TELFORD / MAGILL / SAUNDERSON; IRL> AUS> NZL; c.1760 Any further information on these families welcomed. Thank you Barb [email protected] I now have information that suggests Robert [b. circa 1806] may have been the son of Robert and Agnes MAGILL, this Robert being the son of Robert and Mary TELFORD. Information on other siblings in both generations will hopefully be forthcoming soon. Robert SAUNDERSON b. circa 1806-7 Knockbride Parish, County Cavan,Ireland, occupation Soldier, [He was 18 when he enlisted as a soldier in the 63rd Regiment of Foot, on May 20th 1825. He listed his occupation as a weaver. He married Mary NIXON who was b ? circa. 1809 [or 1819] Mary d. 17 Nov 1871, Oatlands,Tasmania. Australia. Robert died 19 April 1872, Oatlands, Tasmania. Robert and Mary arrived in Tasmania 15-04-1850 on the "Eliza" As a Military Pensioner,he was a guard on this convict ship, and shortly after took a job as a guard at the female prison Cascades in Tasmania. >From the Tasmanian Archives Records of his arrival it shows that he had a wife and child, A letter from them states that they can't find a report on his wife's arrival. I have no knowledge of this child's name, age, birthplace, or subsequent survival/otherwise. I do not know the year Robert married. 1846 - early 1850 ? There is no mention of a wife in his military papers when he was discharged in 1846. Children of Robert + Mary: i Mary Jane SANDERSON b. 20 Mar,1851, Hobart, d. 10 May 1851, Oatlands[aged 2/12]. ii Robert SAUNDERSON b. 8 Feb 1855. [ I have details of his descendents in Australia and New Zealand ] iii Mary Jane SANDERSON b. 23 July 1857, Oatlands.Tasmania [M.J. was alive in her late teens, but no marriage or death have been located for her]