William McNICKLE

Date of Birth: 
c 1839
Date of Death: 
23 Jul 1914

William was born at Gortin, County Tyrone, Ireland.

He traveled to Australia in 1861 with 3 brothers & then to Dunedin, New Zealand in 1862.

he married Ann Cradock (born in Sydney, Aus, in 1847) in 1865.

They had two sons & one daughter. One son, John was a clergyman in Levin and the Principal of Otaki Native College & Te Aute College.

William was a carter then a gardener in Dunedin. By 1903 he was in Levin as a gardener. The family was on the unofficial census in 1905 for the Levin township petition.

Relatives mentioned in profile: 
William McNickle, John McNickle, Catherine McNickle, Ann Maria (Annie) Cradock, John Cradock, Esther Slater, John Alexander McNickle, Elsie May Hobday, William McNickle (Jnr), Martha Sarah Robertson, Eva Ann Cradock McNickle.