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21-Dec-15, 22:21
The eldest son, John, of James Munro Houstry, followed his two shepherding MacPherson uncles to Argentina. After he started a family there, he moved to Chile. One of these married and settled farming in Tolten, a small town on a river near the coast.
In 1960 the town and area was inundated by a tsunami wave after an earthquake at sea.
You may read about this and the rebuilding of their lives in
http://tolten.cl/muni/images/TOLTEN/CONTENIDO/CapIV.pdf
http://tolten.cl/muni/images/TOLTEN/CONTENIDO/CapV.pdf
P.S. It was money from one of the MacPhersons that built Esperanza, in the corner of Houstry land.
In 1960 the town and area was inundated by a tsunami wave after an earthquake at sea.
You may read about this and the rebuilding of their lives in
http://tolten.cl/muni/images/TOLTEN/CONTENIDO/CapIV.pdf
http://tolten.cl/muni/images/TOLTEN/CONTENIDO/CapV.pdf
P.S. It was money from one of the MacPhersons that built Esperanza, in the corner of Houstry land.