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Written by Marie Heilbrunn
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Sunday, 01 April 2007 |
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Longslip Station, Lindis Pass, North Otago, New Zealand has been owned by members of the Patterson family since 10th September 1947, (date supplied by Peter Patterson Jan 2008) when William George Patterson purchased it from D.W.Kain. The first Depasturing License, No.233, was issued to Robert McMurdo from the 5th of September 1858, for the sum of ₤6.12s. Longslip was one of the three original stations at Omarama, the bottom end of the MacKenzie basin. |
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Written by Marie Heilbrunn
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Saturday, 31 March 2007 |
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My Great Grandfather George Patterson was born in Scotland in 1855. George Patterson was the second son of James Paterson and his wife Jane Small, who were married in Dunning, Perthshire, Scotland on 18 May 1851, James was then aged 40 and worked as a shepherd at Lin Hill farm, south of Dunning, and Jane Small was 30 years old. James had been born around 1811 in Kincardine, Clackmannanshire, South of Dunning and Jane was born around 1821, in Forteviot, just north of Dunning, Perthshire, Scotland |
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