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

Mr. George Dalgleish

Mr. George Dalgleish was born at Craigmillar Castle, near Edinburgh, in 1826, and served his apprenticeship as a joiner in Edinburgh. In 1861 he arrived in Port Chalmers, per “Lady Egidia.” He was for some time in business as a builder in Invercargill, and was afterwards interested in sawmilling as a member of the firm of Murdoch and McCallum. He has resided in Oamaru since 1878, and retired from the firm page 553 or McCallum and Co., about 1890. Mr. Dalgleish was married, in 1847, to a daughter of the late Mr. A. Main, of Edinburgh. Mrs. Dalgleish died about 1888.