The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Otago & Southland Provincial Districts]
McDonald, George
McDonald, George , Farmer, Inchholme. Mr. McDonald cultivates a farm which is 500 acres in extent, and of which only about fifty acres are leasehold. He was born in Aberdeen, Scotland, in 1845, trained as an agriculturist, and came in the “Vicksburg,” to Port Chalmers in 1867. Five years later he settled in the Inchholme district, and acquired the first portion of his fine property. For ten years Mr. McDonald acted as a member of the old Oamaru Road Board, and was a member of the Inchholme school committee for several years. He was married, in 1878, to a daughter of Mr. Alex. Ross, of Enfield, and has five sons and four daughters.
Mr. and Mrs G. McDonald.