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The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Otago & Southland Provincial Districts]
Mollison, William
Mollison, William , Farmer, Limestone Plains, Winton. Mr. Mollison, who is an old colonist, is the third son of Mr. James Mollison, and was born in 1836 in the parish of Lintrathen, Forfarshire, Scotland. He emigrated to Australia in 1857, by the ship “Eagle Speed,” and worked upon a station in Victoria for four years; came to New Zealand in 1863 and was at the Gabriel's Gully and Waitahuna diggings for some years, after which he settled on the Limestone Plains property, the area of which he has since increased to 800 acres. Mr. Mollison has assisted in the progress of the district from its natural state, and has shared the hardships incidental to the life of early settlers. He was married in 1876 to a daughter of Mr. Alexander Steel, late of Walkiwi, Southland, who, with his wife, arrived at Port Chalmers as early as 1849, and on the advice of the late Mr. James Macandrew went to Invercargill, where they were engaged for Mr. C. Cowan's station at Caroline. After working there for a time Mr. Steel bought a section in the Waikiwi district, where he lived for many years, his homestead being a welcome stopping place in the old overland waggon days, and his hospitality was as generous as it was unbounded. Mr. Steel died in 1870; his wife in 1890, when she was seventy-eight years of age.
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Mr. And Mrs W. Mollison And Family