Family of Robert McNair Ryburn and Sophia Middleton Hamlin, Auckland, 1886 Robert migrated to Auckland, New Zealand, from Campbeltown, Scotland, in 1859, and married in 1863. Sophia was the eldest daughter of James Hamlin, Church of England missionary, who came to the Bay of Islands, New Zealand, from Somerset in 1826. Front row - Josiah, Robert Snr, Allan, Daisy, Sophia and Martyn (Marty). Back row - Isabella (Ella), James (Willy), Robert (Mid, my grandfather) and John. |