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The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Otago & Southland Provincial Districts]
Brown, Thomas
Brown, Thomas , Farmer, Whitecliff, Green Valley. Mr. Brown was born on the 19th of April, 1822, in Lanarkshire, Scotland. He was brought up to country pursuits, but subsequently engaged in coal mining, and came to New Zealand by the ship “Helenslea,” in 1868, when he settled in the Palmerston district. In 1878 he purchased land on the Shag River, and subsequently removed to Green Valley. Mr. Brown has served on the Green Valley Road Board, and school committee. He was married, in 1843, to a daughter of the late Mr. Robert Scott, of Lesmahagow, Scotland. Mrs Brown died in 1892, leaving six sons and three daughters, and there are now thirty-eight grandchildren and four great grandchildren.
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Mr. T. Brown.