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The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Auckland Provincial District]

Mr. Nathaniel Wilson

Mr. Nathaniel Wilson was born in Glasgow, in 1836, and came out to New Zealand by the ship “Duchess of Argyle,” which arrived at Auckland in 1842. He afterwards visited Victoria, where he had five years' experience on the various fields. Returning to Auckland, he subsequently settled down at Warkworth in 1859, where he began limemaking, and from the beginning then made grew the large business of the present firm. Mr. Wilson was for twelve years a member of the Rodney Council, and eight years chairman of that body, and for some years he has been the chairman of the Upper Mahurangi Road Board. He also takes an active interest in the temperance movement, and is an honorary member of the Rechabites. Mr. Wilson is married to a daughter of Mrs James Snell, of Matakana, and has five sons and five daughters. Four of the sons are employed in the cement works, and the fifth is a school teacher in Auckland.

Mr. N. Wilson.

Mr. N. Wilson.