The Archie Family in New Zealand

THE ARCHIE FAMILY IN NEW ZEALAND.

In January, 1858 Charles Smaill (previously spelled Smail) arrived at Port Chalmers from Edinburgh as an immigrant on board the “Strathallan”. Not only was he accompanied by his wife, Isabella, and eight children (Isabella 20, William 18, Charles 17, Jane 14, Andrew 12, Alexander 10, John 7, and Agnes 5 known as the Red Smaills), but also by a cousin, Andrew Smaill, with his wife Christina, seven children (Agnes 15, Andrew 13, James 11, William 9, Robert 6, John 3, and Thomas 6 months) with Christina’s mother, Agnes Archibald, less than three years widowed. The latter family, known as the Black Smaills established a farm at Inch Clutha (for an account of the voyage and subsequent establishment of the farm see website: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~archibald/pioneer.htm).

The Red Smaills settled in Dunedin at what has become known as Smaill’s Beach, by Tomahawk.

According to stories that circulated within the family, the eldest daughter, Bella, eloped in 1862 with a man, William Ranald MacDonald, reputed to have been captain of a ship, but was “rescued” by her brothers and brought home to “Glencairn” at “The Tomahawk” (as it was usually delineated), where her daughter, Jane, was born on 10 December, 1862. I have been unable to trace her birth certificate, if, in fact, she had one.

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The name Archie as a surname would seem to be of comparatively recent origin. I have heard it suggested that a family of the name Jamieson changed their surname to Archie (? 17th Century). The name seems to have flourished in Aberdeenshire, and from this background came William Archie of “Tillyduke”, in the parish of Coull, near Aboyne. He married Barbara Cattanach whose father, James, was schoolmaster at “Tillyduke” school in the parish of Strathdon, and they had three children.

Jean married James Thomson, a gamekeeper for the Marquis of Huntly, and set up a shop for fine goods near Aboyne.

Betty married James McIntosh, and emigrated firstly to Australia and then to Otago, New Zealand, and had four children, three of whom outlived their mother.

John stayed with his father till he died, and then emigrated on the “Canterbury” in 1878 to be near his sister, Betty. He met and married Jane Smaill, settling first in Upper Waitati, then later in North East Valley, Dunedin. From this couple all those with the surname of Archie in New Zealand are descended.

Another family of Archies, also from Aberdeenshire, emigrated to the United States of America.

Some Afro-American families of Archies in USA adopted the name from their masters whose first names were presumably Archibald, shortened to Archie (so I have been told). There are also Archies in Australia, mostly Queensland, who have also changed their name to Archie from Ah Choo (as I have also been told). That name came from China.

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Below is displayed a family tree diagram showing the relationship of the Smaills and the Archies, with all the descendents of John Archie up to the year 1945. Beyond that the number increased exponentially in a way that would severely overtax the diagrammatic representation. Below are copies of some documents that pertain to the people listed above, and which may be of interest to family members and others.

1. Letter of Commendation re Charles Smaill by Rev Dr G Burns, to be presented to his brother (?), Rev Thomas Burns, minister at the First Church of Otago. 2. Some interesting fragments and complete letters that were passed between the Archies in New Zealand and those still in Scotland between the years 1866 and 1877. 3. The “Curiosity Shops” of Aboyne, by Peter Grant, Jr, 1888. A description of the shop referred to above, and two others. 4. Education in Strathdon, 1840. An interesting account of some aspects of the school of James Cattanach. 5. An obituary for Mrs James McIntosh, 1929.

Letter of Commendation, Rev Dr G Burns Corstorphine, County of Midlothian 15th August 1857

These certify that Mr Charles Smail is an Office bearer in the Free Church congregation here and is unexceptionable moral character,. And that he and Mrs Smail his wife are in full communion with said Church and may be admitted to Christian privileges wherever Providence may order their lot. They are both sober, honest, and industrious and in every view well calculated to become useful and respectable Settlers in the land of their intended adoption.

George Burns, DD Minister of the Free Church of Scotland

Some Archie Correspondence, 1866 - 1877

[From E McIntosh, ?sister or sister-in-law of James, to James and Betty McIntosh, Otago]

Poste Elphinstone August 15 1866

My Dear Brother and Sister, We received your letter in July and happy to hear you were landed safe and hope by this reach you you will be making money and prospering in every way ………she is very troubled about you that there was not better accounts come………. Mary Adams address is home of Tomhas Laing Otago New Zealand - carpenter. E. McIntosh.

[From William Archie, Tillyduke, Coull, to James and Betty McIntosh, Otago]

Dear Son and Daughter Received your orders...hope God will reward you for of course it cannot be me. But dow not dow yourselves any wrong fore me; I shall inform you of the property was offered above £500 for it and now he had offered it at £400 hunder.. . .there was tow great fools. I dow not know which was the greatest. . .the people that is in it is making money like Sclate Stones....they have a grossery shop in it and they sell spirits and let the upper flat for lodgers in summer. It would be a lovely hoad to you as long as you lived... .this is another world since ye went away. Men that can do everything about a farm is gett ing from £18 to £20 pounds in the 6 months….women from £8 to £10. They will need to ship them home again .. .I would like to know if your place is cultivate. Great alterations since ye went away - if James were at home now he would get plenty of sawmilling now the woods of Bittiney & Castel Forbes is all knocking down. ...I must conclude as my eyes & hands is not good for clarking but thank God this leaves me in ordinary state at present.....John & Me joins in sending our kind love to you both not forgetting the little ones that ye have, Ne’er seen. I shall say no more but remains Your old affectionate father till death, William Archie.

[From William Archie, Tillyduke, Coull, to James and Betty McIntosh, Otago] Boyhead. Dear Daughter & Sune ….it is renting about £23 & I am broken-hearted to have done so much and ,see it all of no use...I must draw to a close as I am a poor clark....your letter gave much comfort for I never saw nor had a word that came from you. But I cannot compete with your living All mine is the coffee pot and the sirrop gage the brose is near me. I shall say no more at present but here remains Your affectionate Father till Death . William Archie.

[From James Thomson to James and Betty McIntosh, Otago]

North Balnagowan 21st July 1872

Dear Friends . . .health etc... we have had a very rainy season although the oldest alive does not mind the like of it.... crops are looking well on Deeside but will be much later than usual.. . .getting on wonderful — everything prospering — old William has not been very well but is keeping better. John is always with us & well. We are very busy at present with turnip hoeing and hay-making which is a very good crop. The time has come now when I can get nothing done at home, and in other three weeks I will scarcely be at home but to my bed. I am always liking the job well although I am greatly mistimed. Some times there is nothing to be got without some sacrifice.. .write to me... and if you could find out if there is anyone in Dunedin who is a Bird-Stuffer or who understands with curing of skins properly send me his name and address as the Marquis’s Bird-Stoffer wants to get skins from New Zealand if there was anyone that could cure them for sending Home and I promised to him that I would write and you might find out if there is anyone. I will conclude by wishing you goodby….. yours truly James Thomson.

[From James Thomson to James and Betty McIntosh, Otago]

….James [?wed] me it was at Deskryside — we got a dog-cart and went up. His brother has James Tom’s shop at Boyhead. (lug). . .James made me get a fine new hat, and I was a terrible swell & I have got a chist of draws & a new carpet to the room. . . .women is getting as high as seven pounds 10/- James spoke to the Prince of Wails last year when he was at the shutting and he got a pound from him and it is likely he will be this year. . .I am still the bonny leddy… affectionate sister Jane Thomson

[From Ann Martin, Aboyne to James and Betty McIntosh, Otago]

23 Marywell Street, Feb 21

Dear Mr & Mrs Mclntosh, I sit down in good health at present thanks to the giver of every blessing. I do hope that you are all spared and in good health.. I do hope your dear brother arrived all right in due time. I am expecting a letter as long as his arm as he promised me before he left.’... .but it is so very bad times. …corn and cattle has not been so cheap this long time. Ann Martin. [Unknown writer, unknown recipient]

Charles is a hammerman at Kittybrewster Station in the blacksmith’s shop 17/- a week...happy to hear that you are so well & comfortable. You say you are not thinking of coming home to Scotland. We never heard of your brother going out until Mrs. Martin told him. We would have liked to have seen him before he had gone away.

[From Jean Thomson to James and Betty McIntosh, Otago]

James Thomson Gamekeeper Hill of Gellan Coull by Aboyne

………..James got a shot... . has no sight with his left eye….. I am very thankful he was not shot dead... we have left Balnagowan and the Marques has given us a nice cottage beside John Ross & the carpenter is working in the house such a mess but it will, be very nice place.... butter is 1/3 per pound & labourer men will get from 1lb per week. Horsemen (ordinary) 30 lbs. year…women 16….. birds….you might send a bonny one if they were not too dear and if you would send some seeds of grass trees or anything that you think would grow. . . .neighbour wants his flaggon. James says he will send a draught of the house and then you will know the house when you come to the Hill of Gellan & tell Laird Mackintosh...... Jane Thomson

[From John Archie, Coull, Scotland to Betty McIntosh, Otago]

Envelope addressed: Mr. J.E.McIntosh Blueskin Road N.E.Valley DUNEDIN New Zealand. My Dear Sister, I beg leave of you to write a few lines to you hoping it will find you out in good health as it leaves me the same But with sad and sorrowful news to you I suppose to relate the mournful story that our Father is dead. His death was very sore upon me he was ill about six weeks or better. Nothing can be said about his illness except old age his legs swelled up and a kind of cold something like bronchitis The Doctor said there was not very much the matter with him but about a fortnight or three weeks his stomach failed and then he began to lose strength and turn very weak & feeble till day or two before he died he lost the word and could not turn himself on his bed his legs also broke out but he died without shudder very calm & quiet it was nearly impossible to tell the moment his death occurred on Sunday evening the 6th of August 1877. at the age of 77 You will see the very nature of his trouble recorded in the 77th Psalm. Jane our sister kept very distant at the time of his illness she came in about half an hour before he died Just in time to see his end but he never saw her at all And had it not been for the assistance of kind neighbours and friends of whom is surely more than obliged to I would have been terrible tried in more ways than I have been. He now lies in our Mother’s grave at Coull And I am left here as it were as I best may And as I well know I must be content. Our Father was telling me before he died that he got a letter from you last year and that he had been very regretful and neglectful in returning an answer to you but you see Death is not neglecting its time. I should have written and told you our circumstances e’er this time but I hope a sister’s own brother’s love will never be parted or forgotten. We shifted from our house at Boghead Whitsunday to Balnacraig to another house there where the Blacks once stopped about 50yds. from our original birthdoo. It was there our Father died. He was always very anxious to write you or hear from you. He was always speaking about you to me about Our Bettie in New Zealand which was his usual way of styling you and I have always been intending to write you but as you know I have no education scarcely and I am a bad writer and a far worse speller so I did not like to begin to write to you. I am now staying at Tillyduke where our uncles Charles John stayed but I have still the house where we were staying until I see what will come about. About the time my Father died Jane came in over trying me to come in over and take a room from them and so, well as I would be with them now I went in over a few nights after the funeral to please her but 1 have now left her and come to stay with James McConnachie the present man residing in Tillyduke of whom any correspondence between you and me may be addressed to the care of him because I am labouring about here and there so at times I might not be there. I would have stayed with Jane and taken a room from her but she has been fair so often with me that I know her intentions with me so I think I am be best to mind myself for she has minded me. She telling one of late that she would not go to see you although you were staying at Aboyne. It was their ways of doing that had the cause of leaving. They took as much from our Father and me as they could get and then let us try ourselves as we best could to meet any expenses or difficulties whatever shape we could. They managed to swindle us out of a 100 and £20. They would even try me yet to meet their expenses. I think I will mind myself. I have sold the property in Ballater at 300 £45 pounds and 200 hundred. I had to give back which I borrowed from the purchaser so that only left me 1 hundred and 45 forty-five and of that I had to meet a great deal of expenses for taxes water and dues and I got a £2O note stolen out of my pocket of whom I can get no account of it at all so that I have now barely one hundred pounds so they way I have sold It is that Thomson and Jane was in debt, They told me if would borrow 2 hundred pounds from the man I sold the houses to that they would pay me back at certain times or any time I required it if would do but get it so I had to take it up at heavy interest at last they grew worse in debt so they gave up their farm and then I got nothing for my simpleness but good insolence you may be sure in every form or manner So they had nothing but debt against me for interest or my money I had to pay they money back to the man by installments and heavy interest lot so they would take no art nor part in it but to try and swindle me out of the property altogether so I could do nothing better that sell it. We were thinking of waiting of writing to you about it but I had no time to get back word again from you because the man saw the chance again and would not wait. Then Thomson and Jane was very angry with me when I sold it because they were trying all their energies to get it to their oldest boy so I thought it would be as much use to me as to him. So if anything does ever happen to me here you can look after everything I have here if you like because it is you that I want to get everything that belongs to me so would like to hear from you or see you face to face The wages are pretty good in this country first horsemen are getting about £17 £18 £19 half-year second, £14 to £16 half boys £10 income £10 all per half-year. I sometimes think of your country you might give me your idea of that I may amuse myself over it. It is a terrible time of rain here when I write this letter crops are looking better here Harvest will be very late here this season. I will be waiting patiently for word from you you might give me an advice and I hope Jane will forgive some of her words She is a very deep dodger but you and her are sisters and I your brother. Sister and brother should forgive each other. You know that Betsy better that I do. We are only three and should be three She has tried to ruin me but I will forgive her and try and keep clear of her and you have tried to make me happy So an advice will be taken yet as I hope to get and am not in want of anything else. Hoping this will find you the same I ever remain your affectionate brother John Archie Tillyduke Coull Aberdeen. . . . to the care of James McConnachie farmer, Tillyduke. The “Curiosity Shops” of Aboyne,

by Peter Grant, Jr, 1888

In a recent visit amongst the antiquaries of Aboyne I had most willingly granted me an opportunity of examining and inspecting a rare and varied collection of relics of the olden days. Unknown perhaps as these may be to those more directly interested in such pursuits, and also to a large proportion of the visitors and tourists, from all parts of the kingdom who annually patronize this popular summer resort, it may not be without its beneficial results, locally and otherwise, to bring, under the notice of the reading public a few details as to the extent and value of these collections which we may well designate the “Curiosity Shops” of Aboyne. They are three in number, and owned respectively by a lady and two gentlemen, viz.’, Mrs. Thomson, Mr. William Bremner, and Inspector Baxter. We propose to treat of their collections separately, and in doing so we give the preference to the lady antiquary. It will be necessary to state here that the residence of Mrs. Thomson, wife of Mr James Thomson, gamekeeper, is about three miles distant from the village of Aboyne. The way to it is by proceeding along the Tarland turnpike road until you reach the farm of Mill of Coull, after which you turn to your left, and continue your journey along a rough hill road which leads you right up to the door of her cottage. It is situated on the brow of a hill called Craigdhu, and is only a little distance from the famous bee farm of the late Rosses of Egypt. Visitors are always sure of a homely welcome, and if all reserve and formality are thrown aside you will soon feel yourself in the company of an intelligent and kind-hearted Scotchwoman with whom you can spend a few hours most agreeably and pleasantly. Lady visitors who have a weakness for crewel and crochet work will find in almost every corner of Mrs Thomson’s parlour an endless assortment of antimacassars of various materials; sofa and pin-cushions; patchwork; mantelpiece hangings; tea cosies; laces, etc. all of which are of most elegant designs and worked out to a most exquisite and charming degree of perfection. Mrs. Thomson’s handiwork adorns many of the drawing-rooms of the nobility and gentry of the land; and perhaps, there is no-one who has recognized her abilities more in this department than the Most Noble the Marchioness of Huntly. Having thus introduced Mrs. Thomson to our readers, let us now come to a few brief details regarding her collection of Antiquities which has been to her a work of some 14 years. Old china bulks most largely in the collection, and numbers some 80 pieces in all. These comprise specimens of cups and saucers, sugar-basins, plates, and cream-jugs in Worcester, Derby, Davenport, and Welsh china — the latter of these being 130 years old; a cup and saucer painted by Lady Lovat, 200 years old; and another specimen of the same in fine English china, with dragon design which was one of those presented by the Duchess of Gordon to her servants on the occasion of her marriage. There are other samples of sugar “bowls” in fuchsia and lion face patterns; two very rare cream jugs, and a black one upwards of 80 years old. A number of ale jugs of very curious designs are also shown, one of these being 100 years old; teapots of the Queen Anne shape, willow pattern and bronze coloured; while semi-china is illustrated by three jugs and a few small and large plates; two brass candle- sticks 100 years old; an old chair from Balnacraig Mansion House; a haddish oak cog for measuring meal, 106 years old: a goffering frame; an old pepper-grinding mill; smugglers’ proof beads; a wooden plate 180 years old; shell lamps; books, etc. There are about 50 different pieces of old money in splendid condition. These were in use in the reigns of Francis & Mary’, Queen Elizabeth, Charles II, while others bear the dates 1752 & 1782. There is a piece of Irish gun money value 2s6d made from the brass cannon that killed James II, placks etc .etc. Of the Stone Period, there are whole battle-axes, arrow heads, and crosses. The fossilist will find a peculiar interest in looking over the numerous fossilised flowers, ferns, palm-trees, and fishes. There is a large collection of various kinds of stone, and an endless variety of nick-nacks, the whole of which will repay inspection. In concluding I may state that not unfrequently some of these relics are lent out on special occasions for exhibition, but notwithstanding this I have no hesitation in commending the various collections to the public as well worth the time and trouble of inspection. I may also add that in visiting these “Curiosity Shops” I experienced a large amount of courtesy and kindness at the hands of their owners and I can bespeak as hearty a welcome being extended to any who may wish to make a similar visit amongst our local antiquaries.

PETER GRANT, JR. Aboyne, February 11th. 1888.

II The next collection we wish to particularize belongs to Mr.William Bremner, a mason to trade. His residence is situated at the furtherest end of a street of working-men’s cottages, in close proximity to the Aboyne Suspension Bridge. On entering the artisan-collector’s home, the very first thing that will attract the eyes of the visitor will be a prospective view of the entire collection, neatly and tastefully arranged and shown in bold relief against, a snow-whitened wall. None need have any scruples of giving William Bremner a call, for you are certain of being accorded a hearty welcome, and any information will he gladly imparted. In point of general intelligence he is above the average of working men, is possessed of an exceedingly retentive memory, and quite a genius in mechanics. The work of collecting the relics we are about to enumerate, has taken upwards of 15 years, and amongst these are to be found many valuable specimens of an antiquarian kind. Not a few of these are of local origin and are as follows:—Pewter Communion Cup of Peterhead Church dated 1739; iron plate with initials W,F, 1692, which belonged to William Farquharson of Invercauld, blacksmith’s knife corresponding to our boring brace and used in the last century by an old resident blacksmith named Sanders Tamson; bracket that held the baptismal water in the church of Coull, and three pieces of iron rods used by Resurrectionists in the same parish; whiskey horn with carved inscription — (Finif),1693 —“Ill mot thee sekkmy n eat less “and boy enane”; kail gullies; set wool cards; hemp heckle; shell lamps; spinning wheel; “Birse” bonnet; pair leather breeches worn by John Milne, the Glenlivat poet who died in 1871; Malcolm Canmore’s fishing reel; and a pair of old cattle branks. There are probably upwards of 300 coins of different nationalities; but principally of our own nation dating centuries past. Then as regards the Stone Period, and stones generally, there is a large collection consisting of battle axes one of which was found in the moss of Monymusk, and, another by Bremner himself in Cushnie; antique brick from the house of Jamieson the painter, the Scottish Vandyke recently taken down in Schoolhill Aberdeen; a stone weighing about 28lbs from the old castle of Coull bearing the data 1115; a stone dial about a foot square from Logie-Coldstone dated 1784; a thin block of stone, 16 by 9, which had at one time been broken in three places with hieroglyphics on one side. The translation is said to be the Ten Commandments, and is precisely like one of the tables of stone that Moses received on Mt.Sinai, though — apart from other considerations — we can scarcely credit the assertion, as history tells us that the Commandments were written on both sides of the tables of stone (Exodus 32,15). Then there are whorls for spinning; needle stone; stone for making strings out of the hide in the bow and arrow period; set of querns that were used for making malt at the time of the Battle of Culblean; stone that kept the holy water in the Chapel of Drumgest; arrowheads; and pieces of granite from every quarry in Scotland; two flintlock guns in splendid preservation one of which belonged to William Macpherson, Kinnord, and the other to William Begg, Braeline. Among the pistols is one inlaid with silver which belonged to the Chief of the Grants. There are two swords — Andrea Ferrara, and a Japanese beheading sword, and an airgun that belonged to William Macpherson, Kinnord. Apart from those antiquities there are to be seen some of the most curious freaks of nature in walking-sticks, and rustic work.

III The last but not the least in value is the collection of Inspector Baxter, Police Buildings, Aboyne. This official’s residence is but a few minutes walk from the Railway Station, and stands on a slight elevation, facing the spacious Village meadow. If you want a night’s lodgings well and good but if you would rather spend an hour or two with this “limb of the Law” in a social capacity you will very soon feel yourself at home & in company with a genial and warm-hearted gentleman. Call in the assistance of his eldest daughter—who by the way engages extensively in fancy work similar to that of Mrs. Thomson— Inspector Baxter readily & obligingly began to lay out before me (which I understand he does to every body) his unique collection of antiquities which is the second one he has had (having once sold out) during a period of 20 years. His collection consists of stone battle axes; roe or olihe stones; stone whorls; upwards of thirty arrowheads; charms used for keeping away witches from children, crests, original cross found at a ruin at Huntly; old tokens, heavy spearheads “Timmer snake” buttons from the field of Waterloo; old snuff mulls; hour sand glasses; kail gullies; and shell lamps; a wooden quaich which has been in the Baxter family for the last 200 years; part of the lock of the gun that fired the last shot at the Resurrectionists in the Churchyard of Coull; a number of swords & pistols; Egyptian urn; a curious lot of old watch seals; & an old gingham umbrella upwards of 100 years old. There is an excellent lot of silver and copper coins in first class preservation of the reigns of David, Queen Elizabeth, the Charleses, Henrys and Georges. There is also a number of hand-painted and very rare specimens of old china in teapots, sugar bowls, plates, cream jugs and saucers; a number of miscellaneous articles too numerous to detail as well as a collection of foreign curiosities. Education in Strathdon, 1840

An excerpt from the 2nd Statistical Account for Scotland written by the minister of Strathdon Parish in 1840:

Education.

"There are several schools in the parish, exclusive of a sewing school taught by a dress-maker; one parochial; three supported by the Society for the Propagation of Christian Knowledge; and three adventure schools taught only in Winter. The branches taught at the parochial school are, reading, writing, arithmetic, mathematics, English grammar, geography, and Latin when required. The school is daily opened with prayer. A portion of scripture is read by each pupil, sufficiently advanced, every day; and prayers, psalms, and portions of Scripture repeated weekly. The general expense of education is, English reading, 6d. per month; reading and writing 8p. per month; do. do. with arithmetic or Latin 10p. per month. The salary of the parochial teacher is £28 per annum, with an allowance of £2 in lieu of a garden. The amount of school fees is about £8. The normal amount is fully a third more, but they are very irregularly paid. The number of pupils maybe stated to be from 65 to 90 in Winter, and from 35 to 50 in Summer. The excellent accommodations that have been recently provided, have already been noticed. The present incumbent was appointed in 1803, but for nearly 20 years has been afflicted by the hand of God, and confined to a private asylum.

An assistant and successor has been appointed. He receives a very small portion (£3) of the salary; the school- fees, and possesses the dwelling-house. He also receives a share of the funds under the management of the Trustees of the Dick Bequest. The three teachers supported by the Society for Propagating Christian Knowledge receive £15 per annum of salary, and have the requisite accommodations of a house, croft and fuel. Each of the schools is most useful in the locality in which it is placed. In Corgarff the Roman Catholic children freely attend the Protestant school, read the Bible, and commit the Assembly's Catechism, and the Psalms to Memory." Obituary.

Obituary, ?ODT, late July, 1929 MRS JAMES McINTOSH

Mrs. James McIntosh, whose death took place on Wednesday [24 July] at the age of 85 years was of the dauntless pioneer settlers of the Mount Cargill and Waitati district. Her Husband, who actually carved a home out of the bush, died a few years ago. They married before leaving Aberdeen, Scotland in 1965 on the ship "Light of Age" for Australia. They visited Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne but were unable to obtain employment, as conditions were bad there at the time. Coming on to New Zealand they were more successful, and as a married couple were employed by Mr W. Miller at Waitahuna. Afterwards they purchased a bush section at Mount Cargill, the first home of their own being a fern tree cottage there. Later they lived in another fern tree cottage near the township of Waitati. Mrs McIntosh was the last of the original settlers in the Mount Cargill/Waitati district.

She is survived by two daughters and one son - Mrs George Sinclair, Clyde Street, Dunedin, Mrs H. Freeman, Port Chalmers, Mr George McIntosh, Queen Street, Dunedin.

Since her husband's death Mrs. McIntosh had resided with Mrs. Freeman."