William George ADKIN

Date of Birth: 
23 Oct 1856
Date of Death: 
13 Sep 1946

William was born in Diseworth, Leicestershire, England.

He married Annie Jane Denton (born in Wellington) in 1887 at Wellington. 

They had 7 children. Their eldest, George Leslie Adkin became a renowned archaeologist & Maori antiquities specialist.

William started out as a draper in Wellington & then, from c1900 became a farmer in Levin.

Relatives mentioned in profile: 
William George Adkin; Joseph Adkin; Elizabeth Adkin; Annie Jane Denton; George Denton; Eliza Ann Bennett; George Leslie Adkin; Elizabeth Maud Herd; Edith Clare Adkin; James Caldwell Gardner; Gilbert Denton Adkin: Ivy Corall Ann Bennett: Dora Isabel Adkin; Ronald Joseph Law: Ethel Marjorie Adkin; George Broomfield; Kate Vivian Adkin; Clifford Adkin; Tui Moana Dyer.