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

Wilson, James Lowrie

Wilson, James Lowrie , General Storekeeper, Great North Road, Winton; private residence, Park Street, Winton. Mr Wilson was born at Stow, in the county of Edinburgh, Scotland. He was educated at Dalmeny, and brought up to the grocery trade at Prestonpans—famous as an historic battlefield. Mr Wilson came to the Bluff by the ship “Waitara,” in 1875, and settled at Winton, where he was employed for many years as a storekeeper's assistant. He commenced business on his own account as a general storekeeper in 1903, in his present premises, which consist of a wood and iron building, containing a shop and storeroom, and he keeps a large stock of groceries and ironmongery. In the early days, he was a member of the Winton Borough Council, and was secretary of the Winton Racing Club for twenty years. Mr Wilson was married, in 1882, to a daughter of the late Captain John Campbell, of Port Glasgow, and has three sons and one daughter.