According to the Electoral Roll of 1896 in New Zealand, John Jabez ROBERTS was registered at two addresses.
One in the same street ( no street numbers are given, so one cannot say the same house) as Ellen WINNIE his niece.
Rhodes St Wellington.
The other in the same street as his nephew Thomas Earl ROBERTS and his wife Honorah
Bute street, Wellington
He is listed as a settler.
Perhaps one of these relatives was the informant on his death certificate and we wonder how much accurate information they had to contribute .
Sue