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Small black and white photograph, modern reprint of a carte de visite photograph of Mr Duncan Blair. Studio portrait of a man wearing a dark suit and tie, seated with his hands resting in his legs and looking to the right of the viewer. Man has slicked back hair and a full beard.
Duncan Blair was born in Scotland in 1833 and arrived in New Zealand in 1870, where he settled in Whanganui and became a farmer at Rapanui in Kai Iwi, Wanganui. He was a pedigree Lincoln sheep breeder and was at one time president of the Kaierau Football Club. In 1869 he married Agnes Barries who was born in Massachusettes, USA, and together they had the following children:
Agnes (born in America, unknown date) married William Aiken April 1891
Jack Alexander (no birth date), married Ada Cutfield in 1911
Duncan born 1873, married Suzanne Gadra
Isabella Bell born 1876, married Peter Johnstone
Elizabeth born 1878, married Archibald William E. Montgomery
Florence (Flora) Lilian born 1879, married Gilbert Moyle
Edith born 1880, married Matthew Henry William Galpin in 1906
Maggie (Madge) Paterson born 1881, married Jack Callaghan
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