Morrow, David
Date of birth
1837
Date of death
1920
Biography
David Morrow married Madeleine Bassett of Downpatrick, County Down, N. Ireland. He/they came to N.Z. in 1866, settled in Christchurch, where he opened hardware firm Morrow and Bassett cnr Cashel and High Sts in Oct. 1866. Returned to Ulster for 2nd marriage, to Elizabeth Bailie, in 1877, returning via U.S.A. where he visited the Chicago Expo and imported 800 examples of the McCormick reaper and binder (?the first in New Zealand). He bought Montalto run in Mid Canterbury and was 1st Managing Director of Canterbury Frozen Meat Co.