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Emily Louisa Marchant was born about 1838.¹ She died in 1842, at age ~4, in at sea.¹

Died at sea class: steerage source.

Joseph Medhurst was born in 1805. He and Susan were married.

Joseph Medhurst immigrated to ENG to NZ on the Bombay arriving NZ 14/12/1842 1/8/1842. Class: steerage source. He was a carpenter in 1842.

Susan was born in 1807. She and Joseph Medhurst were married.

Susan immigrated to ENG to NZ on the Bombay arriving NZ 14/12/1842 1/8/1842. Class: steerage source. She was a wife in 1842.

Alfred Medhurst was born in 1841.

Alfred Medhurst immigrated to ENG to NZ on the Bombay arriving NZ 14/12/1842 1/8/1842. Class: steerage source. He was in 1842.

Frederick Medhurst was born in 1841.

Frederick Medhurst immigrated to ENG to NZ on the Bombay arriving NZ 14/12/1842 1/8/1842. Class: steerage source. He was in 1842.

Samuel Millard was born in 1826.

Samuel Millard immigrated to ENG to NZ on the Bombay arriving NZ 14/12/1842 1/8/1842. Class: steerage source. He was a carpenter, sawyer in 1842.

Richard Power was born in 1806.¹ He and Eleanor were married.

Class: steerage source:
possibly same as Richard POWER 1804? Richard Power was a mason in 1842.¹ He immigrated to ENG to NZ on the Bombay arriving NZ 14/12/1842 on 1 August 1842.¹

Eleanor was born in 1807.¹ She and Richard Power were married.

Class: steerage source. Eleanor was a wife in 1842.¹ She immigrated to ENG to NZ on the Bombay arriving NZ 14/12/1842 on 1 August 1842.¹

Eleanor Power was born in 1831.¹ She and Burke were married.

Class: steerage source:
note marriage of W R HARTWELL to E POWLEY 1853 Wellington LEW
1892 15 descendants JGOC. Eleanor Power was in 1842. She immigrated to ENG to NZ on the Bombay arriving NZ 14/12/1842 on 1 August 1842.¹

Mary Power was born in 1834.¹

Class: steerage source. Mary Power was in 1842. She immigrated to ENG to NZ on the Bombay arriving NZ 14/12/1842 on 1 August 1842.¹

Jonas Brown Rider was born in 1814. He and Mary Lucy were married.

Jonas Brown Rider immigrated to ENG to NZ on the Bombay arriving NZ 14/12/1842 1/8/1842. Class: steerage source. He was a smith & harness maker in 1842.

Mary Lucy was born in 1823. She and Jonas Brown Rider were married.

Mary Lucy immigrated to ENG to NZ on the Bombay arriving NZ 14/12/1842 1/8/1842. Wife class: steerage source. She was in 1842.

Mary Ellen Rider was born in 1836.

Mary Ellen Rider immigrated to ENG to NZ on the Bombay arriving NZ 14/12/1842 1/8/1842. 6 ? class: steerage source. She was in 1842.

Jonas B Rider was born in 1838.

Jonas B Rider immigrated to ENG to NZ on the Bombay arriving NZ 14/12/1842 1/8/1842. Class: steerage source. He was in 1842.

Jonathan Robinson was born in 1813.¹ He and Elizabeth were married.

Jonathan Robinson immigrated to ENG to NZ on the Bombay arriving NZ 14/12/1842 1/8/1842. Class: steerage source. He was a saddler & harness maker in 1842. He was a saddler, Brook St., Nelson in 1844.¹

Elizabeth was born in 1815. She and Jonathan Robinson were married.

Elizabeth immigrated to ENG to NZ on the Bombay arriving NZ 14/12/1842 1/8/1842. Class: steerage source. She was a wife in 1842.

Margaret Robinson was born in 1837.

Margaret Robinson immigrated to ENG to NZ on the Bombay arriving NZ 14/12/1842 1/8/1842. Class: steerage source. She was in 1842.

John Robinson was born in 1841.

John Robinson immigrated to ENG to NZ on the Bombay arriving NZ 14/12/1842 1/8/1842. Class: steerage source. He was in 1842.

Charles Roebuck was born in 1807.^1,2,3,4 He and Elizabeth were married. He died on 17 September 1868, at age ~61, in Port Chalmers, Otago.

Class: steerage
1842 living with wife and daughter Otago FT
1847 living with wife and daughter Otago EOL

Charles Roebuck arrived in Nelson in 1842, on the ship "Bombay," travelling Steerage class with Elizabeth, his wife, and Elizabeth, George and Mary Ann, their children. He is described in nearly records as a harness-maker, carpenter and coach builder. In March of 1843, the "Nelson Examiner and NZ Chronicler" records him as being committed for trial for shooting another man's pig.

By 1847 the family had moved to Port Chalmers and Charles was advertising his services as boatman, "at his usual Low Terms," plying between Port Chalmers and Dunedin, in the Otago Witness of 1851.

Charles died in 1868 and Elizabeth lived on in Port Chalmers. It is from her death in 1895, aged 88, that we are able to get a more full picture of their early years in Otago:

OBITUARY. PPA Otago Daily Times 28 sep 1895

On Tuesday, the 17th September, at Port Chalmers, there passed away another of the pioneer settlers of the Nelson Province, who for some 52 years past was a resident in Otago, and probably the oldest inhabitant at Port Chalmers. Mr and Mrs Charles Roebuck and family left Gravesend on the 6th August 1842, in the ship Bombay, Captain Young, arriving at Nelson on the Christmas Eve. They soon had a house built and a comfortable home, cheerfully enduring all the hardships of'a pioneer life. The Maoris were, however, in a very unsettled and excited state, threatening the settlers much. Mr Roebuck was taken prisoner by them and detained some days. He was, however, treated kindly, but not knowing their language he feared the worst. At length he was released by the chief Ranghiata, and Mr Roebuck always afterwards spoke well of him. The New Zealand Company were now about to proceed with the survey of the Wairau district, and men were required. Mr Roebuck was desirous of joining the party, but after his detention by the Natives his wife became nervous, and begged him to leave Nelson. A friend, Captain Damon, owner of a small vessel, the schooner Henry, persuaded them to come south, and they sailed from Nelson in May 1843, arriving at Otago in the middle of June ? narrowly escaping shipwreck at Otago Heads. However, they were safely landed and soon made another comfortable home ? the Maoris being very peaceable and quiet. Mrs Roebuck settled down to the life with cheerfulness and content, and soon became the friend of all, nursing the sick and comforting those in trouble. She was a general favourite, no social gathering was complete without her. With her husband she removed to Koputai in January 1849, where they lived until May 1855, when they went over to Hawksbury Bush, Waikouaiti, residing there until September 1858, then removing to Broad Bay. Ill health then induced the couple to again settle at the Port, where Mr Roebuck died in December 1868. Since then Mrs Roebuck has lived with her daughter (Mrs J. R. Monson), and took much internet in passing events ? reading the daily papers, and enjoying a retired life. She passed away quietly on the 17th inst. at the good old age of 87 years and four months, leaving one daughter, seven grandchildren, and eight greatgrandchildren. -Otago Daily Times, 28/9/1895.

Charles is also recorded as having distilled the first whisky in Otago, in partnership with David Carey of Carey's Bay. Peter Entwhistle in "Behold the Moon" describes it as: "a kind of whisky, from cabbage trees which, mixed with turpentine, had people 'continually rolling around on the beach in a state of intoxication bordering on madness.'." Charles Roebuck was a harness maker and carpenter, coach builder in 1842.⁴ He immigrated to ENG to NZ on the Bombay arriving Nelson 14/12/1842 on 1 August 1842.³

Elizabeth was born in 1812.^1,2 She and Charles Roebuck were married. She died on 17 September 1895, at age ~83, in Port Chalmers, Otago, age 88.³

Class: steerage source:
PPA Otago Daily Times 28 sep 1895. Elizabeth immigrated to ENG to NZ on the Bombay arriving Nelson 14/12/1842 on 1 August 1842.⁴

Elizabeth Roebuck was born in 1828.¹

Class: steerage source. Elizabeth Roebuck was a sempstress in 1842.² She immigrated to ENG to NZ on the Bombay arriving Nelson 14/12/1842 on 1 August 1842.¹

George Palmer Roebuck was born in 1832.¹

Class: steerage source. George Palmer Roebuck immigrated to ENG to NZ on the Bombay arriving Nelson 14/12/1842 on 1 August 1842.¹

Mary Ann Roebuck was born in 1839.^1,2 She and John Robert Monson were married in 1856 in Wesleyen Church, Port Chalmers, Otago.³

Class: steerage source. Mary Ann Roebuck immigrated to ENG to NZ on the Bombay arriving Nelson 14/12/1842 on 1 August 1842.²

James H Smith was born in 1816.¹ He and Susan Frances were married.

Class: steerage source. James H Smith was an ag labourer in 1842.¹ He immigrated to ENG to NZ on the Bombay arriving NZ 14/12/1842 on 1 August 1842.¹

Susan Frances was born in 1820. She and James H Smith were married.

Susan Frances immigrated to ENG to NZ on the Bombay arriving NZ 14/12/1842 1/8/1842. Class: steerage source. She was a wife in 1842.