John McCrostie b. 04 Jan 1842 Dull, Perthshire, Scotland d. 23 Jul 1920 Spar Bush, Southland, New Zealand

1842 - 1920 (78 years)

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Name	John McCrostie
Born	04 Jan 1842	Dull, Perthshire, Scotland [1]
Gender	Male
Died	23 Jul 1920	Spar Bush, Southland, New Zealand [2]
Buried	Wallacetown Cemetery, Wallacetown, Southland, Southland, New Zealand [3]
Notes	MCCROSTIE, JOHN , Farmer, ?Bon-keid,? New River Valley, Spar Bush. Mr McCrostie was born in Perthshire, Scotland, in 1853, and has always followed a farming life. With his father, the late Mr John McCrostie, who died at Spar Bush in 1877, he landed at the Bluff on Christmas Eve, 1864, by the ship ?Donna Anita.? Mr McCrostie has resided at ?Bonkeid? most of the time since landing in the colony, and has been well known as a breeder of Border Leicester sheep, having had an interest with Mr Robert Greive in originally - imported stock In 1885 these gentlemen divided their flock, and Mr McCrostie has since continued breeding on his own account. He has imported sheep on several occasions, and has been a regular exhibitor in Southland, and occasionally in Canterbury. For years he has been a director of the Southland Agricultural and Pastoral Society, has also been a director of the Caledonian Society since its inception, and has served on the Spar Bush school committee for over thirty years. Mr McCrostie was married, in 1878, to a daughter of Mr Robert Greive, of Branxholm, and has two sons and three daughters. [4]
Person ID	I13356	Frost Family
Last Modified	4 Jun 2014

Father	John McCrostie, b. Abt 1810, d. 20 Jul 1887, Southland, New Zealand (Age ~ 77 years)
Mother	Jessie Ann Robertson, b. Abt 1814, d. 15 Nov 1898, Southland, New Zealand (Age ~ 84 years)
Family ID	F13874	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family Isabella Grieve, b. 09 May 1859, Wallacetown, Southland, Southland, New Zealand , d. 21 Apr 1917, New Zealand (Age 57 years)

Married Abt 1878 New Zealand

Children

	1. John Robertson McCrostie, b. Abt 1879, New Zealand , d. 01 Sep 1879, Southland, New Zealand (Age ~ 0 years)
	2. Isabella Greive McCrostie, b. Abt 1880, New Zealand
	3. Ann Robertson McCrostie, b. Abt 1883, New Zealand , d. Abt 1942, New Zealand (Age ~ 59 years)
+	4. John James McCrostie, b. 10 Jun 1885, Otago, New Zealand , d. 04 Sep 1945, New Zealand (Age 59 years)
	5. Charles Robert McCrostie, b. Abt 1889, New Zealand , d. 17 Jan 1952, New Zealand (Age ~ 63 years)

Last Modified 9 Sep 2009

Family ID F9722 Group Sheet | Family Chart

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Married - Abt 1878 - New Zealand

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[S322] Ancestry.com.au, VickiJoyP (Reliability: 3).
[S293] BDM NZ Historical Records, (http://www.bdmhistoricalrecords.identityservices.govt.nz/home/), 1920/4569 (Reliability: 3), 23 Jul 1920.
1920/4569 McCrostie John Aged 78Y
[S83] Cemetery Records, Southland District Council (Reliability: 3), 23 Jul 1920.
[S150] Cyclopedia of New Zealand.