Alfred Thomas Roebuck (1858 - 1887)

Born 1858 in Camberwell, Surrey, England, United Kingdom

Ancestors

Died 14 Oct 1887 at about age 29 in Mt Eden, Auckland, North Island, New Zealand

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Alfred Roebuck migrated from England to New Zealand.

Biography

Alfred was born in 1858. He was the son of Thomas Roebuck and Eliza Abbott.^[1]

Alfred lived with his parents and siblings in Camberwell, St Giles, London, Surrey, England. His father was a Lace Warehouseman.

In the Census Dated 1881 he was living with his family in Croxted Rd, Rutland, Camberwell, London,Surrey, England. Aged 21 and single.

Occupation: Warehouseman

Alfred made the decision to emigrate from England to New Zealand. They departed London on 16 March 1886 on the barque the Akaroa and were on the boat heading for New Zealand when Mt Tarawera erupted killing many people and burying the Pink and White Terraces. They arrived shortly afterwards in Auckland on 25 June 1886.^[2]

Also on the ship were cousins Albert Burwell, Edward Mitchell and Robert Mitchell. It is not known if they met on the ship, or were known to each other back in England.

After their arrival in Auckland Alf and Robert "Harry" Mitchell went ashore to "look for a house or somewhere to go into", and came across a friend of a friend's who had engaged a board and lodging for them at 18/- a week, which they could not refuse, although they thought the price steep. The house was in the suburb of Parnell and "very prettily situated but up hill nearly all the way" and it tired their legs walking from the docks. They stayed there two weeks and were very comfortable.

Alf subsequently got a good job in wholesale drapery.

Sadly he passed away in 1887 at the age of 29, unmarried. Cause of Death: Phthisis (pulmonary tuberculosis).^[3]

DEATHS.

NEW ZEALAND HERALD, VOLUME XXIV, ISSUE 8093, 7 NOVEMBER 1887

ROEBUCK - On October 14, Alfred Thomas Roebuck, aged 29.^[4]

Burial

15 October 1887 - Waikumete Cemetery, Auckland, New Zealand. Plot location: Anglican Division A, Row 4, Plot 80^[5]

Sources

1. ↑ "England and Wales Birth Registration Index, 1837-2008," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:26BK-LQC : 1 October 2014), Alfred Thomas Roebuck, 1858; from "England & Wales Births, 1837-2006,"
2. ↑ https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZH18860510.2.10
3. ↑ "New Zealand, Auckland, Waikumete Cemetery Records, 1886-1948," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2SB-2B6H : 28 April 2016), Alfred Thos Roebuck, 15 Oct 1887; citing certificate #A, entry #4, Waikumete Cemetery, Glen Eden; FHL microfilm 993,958.
4. ↑ https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZH18871107.2.56.44.3
5. ↑ https://www.aucklandcouncil.govt.nz/cemeteries/Pages/RecordDetails.aspx?recordId=0xDABF6FDF90F307E095153AEF27A39927

• https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AS18860629.2.8.7

Census Records

• "England and Wales Census, 1861," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2MG-JMXT : 10 December 2017), Alfred Roebuck in household of Thomas Roebuck, Camberwell, London, Surrey, England; from "1861 England, Scotland and Wales census,"

• "England and Wales Census, 1871", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VRFB-R7G : 12 December 2017), Alfred T Roebuck in entry for Thomas Roebuck, 1871

• "England and Wales Census, 1881," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q277-MSLN : 11 December 2017), Alfred T Roebuck in household of Thomas Roebuck, Camberwell, London,Surrey, England; from "1881 England, Scotland and Wales Census,"