The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Otago & Southland Provincial Districts]
Wilson, Alexander
Wilson, Alexander
, Farmer, “Woodside,” Mabel Bush. Mr Wilson was born in 1851, in Lanarkshire, Scotland, and was brought up as a
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miner and farmer. He arrived at Port Chalmers, in 1878, by the ship “Timaru,” and settled in the Oamaru district, where he was employed for two years in harvesting and other farm work. Afterwards he removed to Wellington, where he was engaged as engine-driver at a flour mill for three years. He was subsequently employed for eighteen months on the
West Coast, and then worked for a short time as engine-driver at Kaitangata. In March, 1886, Mr Wilson took up 478 acres of freehold at Mabel Bush, and in 1903 acquired an additional area of 485 acres. Mr Wilson devotes his land to mixed farming, in which he is assisted by his sons. He was married, in 1873, to a daughter of the late Mr James Tweedie, of Lanarkshire, Scotland, and has five sons and four daughters.
Mr. And Mrs A. Wilson