Talk:Isaac Wilson (New Zealand politician)

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Died 1912 not 1901[edit]

Wilson's Parliamentary Record page 246 has him as (1840 - 1901); but he died in 1912 (7/4/1912) not 1901 (9/11/1901). Hugo999 (talk) 01:59, 5 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

In 1901 (9 November) Isaac Wilson a farmer near Kaiapoi committed suicide by hanging himself from a tree. The RG Historic BDMs says he was 47y or born c1854.^[1]

The Isaac Wilson died 1912 was an old settler and associated with Kaiapoi Woollen Mills (as mentioned in the Cyclopaedia ref) etc, aged 71y or born c1841.^[2]

^ "Death by Hanging". Lyttelton Times. 11 November 1901.
^ "Obituary". Star. 9 April 1912.

[1] "Death by Hanging". Lyttelton Times. 11 November 1901.

[2] "Obituary". Star. 9 April 1912.

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