My interest in this family arises from a Robert Hart who died in South Australia in 1899, it appears he married Sophia Knight in New Zealand in 1868 and had a child, Alexander, there. At the time of his second marriage in South Australia he stated his father was Duncan Hart.
I have not been able to find records for Duncan and Mary Hart and their children after 1861 nor of where they went. See
https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/L7NY-VMYNor have I found records of Robert Hart travelling to New Zealand or him and wife and child to South Australia.
A number of researchers have Robert Hart being from Wiltshire but records contradict that.
Any help with this family would be appreciated.
Paul
Duncan Hart b. c1812 Kilberry, Argyll, Scotland with 6 of 10 children b. Rothesay
Residence 1851–1861 Rothesay, Bute, Scotland
m. 1/2 30 May 1836 West Parish, Greenock, Renfrewshire, Scotland Isabella McArthur (–1839 death record not found)
m. 2/2 24 Apr 1841 Barony, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland
Mary McLachlane (1812–)
Children
With Isabella McArthur
• John Hart (1837 Barony –) 1851 Census with parents Duncan and Mary
• Alexander Hart (1838 Barony –)
With Mary McLachlane (1812–)
• Duncan Hart (1842 Barony –) 1851 and 1861 Census
• Robert Hart (1844 Rothesay –1899) 1851 and 1861 Census
• Mary Hart (1846 Rothesay –) 1851 Census not in 1861 census with parents
• Elizabeth Hart (1849 Rothesay –)1851 and 1861 Census
• Sarah Hart (1851 Rothesay –) 1851 and 1861 Census
• Colin Hart (1855 Rothesay –) not in 1861 census
• Catherine Hart (1857 Rothesay –) not in 1861 census