John Douglass, blacksmith
John Douglass (1853- ) was one of the first members of the Hampden
Borough Council, New Zealand, of which he has been almost continuously a member,
and he has also been mayor of the borough.
He was born in
Kerry, Ireland, in 1853, of Scottish parents, who arrived in Port
Chalmers, by the ship “Strathfieldsaye,” in 1858. The family settled
on the Peninsula, but removed to the Moeraki district in 1869.
Mr. Douglass was brought up to business and established himself
us a blacksmith and wheelwright at Hampden, in 1874. Besides serving
on the Council he has boon a member of the local school committee.
Mr. Douglass was married, in 1877, to a daughter of Mr. W.
Blackwood, storekeeper, of Caversham, and has five sons and three
daughters.
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