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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Robertson, Thomas , Carpenter and Builder, Seaward Downs Road, Edendale. Mr Robertson was born in Roxburghshire, Scotland, in 1861, and in the same year was brought by his parents to the Bluff in the ship Robert Henderson.” The family settled at Woodlands, and Mr Robertson afterwards served an apprenticeship as a carpenter in Invercargill. Having entered the employment of the New Zealand and Australian Land Company, he served on the Morton Mains and Edendale estates for fifteen years, and during that time built the local dairy factory, and the new Edendale homestead. Mr Robertson has also erected an eight-roomed house for Mr Niven in the township. As a Freemason, he is a member of Lodge Mokoreta, and he was connected with the Alma Lodge of Oddfellows, Manchester Unity, at Wyndham. Mr Robertson was married, in 1885, to a daughter of the late Mr Alexander Cameron, of Inverness, Scotland, and has four sons and one daughter.