William
Hood
"Billy Train"
Gaw
Born about in Tarbolton, Ayrshire, Scotland
Ancestors 
Son of Samuel Gaw
and Margaret (Hood) Gaw
[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of
Isabella Mary (Applegarth) Gaw
— married
1875 in New Zealand
Descendants 
Father of
Margaret Lambton Gaw, Samuel James Gaw, William Hood Gaw, Isabella Mary Gaw, Elizabeth Lambton Gaw and Alice Kate Braithwaite (Gaw) Rawson
Died
at about age 59
in Howick, Auckland, New Zealand
Profile last modified
| Created 10 Aug 2016
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Biography
William Hood Gaw and Isabella Applegarth were my great grand parents. William Hood was born in Aryshire, educated in Glasgow. He came to New Zealand on the Wild Deer in 1871 and farmed in the Clutha area for about three years and then joined NZ Rail as a clerk and finished up as Traffic Superintendent in Christchurch. He and Isabella are buried in Purewa cemetery, Auckland
Sources
- posted by great grandson Jack Richardson
- NZ marriage registration #1875/2373 Isabella Mary Applegarth & William Hood Gaw
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