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The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Wellington Provincial District]

Crump, William

Crump, William, Builder, Onslow Street, Ohingaiti. Established in 1892. Mr. Crump is also carrying on the business of cabinetimaking and undertaking. Born in Lyttleton in 1869, and educated at Oxford. Canterbury, the subject of this notice left school at the age of fourteen, and was apprenticed to Mr. John Brown, builder, Oxford; during the five years he gained a thorough knowledge of every branch of his trade. As soon as he had completed his apprenticeship, he started in business for himself in the North Island as a builder, and has successfully executed many large and important contracts in Woodville, Feilding, Dannevirke, Palmerston, and Wanganui. In 1888 he thought he would try him luck in Australia as work became somewhat slack in New Zealand, and for five years engaged in business in Newcastle, New South Wales, but finding that the heat had an injurious effect upon his health, he resolved to return to New Zealand, and finally settled in Ohingaiti. Here, again, success has attended his business. Mr. Crump is now adding sash and door-making to his general business, and is putting in a plant for that purpose. In 1888 he was married to Miss Lee, of Hunterville, and now has five children.