Title: The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Otago & Southland Provincial Districts]

Author: Cyclopedia Company Limited

Publication details: The Cyclopedia Company, Limited, 1905, Christchurch

Part of: The Cyclopedia of New Zealand

License: Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 New Zealand Licence

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Minty, William , Farmer, Kakanui. Mr. Minty was born in 1843, in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, and farmed on his own account for ten years before emigrating to Melbourne in the s.s. “Northumberland.” He came to Otago in 1881, and settled at Kakanui, where he purchased forty-six acres—part of the Awamoa estate—on which his homestead stands. He has also acted as foreman in charge of the roads of the Kakanui riding of the Waitaki county since 1892. Mr. Minty was one of the first members of the Aberdeen Rifles, with which he was connected for ten years, and was sworn in by Sir Arthur Gordon, ex-Governor of New Zealand, and afterwards Lord Stanmore. Mr. Minty was married, in 1875, to a daughter of the late Mr. John Gordon, of Crovie Farm, Bunffshire, Scotland, and has two sons and seven daughters.