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The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Otago & Southland Provincial Districts]
Lawrence, Cornelius Henry
Lawrence, Cornelius Henry , Farmer, “Greenhead,” Hedgehope. Mr Lawrence was born in 1866, at Makarewa, where his father is a farmer, and was educated in Victoria, to which his parents had removed when he was about eleven years old. After ten years in Victoiia, the family returned to New Zealand, and Mr C. H. Lawrence, in partnership with two brothers, farmed at Makarewa from 1890 to 1899. Subsequently, he removed to the Hedgehope district, and bought his present property of 518 acres, on which he conducts mixed farming. His house is situated within a short distance of the Hedgehope railway station. Mr Lawrence is president of the local branch of the Farmers' Union, chairman of the Public Hall Committee, a director of the Southland Agricultural and Pastoral Association, and he has also been a page 996 member of the school committee, and chairman of the Athletic Society. When in Melbourne he took part in athletic contests, and in running and rowing events. Mr Lawrence was married, in 1898, to a daughter of Mr W. Lind, farmer, Makarewa, and has three daughters and one son.