« Reply #10 on: Wednesday 29 September 10 21:00 BST (UK) »
You beat me to it! I've a copy of William's death certificate & can forward the info. to you if he turns out to be the father of James. William had a terrible death - he died 8 days after being burnt by steam from a boiler.It may be worth looking the newspaper archives around January 11th 1882 to see if there's mention of an accident.
Otago is in New Zealand. I found out about Arthur by "googling" his name!
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