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He was baptised on 5 November 1774 in St Austell.²

He married Susanna CURTIES in St Mellion, Cornwall, in 1795.³

James died in 1830 in Cornwall.⁴ He was buried on 25 March 1830 in St Austell.⁴

She was baptised on 8 July 1804 in St Mellion.²

She married Thomas Hodge Wymond NANSCAWEN, son of (--?--) NANSCAWEN and Elizabeth (---?---), in St Mellion, Cornwall, on 26 April 1822.¹
She was listed in the 1841 census in St Mellion, Cornwall, he was a publican.³

She was listed in the 1851 census in St Mellion, Cornwall, with her husband Thomas; he now claimed to be a victualer (rather than publican) and their children Mary, Sarah, Maria and Anna were also present.⁴

Susanna's death was registered between July 1852 and September 1852 in St Germans, Cornwall.⁵

James Percy (Boz) RIDINGS was born in Nelson in 1860.^1,2

He married Jessie MORRIS, daughter of Arthur William MORRIS and Janet (Jessie) MOODIE, at First Church in Dunedin, Otago, on 8 December 1891.^3,1,4,5

He was educated at Auckland Grammar School before joining the Customs Dept in 1876. He served in Auckland and Wellington before being appointed Landing waiter in Dunedin in 1888, and in Oamaru in 1895. In 1899 he was appointed Collector for Hokitika, later Dunedin and then Collector of Customs, Auckland.²

James died on 19 January 1947 in Remuera, Auckland.^6,7 He was cremated on 21 January 1947 at the Waikumete Cemetery in Waitakere and his ashes scattered.⁷

Jessie May RIDINGS was born in Auckland on 7 April 1893.¹

Jessie died on 21 May 1980 in Auckland at age 87.^2,3 She was cremated on 23 May 1980 at the Purewa Cemetery.⁴

Paul Alexander RILEY was born on 20 January 1920 in England.²

Paul's marriage to Eileen Lily FORSAITH, daughter of Arthur William FORSAITH and Lily CAMMEGH, was registered between January 1944 and March 1944 in Rochford, Essex.¹

Paul died in August 1994 in Southend, Essex, at age 74.³

Hanora RIORDAN was born in Cork, Co. Cork, on 25 August 1927.^2,3

Hanora's marriage to Frederick Ian FORSAITH, son of Frederick Leslie FORSAITH and Phyllis Agnes PENNOCK, was registered between October 1952 and December 1952 in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire.¹

Hanora died on 24 August 1976 in Worthing, Sussex, at age 48.^4,5

Her will was probated in Brighton, Sussex, on 1 October 1976 with her estate valued at £1935.⁵

Kenneth Douglas ROADLEY was born on 15 August 1920 in Auckland.^1,2

He married Gwendolline Evelyn Mary MATTHEWS, daughter of Kenneth Lionel MATTHEWS and Kathleen Marella CLARKE, in Auckland on 29 June 1946.^1,3,4

Kenneth died on 3 May 2009 in Whangarei, Northland, at age 88.^5,6

Shirley Jean ROADLEY was born on 22 September 1915 in Auckland.^1,2

She married Mervyn Wyatt MATTHEWS, son of Kenneth Lionel MATTHEWS and Kathleen Marella CLARKE, at St. Matthew's in Auckland on 12 July 1941.^1,3,4

She was widowed on the death of her husband Mervyn in 2001.⁵

Shirley died in 2006 in New Zealand.⁶

Henry Eric Wilkie (Hal) ROBERTON was born in Auckland on 30 December 1904.¹

He was educated in England at Sherbourne School and Emmanuel College, Cambridge, where he read science and medicine. His medical training was at St Bartholomew's Hospital in London, where he became the personal house physician to Lord Horder, among the leading physicians of the day in London.
This was followed by further training at Addenbrookes Hospital, Cambridge, Bethlem Royal Psychiatric Hospital, Bedlam, and Sheffield Children's Hospital.
He returned to New Zealand in the 1930s and set up a general practice in Christchurch.²

He married Elisabeth Madeline (Betty) MORRIS, daughter of Arthur William MORRIS and Agnes Durroch CROSS, at St Barnabas Church in Fendalton, Christchurch, Canterbury, on 19 February 1935.^3,4

Dr Roberton had a strong interest in clinical research and discovered a disease in women after childbirth caused by low thyroid activity. He was awarded a Cambridge doctorate and in 1946 won the Sir Charles Hastings prize for the best general practice research essay in the British Empire for this research work.²

He was a founding member of the Council for Educational Research and chairman of its Christchurch branch. He had a long involvement with St John Ambulance and held the rank of the Order of St John of Jerusalem. Dr Roberton was also vice-president of the Royal Christchurch Musical Society. He was Christchurch president of the British Medical Association and chairman and provost of the Canterbury faculty of the Royal College of General Practitioners.
Dr Roberton retired on his 80th birthday, but enjoyed playing tennis, golf and bowls well into his 80s, and ice skated until 85. For some years he helped judge the national figure-skating championships, in which he had once competed. He was a familar figure at Charteris Bay, sailing his home made yacht.²

Henry died on 19 February 1991 in Christchurch, Canterbury, at age 86.^5,6 He was buried on 21 February 1991.⁵

Elizabeth ROBERTS was born in Kenwyn, Cornwall, circa 1815. This date is based on her age at death (97), but she claimed to be only 29 in the 1851 census, implying a birth year of 1822 - this is extremely suspect.²

She married James Chynoweth PAUL in Kenwyn, Cornwall, on 7 October 1839.^3,4

She was listed in the 1851 census at Frog St in Bere Ferrers, Devon, with her husband James; he was a miner. Their children Ann, James, Grace and Joseph were listed as living with them.²

Elizabeth arrived at Auckland, on 8 August 1856, on board the Lord Burleigh (622 tons) ex-London accompanied by her husband James Chynoweth PAUL and children Ann, James Robert, Grace, Joseph, Elizabeth Jane and Emma (Emmeline).⁵

She was widowed on the death of her husband James on 27 July 1895.^6,7,8

Elizabeth died on 22 December 1912 at Victoria Ave in Mt Eden, Auckland.^9,7,10 She was buried in December 1912 at the Symonds St Cemetery in Grafton.⁷