Douglas Robson born 1835

[ADR68]

Hi there,

As far as I can see, he was not in Sydney in 1858, 1861, 1863, etc ... Here's the live link to the Sands Directories for Sydney dating from 1858 ...  free to search ... pdfs

http://www.cityofsydney.nsw.gov.au/learn/search-our-collections/sands-directory

.... so we have him up to 1860, he could well have settled in Sydney.

JM


Thanks for your help, he never returned to England that is certain, my family know virtually nothing about, another possibility is that he may have died 1860 ish, only because his brother John named his 1st son Douglas who was born Dec 1860, it's just a thought nothing concrete.

[rosball]

Possibly his family looking for him in 1899  http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article237188601

ROBSON, DOUGLAS, who left London in the barque
Royal Diadem for Australia about 1853, is sought for
by his brother and sisters

It could be worth checking the NZ BDM https://www.bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz/  which is unfortunately down for maintenance at the moment.

Ros

[majm]

At this link it seems the vessel was not built until 1856, and that there's two voyages to Australia ... both to Port Adelaide.

http://passengersinhistory.sa.gov.au/node/935220
London 14 Nov 1857, arrival as 1 March 1858,
and
London 6 Nov 1865, arrival as 13 March 1866.

JM

[cupoflife]

The 1899 notice actually says 1858 not 1853
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article237188601
ROBSON, DOUGLAS, who left London in the barque Royal Diadem for Australia about 1858, is sought for by his brother and sisters

[majm]

Thanks Cup, 

That makes good sense, and is much better than any copy paste of the current OCR text.

JM   

[Jamjar]

I have just checked NZBDM and there are no deaths for a Douglas Robson from 1850 to 1950.

Also, the only marriage is in 1930: Douglas George Clifford Robson

Jamjar

[gypsyspirit]

Hi
1858 was a popular time for seamen to desert ships in Melbourne in particular.  if you look on the Victorian site PROV you may find him as a deserter wanted or imprisoned in Melbourne.

[sparrett]

A couple of days earlier an advertisement in the Adelaide Observer made the same enquiry with slightly different wording.

Robson (Douglas) left London in the barque Royal Diadem in 1858. Supposed to be in Australia. Sister and brother enquire.

http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/162413504

Interesting JM mentions a destination for the barque was Port Adelaide and it was in Adelaide that a separate Advertisement was placed.

Sue

[ADR68]

Thanks to all who answered this query,  his bother and sister almost certainly Jane and Armstrong Robson as they lived together in Sunderland, Co Durham.
Douglas sure is a mystery.

Regards
Allan