Just one last item, i have Robert S Pryce in Adelaide in 1850 as a Freemason & a Court case in Dec 1851. But i cannot find him leaving England, when did he arrive in Australia
I can’t see a mention on TROVE.
What was his middle name, and where was he born? Was he Robert Septimus Pryce?
There is a death in NSW:
7169/1898 PRYCE Robert S HENRY and MARY at ST PETERS
Buried ROOKWOOD:
Robert S Pryce
Date of Burial: 24 JUN 1898
Age: Unknown
Plot: T_Zone C/#/5688
There is one, a commission agent, in Tassie, in 1854. 3rd last column:
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article36289103Ah, I see. It is the Robert Septimus that we have previously researched.
1850, Adelaide, 3rd column:
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article1959401611851, last column:
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article384418551851, 3rd column:
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article384423921851, last column:
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article384406111851, 2nd column:
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article38448262In the add for the commission agent the company name is H.H.P. Pryce. There is a VIC death:
5497/1854 PRYCE Harry Howard Per aged 40
Death notice, 2nd column:
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article36290968Funeral notice, 1st column:
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article4801312It appears that Harry was also a ships captain, 2nd last column:
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article4786267Probate, South Africa. PRYCE Harry Howard Percy, parents Henry and Eliza. States no relative or connection in Melbourne.
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSQF-CSST-8?i=1028&cc=2517051Robert Septimus also with folks Henry and Eliza, christened England 1822:
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NBHJ-P6THarry/Henry Howard’s christening, same folks:
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NB8S-HLZTheir brother, William Broughton Pryce, was also a ships captain and was in Australia in 1858:
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSMP-47MC-6?i=276Their father was also a captain:
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPCV-67WSThe folk’s marriage 1816:
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-99Q5-MT6N?i=95&cc=2515875&personaUrl=%2Fark%3A%2F61903%2F1%3A1%3AQ2MS-R3KXI think the VIC birth to Robert and Mary confirms the connection: 1587/1858 PRYCE Harry Wm Bronghton
Christening:
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XT6K-TS6Was Robert was also a sailor?
Looks like father was here in 1830, 1st column:
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article32073740Jamjar