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« Reply #18 on: Thursday 18 September 14 12:01 BST (UK) »
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« Reply #19 on: Thursday 18 September 14 19:21 BST (UK) »
 Unsure if date of 1872 birth is already known  :-\

11th August 1872

1872/18176 Fisher George     George     Mary Ann     (bdm NZ)

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« Reply #20 on: Thursday 18 September 14 23:57 BST (UK) »
 George and Mary Ann, married c 1870-71 , came to NZ  on the sailing ship "Caduceus" 1006 tons Cpt Roberts, sailed Gravesend for Auckland NZ on the 18th October 1871 arrived in Auckland NZ 2nd February 1872 Saloon Passengers Dr  and Mrs  Fisher  ( no Children) George was also the ships Superintendent Surgeon  for the voyage . ( source : Auckland Star 1872 and Daily Southern Cross (Auckland ) 1872 ( Papers Past ) , also ships to NZ passenger lists ,  at this stage I cant find  their departure. I also have a copy of the birth notice  for George Forbes Fow Fisher from the Daily Southern Cross 4th September 1872 reads: Fisher ; On August the 11th at Grahamtown, the wife of George Fisher Surgeon of a son . cant find a death notice .
From papers past I have established that George must have gone straight to Thames , in 1872-73 he was a Doctor - Surgeon in Pollen Street Thames and also a member of the Grahamstown Fire Brigade Cheers
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« Reply #21 on: Friday 19 September 14 00:44 BST (UK) »
I noticed you said you be pleased with any improvement.  Here are two - one with face washed and one inverted for easier reading maybe.
Gaunt, Ransom, McNally, Stanfield, Kimberley. (Tasmania)
Brown, Johnstone, Eskdale, Brand  (Dumfriesshire,  Scotland)
Booth, Bruerton, Deakin, Wilkes, Kimberley
(Warwicks, Staffords)
Gaunt (Yorks)
Percy, Dunning, Hyne, Grigg, Farley (Devon, UK)
Duncan (Fife, Devon), Hugh, Blee (Cornwall)
Green, Mansfield, (Herts)
Cavenaugh, Ransom (Middlesex)
 

 Census information Crown Copyright, from www.nationalarchives.gov.


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« Reply #22 on: Friday 19 September 14 00:44 BST (UK) »
.Don't know what is going on - the file is not reading as too lasrge on my computer but is refusing to load.  Same size as other which has loaded. 

try again.

Is this any better I wonder - looks better on my computer but doubtful here.  :-\
Gaunt, Ransom, McNally, Stanfield, Kimberley. (Tasmania)
Brown, Johnstone, Eskdale, Brand  (Dumfriesshire,  Scotland)
Booth, Bruerton, Deakin, Wilkes, Kimberley
(Warwicks, Staffords)
Gaunt (Yorks)
Percy, Dunning, Hyne, Grigg, Farley (Devon, UK)
Duncan (Fife, Devon), Hugh, Blee (Cornwall)
Green, Mansfield, (Herts)
Cavenaugh, Ransom (Middlesex)
 

 Census information Crown Copyright, from www.nationalarchives.gov.

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« Reply #23 on: Sunday 21 September 14 11:21 BST (UK) »
Thank you everyone  :-*

The wonderful people of RootsChat do it again. 
Following is the transcription using births, deaths, travel time and newspaper entries from all you wonderful people and I don't think it could be improved upon:

SACRED
TO THE MEMORY OF
GEORGE FISHER 
SURGEON OF BAWTRY
WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE
JUNE THE (21) 1847
AGED 36 YEARS
ALSO OF GEORGE SON OF
THE SAID GEORGE FISHER
AND JANE HIS WIFE
WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE
SEPTEMBER THE 22ND 1843
AGED 4 MONTHS
ALSO OF GEORGE FORBES FOW SON OF
GEORGE FISHER PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON
 AND MARY ANN HIS WIFE AND GRANDSON
OF THE ABOVE
WHO DIED AT THE THAMES, NEW ZEALAND
ON THE 1ST OF JUNE 1873 AGED 42 WEEKS
AND WAS INTERRED HERE NOVEMBER 22ND 1873

My original research was of another ancestor who came to New Zealand and settled in the Thames area and through this gravestone have now found his cousin (George) and wife also came out to the same area  (where sadly their baby died) and also through the gravestone can see when they went back to England. Fantastic.

Many, many thanks, M.