William was born in Kirkeudbrightshire, Scotland, on the 1st of April 1844
He arrived in Lyttelton on the "Chariot of Foam," and found employment on a station at Ashburton where for two years he made good use of the knowledge of sheepfarming gained in his native land. He was then worked for John Greenaway, nurseryman of Christchurch, from whom he acquired both a knowledge of and a taste for gardening and orcharding.
In 1866 he married Janet Catherine Martin, daughter of Captain James Martin, master of the unfortunate coaster "Margaret" — a vessel built at Kaiwarra in the Wellington Harbour in 1845 and so completely lost on the way to Lyttelton in the following year that no vestige of either ship or cargo was ever again seen.
He moved to Dunedin in 1869 and commenced business as a nurseryman, six years later he sold out and established himself in the same line in Masterton. His apple orchard, stocked with its hundred fruit-bearing varieties, was soon the talk of the Wairarapa.
In 1884 he moved to Pahiatua and though he discontinued the nursery business he had, at his pretty homestead on the banks of the Mangahao, a very fine orchard of 12 acres and a flower garden containing the best collection of rhododendrons in the Colony at that time.
William Wilson McCardle influenced the passing of the Land Act in 1877
Was a member of the first Council of Masterton
Member of the Masterton Trust Lands Trust
Member of the Masterton Park Trust
Member of the Masterton School Committee
Member of the Wairarapa North COunty Council
With George Beetham got Pahiatua into a separate riding of the Wairarapa North County
Founder of Pahiatua who got the riding placed under the control of a Road Board
Member of the Wellington Waste Lands Board
First Justice of the Peace in Pahiatua
for a list of his children read the notes at wife Janet
William died 4 January 1922 in Walton, Waikato which is 15km morth of Matamata
New Zealand Herald, 6 Jan 1922
Hon. W. W. McCardle. The death occurred at Walton on Wednesday of the Hon. William Wilson McCardle, aged 78, who was a member of the Legislative Council from 1907 to 1914. Mr McCardle lived for many years in Pahiatua and subsequently settled in the Kawhia district. He was a member of the Royal Commission appointed to inquire into the land question in 1904. He unsuccessfully contested the Franklin seat against Mr Massey in 1905. For some years he was a member of the Auckland Land Board
He arrived in Lyttelton on the "Chariot of Foam," and found employment on a station at Ashburton where for two years he made good use of the knowledge of sheepfarming gained in his native land. He was then worked for John Greenaway, nurseryman of Christchurch, from whom he acquired both a knowledge of and a taste for gardening and orcharding.
In 1866 he married Janet Catherine Martin, daughter of Captain James Martin, master of the unfortunate coaster "Margaret" — a vessel built at Kaiwarra in the Wellington Harbour in 1845 and so completely lost on the way to Lyttelton in the following year that no vestige of either ship or cargo was ever again seen.
He moved to Dunedin in 1869 and commenced business as a nurseryman, six years later he sold out and established himself in the same line in Masterton. His apple orchard, stocked with its hundred fruit-bearing varieties, was soon the talk of the Wairarapa.
In 1884 he moved to Pahiatua and though he discontinued the nursery business he had, at his pretty homestead on the banks of the Mangahao, a very fine orchard of 12 acres and a flower garden containing the best collection of rhododendrons in the Colony at that time.
William Wilson McCardle influenced the passing of the Land Act in 1877
Was a member of the first Council of Masterton
Member of the Masterton Trust Lands Trust
Member of the Masterton Park Trust
Member of the Masterton School Committee
Member of the Wairarapa North COunty Council
With George Beetham got Pahiatua into a separate riding of the Wairarapa North County
Founder of Pahiatua who got the riding placed under the control of a Road Board
Member of the Wellington Waste Lands Board
First Justice of the Peace in Pahiatua
for a list of his children read the notes at wife Janet
William died 4 January 1922 in Walton, Waikato which is 15km morth of Matamata
New Zealand Herald, 6 Jan 1922
Hon. W. W. McCardle. The death occurred at Walton on Wednesday of the Hon. William Wilson McCardle, aged 78, who was a member of the Legislative Council from 1907 to 1914. Mr McCardle lived for many years in Pahiatua and subsequently settled in the Kawhia district. He was a member of the Royal Commission appointed to inquire into the land question in 1904. He unsuccessfully contested the Franklin seat against Mr Massey in 1905. For some years he was a member of the Auckland Land Board
William was born in Kirkeudbrightshire, Scotland, on the 1st of April 1844
He arrived in Lyttelton on the "Chariot of Foam," and found employment on a station at Ashburton where for two years he made good use of the knowledge of sheepfarming gained in his native land. He was then worked for John Greenaway, nurseryman of Christchurch, from whom he acquired both a knowledge of and a taste for gardening and orcharding.
In 1866 he married Janet Catherine Martin, daughter of Captain James Martin, master of the unfortunate coaster "Margaret" — a vessel built at Kaiwarra in the Wellington Harbour in 1845 and so completely lost on the way to Lyttelton in the following year that no vestige of either ship or cargo was ever again seen.
He moved to Dunedin in 1869 and commenced business as a nurseryman, six years later he sold out and established himself in the same line in Masterton. His apple orchard, stocked with its hundred fruit-bearing varieties, was soon the talk of the Wairarapa.
In 1884 he moved to Pahiatua and though he discontinued the nursery business he had, at his pretty homestead on the banks of the Mangahao, a very fine orchard of 12 acres and a flower garden containing the best collection of rhododendrons in the Colony at that time.
William Wilson McCardle influenced the passing of the Land Act in 1877
Was a member of the first Council of Masterton
Member of the Masterton Trust Lands Trust
Member of the Masterton Park Trust
Member of the Masterton School Committee
Member of the Wairarapa North COunty Council
With George Beetham got Pahiatua into a separate riding of the Wairarapa North County
Founder of Pahiatua who got the riding placed under the control of a Road Board
Member of the Wellington Waste Lands Board
First Justice of the Peace in Pahiatua
for a list of his children read the notes at wife Janet
William died 4 January 1922 in Walton, Waikato which is 15km morth of Matamata
New Zealand Herald, 6 Jan 1922
Hon. W. W. McCardle. The death occurred at Walton on Wednesday of the Hon. William Wilson McCardle, aged 78, who was a member of the Legislative Council from 1907 to 1914. Mr McCardle lived for many years in Pahiatua and subsequently settled in the Kawhia district. He was a member of the Royal Commission appointed to inquire into the land question in 1904. He unsuccessfully contested the Franklin seat against Mr Massey in 1905. For some years he was a member of the Auckland Land Board
He arrived in Lyttelton on the "Chariot of Foam," and found employment on a station at Ashburton where for two years he made good use of the knowledge of sheepfarming gained in his native land. He was then worked for John Greenaway, nurseryman of Christchurch, from whom he acquired both a knowledge of and a taste for gardening and orcharding.
In 1866 he married Janet Catherine Martin, daughter of Captain James Martin, master of the unfortunate coaster "Margaret" — a vessel built at Kaiwarra in the Wellington Harbour in 1845 and so completely lost on the way to Lyttelton in the following year that no vestige of either ship or cargo was ever again seen.
He moved to Dunedin in 1869 and commenced business as a nurseryman, six years later he sold out and established himself in the same line in Masterton. His apple orchard, stocked with its hundred fruit-bearing varieties, was soon the talk of the Wairarapa.
In 1884 he moved to Pahiatua and though he discontinued the nursery business he had, at his pretty homestead on the banks of the Mangahao, a very fine orchard of 12 acres and a flower garden containing the best collection of rhododendrons in the Colony at that time.
William Wilson McCardle influenced the passing of the Land Act in 1877
Was a member of the first Council of Masterton
Member of the Masterton Trust Lands Trust
Member of the Masterton Park Trust
Member of the Masterton School Committee
Member of the Wairarapa North COunty Council
With George Beetham got Pahiatua into a separate riding of the Wairarapa North County
Founder of Pahiatua who got the riding placed under the control of a Road Board
Member of the Wellington Waste Lands Board
First Justice of the Peace in Pahiatua
for a list of his children read the notes at wife Janet
William died 4 January 1922 in Walton, Waikato which is 15km morth of Matamata
New Zealand Herald, 6 Jan 1922
Hon. W. W. McCardle. The death occurred at Walton on Wednesday of the Hon. William Wilson McCardle, aged 78, who was a member of the Legislative Council from 1907 to 1914. Mr McCardle lived for many years in Pahiatua and subsequently settled in the Kawhia district. He was a member of the Royal Commission appointed to inquire into the land question in 1904. He unsuccessfully contested the Franklin seat against Mr Massey in 1905. For some years he was a member of the Auckland Land Board
Inscription
Sacred to the memory of William Wilson, beloved husband of Janet Catherine McCardle, born Dumpfries Scotland 1844, died Walton Waikato 1921(sic). Hon. W.W McCardle, Ex M.L.C, founder of Pahiatua. "Until the day breaks". Also Janet Catherine McCardle, born 26th Aug. 1846, died 7th Dec. 1932.
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