Daughter of George McKay & Ellen Douglass who married in Tamworth in 1863
Mary had a brother (probably others)
1863 - Thomas McKay
Mary married David James Bower in Turanga (Gisborne) on 10 Jan 1889
their known children
1889 - 1985 David James Bower (+Crombie)
1891 - Helen/Ellen Bower
Their Timeline in Woodville
Woodville Examiner, 17 Aug 1891
For Sale Cheap Four good young milk cows just at calving. Apply to D. J. Bower, Ross Street.
Bush Advocate, 22 Oct 1891
Land Sales Woodville District .. 20 acres 2 roods 30 perches, part of rural sections 102 and 103, at £13 an acre, to Mr D. J. Bower
Woodville Examiner, 10 July 1899
A. and P. Association A committee meeting of the above Association was held on Friday evening, the President, mr W. H. Nelson, in the chair .. The following gentlemen were elected members of the Club:- O. H. Osborne and D. J. Bower
Lower Gorge Bridge Commission, 18 July 1900 - The above Commission resumed its sitting at Woodville this morning to hear the evidence of the Waipawa County Council, Dannevirke Borough Council, Woodville Borough Council and Pahiatua Borough Council and County Councils. Mr Hursthouse pesided and there were present:- Messrs Jull and MCCormick (Waipawa County), Drummond and Campbell Thomson (Dannevirke), Motley and Burnett (Woodville), Smith and Bolton (Pahiatua County). Wilson and Tosswill (Pahiatua Borough), Fitzherbert (Palmerston Borough), Dickin (Pohangina), Guy (Fitzherbert Road Board), Luxford and Loughman (Manawatu Road Board), Pearce and Sandilands )manchester Road Board( and Edwards (Palmerston North Borough Council).
Mr BURNETT commenced the business of the COmmission and said it would be endeavored to show that the interest of Woodville in the bridge was small indeed. The road was primarily a stock road and Woodville was not a community of farmers. No one in the Borough had, he dared to say, ever sent a load of stock over that road. Neither were they a wealthy body and they could not afford to pay a great contribution even if they were interested. They were also threatened with another Commission at the instance of the Pohangina County Council for a share of the cost of a bridge on the road to that district. To show the position of the Borough he called --
WILLIAM GIBB CRAWFORD: clerk of the Borough of Woodville: Had been Town Clerk for five years. The population of the Borough at the last census was 1150 .. there was only one sheep-farmer in the Borough, Mrs Heslop and his farm was in the Waipawa County
Mr TOSSWILL: Knew the Pahiatua Borough. Should think the Gorge Bridge would be of use to that Borough as it would facilitate stock traffic to that borough. Supposed it would be as much use to the Pahiatua Borough as to Woodville. Did not know the Range Road. By the Gorge rout the distance would be about 27 miles. To bring stock by a level road for 27 miles would be better than to bring them over the hills by an 18 mile route. It would be easier to get to Feilding from Pahiatua by the Gorge route. He believed the Gorge road was safe for stock. Had heard of accidents there.
Mr FITZHERBERT: Had been in the borough over 20 years and was there before the Lower Gorge Bridge was first erected. Before the construction of the railway the road was used for a great deal of traffic other than stock. Since then it was more used as a stock route.
Mr SMITH: Had been told the Gorge Bride was a safe one for stock. The road might be dangerous now as it was in bad order.
Mr EDWARD: The Borough of Woodville had always taken an interest in trying to get the Gorge Bridge erected ..
Mr MOTLEY: The Borough's action in agitating had been taken in consequence of letters received from the Manchester Road Board
Mr PEARCE: Thought the bridge would be a good thing for Palmerston from a business point of view. The re-erection of the bridge without a toll would no doubt lead to a good deal of horse and wheel traffic ..
Mr DRUMMOND: Woodville had not contacted Dannevirke with reference to the re-erection of the bridge ..
Mr WILSON: Did not know of any agitation being made by the Pahiatua Borough for the bridge
Mr JAMES GRANT junior, had lived in Woodville 9 years as drover and sheep-buyer. Had driven several number of cattle through the Gorge and over the Palmerston-Pahiatua range road. Some years he had taken as many as 10.000 sheep and cattle and every year several thousands. Had taken more sheep than cattle through the Gorge. Had lost neither cattle or sheep in the Gorge ..
Mr TOSSWILL: Went over the Range Road with 3000 sheep with Mr JOSEPH BIRCHLEY some four and a half months ago. Last summer took 250 head of cattle for Mr CROSSE to Kumeroa via Pahiatua from Palmerston by the Range road. Did not use the Gorge road on account of the difficulty of getting through Mr COTTER's place ..
DAVID JAMES BOWER, a drover living at Woodville, had lived in the district over ten years. Had been drowning nearly all the time. Had driven a good deal of stock through the Gorge. Had also used the Range Road for stock. Could not say how many head he had taken annually over either road. He had not averaged 1000 head of cattle, but had driven thousands of sheep every year. Never lost either sheep or cattle. Had driven them both ways since the bridge was washed away. Had used the Gorge more for cattle, having taken 665 head of cattle during the last 25 months. Used the Range road more for sheep. part of the Gorge road was bad, part in good order. The Woodville end was pretty good. The largest number of cattle h had taken at one time was 53 since the bridge was destroyed. Had taken mobs of five or six hundred before that. Preferred the Gorge Road for stock driving or general purposes. Used the Gorge road for cattle because with the first lot he took over the range he lost three, two over the bank and one knocked up.Estimated his loss at about £6. Cattle were his own property. Was taking the cattle to Feilding and Palmerston. The bulk of the 665 head came from Pahiattua and beyond that place. Was last over the Range road with stock in October last. had taken neither sheep not cattle over that road since then. At that time part was a 16ft formed track and part eight. It if were a properly formed coach road, its utility as a stock road would depend on the amount of traffic on the road. If it were the only road between the two coasts, it would not be any use unless formed a chain wide.This was because it was very mountainous, the county round was steep; it was narrow and a very heavy road for stock. If driving cattle of his own from Pahiatua to Palmerston would taken then by the Gorge Road, if not, would take them where told.The accommodation was pretty fair on the Range road - as good as on the Gorge road.
David later returned to Otago for a time. His parents were living in Balclutha. He next married Marion Smith Lochhead (1863-1926) in Knox Church Dunedin in 1906. He died in Gisborne
Mary had a brother (probably others)
1863 - Thomas McKay
Mary married David James Bower in Turanga (Gisborne) on 10 Jan 1889
their known children
1889 - 1985 David James Bower (+Crombie)
1891 - Helen/Ellen Bower
Their Timeline in Woodville
Woodville Examiner, 17 Aug 1891
For Sale Cheap Four good young milk cows just at calving. Apply to D. J. Bower, Ross Street.
Bush Advocate, 22 Oct 1891
Land Sales Woodville District .. 20 acres 2 roods 30 perches, part of rural sections 102 and 103, at £13 an acre, to Mr D. J. Bower
Woodville Examiner, 10 July 1899
A. and P. Association A committee meeting of the above Association was held on Friday evening, the President, mr W. H. Nelson, in the chair .. The following gentlemen were elected members of the Club:- O. H. Osborne and D. J. Bower
Lower Gorge Bridge Commission, 18 July 1900 - The above Commission resumed its sitting at Woodville this morning to hear the evidence of the Waipawa County Council, Dannevirke Borough Council, Woodville Borough Council and Pahiatua Borough Council and County Councils. Mr Hursthouse pesided and there were present:- Messrs Jull and MCCormick (Waipawa County), Drummond and Campbell Thomson (Dannevirke), Motley and Burnett (Woodville), Smith and Bolton (Pahiatua County). Wilson and Tosswill (Pahiatua Borough), Fitzherbert (Palmerston Borough), Dickin (Pohangina), Guy (Fitzherbert Road Board), Luxford and Loughman (Manawatu Road Board), Pearce and Sandilands )manchester Road Board( and Edwards (Palmerston North Borough Council).
Mr BURNETT commenced the business of the COmmission and said it would be endeavored to show that the interest of Woodville in the bridge was small indeed. The road was primarily a stock road and Woodville was not a community of farmers. No one in the Borough had, he dared to say, ever sent a load of stock over that road. Neither were they a wealthy body and they could not afford to pay a great contribution even if they were interested. They were also threatened with another Commission at the instance of the Pohangina County Council for a share of the cost of a bridge on the road to that district. To show the position of the Borough he called --
WILLIAM GIBB CRAWFORD: clerk of the Borough of Woodville: Had been Town Clerk for five years. The population of the Borough at the last census was 1150 .. there was only one sheep-farmer in the Borough, Mrs Heslop and his farm was in the Waipawa County
Mr TOSSWILL: Knew the Pahiatua Borough. Should think the Gorge Bridge would be of use to that Borough as it would facilitate stock traffic to that borough. Supposed it would be as much use to the Pahiatua Borough as to Woodville. Did not know the Range Road. By the Gorge rout the distance would be about 27 miles. To bring stock by a level road for 27 miles would be better than to bring them over the hills by an 18 mile route. It would be easier to get to Feilding from Pahiatua by the Gorge route. He believed the Gorge road was safe for stock. Had heard of accidents there.
Mr FITZHERBERT: Had been in the borough over 20 years and was there before the Lower Gorge Bridge was first erected. Before the construction of the railway the road was used for a great deal of traffic other than stock. Since then it was more used as a stock route.
Mr SMITH: Had been told the Gorge Bride was a safe one for stock. The road might be dangerous now as it was in bad order.
Mr EDWARD: The Borough of Woodville had always taken an interest in trying to get the Gorge Bridge erected ..
Mr MOTLEY: The Borough's action in agitating had been taken in consequence of letters received from the Manchester Road Board
Mr PEARCE: Thought the bridge would be a good thing for Palmerston from a business point of view. The re-erection of the bridge without a toll would no doubt lead to a good deal of horse and wheel traffic ..
Mr DRUMMOND: Woodville had not contacted Dannevirke with reference to the re-erection of the bridge ..
Mr WILSON: Did not know of any agitation being made by the Pahiatua Borough for the bridge
Mr JAMES GRANT junior, had lived in Woodville 9 years as drover and sheep-buyer. Had driven several number of cattle through the Gorge and over the Palmerston-Pahiatua range road. Some years he had taken as many as 10.000 sheep and cattle and every year several thousands. Had taken more sheep than cattle through the Gorge. Had lost neither cattle or sheep in the Gorge ..
Mr TOSSWILL: Went over the Range Road with 3000 sheep with Mr JOSEPH BIRCHLEY some four and a half months ago. Last summer took 250 head of cattle for Mr CROSSE to Kumeroa via Pahiatua from Palmerston by the Range road. Did not use the Gorge road on account of the difficulty of getting through Mr COTTER's place ..
DAVID JAMES BOWER, a drover living at Woodville, had lived in the district over ten years. Had been drowning nearly all the time. Had driven a good deal of stock through the Gorge. Had also used the Range Road for stock. Could not say how many head he had taken annually over either road. He had not averaged 1000 head of cattle, but had driven thousands of sheep every year. Never lost either sheep or cattle. Had driven them both ways since the bridge was washed away. Had used the Gorge more for cattle, having taken 665 head of cattle during the last 25 months. Used the Range road more for sheep. part of the Gorge road was bad, part in good order. The Woodville end was pretty good. The largest number of cattle h had taken at one time was 53 since the bridge was destroyed. Had taken mobs of five or six hundred before that. Preferred the Gorge Road for stock driving or general purposes. Used the Gorge road for cattle because with the first lot he took over the range he lost three, two over the bank and one knocked up.Estimated his loss at about £6. Cattle were his own property. Was taking the cattle to Feilding and Palmerston. The bulk of the 665 head came from Pahiattua and beyond that place. Was last over the Range road with stock in October last. had taken neither sheep not cattle over that road since then. At that time part was a 16ft formed track and part eight. It if were a properly formed coach road, its utility as a stock road would depend on the amount of traffic on the road. If it were the only road between the two coasts, it would not be any use unless formed a chain wide.This was because it was very mountainous, the county round was steep; it was narrow and a very heavy road for stock. If driving cattle of his own from Pahiatua to Palmerston would taken then by the Gorge Road, if not, would take them where told.The accommodation was pretty fair on the Range road - as good as on the Gorge road.
David later returned to Otago for a time. His parents were living in Balclutha. He next married Marion Smith Lochhead (1863-1926) in Knox Church Dunedin in 1906. He died in Gisborne
Daughter of George McKay & Ellen Douglass who married in Tamworth in 1863
Mary had a brother (probably others)
1863 - Thomas McKay
Mary married David James Bower in Turanga (Gisborne) on 10 Jan 1889
their known children
1889 - 1985 David James Bower (+Crombie)
1891 - Helen/Ellen Bower
Their Timeline in Woodville
Woodville Examiner, 17 Aug 1891
For Sale Cheap Four good young milk cows just at calving. Apply to D. J. Bower, Ross Street.
Bush Advocate, 22 Oct 1891
Land Sales Woodville District .. 20 acres 2 roods 30 perches, part of rural sections 102 and 103, at £13 an acre, to Mr D. J. Bower
Woodville Examiner, 10 July 1899
A. and P. Association A committee meeting of the above Association was held on Friday evening, the President, mr W. H. Nelson, in the chair .. The following gentlemen were elected members of the Club:- O. H. Osborne and D. J. Bower
Lower Gorge Bridge Commission, 18 July 1900 - The above Commission resumed its sitting at Woodville this morning to hear the evidence of the Waipawa County Council, Dannevirke Borough Council, Woodville Borough Council and Pahiatua Borough Council and County Councils. Mr Hursthouse pesided and there were present:- Messrs Jull and MCCormick (Waipawa County), Drummond and Campbell Thomson (Dannevirke), Motley and Burnett (Woodville), Smith and Bolton (Pahiatua County). Wilson and Tosswill (Pahiatua Borough), Fitzherbert (Palmerston Borough), Dickin (Pohangina), Guy (Fitzherbert Road Board), Luxford and Loughman (Manawatu Road Board), Pearce and Sandilands )manchester Road Board( and Edwards (Palmerston North Borough Council).
Mr BURNETT commenced the business of the COmmission and said it would be endeavored to show that the interest of Woodville in the bridge was small indeed. The road was primarily a stock road and Woodville was not a community of farmers. No one in the Borough had, he dared to say, ever sent a load of stock over that road. Neither were they a wealthy body and they could not afford to pay a great contribution even if they were interested. They were also threatened with another Commission at the instance of the Pohangina County Council for a share of the cost of a bridge on the road to that district. To show the position of the Borough he called --
WILLIAM GIBB CRAWFORD: clerk of the Borough of Woodville: Had been Town Clerk for five years. The population of the Borough at the last census was 1150 .. there was only one sheep-farmer in the Borough, Mrs Heslop and his farm was in the Waipawa County
Mr TOSSWILL: Knew the Pahiatua Borough. Should think the Gorge Bridge would be of use to that Borough as it would facilitate stock traffic to that borough. Supposed it would be as much use to the Pahiatua Borough as to Woodville. Did not know the Range Road. By the Gorge rout the distance would be about 27 miles. To bring stock by a level road for 27 miles would be better than to bring them over the hills by an 18 mile route. It would be easier to get to Feilding from Pahiatua by the Gorge route. He believed the Gorge road was safe for stock. Had heard of accidents there.
Mr FITZHERBERT: Had been in the borough over 20 years and was there before the Lower Gorge Bridge was first erected. Before the construction of the railway the road was used for a great deal of traffic other than stock. Since then it was more used as a stock route.
Mr SMITH: Had been told the Gorge Bride was a safe one for stock. The road might be dangerous now as it was in bad order.
Mr EDWARD: The Borough of Woodville had always taken an interest in trying to get the Gorge Bridge erected ..
Mr MOTLEY: The Borough's action in agitating had been taken in consequence of letters received from the Manchester Road Board
Mr PEARCE: Thought the bridge would be a good thing for Palmerston from a business point of view. The re-erection of the bridge without a toll would no doubt lead to a good deal of horse and wheel traffic ..
Mr DRUMMOND: Woodville had not contacted Dannevirke with reference to the re-erection of the bridge ..
Mr WILSON: Did not know of any agitation being made by the Pahiatua Borough for the bridge
Mr JAMES GRANT junior, had lived in Woodville 9 years as drover and sheep-buyer. Had driven several number of cattle through the Gorge and over the Palmerston-Pahiatua range road. Some years he had taken as many as 10.000 sheep and cattle and every year several thousands. Had taken more sheep than cattle through the Gorge. Had lost neither cattle or sheep in the Gorge ..
Mr TOSSWILL: Went over the Range Road with 3000 sheep with Mr JOSEPH BIRCHLEY some four and a half months ago. Last summer took 250 head of cattle for Mr CROSSE to Kumeroa via Pahiatua from Palmerston by the Range road. Did not use the Gorge road on account of the difficulty of getting through Mr COTTER's place ..
DAVID JAMES BOWER, a drover living at Woodville, had lived in the district over ten years. Had been drowning nearly all the time. Had driven a good deal of stock through the Gorge. Had also used the Range Road for stock. Could not say how many head he had taken annually over either road. He had not averaged 1000 head of cattle, but had driven thousands of sheep every year. Never lost either sheep or cattle. Had driven them both ways since the bridge was washed away. Had used the Gorge more for cattle, having taken 665 head of cattle during the last 25 months. Used the Range road more for sheep. part of the Gorge road was bad, part in good order. The Woodville end was pretty good. The largest number of cattle h had taken at one time was 53 since the bridge was destroyed. Had taken mobs of five or six hundred before that. Preferred the Gorge Road for stock driving or general purposes. Used the Gorge road for cattle because with the first lot he took over the range he lost three, two over the bank and one knocked up.Estimated his loss at about £6. Cattle were his own property. Was taking the cattle to Feilding and Palmerston. The bulk of the 665 head came from Pahiattua and beyond that place. Was last over the Range road with stock in October last. had taken neither sheep not cattle over that road since then. At that time part was a 16ft formed track and part eight. It if were a properly formed coach road, its utility as a stock road would depend on the amount of traffic on the road. If it were the only road between the two coasts, it would not be any use unless formed a chain wide.This was because it was very mountainous, the county round was steep; it was narrow and a very heavy road for stock. If driving cattle of his own from Pahiatua to Palmerston would taken then by the Gorge Road, if not, would take them where told.The accommodation was pretty fair on the Range road - as good as on the Gorge road.
David later returned to Otago for a time. His parents were living in Balclutha. He next married Marion Smith Lochhead (1863-1926) in Knox Church Dunedin in 1906. He died in Gisborne
Mary had a brother (probably others)
1863 - Thomas McKay
Mary married David James Bower in Turanga (Gisborne) on 10 Jan 1889
their known children
1889 - 1985 David James Bower (+Crombie)
1891 - Helen/Ellen Bower
Their Timeline in Woodville
Woodville Examiner, 17 Aug 1891
For Sale Cheap Four good young milk cows just at calving. Apply to D. J. Bower, Ross Street.
Bush Advocate, 22 Oct 1891
Land Sales Woodville District .. 20 acres 2 roods 30 perches, part of rural sections 102 and 103, at £13 an acre, to Mr D. J. Bower
Woodville Examiner, 10 July 1899
A. and P. Association A committee meeting of the above Association was held on Friday evening, the President, mr W. H. Nelson, in the chair .. The following gentlemen were elected members of the Club:- O. H. Osborne and D. J. Bower
Lower Gorge Bridge Commission, 18 July 1900 - The above Commission resumed its sitting at Woodville this morning to hear the evidence of the Waipawa County Council, Dannevirke Borough Council, Woodville Borough Council and Pahiatua Borough Council and County Councils. Mr Hursthouse pesided and there were present:- Messrs Jull and MCCormick (Waipawa County), Drummond and Campbell Thomson (Dannevirke), Motley and Burnett (Woodville), Smith and Bolton (Pahiatua County). Wilson and Tosswill (Pahiatua Borough), Fitzherbert (Palmerston Borough), Dickin (Pohangina), Guy (Fitzherbert Road Board), Luxford and Loughman (Manawatu Road Board), Pearce and Sandilands )manchester Road Board( and Edwards (Palmerston North Borough Council).
Mr BURNETT commenced the business of the COmmission and said it would be endeavored to show that the interest of Woodville in the bridge was small indeed. The road was primarily a stock road and Woodville was not a community of farmers. No one in the Borough had, he dared to say, ever sent a load of stock over that road. Neither were they a wealthy body and they could not afford to pay a great contribution even if they were interested. They were also threatened with another Commission at the instance of the Pohangina County Council for a share of the cost of a bridge on the road to that district. To show the position of the Borough he called --
WILLIAM GIBB CRAWFORD: clerk of the Borough of Woodville: Had been Town Clerk for five years. The population of the Borough at the last census was 1150 .. there was only one sheep-farmer in the Borough, Mrs Heslop and his farm was in the Waipawa County
Mr TOSSWILL: Knew the Pahiatua Borough. Should think the Gorge Bridge would be of use to that Borough as it would facilitate stock traffic to that borough. Supposed it would be as much use to the Pahiatua Borough as to Woodville. Did not know the Range Road. By the Gorge rout the distance would be about 27 miles. To bring stock by a level road for 27 miles would be better than to bring them over the hills by an 18 mile route. It would be easier to get to Feilding from Pahiatua by the Gorge route. He believed the Gorge road was safe for stock. Had heard of accidents there.
Mr FITZHERBERT: Had been in the borough over 20 years and was there before the Lower Gorge Bridge was first erected. Before the construction of the railway the road was used for a great deal of traffic other than stock. Since then it was more used as a stock route.
Mr SMITH: Had been told the Gorge Bride was a safe one for stock. The road might be dangerous now as it was in bad order.
Mr EDWARD: The Borough of Woodville had always taken an interest in trying to get the Gorge Bridge erected ..
Mr MOTLEY: The Borough's action in agitating had been taken in consequence of letters received from the Manchester Road Board
Mr PEARCE: Thought the bridge would be a good thing for Palmerston from a business point of view. The re-erection of the bridge without a toll would no doubt lead to a good deal of horse and wheel traffic ..
Mr DRUMMOND: Woodville had not contacted Dannevirke with reference to the re-erection of the bridge ..
Mr WILSON: Did not know of any agitation being made by the Pahiatua Borough for the bridge
Mr JAMES GRANT junior, had lived in Woodville 9 years as drover and sheep-buyer. Had driven several number of cattle through the Gorge and over the Palmerston-Pahiatua range road. Some years he had taken as many as 10.000 sheep and cattle and every year several thousands. Had taken more sheep than cattle through the Gorge. Had lost neither cattle or sheep in the Gorge ..
Mr TOSSWILL: Went over the Range Road with 3000 sheep with Mr JOSEPH BIRCHLEY some four and a half months ago. Last summer took 250 head of cattle for Mr CROSSE to Kumeroa via Pahiatua from Palmerston by the Range road. Did not use the Gorge road on account of the difficulty of getting through Mr COTTER's place ..
DAVID JAMES BOWER, a drover living at Woodville, had lived in the district over ten years. Had been drowning nearly all the time. Had driven a good deal of stock through the Gorge. Had also used the Range Road for stock. Could not say how many head he had taken annually over either road. He had not averaged 1000 head of cattle, but had driven thousands of sheep every year. Never lost either sheep or cattle. Had driven them both ways since the bridge was washed away. Had used the Gorge more for cattle, having taken 665 head of cattle during the last 25 months. Used the Range road more for sheep. part of the Gorge road was bad, part in good order. The Woodville end was pretty good. The largest number of cattle h had taken at one time was 53 since the bridge was destroyed. Had taken mobs of five or six hundred before that. Preferred the Gorge Road for stock driving or general purposes. Used the Gorge road for cattle because with the first lot he took over the range he lost three, two over the bank and one knocked up.Estimated his loss at about £6. Cattle were his own property. Was taking the cattle to Feilding and Palmerston. The bulk of the 665 head came from Pahiattua and beyond that place. Was last over the Range road with stock in October last. had taken neither sheep not cattle over that road since then. At that time part was a 16ft formed track and part eight. It if were a properly formed coach road, its utility as a stock road would depend on the amount of traffic on the road. If it were the only road between the two coasts, it would not be any use unless formed a chain wide.This was because it was very mountainous, the county round was steep; it was narrow and a very heavy road for stock. If driving cattle of his own from Pahiatua to Palmerston would taken then by the Gorge Road, if not, would take them where told.The accommodation was pretty fair on the Range road - as good as on the Gorge road.
David later returned to Otago for a time. His parents were living in Balclutha. He next married Marion Smith Lochhead (1863-1926) in Knox Church Dunedin in 1906. He died in Gisborne
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