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The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Otago & Southland Provincial Districts]
Armstrong, William
Armstrong, William , Farmer, Koromiko, Waihoaka. Mr Armstrong was born in 1863, in County Antrim, Ireland, where he was educated and brought up to farming by his father. He arrived at Port Chalmers by the s.s. “Rimutaka,” in 1884, and settled at Gummies Bush, where he resided for three years, working in turn on a farm and at a threshing mill. He afterwards farmed on his own account for some time at Riverton and Waimatuku, and in 1891 bought his land at Koromiko. The property, consisting ofconsisting of 300 acres of freehold, and forty acres of leasehold, was then covered with Lush, with only a track to connect with the outlying country, but 280 acres have already been cleared and 100 acres ploughed. Mr Armstrong engages in mixed farming and dairying, and was one of the founders of the Te Tua dairy factory. He has been chairman of the Waihoaka school committee since its inception. He was married, in 1891, to a daughter of Mr William Hopcroft, of Gummies Bush, and has two sons and one daughter.