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The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Nelson, Marlborough & Westland Provincial Districts]

Mr. Charles Nicoll

Mr. Charles Nicoll , Proprietor of “The Springs,” was born in Nelson on the 9th of April, 1843, and is the eldest son of the late Mr. Charles Nicoll, a millwright, who arrived in Nelson by the “Fifeshire.” He was educated at various schools in Nelson, afterwards learned carpentry, and was for many years a building contractor in Christchurch, Wellington, Picton, and Blenheim. In 1887, Mr. Nicoll turned his attention to farming, which he has since successfully followed. He is married, and has six sons and three daughters. Two of his sons are in partnership in the produce trade, one residing in Wellington, and the other near Blenheim one is a building contractor, and another a journeyman carpenter, in Blenheim; a fifth is farming on his own account and the youngest is assisting his father at “The Springs.” Of the three daughters, one is the mistress of the Spring Creek public school, another is in business on her own account in Wellington, and the third is at home.