William Nelson of Tomoana - His legacy to Hawke's Bay by R J Paterson. SIGNED BY AUTHOR. SCARCE.
William Nelson of Tomoana - His legacy to Hawke's Bay by R J Paterson. SIGNED BY AUTHOR. SCARCE.
Publisher: Author Pub, 2001, FIRST EDITION. Very good hardback with jacket. Small dent to front edge otherwise in as new condition with no owner inscriptions. Jacket has small dents in the same place as the boards and minor shelfwear. 233 pages, illustrated.
This is the story of William Nelson, who arrived in Napier, New Zealand, in 1863, at the age of 19. He began his NZ life as a farmer and later opened the Tomoana Freezing Works. He started schools and was involved with many firms, industries and district problems. This is a family scrapbook with information and photos about many branches of the family descended from William Nelson.
