Macdonald Dictionary Record: Robert Lock Owen

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George Ranald Macdonald
Production date
1952-1964
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One record, handwritten in ink on rectangular card, with biographical information for Robert Lock Owen. Written by George Ranald Macdonald for the Macdonald Dictionary of Canterbury Biography project, 1952-1964.
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Christchurch
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G R Macdonald Dictionary of Canterbury Biographies
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O146
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O146
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O146
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Marks/Inscriptions: ) 146 boy of 15 Owen, Capt. Robert hock (1832 -1904) went to sea as a 4oo e user and served in the R.N. as a young man . He was in the H. M.S. Nile in the Baltic during the Cr ulan War and received the Bullie medal . He left ( E Navy and later comman dec Sever al ships on the Ch ha trade . He came to N.Z. later and retired from the sed in 79. He was an examiner of Masters and mates for their certificates together with Capt. F - Gibson and Capt. Mc In tyre and was an ad jester o y Compares. Hr was considered an ex cellar t camar er of c He and his wife were appointed super in ten dents of the Lylt. Sailors Home which was opened Dee. 83 It was built out of publics subs. , proceeds of Am ion s S. Co 's Wa kat ipn excursion tip to Akaroa. together with a grant trom the Lylt. Harb. Bd. There were 23 single bed rooms , a billiard room etc. He d. at Sailors Home 8.12.04 left a widow , io famil LT. 5.12.83 : 9.12.04.; Type of mark: Machine translation/Transcription; Notes: Machine translation by Mark Fryer

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