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Elizabeth Martin was born about 1850 in NZ.¹ She and Robert O'Connor were married.

Robert O'Connor was born.¹ He and Elizabeth Martin were married.

Catherine was born.¹ She and William Martin were married.

Susannah Beetham was born about 1840.¹ She and Cecil Augustus Fitzroy were married.

Hugh Horsley Beetham was born about 1850.¹ He and Ruth Bidwill were married.

Ruth Bidwill was born about 1853 in NZ.¹ She and Hugh Horsley Beetham were married.

Robert O'Brien Fitzroy was born on 2 April 1839 in ENG.¹ He died on 8 May 1896, at age 57, in ENG.

Vice-Admiral Sir Robert O?Brien Fitz-Roy, K.C.B., F.R.G.S., who recently relinquished the command of the Channel Squadron owing to ill-health, died yesterday morning at the White Hart Hotel, Beaminster, Dorset, where he had been lying for some days, having caught a chill while visiting in the neighbourhood.

Sir Robert Fitz-Roy was born on April 2, 1839. He was the son of the late Vice-Admiral Robert Fitz-Roy, of the Meteorological Office, some time M.P. for Durham, and kinsman of the Dukes of Grafton, by Maria Henrietta, daughter of Major-General Edward James O'Brien, of York. He was educated privately, and entered the Navy in 1853. He served in the Baltic in 1854-55 (medal) and as midshipman in the Sans Pareil during the China War, 1857-58. In January, 1859, he received his sub-lieutenant's commission, and in September of the same year that of lieutenant. He was present at the capture of Canton (China medal, Canton clasp) and at the capture of the Peiho forts, 1860 (Taku clasp), and was promoted to be commander in 1866 and captain in 1872. During the Egyptian War of 1882 he was captain of the Orion, when he was in charge of Ismailia and rendered valuable services in the Canal (mentioned in despatches, Egyptian medal, Khedives bronze star, Third Class of the Order of the Osmanieh, and C.B.). As commodore of the second class, he commanded the Flying Squadron, September, 1885. He was A.D.C. to the Queen from April, 1886, to May, 1888, being appointed rear-admiral in the latter year, and was admiral superintendent of Naval Reserves from May, 1891, to April, 1894. He commanded the Blue Fleet in the naval manoeuvres of 1893. He was senior officer in command of the Channel Squadron, May 10, 1894; commanded the Red Side, consisting of the "A" and "B" fleets, at the naval manoeuvres of 1894, in which year he was raised to the rank of vice-admiral; and was made a K.C.B. on May 25, 1895. He recently succeeded to the late Lady Oglander's Parnham estates, near Beaminster.

Sir Robert Fitz-Roy was an officer of exceptional talent and promise. He was thought most highly of in the service, particularly by the late Sir Geoffrey Hornby, with whom he had served as flag-captain. Very few flag officers have had as much experience in the handling of fleets or the advantage of participating more frequently in the annual manoeuvring. He it was who, in 1888, when second-in-command to the late Sir George Tryon, escaped from Lough Swilly and raided the north-east coast of Scotland, while more recently his appointments at the Reserves Office and in the Channel have afforded him additional opportunities for the practical study of tactics and strategy. General regret was expressed when, owing to his weak state of health, the Admiral resigned his command of the Channel Squadron, and by his death the country loses an exceedingly able and zealous servant. Robert O'Brien Fitzroy immigrated to ENG to NZ on the Bangalore arriving NZ 23/12/1843 on 8 July 1843.¹

Phoebe and Arthur Martin were married.

Alexander Stephen Duthie was born in 1903 in Newton, Sydney, NSW, AUS.¹ He and Annie Eliza Meere were married on 8 October 1932.¹ He died on 28 November 1938, at age ~35, in Newcastle Hospital, NSW, AUS, work accident.²

Minnie Gear was born on 23 November 1878 in NSW, AUS. She and Joseph Steven Duthie were married on 18 July 1901 in West Maitland, Hinton, NSW, AUS.¹

Annie Eliza Meere was born in 1911 in Raymond Terrace, NSW, AUS.^1,2 She and Alexander Stephen Duthie were married on 8 October 1932.²

William Gear was born about 1844 in Huntingdonshire, ENG.¹ He and Fanny Bunt were married.

Fanny Bunt was born about 1844 in ENG.¹ She and William Gear were married.

Minnie G Duthie was born in 1901 in Morpeth, NSW, AUS.¹ She and Henry O Mann were married in 1922 in Morpeth, NSW, AUS.¹ She died in 1964, at age ~63, in Maitland, NSW, AUS.¹

Henry O Mann was born about 1900.¹ He and Minnie G Duthie were married in 1922 in Morpeth, NSW, AUS.¹

Robert Bruce Duthie was born in 1905 in Newton, NSW, AUS.¹ He and Rose M Bush were married in 1928 in Newcastle, NSW, AUS.¹ He died in 1966, at age ~61, in AUS.¹

Rose M Bush was born about 1905.¹ She and Robert Bruce Duthie were married in 1928 in Newcastle, NSW, AUS.¹

Kenneth Cecil Duthie was born in 1909 in Kogorah, NSW, AUS.¹ He and Zillah M Williams were married in Wickham, NSW, AUS.¹ He died in 1981, at age ~72.¹

Zillah M Williams was born about 1910.¹ She and Kenneth Cecil Duthie were married in Wickham, NSW, AUS.¹

Jean J Duthie was born in 1911 in Stockton, NSW, AUS.¹ She and Henry Charles Selman were married. She died in 1980, at age ~69.¹

Henry Charles Selman was born about 1910.¹ He and Jean J Duthie were married.

John McCARTHY was born about 1837.¹ He and Julia Nolan were married on 3 June 1856 in St Marys, North Shore, Auckland, NZ.^1,2 He died in 1881.¹

Unknown and Dennis McCARTHY were married.