Title: The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Otago & Southland Provincial Districts]

Author: Cyclopedia Company Limited

Publication details: The Cyclopedia Company, Limited, 1905, Christchurch

Part of: The Cyclopedia of New Zealand

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

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Winsley, Harry , Builder and Contractor, Waiareka. Mr. Winsley was born in Devonshire, England, in 1853. He attended school in his native county, where he also learned the business of a carpenter, and afterwards had five years' experience in London. In 1877 he arrived in Port Chalmers by the ship “Waipa,” and found his first employment at the erection of the Moeraki Lighthouse. On removing to Oamaru, Mr. Winsley became foreman carpenter on the railway for five years, after which he commenced business as a contractor in the district. His work has been chiefly the erection of bridges; and in addition to erecting a number of these, he also built the railway station buildings on the Waihemo line. Mr. Winsley was a member of the Oamaru South school committee for a number of years, and he has long been a member of the vestry of St. Luke's Church, Oamaru. As a Freemason, he is attached to Lodge Oamaru Kilwinning. Mr. Winsley was married, in 1879, to a daughter of Mr. Alexander Morrison, of Oamaru, and has five sons and four daughters. Mrs Winsley is a native of Aberdeen, Scotland, and came to Port Chalmers in 1870 by the ship “James Nicol Fleming.”