The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Otago & Southland Provincial Districts]
Roby, Francis
Roby, Francis
, Farmer, “Bloom-hall,” Isla Bank. Mr Roby was born in 1842, in the parish of Alyth, Perthshire, Scotland, and was brought up to farming. He came to the colony by the ship “Hydaspes,” and arrived at Port Chalmers in 1872. After residing for a few months at West Taieri, Mr
Roby settled in the Drummond district, in June, 1873. In the following year, he took up 100 acres of land on the deferred-payment system, but afterwards obtained the freehold, and has since acquired a further ninety-five acres. The land has been converted from its natural rough condition into a state of good cultivation. Mr Roby was for about four years a member of
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the Drummond school committee. He was married, in 1875, to a daughter of Mr John McDiarmid, of Forfarshire, Scotland, and has three sons and one daughter.
Mr. And Mrs F. Roby.