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The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Auckland Provincial District]

Wordsworth, William

Wordsworth, William, Farmer, “Lilac Villa,” Te Kopuru. Mr. Wordsworth was born in Yorkshire in 1852, and learned the trade of plate-rolling under Sir John Brown and Co., iron-workers of Sheffield. In 1877, he came to New Zealand by the ship “Horrah,” landing in Wellington, where he stayed only a short time, and then went to the Kaipara, accepting a situation as sawyer at the Aratapu Mills, where he remained for fourteen years. On leaving this, he started farming in the district and now owns a property of about 325 acres of good land. Mr. Wordsworth is an advocate of temperance, and is treasurer of the Rechabites' lodge. He has three daughters and eight sons living, two of the latter being by his first wife; the present Mrs. Wordsworth was a Miss West.

Mr. W. Wordsworth's Residence.

Mr. W. Wordsworth's Residence.