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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Watson, John Taylor , Carpenter, Woodlands. Mr Watson is a son of the late Mr Douglas Watson, sometime manager of the Woodlands Meat Preserving Works, and was born in Banffshire, Scotland, in 1862. He accompanied his parents to Port Chalmers, in 1865, by the ship “E. P. Bouverie,” was educated at Balclutha and Woodlands, learned the trade of a carpenter at Mataura, and was subsequently employed for six years at the Woodlands Meat Preserving Works. After some time at the Croydon Meat Works, near Gore, Mr Watson returned to Woodlands, where he bought three acres of freehold in the township, and leased two acres adjoining, where he has since resided. Mr Watson is connected with the local Jodge of Foresters. He was married, in 1894, to a daughter of the late Mr Michael O'Grady, of County Clare, Ireland, and has one son.