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

Warwick, William

Warwick, William , Farmer, Kurow, Mr. Warwick was born in County Antrim, Ireland, in 1856, and was trained as a farmer by his father. He came to Port Chalmers by the ship “Taranaki,” in 1872, and settled in the Oamaru district, where he found employment for a number of years. He was at first engaged in road contracting and harvesting work, and since 1893 has had charge of the Otekaike to Otamatata main road, under the Waitaki County Council. Mr. Warwick has been a member of the Kurow school committee since 1897, and on the committee of the Presbyterian church since 1894. His homestead is situated on ten acres of land, held under a lease in perpetuity at Tahawa, and he also owns 150 acres of freehold at Otiake, which he purchased in 1901, Mr. Warwick was married, in 1884, to a daughter of the late Mr. John Martin, of County Antrim, Ireland, and has had a family of seven sons and two daughters, of whom two sons have died.