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The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Otago & Southland Provincial Districts]

Dobson, William

Dobson, William , Farmer, Cross Ford, Island Cliff. Mr. Dobson was born in 1855, near Derry, Ireland, and was brought up to an outdoor life. He arrived in Port Chalmers by the ship “Parsee,” and shortly after-wards settled in the Ngapara district. About 1883 he commenced cropping, and followed that calling for a number of years, before leasing his present farm of 100 acres at Cross Ford. Mr. Dobson is a member of the Island Cliff school committee, and is attached to the Ngapara Lodge of the Independent Order of Oddfellows. He was married, in 1879, to a daughter of the late Mr. Henry Diver, of Donegal, Ireland, and has four sons and two daughters.