William Henry WILSON

Date of Birth: 
15 Jan 1874
Date of Death: 
1 Jul 1954

William was born at Wolverhapton, Staffordshire, England.

He married Amy James (born at Wellington in 1877) in 1901.

They had one son & one daughter, both born in Levin.

William was a pastry cook, firstly at Ohau then in Levin. He operated at Lot 28 in Oxford St from 1901 to 1910 (where the BNZ & Postie Plus now are) and also on the corner site (Bath & Oxford Sts). He built the three story Arcadia (private) Hotel on this site in 1907. In 1912 there was a large fire on site & eventually the top floor was demolished and the hotel remained in business. He sold the hotel to John McFarlane in 1921 & went farming.

In 1928 the whole family moved to Hastings where he went back to to work as a master baker.

After he died his widow returned, with her unmarried daughter to Levin.

William & Amy, her parents and his mother are all buried in Levin.

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Relatives mentioned in profile: 
William Henry Wilson, Thomas Wilson, Sarah Ann Skidmore, Amy Rebecca James, Ivor James, Mary Ann Howe, Hugh Wilson, Frances Mary (Molly) Henry, Doris May Wilson.