Edward Boby was born in Bury St, Edmunds, Suffolk, England in 1827.

He emigrated to New Zealand on the RANDOLPH which left Plymouth on the night of Saturday September 7th 1850 and arrived into Lyttelton in January 1851, making it one of the First Four Ships to Lyttelton

He married Hannah Pleace (1825-1908) in Lyttelton, Christchurch in 1851

Their known children were:

1852 Charles William Edward BOBY
- he married Ann Jane Burrows in 1875
- he ran the Bealey Hotel from 1878 to 1880 and from 1882 to 1885 he was a cab owner in Nursery Road, Linwood
- In 1890 Charles was sentenced to ten weeks imprisonment for deserting his three children Louisa, Edward and Anna about 8 years previously. Their mother, Ann had died over 2 years earlier and the children had been iving with their grandmother Mrs Burrows.
Edward had been in New South Wales
Mary Louisa Boby 1876-1918
- she married Thomas Clark
Edward Alexander Boby 1878-1950
- he married Annie Lilly Elizabeth Hodgson
Annie Wilson Boby 1880-1939
- she married Samuel Charles Wright


1854 Walter Humphrey BOBY
- he died aged 8 in 1863

1856 Ernest Linton BOBY
- he married Elizabeth Ellen McKaskell in 1881
their known children were:
Mable Jane Boby 1882-1960
- she married James Andrew Comrie
Ernest William 'Willie' Boby 1883-1894
- he died from flu complications aged 11
- 2 months later his grandfather and 3 others were killed in a boating accident
Arthur Edward Boby 1884-1918
- he died aged 34 during the flu pandemic

1858 Manfred BOBY
- he died in childhood

1860 Maria hannah BOBY
- she married William Park in 1878
they had 11 children:
- the first 3 were born in Timaru/Hokitika hen they moved to Palmerston North
Anita Maria Park 1878-1958
- buried in Christchurch
William Edward Park 1880-1960
- married Ann Tasker
- they had 6 (known) children:
Myrie Wanaka, Ina Phyllis, Russell Edward, Moya Doreen, Edna Tui and Anau Reginald,
Walter Boby Park 1882-1882
- he died aged 3 months
Florence Boby Park 1884-1935
- she married Gerald Treleaven
Manfred Nigil Park 1886-1962
- he married Christina Ferguson
Douglas McIntyre Park 1887-1968
- he married Hilda Wood
Myrtle Dorothy Park 1889-1950
- she married Ivie Gibson
Piata Heni Park 1890-1968
- she moved to Christchurch, never married
John Joseph Park 1892-1916
- he died of wounds in France
- he also served in Gallipoli
Lorna Park 1893-1947
- she married Gordon Jackson
Frank Palmerston Park 1895-1969
- he married Zelma Riches

Their mother, Maria Boby, died in 1895 aged 35
- possibly giving birth to Frank (he was born 30th December 1895)
their father William Park remarried in 1897 to Jane TORY
- their known children were:
Annie Jane Park 1897-?
- she married Richard Moyle Dale
William James Park 1898-?
- he married Ethel Florence Daley
Eileen Norah Park 1898-?
Gavin Park 1901-?
- POSSIBLY married Mabel Grace Stanton
Stanley Nelson Park 1902-?
- POSSIBLY married Violet Maud Johnson