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

Concher, William

Concher, William , Settler, Oamaru. Mr. Concher was born in Kircudbrightshire, Scotland, in 1851. After leaving school he served his apprenticeship as a carpenter and joiner for five years, and subsequently worked at his trade for four years in Manchester, and for two years in Liverpcol. In 1876 Mr. Concher arrived in Port Chalmers by the ship “Invercargill,” and found employment at his trade in Dunedin until he removed to Oamaru in 1886, when he took the position of head joiner in Messrs McCallum and Co.'s mill. Mr. Concher served in the Kircudbrightshire volunteers for four years. He was married, in 1885, to a daughter of the late Mr. James Wilson, sometime of Edinburgh, and latterly of Dunedin.