miles mcinnes on arrivals from australia

[karenoz]

hi Lu,
 yes it would make sense if died on the way over, Meg, said that the son said his grandfather died when his father was at school that would of had to being between 1924-1936.

well done.
karen

[Meg7]

Just had a look at St Kilda cemetery online which is very close to the area and Myles Alexander McInnes is there in 1936.  (He is the brother of John McInnes who married Maria Quinn.) No Robson that seems to fit.

Meg.

[Meg7]

hi Lu,
 yes it would make sense if died on the way over, Meg, said that the son said his grandfather died when his father was at school that would of had to being between 1924-1936.

well done.
karen

Hi Karen,

No he said his mother died when his father was a school boy so she couldn't have died in NZ when I said.  Didn't know anything about his father's father at all. 

Meg.

[karenoz]

hi Meg,
well its strange then why would of myles bernard have put his mother down as being next of kin when he enlist. or does b mcinnes stand for someone else maybe the person who brought him up hmm.is this another cue.
karen

[Lucy2]

Hi Meg

Thanks for that info on Violet's husband.

Here he is >>

Purewa Cemetery (Auckland NZ) - record :

ROBSON - Sidney Clarence Emerald (cool name ? ) 

Died:   18 June 1980 - aged 86 years

Cremation :    Ashes (returned)   :

[Will check for his death notice also].


Lu

[Lucy2]

hi Lu,
 yes it would make sense if died on the way over, Meg, said that the son said his grandfather died when his father was at school that would of had to being between 1924-1936.

well done.
karen

Hi Karen,

No he said his mother died when his father was a school boy so she couldn't have died in NZ when I said.  Didn't know anything about his father's father at all. 

Meg.

     Will let you guys sort that out between you  ... I'm kinda lost ?       

So what we have, is Violet & hubby, Sidney, living at 37 Briggs Street in 1931  ... SAME address as Blanche and Thelma !!
Perhaps the ROBSON's moved to NZ before 1936 ? - as by then Blanche and Thelma are at Balaclava Road.    (So if young Miles B. is with his mother in 1931 ... then he must have known at least one of his sisters fairly well  ... huh ? )

Lu
   

[Meg7]

Hi Karen and Lu,

B McInnes will be his wife and not his mother. Good job finding the husband of Violet Irene in New Zealand.

I imagine that five people in a house was a bit crowded.  I wonder if the Robsons had any children?

So we think that Blanche or Madaline as she was known went back to New Zealand with Voilet and hubby.  Thelma looked after Myles.  Perhaps she wasn't well and Myles thought she died but she didn't.

Meg

[Meg7]

Lu and Karen,

The electoral rolls can be out of date like the directories.  It could be they just didn't take Blanche off.   

Will try the directories tomorrow and see if there is a Myles Murdoch anywhere.

Meg.

[Lucy2]

Hi Karen and Meg

Yes, you're absolutely right Meg, info from e/rolls and directories can be misleading (directories in particular were notorious for not removing names / old addresses ... or for showing both "the old and current address" for the same person !)

Glad you've sorted out "B. McINNES" too Meg.      (Was beginning to have doubts that this was Blanche on the enlistment form, when I saw that she was actually known as Madeline).

Hopefully the funeral notices for Violet and Sidney, will give some detail about any children they had ?    (Check made for probate records, but there was nothing for either of them.)

Have to remember too, to treat with caution, family recollections which come from other generations - this info is not always strictly accurate ... though it shouldn't be ignored. 

Lu