Farmer at 'Springfield' Highcliff, Otago. Only son of John Mathieson (1822-1887), of Springfield, Highcliff. Born in Scotland he came to New Zealand as a boy in 1858 and completed his education at Dunedin Boys' High School. He succeeded to the Springfield estate on his father's death in 1887. Married Elizabeth (Bessie) Mary Bryden Riddell, daughter of Walter Riddell, of Sandymount, on 24 Oct 1883 at Ivybank, Otago Peninsula (Otago Daily Times, 3 Nov 1883, p 2). See Cyclopedia of New Zealand (Otago and Southland Provincial Districts).
Mathieson, James, active 1850s-1890s
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Rutherford, Alex album 3
Date: [1920s]
From: Rutherford, Alexander Mathieson, 1915-1998 :Photographs of Samoa
By: Armstrong, Charles Clark, -1946
Reference: PA1-o-447
Description: Photographs of Samoa, taken by unidentified photographers, most with no description. Identification for many of them from comparison with Rutherford albums 1 & 2 (PA1-o-445, PA1-o-446). One photograph, taken circa 1890s, taken in Dunedin by Armstrong Photographers, shows the Riddell family with Bessie and James Mathieson (grandparents of Donald Alexander John Rutherford?) Samoan scenes include damage caused by a hurricane in 1925; celebrations for Lord and Lady Bledisloe, with General Herbert Hart and his wife, and George Frederick Hufnagel-Betham. Schools shown include the London Missionary Society Boys' High School at Malua, Ifi Ifi School, Vaipouli School, the Apia Technical School, Avele School and Malifa School. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with cover bound in tapa cloth, light brown cloth spine; 25 x 30 cm