William Cable

1848 - 1922  (73 years)

• Name	William Cable
  Born	17 Aug 1848	Trottick, Dundee, Scotland   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Immigration	1869	New Zealand   [1]
  Occupation	1905  [2]
  	engineer
  Residence	1905	4 Levy Street, Wellington, Auckland, New Zealand   [2]
  Occupation	1911  [2]
  	engineer
  Residence	1911	4 Levy Street, Wellington, Auckland, New Zealand   [2]
  Emigration	7 Jun 1919	California, USA   [3]
  	Departed on board the Manoa for California
  Immigration	2 Jul 1919	California, USA   [3]
  	Arrived on board the Manoa from Wellington, New Zealand
  Occupation	2 Jul 1919  [3]
  	engineer
  Occupation	9 Dec 1921  [4]
  	ironfounder
  Residence	9 Dec 1921	4 Levy Street, Wellington, New Zealand   [4]
  Buried	1922	Karori, Wellington, New Zealand
  Occupation	30 Jun 1922  [4]
  	ironfounder
  Residence	30 Jun 1922	Wellington, New Zealand   [4]
  Died	8 Jul 1922	Wellington, New Zealand
  Occupation	12 Jul 1922  [4]
  	ironfounder (deceased)
  _UID	C446FA39E1D447B993FD6620AEC63EB26C99
  Person ID	I6842	My Big Tree
  Last Modified	16 Sep 2022

  
  

  Father	Joseph Cable,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Mother	Catherine James,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F9752	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Margaret Aitken,   b. 28 Jun 1854, East Taieri, Otago, New Zealand ,   d. 9 Oct 1938, Wellington, New Zealand  (Age 84 years)
  Married	2 Aug 1878	New Zealand   [1]
  Children	1. William Cable,   b. 18 Feb 1879, New Zealand ,   d. 6 May 1954, Wellington, New Zealand  (Age 75 years)   2. Isabella Cable,   b. 23 Mar 1881, Wellington, New Zealand ,   d. Yes, date unknown   3. Catherine Cable,   b. 2 Aug 1883, Wellington, New Zealand ,   d. 19 Nov 1961, Wellington, New Zealand  (Age 78 years)   4. James Cable,   b. 21 Jul 1885, Wellington, New Zealand ,   d. 15 Sep 1970, Wellington, New Zealand  (Age 85 years)   5. Margaret Cable,   b. 23 Feb 1888,   d. 12 Jun 1942, Wellington, New Zealand  (Age 54 years)   6. Alexander Cable,   b. 16 Oct 1890,   d. 27 Aug 1921, Somerset Hospital, Capetown, South Africa  (Age 30 years)   7. Roy Cable,   b. 17 Jun 1894, Wellington, New Zealand ,   d. 15 Apr 1970, Auckland, New Zealand  (Age 75 years)
  Last Modified	2 Jul 2015
  Family ID	F2227	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  William was an Engineer and founder of an engineering firm in Wellington, NZ, William Cable & Son. His company built the first three, 8-ton locomotive engines. By means of various merging of firms the company, in 1977, became Cable Price Downer. He was chairman of the Wellington Harbour Board, in 1905, when the street that bears his name was laid out in Wellington William was cremated and his ashes place in a niche in the Old Chapel, Karori Cemetery, Wellington

  
  

• Sources

  [S136] Allan Steel, (E-mail from Allan on 25/06/09) (Reliability: 3). [S408] New Zealand Electoral Roll, (Digital images.), digital images (Reliability: 4). [S62] Passenger Manifest. [S225] Probate Record (Reliability: 3).