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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Isbister, David , Farmer, Ardgowan. Mr. Isbister was born in the Orkney Islands, Scotland, on the 1st of March, 1851, and was brought up to farming from his earliest years. He came to Port Chalmers by the ship “William Davie” in 1871, and settled in the Oamaru district, with which he has since been connected, except for two years passed in Southland, and nine months in the year 1887, when he took a trip to the Old Country. On his return to the colony Mr. Isbister commenced farming near Enfield, where he continued till becoming an original selector on the Ardgowan settlement, in June, 1896, when he drew a section of 155 1/2 acres, under a lease in perpetuity. Mr. Isbister goes in extensively for dairy work. As a volunteer he served for a short time in the Orkney Islands. He was married, in 1887, to a daughter of Mr. William Dunnet, of Orkney, and has two sons and one daughter.