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

Sommerville, Robert

page 490

Sommerville, Robert , Coachbuilder and General Blacksmith, Livingstone. Mr. Sommerville's premises, which consist of smithy, coach and paint shops standing on thirty-two acres of leasehold, are situated on the main road from Duntroon to Naseby, at the foot of the Livingstone Hill. The business was founded about 1894, and the shop and residence are near the boundary of the Tokarahi estate. Mr. Sommerville was born in the village of Forth, Lanarkshire, Scotland, in 1863, and came to Port Chalmers in 1880 by the ship “Nelson.” He learned his trade at Enfield, worked for a year at Pukeuri, and for nine years subsequently was at Kurow before establishing his present business. Mr. Sommerville has been a member of the Livingstone school committee almost continuously since settling in the district. He was married, in 1885, to a daughter of Mr. Robert Smith, of Greta station, Oamaru, and has two sons and three daughters.