Name: Robert COLLINS
Also known as:
Born: ABT 1811 At: Lewannick, CON, ENG Sex: M
Christened: 9 Apr 1819 At: Lewannick, CON, ENG
Died: 20 Feb 1869 At: Kadina, SA, AUS Cause: Carting accident
Burial /cremation: 1869 At: Kadina Cemetery, row 25, plot 1
Parents: Father: Richard COLLINS Mother: Sarah TAPSCOTT
Spouse/partner: Jane Emmeline DUANCE Born: 1819 Died: 3 Mar 1905
Married: 21 Dec 1844 At: Registry office Launceston, CON, ENG
Children: William Duance COLLINS,  Mary Jane COLLINS,  Emmaline COLLINS,  Eliza COLLINS,  Elizabeth Ann COLLINS,  Helen COLLINS

Biographical notes:


Migrated from CON, ENG in the 'Isabella Watson' arriving at Port Adelaide, SA, AUS on 14 May 1846. He was accompanied by his wife, Jane, & their first child, William, was born during the voyage. The ship was built in 1840 & registered in Glasgow in 1842. It left London on 3 Jan 1846 & called at Plymouth on 18 Jan 1846 (which is presumably where they joined the vessel). It carried a total of 230 emigrants. Also on board was brother John & wife.
Robert was a labourer & teamster, initially at Burra then Watervale. Finally he moved to Kadina.
Reference documents:
1844  marriage certificate transcript.
1844 marriage registration index record.
1846 passenger list, Isabella Watson ex London.
1869 death registration index record.