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AddBy: Susan Garwood15th Nov 2024 1:02PM(From Anna Jacobson, Rowan and Tait family genealogist.)
"They came with their parents John Rowan and Agnes Hardie from Selkirk, Scotland on the sailing ship Nelson arriving at Port Chalmers on 31 Dec 1874 and went to work at the Mosgiel Woolen Mills. When they arrived, John was 12, William was 18 and was a Warper, Alexander was 9, Betsy was 21 and worked as a Weaver, Jeannie was 27 a seamstress (blind from 3), and Annie was 25."
"They came with their parents John Rowan and Agnes Hardie from Selkirk, Scotland on the sailing ship Nelson arriving at Port Chalmers on 31 Dec 1874 and went to work at the Mosgiel Woolen Mills. When they arrived, John was 12, William was 18 and was a Warper, Alexander was 9, Betsy was 21 and worked as a Weaver, Jeannie was 27 a seamstress (blind from 3), and Annie was 25."
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Mosgiel Parish, The Rowan Family. Presbyterian Research Centre, accessed 31/05/2026, https://pcanzarchives.recollect.co.nz/nodes/view/5417
