Horsburgh
Horsburgh John Herbert- looking for more information on his family he left behind and when did he arrive in NewZealand regards Robyn -NewZealland
Horsburgh John Herbert- looking for more information on his family he left behind and when did he arrive in NewZealand regards Robyn -NewZealland
For reference from your previous post
John Herbert Horsburgh
b abt 1851 Edinburgh Scotland
married
Isabella McCloskey 1877 Milton New Zealand
died
1928 Invercargill New Zealand 75yrs
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Do you have any details from his marriage, age, fathers name/occupation or Johns occupation.
Does his death indicate any possible parents or length in NZ.
He wasn't by chance a Tobacconist??
Found two possibiles
1)
John b1849 Edinburgh
F: John - Tobacconist
M: Barbara Brown
siblings
Ann, George, Grace & Barbara
further research has trees with John son of John died 1877 Glasgow but no document evidence.
2)
John b 1849 Edinburgh
F: James - Coach Smith
M: Isabella ?
siblings
Marion/Anna, Isabella & James
no further sighting of John after 1861 Census, he is on 1851 & 1861.
Father James & Isabella, Anna(Marion) & James on 1871 & James, Isabella & Marion on 1881.
John was a engine driver ( he worked on flax machines etc )in and about Southland NewZealand, no mention on parents all we know he came to N.Z.as a remittance man, he had several children Isabella, Ann, William, Mary, Elizabeth Cathcart,all N.Z born, he also had another family, and again a child Elizabeth Cathcart, no sure what the Cathcart connection is, his wife Isabella and her sister came from was Irish came to N.Z.in1874 on the ship Parsee, she died 1938.