Macdonald Dictionary Record: Robert Bishop

Maker
George Ranald Macdonald
Production date
1952-1964
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One record, handwritten in ink on rectangular card, with biographical information for Robert Bishop. 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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B455
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B455
Catalogue number
B455
Marks and Inscriptions
Marks/Inscriptions: B. 455. Bishop, Robert (1851 - 09) was the second son of James Bishop and Mary Langford , his wife, and was born 10.7.51. He came out in the Carol s and his ( in Charlotte, came out with him. He worked aroline Agnes is Cous Homebush + sole osu most of his time on various stations until the Bishop brothers Settled on the Harewood Road. He bull him self a cot cottage near the Upper )walls, Heathcote. The thich Woo were form fost high and the roof high pitched. When his brother James arrived with his family in the Maori in 58 he made arrangement s for him to 9o to the cottage. He was a pioneer of sodden fencing and sod house building . He fareed his farms at Son th bridge and Hororata in this mare. He used his cottage for his headquarters When he was in ChCh and often put up his friends there. He sold his Southbridge farm to Frederick Alfred Bishop his nephew His brothers James and William divided his land between them. He d. 22.7.09 aged 82 His cousin Charlotte was dressmaker buried Harewood Cem. and had beenladys maid to Lady Kingsley. She was refund and 1 elect al. she worked at dress making at Lylt. ChCh, Por.t Chalmers southbridge + Ashburton she combined small drapery business with fam. inf. dress making.; Type of mark: Machine translation/Transcription; Notes: Machine translation by Mark Fryer

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