Title: The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Wellington Provincial District]

Author: Cyclopedia Company Limited

Publication details: The Cyclopedia Company, Limited, 1897, Wellington

Part of: The Cyclopedia of New Zealand

License: Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 New Zealand Licence

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Boyd, John James, Builder, Wellesley Block, Somerset Avenue, Wellington. Mr. Boyd has been most successful as a speculative builder. He was born at Hull, Yorkshire, in 1851, and was apprenticed to the carpentering trade, serving seven years, twelve months of which he spent in the drawing office, where he gained the knowledge which has enabled him to be his own architect in later years. After four years at sea, he came to Wellington, by the ship “Hindostan,” in 1873. Starting in business, he undertook general contracting as a builder, but subsequently commenced buying land and erecting buildings on his own account. He now owns numerous properties in and around the city. Mr. Boyd was married in Wellington, and has four sons and three daughters. He visited his native land in 1895 and 1891, and went to Sydney in 1892, staying there for three years and then returning to Wellington.