The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Wellington Provincial District]
Mr. Walter Stobart Inman
Mr. Walter Stobart Inman, Purser on the s.s. “Ionie,” is the seventh son of the late Mr. William Inman, founder of the Inman line of steamships. He was born at Upton Manor, Birkenhead, Cheshire, in 1864, and was educated at the Repton School, Derbyshire. On his father's death, he went to Canada, and for some years was engaged in farming. Returning, through illhealth, to England, he joined the White Star liver “Coptic,” as assistant storekeeper, and, after three voyages, was appointed purser, being transferred in 1893 to the s.s. “Ionic.”