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The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Otago & Southland Provincial Districts]
Young, William
Young, William , Builder and Contractor, Mataura. Mr Young was born in the parish of Fenwick, Ayrshire, Scotland, on the 25th of November, 1841. After leaving school, he learned his trade under his father, with whom he worked till 1862, when he came to Port Chalmers, New Zealand. At first, he found work at his trade in the Taieri district, and eighteen months later, in Green Island. Subsequently, he bought seventy acres of land at Otepopo, but shortly afterwards sold out, and settled in Mataura, in 1867. Mr Young bought fifty acres at Tuturau, where he lived for some time. At a later date he took up 220 acres on the Dunedin road, but sold out in 1884, and bought 226 acres towards Edendale, on which he lived till 1900. Since disposing of his farm, he has followed the calling of a builder in Mataura. Mr Young was for some time a member of the Tuturau Road Board. He was married, in 1889, to a daughter of the late Mr Stuart, of Rutherglen, Lanarkshire, Scotland.