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

Author: Cyclopedia Company Limited

Publication details: The Cyclopedia Company, Limited, 1905, Christchurch

Part of: The Cyclopedia of New Zealand

License: Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 New Zealand Licence

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Mr. Robert Wilson , Manager of the Hampden Creamery, was born in the town of Lanark, Lanarkshire, Scotland, in 1873. In 1874, he came with his parents to Port Chalmers, by the ship “Jessie Readman.” and was brought up to farming. Mr. Wilson joined the service of the company at Portobello, and was promoted to the position of manager in 1897. On the 26th of February, 1900, he married the third daughter of the late Mr. Alexander Thomson, of Hampden.