GUNN, Warepa, Sth Otago, N.Z.

Hugh GUNN and his wife Jessie URQUHART each emigrated from Scotland. They were married in Dunedin, N.Z.

They raised a family of nine in the wattle & daub cottage pictured below. Hugh was supposed to have paid for his farm from the sale of rabbit skins.

Their children were: Jessie (1867-), John (1869-1937), Donald (1870-), Annie (1874-), Hugh (1876-), Walter (1878-), William (1880-1947)and Neil (1884-1977).

The youngest son Neil GUNN married Edith Lucy JONES and they too made their home at "Corydon" , Warepa, and raised 11 children. Their sons Hugh, John, Mick and Jim, and daughter Georgina ("Geordie"), all farmed in the region.

Clan Gatherings

Jim, Dorothy, Hughie, Beatrice & Mick GUNN

Wakaka, 1964: Jessie Howden (nee Gunn), June Harper (later Fenby), Colin Gunn, Doreen Wilson (later Callow), Edith Howden, Edith Lucy Gunn (nee Jones), Marilyn Gunn (later Maorrison), ?

Clara (nee Gunn) & Nigel Wilson

Beatrice Gunn (later Kendick) at home, Warepa.

Dolly Harper (nee Gunn), William Harper, and Neil Urquhart Gunn

Sisters: Dorothy Wilson (nee Gunn) and Dolly Harper (nee Gunn)