Robert Stevens photographer

[muss]

hi

 I think that Robert is another son who was born to Walter and Kathleen. Is there a researcher in India who has access to the birth records ?.   Your father said his brother Colin liked trains.

 I do like a mystery and I am having a great deal of fun. 
 Happy to help

Muss

[cupoflife]

If the latest Colin Seale is the same person, and my dad, then he's aging! Other records do say 1889. It enhances the mystery.

I would not be surprised that both Colin's are the same man, original birth recorded 1889 and Army records birth 1887 to get into the Army, making him 18. There was some fudging in order to get into the Army, as my ancestor did the same, increased his age (from 15yrs 9mths) to 18yrs 1mth get into the Army (used his brothers year of birth).

[majm]

I have NOT found Colin Seale or Robert Seale in my hardcopy NSW electoral Rolls ie pre-1930.   
This is one of those very intriguing and interesting threads, and I am an avid reader ! 

JM

[cupoflife]

hi

 I think that Robert is another son who was born to Walter and Kathleen. Is there a researcher in India who has access to the birth records ?.   Your father said his brother Colin liked trains.

 I do like a mystery and I am having a great deal of fun. 
 Happy to help

Muss

You may well be right Muss,
Other family records, death notices or headstone transcriptions may prove useful. They were quite a prominent family so bound to have newspaper articles.
There are LDS family history centers in Australia. Parramatta in Sydney NSW, specialises in India records. Volunteers transcribe records, so they have a collection of British India microfilms onsite. Having said that, it is quite a time consuming task, some very difficult to read, so easy to make mistakes or miss names when transcribing. If you have the time it may be well worth trawling through again. I have done that on past ocassions and found records that were mistranscribed or missed altogether. I would start with records already available online, through libraries (State libraries usually have wider subscription to access more records)
LDS family history center 169 Pennant St; North Parramatta (02) 9683-5849 http://www.transcriptions.com.au/pages/ldsnsw.php
Very good knowledge and used to volunteer at Parramatta http://www.unlockthepast.com.au/our-team/sylvia-murphy  May be worthwhile ringing ahead and making some enquiries.

Yes, quite a mystery...but love a good hunt 

[BettyBoops]

Majm-  Robert has work ref in 1922-23 over in NZ then he went to Matcham nsw. A friend found a Robert Stevens who sailed on Ulimara 21/04/1921 to NZ. Soo, backwards 1922 who went where?

[BettyBoops]

Juggled schedule n @ gr8 risk 2 womankind we are driving to Paramatta 2mora 

[cupoflife]

(Pg 115) not a very flattering description: http://www.rootschat.com/links/01jh4/
...Mrs Weller was a hypochondriac; John Connolly was a violent and abusive drunk; Robert Seale, the young nephew of the Colonial Secretary was physically (and pethaps also mentally) disabled, such that he was "incapable of rendering the least service"....

[BettyBoops]

What you suggest I concentrate on in my search? Just the family of Walter, Kathleen and off spring and estate? Which hopefully might lead to something.
Another titbit of info, which may help with the immigrating side of things. Apparently Robert was sent "around the world" with a tutor. Could there have been other Seale rellies in Gosford say between 1900-1910 with whom they stayed? I'm just reluctant to dismiss Gosford completely. Cheers betty

[BettyBoops]

 the rellies of Colin on army record are Walter, Kathleen, Sheila and Hilda. All known quantities for this branch.
Also, back to the trip overseas, after seeing the army record, maybe look between 1895-1905? Ta Betty