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The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Otago & Southland Provincial Districts]

Mr. James Wilson

Mr. James Wilson was born in 1835 at Arbroath. He was brought up to a seafaring life, which he followed for twenty-two
Mr. And Mrs J. Wilson.

Mr. And Mrs J. Wilson.

years, and rose to the position of mate. Mr. Wilson arrived in Port Chalmers, in 1868, by the ship “Schleswig Bride,” was for four years in Waipori, and in the tanning and fellmongery business in Dunedin for nine years. He was connected with the Dunedin hospital from 1884 to 1893, and was appointed Wardsman of the Dunstan District Hospital in October, 1807. He was married, in 1872, to a daughter of the late Mr. A. Gibson, of Stranraer, Scotland, and has had one son, who is dead.