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

Mr. John Francis Lopdell

Mr. John Francis Lopdell , one of the partners of the firm of Sutherland and Lopdell, was born in 1844, in County Galway, Ireland, where his father was well known as the master of the Gal way hounds. Mr Lopdell came to Victoria in 1872, gained experience in connection with sawmilling, and engaged in the trade
Gerstenkorn, photo. Mr. J. F. Lopdell

Gerstenkorn, photo.
Mr. J. F. Lopdell

on his own account for some time. In 1884, he arrived in New Zealand by the s.s. “Tarawera,” and settled in Invercargill; and, since then, except for about four years, when he engaged in farming, Mr Lopdell has been connected with the sawmilling trade in Southland. In 1876, he married, in Victoria, a daughter of the late Mr James Monk, of that colony, and has, surviving, eight sons and three daughters.