"Little Paisley."
TO THE EDITOR.
Sir.— ln the interesting collection, of early Dunedin pictures in the Early, Settlers' Museum there is one whioh attracts considerable attention — " Dunedin. from Little Paisley, 1848." The lattar locality not being described in " Stone " of to-day, the question is often asked, '" Who or what is Little Paisley?"' Kindly give me space and I will explain. Little Paisley was a portion of the front part of the Southern Cemetery, the use of which was granted by Captain Cargill to four families who arrived in the Philip Laing on the - 15th of April, 1848. Their names were Francis Marshall, John Barr, James Patrick, and Robert Gillies, all weavers from Paisley— henoe the name, — and their houses were built in line from Fouth to north in the order named. As they left the Old) Country for the purpose of forming a homo in {he new, no time was lost by three of the families in securing selections of their own in what they considered the most suitable places. Mr Barr, being under engagement to Captain Cargill. remained' where he was, and converted his primitive dwelling into c commodious and eomfoftable residence, where births, marriages, k and deaths took place. Mr and Mrs Barr * died there, and are buried near Captain Carsrill's vault. In coui^e of time the family scattered, and the ground berams part of tho Southern Cemetery. The eldest son, William Barr, late of tho Kaikorai. then bought the allotment they had occupied, and is buried undei* what was their hearthstone The sketch was by Edward Immyns Abbott, one of the surveyors when Mr Kettle and staff were surveying Otago and laying 1 off Dunedin in 1846, and later it was published in London. — I am, etc., L Laxg lands.
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Otago Witness, Issue 2894, 1 September 1909, Page 53
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489"Little Paisley." TO THE EDITOR. Otago Witness, Issue 2894, 1 September 1909, Page 53
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