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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Bloomfield, William , Miner. Maerewhenua Diggings. Mr. Bloomfield was born in Colchester. Essex, Ingland, in 1837, and “went to sea at the age of thirteen. About nine years later he landed in Victoria, and was for several years tit Sandridge. before coming to Otago in 1862. Mr. Bloomfield has always engaged in goldmining, and had experience at Hamilton's, Wakamarina, Hyde, Naseby. Macraes, Shag River, and Kyeburn, before setting at Maerewhenua in May. 1875. His homestead stands on an acre of ground, and he also holds six acres adjoining, under a goldfields title. Mr. Bloomfield has served as a member of the local school committee. He was married on the. 6th of May. 1874, to a daughter of the late Mr. William Luke May, sometime Armoury Sergeant in the Second Battalion of the. Coldstream Guards, and has had two sons and five daughters, hut one son him died. Mrs Bloomfield is a member of the Salvation Army.