WILSON, NATHANIEL (1836-1919) was born in Glasgow, the son of a blacksmith, and with his parents came to New Zealand in the Duchess of Argyle in 1842. He spent some years in Auckland and at Kawau, and eight years on the Victorian goldfields. In 1859 he established himself as a shoemaker at Warkworth, north Auckland, and later, with his brothers John and James T. Wilson, he established the lime works which developed into Wilson's Portland cement factory. Wilson was for 12 years a member and for eight chairman of the Rodney county council, was chairman of the Mahurangi road board and the Warkworth town board, and an honorary member of the Rechabites. His wife was a daughter of James Snell, of Matakana. Wilson died on 23 Sep 1919.

Cycl. NZ, ii, p. 541, 502

Reference: Volume 2, page 265

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