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Note: N422 He attended the second and third years of the class of 1854-58, and the second year of the class of 1855-59, at Marischal College, Aberdeen.
In the 1860`s he travelled out to New Zealand and bought 29,000 acres near Napier, which he built up into a successful sheep run. He twice returned to Scotland, and on the second occasion married Anne Jane Barron (22 January 1871). They lived the next four years at Newton House near Elgin, and then moved out to New Zealand for the last time in September 1871.
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OLRIG (by Richard Paxman)
Olrig! The original Olrig is in Caithness, Scotland. It is a couple of miles south of Castleton, which is a few miles east of Thurso, on the north coast of the Scottish mainland. This is the property that James Smith bought in the 1790s from the Sinclairs, and his children, including Hector William Pope Smith, were all born there. (HWPS had a sister Williamina, who should not be confused with Wilhelmina Mary - HWPS's daughter!!)
HWPS then went out to New Zealand, and bought land there. He had inherited quite a lot of money from his father, although his elder brother James inherited Olrig, Caithness.
This property in New Zealand, he named Olrig Station, after his family home in Scotland. It is a few miles inland from Napier, which is on Hawkes Bay, on the east side of the north island of New Zealand. After a number of years, he felt he was able to leave the sheep station, and he sailed back to Scotland. (He kept a diary, which is one of our family's most prized possessions!). He married back in Scotland, and they lived there for several years, the three oldest children being born there. They then went back out to New Zealand, and the last two children (including "Mina") were born there. The descendants of two of HWPS's children still live on parts of the original sheep station he started.
Other Olrig's have spread from the original property in Caithness. My great grandfather, James Hector B-S (Mina's eldest brother) named a property he owned in the south of England, Olrig. His son, my grandfather Colin Hector Brookes-Smith, built a cottage in Oxfordshire that he named Olrig Cottage, and my wife Diana and I had a 30 acre property in Aberdeenshire before we came out here to Australia, that we named Olrig Croft!
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1841 Scotland Census: Olrig House, Caithness
Parish: Olrig; ED: 3; Page: 1; Line: 780; Year: 1841, Parish 39
Smith James, Esq. M 75 Ind Scotland
Ross Isabella F 35 Ind Scotland
Smith James M 10 Caithness, Scotland
Smith Alexr M 8 Caithness, Scotland
Smith Hector M 5 Caithness, Scotland
Smith Williamina P. F 2 Caithness, Scotland
Finlayson David M 20 Teacher Caithness, Scotland
Davidson Helen F 25 FS Caithness, Scotland
Gunn Elizabeth F 20 FS Caithness, Scotland
McLinan Caroline F 25 FS Caithness, Scotland
Munro Jannet F 25 FS Caithness, Scotland
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1851 Scotland Census: Olrig House, Caithness
Parish: Olrig; ED: 2; Page: 14; Line: 1; Roll: CSSCT1851_8; Year: 1851, Family 40
Smith Jas Esqr. M 90 Head M Landed Proprietor Aberdeen
Smith Isabella F 49 Wife M Landed Prop`s Wife Loth, Sutherland
Smith Hector M 14 Son Scholar Olrig, Caithness
Waters James M 20 Tutor Tutor Bower, Caithness
McLunan Caroline F 30 Servant Servant Halkirk, Caithness
Manson Donald M 20 Servant Servant Halkirk, Caithness
Swanson Margt F 24 Servant Servant Thurso, Caithness
Oal Marjory F 20 Servant Servant Bower, Caithness
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1871 Scotland Census: Newton House, Moray, Alves
Parish: Alves; ED: 2; Page: 2; Line: 4; Roll: CSSCT1871_24, Family 6
Smith Hector W.B. M 35 Head Sheep Farmer in New Zealand Olrig, Caithness Smith James H. M 3 Son �� Alves, Morayshire
Smith Charles A. M 1 Son Alves, Morayshire
Smith Hector Sy M 5mo. Son Alves, Morayshire
Smith James M 38 Visitor Landowner in Scotland Olrig, Caithness
Geigor George M 22 Servant General Servant Speymouth, Morayshire
Shrack Julia F 18 Servant General Servant Domestic Elgin, Morayshire
Munroe Mary F 40 Servant General Servant Domestic Duffus, Morayshire
McDonald Margaret F 23 Servant General Servant Domestic Julmorach, Inverness-shire
Forsyth Lessie F 23 Servant General Servant Domestic Elgin, Morayshire
McDonald Jophia F 17 Servant General Servant Domestic Elgin, Morayshire
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New Zealand, Electoral Rolls, 1853-1981
Name: Hector William Pope Smith
Gender: Male
Electoral Year: 1870-1871
District: Clive
Region or Province: Hawke's Bay
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