Robert Wilson was the brother of Abraham Wilson.

He was an unknown in the family tree till a few weeks ago.  There is a family photo which has on the back ‘Thomas or Bob’ Wilson.  Dad mentioned he thought there was a Robert Wilson in the family somewhere as his brother (my Uncle) was named after him.  Dad also thought he might have come to Australia with the ‘rest of the family’ (no one has confirmed who all the family members were who emigrated here).  I figured if he came to Australia, he came to Queensland, and probably settled and died here.  However,  I would not have identified him in the Queensland BDM records if it had not had been for the discovery of Ann Eliza Wilson’s relationship to Catherine, via the death certificate, and later finding the name of Ann Eliza’s father – a Thomas Bunting.    Robert’s death certificate had listed his mother’s maiden name as Bunton, so it would have been impossible to link his relationship to Abraham without knowing about Ann Eliza.

Robert lived in Armagh Ireland, before emigrating to Australia, in Dec 1891, on SS Roma.  He had free passage, listed as age 20 years and his place of origin was listed as Armagh.  He travelled with his mother, Catherine, and younger brother Abraham.

He died in Mackay, Queensland on 5 November 1915.  He was not married, nor had any children.