Re: Robert Swanton Roycroft
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Re: Robert Swanton Roycroft
Joan Blackburn 6/10/04
Hi there from Hamilton N.Z.Have just stumbled on your message re Robert (Swanton) Roycroft.He is my Great Grandfather and is buried in the old Shortland St. cemetery in Thames N.Z.He does not have a middle name "Swanton" He was a Black Watch Highlander and fought Napoleon at the Battle of Waterloo in 1815.He came to N.Z. on the S.S.Minerva in 1847 with a wife and three kids to be a "Fencible" I have a print-out of his army record while with the Black Watch and his signature does not contain an "S " in the middle.Love to talk more.
Cheers,
Lin Roycroft (Great Grandson)