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The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Otago & Southland Provincial Districts]
The Rev. William Scorgie
The Rev. William Scorgie was born in Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, Scotland, in 1854, and came to New Zealand while he was a young man. He studied at the University of Otago, and the Theological Hall of the Presbyterian Church. He was inducted into the Lumsden charge in 1885, and afterwards ministered with success at Tapanui for eight years, and in St. Peter's, Christchurch, for five years, before being called to Mornington in 1899. Mr. Scorgie married Miss Ewing, of Dunedin, daughter of Mr. William Ewing, of Craigmill, Stirling, Scotland.