Thomas Tingey WILLSON (1877-1936)

THOMAS TINGEY WILLSON, agriculturist, “Lincoln Cottage,” Hog Bay, is the eldest son of the late Mr. Thomas Willson, J.P., of Willson River, where the gentleman under review was born in November, 1877. At an early stage in his career he became identified with the work on the farm owned by his father at Willson River, and when twelve years old came to "Lincoln Cottage," where he continued actively engaged in the same industry until the death of his parent in October, 1907. Under the terms of the deceased gentleman's will Mr. T. T. Willson inherited the "Lincoln Estate," consisting of 550 acres, a portion of which is considered amongst the best land in the island, and in addition to this he holds fifty-three acres of leasehold property on the coast. The average crops of barley yield about twelve bushels to the acre, but on some of the richer parts of the estate he has reaped as much as forty bushels. The raising of sheep, chiefly of the merino type, forms a considerable branch of his operations, and his career as an agriculturist and pastoralist may generally be considered as a very successful one.

In 1905 Mr. Willson married Mary Maud, eldest daughter of the late Mr. N. A. Broderick, of Gawler, South Australia, and has one son.

- Cyclopedia of South Australia 1909, pp.1024-1025.