James SELLAR (1839 – 1907)

Name

James Sellar

Gender

Male

Birthdate

1839

Birthplace

Scotland

Marriage(s)

26 January 1866
Aberdeenshire, Scotland

Date of death

14 June 1907

Place of death

Napier

Parents

  • James Sellar (1799-1867)
  • Elizabeth Palmer Sellar, nee Wilson (1814-1860)

Partner(s)

  • Catherine Sellar, nee Wilson ( 9/1/1846-26/1/1934)

Children

  • Catherine Elizabeth Corbett (1866-1949)
  • James David Sellar (1868-1932)
  • Andrew Sellar (1870-1926)
  • Patrick Sellar (1873-1947)
  • William Sellar (1876-1932)
  • Florence Brown (1878-1948)
  • Lily Jane Anderson (1880-1946)
  • Emily Mary Brown (1883-1952)
  • Alfred Douglas Sellar (1886-1946)

Biography

Arrived in New Zealand 1873
Ship’s carpenter
Built Karamu Bridge, 1882, also Wairoa, Rissington and Matapiro bridges
Constructed Glasgow Wharf at Napier

Accession number

592472

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