J. Roots
1843 - 1849
John Roots was born in 1791. He was 50 years of age when he arrived in New Zealand in 1841 on the 'Slain's Castle'.
Roots was described as a ginger beer merchant in the 1843 'Burgess Roll for the Borough of Wellington'. He was subsequently listed as a ginger beer maker in the 1844-1847 'Juror's Lists' as printed in the 'New Zealand Gazette and Wellington Spectator' and 'Wellington Independent', and was located at Lambton Quay, Thorndon Flat.
No user-marked bottles from this company are known to exist.
Roots was described as a ginger beer merchant in the 1843 'Burgess Roll for the Borough of Wellington'. He was subsequently listed as a ginger beer maker in the 1844-1847 'Juror's Lists' as printed in the 'New Zealand Gazette and Wellington Spectator' and 'Wellington Independent', and was located at Lambton Quay, Thorndon Flat.
No user-marked bottles from this company are known to exist.
