Statewide County HI Archives Biographies.....Chalmers, Sr., George  July 26, 1857 - 
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Source: The Story of Hawaii and Its Builders, published by the Honolulu Star-Bulletin Ltd., Territory of Hawaii, 1925
Author: Edited by George F. Nellist

GEORGE CHALMERS, SR., Retired Plantation Manager. A resident of Hawaii for 
more than forty years, George Chalmers for almost half a century was a 
prominent figure in the upbuilding and modernization of the sugar industry of 
the islands. During a period of more than twenty-five years he held the 
responsible position of manager of the Waimanalo Sugar Co. on the island of 
Oahu, one of the conspicuously successful plantations of the Territory.
  A visit to Hawaii in 1884 resulted in a quick decision by Mr. Chalmers to 
make his home here. He was head overseer for the Hilo Sugar Co. on Hawaii from 
1884 until 1895, when he became manager at Waimanalo. Upon his retirement in 
1919, Mr. Chalmers was succeeded as manager of Waimanalo by his son, George 
Chalmers, Jr., the first of a family of eight children born and reared in 
Hawaii. The sugar production of Waimanalo has increased from 1000 tons in 1894 
to 7000 tons in 1923.
  Born at Netherley, Kincardinshire County, Scotland, July 26, 1857, Mr. 
Chalmers is the son of Joseph and Elizabeth (Jamieson) Chalmers. He received 
his education in the Cookney School, Kincardinshire, Scotland.
  Mr. Chalmers and Mary Ann Duncan (now dead) were married at Hilo, Hawaii, in 
October, 1885. He married Jessie Ann Thomson at Aberdeen, Scotland, in 
September, 1902. Mr. Chalmers’ eight children are George, Mary, William, 
Bella, Joseph, Robert, Thomas and Florence Chalmers.
  Mr. Chalmers is a member of the Hawaiian Sugar Planters’ Association and the 
Automobile Club, and although retired, is still keenly interested in 
territorial and national affairs.


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