Donald GOLLAN (1811 – 1887)
Name
Donald GollanGender
MaleBirthdate
11 May 1811Birthplace
Culloden, ScotlandMarriage(s)
27 April 1859
Napier
Date of death
14 October 1887Place of death
NapierParents
- Donald Gollan
- Janet Gollan, nee Mathieson
Partner(s)
- Fredericka Henderson Gollan, formerly de Pelichet, nee Horne (21/7/1832-6/2/1860)
Children
- Spencer Herbert Gollan (1860-1934)
Biography
Arrived in New Zealand under engagement to the New Zealand Company on the ship “Clydeside”, 1841
Engineer and surveyor
Sat in the Wellington Provincial Council for the East Coast
Commenced sheep farming on Mangatarara Station, Waipukurau, 1851
Divided the station with his brother Kenneth 1860s whose share was named “The Oaks”
Donald’s son Spencer inherited the station in 1887, but his half-brother Louis ran the farm which was sold in 1908
East Coast representative for the Wellington Electoral Committee
Married the widow of Charles de Pelichet with her two children, Louis Gibbon de Pelichet (1853-1913) and Georgina Marie de Pelichet (1855-1913)
Accession number
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