The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Otago & Southland Provincial Districts]
Mr. George Tomlinson
Mr. George Tomlinson , Postmaster at Makarewa, was born in 1843, in Leicestershire, England. He arrived in Invercargill, in 1874, and shortly afterwards settled at Makarewa Township, where he owns five acres of land, utilised as an orchard and garden. Mr Tomlinson was married, in 1867, to a daughter of the late Mr S. Jackson, of Staffordshire, England, and has eight sons and six daughters.