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. James Robertson Thomson , Proprietor of Greenvale House, was born in the Shetland Islands in October, 1848, and was brought up to farming and fishing. He landed at Port Chalmers in December, 1873, from the ship, “Jessie Readman,” and since 1876 has been associated with Stewart Island, where he made his home, purchased land, and engaged in farming, fishing and mining. When in 1886 the licensed house in the island was given up, Mr Thomson opened Greenvale House as a boarding house. He was prominently associated with the discovery of gold and tin at Pegasus; and to this further reference is made in the description of Stewart Island on another page. Mr Thomson was married, in 1871, to a daughter of the late Mr Mitchell Peterson, of Shetland, and has two sons and five daughters.