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

Irving, John Carlyle

Irving, John Carlyle , Farmer, Roslyn Plains, Roslyn Bush. Mr Irving was born in 1830, in Dumfries-shire, Scotland, where he was
Gerstenkorn, photo.Mr. J. C. Irving.

Gerstenkorn, photo.
Mr. J. C. Irving.

brought up to farming. In 1854 he he arrived in Victoria, where he worked for a time on the diggings before coming to New Zealand in 1862. Mr Irving followed mining for several years, and was at Gabriel's Gully and Hartley and Riley goldfields; but in 1865 he took up 120 acres of freehold and 290 acres of leasehold land at Roslyn Plains. The land was then in its native state, but has since been brought into thorough cultivation. Mr Irving served for a term as a member of the Lyndhurst Road Board. He was for twenty years treasurer of the Roslyn Plains school committee, and has been for many years connected with the Southland Agricultural and Pastoral Association, of which he has been, successively, director, vice-president, and president. Mr Irving was married, in Victoria, to a daughter of the late Mr William Stewart, of Oban, Scotland. His wife died in 1879, leaving six sons and two daughters.