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The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Wellington Provincial District]

Manson, G. F.

Manson, G. F., Storekeeper, Ohakune. Born in the Orkney Islands in 1828, his early years being spent at Kirkwall, Edinburgh, Glasgow, and London, Mr. Manson came out to Sydney in 1853. When the Otago goldfields broke out he visited Gabriel's Gully, the Dunstan, and the Lake District, and carried on business at Arrowtown, the Lake, and Skippers. He afterwards moved to the West Coast of the North Island, and was in business at Patea, Waverley, and on the Murimotu Plains. In 1893 he removed to Ohakune, with the intention of making it his permanent home. Mr. Manson served in the Patea Light Horse and the Waverley Cavalry. He is married, and has eight children—three sons and five daughters.