Story: Jenkins, William

William Jenkins outside his cottage, Ōtaki, about 1900

William Jenkins outside his cottage, Ōtaki, about 1900

In the 1860s William Jenkins and his family lived at both Porirua and Wairarapa, but in 1867 they settled in Ōtaki where they built the wattle-and-daub cottage pictured.

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Cyril F. Browne. 'Jenkins, William', Dictionary of New Zealand Biography, first published in 1990, updated October, 2010. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/biographies/1j3/jenkins-william (accessed 26 April 2024)