for John Allan. Written by George Ranald Macdonald for the Macdonald Dictionary of Canterbury Biography project, 1952-1964.
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Christchurch
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Library
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G R Macdonald Dictionary of Canterbury Biographies
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A94
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A94
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A94
Marks and Inscriptions
Marks/Inscriptions: A. 94 Allan , John (1846 -1925) was born in Dumbarton shire , Scotland and Educated in umber auld paish. He managed his fathers farm for five years be fore he and his wife came out in the Opara in '78. for two years he was farm manager for M Davis of Water ton . He then stared for himself at Geraldine on 6yo acres of teas child and 72 of Re hold. . and bought sold this farm in '97 , a farm of 1000 ac. out of Alen.ark stale in the Waikari flat. He reas app. a J.P. in '97. He was three fees a mem ver of the Geraldine Sch. comm . and after he m o veel to Was Kari was a member of the Waipara d Bd. and later of the same body when it became the Waipara Count Coun. He was a very successful fatter of Stock. He was a skilled ( n marr in d plough m Scotland and lhe judged at plein ding matches in N.Z. He was A member 1of the Canterbury Lend Board for 15 years and was a director of the N.Z. Farthest Co-op. Assoc. He was a member and President of the Haw arden A. + P. Assoc. He took a pen interest in the Caledonia Soc. He had a fill from a tracer in 1921 and never fully recovered for it. married in Scot land o 76 a daura of Joseph Forester of Hall farm Amber auld Cyclop N.Z 11 ; P. 17.7.25 LT. 13.7.25.; Type of mark: Machine translation/Transcription; Notes: Machine translation by Mark Fryer
Marks/Inscriptions: A.94 2 Allan John, family. Alexander, Waikari Thomas Wellington, Waikari James Dunsandel Wm. Allan , Cheviot. John f killed in 1914 War. Robert daus Mrs B. Darrock, Waipara J. Wallis , Po pani h. Johns , Fielding. He d. 10.7.25 aged 80 at 1Lester Rd. Ch Ch.; Type of mark: Machine translation/Transcription; Notes: Machine translation by Mark Fryer

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