Person:Robert Grice (7)

In early 1855, Robert and Ann Grice left their home 'Langtoft' in Yorkshire, England to Start a life in the 'new world'. They arrived in Hobart Town on the 25th of March 1855, on the 'Ocean Chief ', I suspect that they actually came out from England on a different ship (the James Baines) and transferred onto the 'Ocean Chief ' in Melbourne, as I can't find a date for the Ocean Chief leaving, what was probably Liverpool in the maritime records around that period; however the James Bains did, and the Ocean Chief took on 129 immigrants in Melbourne, from the James Bains, and then set sail for Hobart Town.

With Robert and Ann were their children (may not be conclusive): Dickinson, Ellen, Laban, and Elizabeth. At the time they arrived Robert was 48, Ann - 51, Dickinson - 16, Ellen - 12, Laban and Elizabeth. They were sponsored to Richmond, Tasmania by Mr Esh Lovell.

Around 1861 Robert and Ann built their new home, called 'Langtoft' after their home in England, at Rekuna, Upper Tea Tree. The house is still standing and occupied today. Unfortunately the property was sold out of the family around twenty years ago.

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The Mercury (Hobart, Tas. : 1860-1954), Saturday 18 July 1891, page 4 GRICE - On July 8, at his son's residence, Upper tea Tree, Robert Grice aged 84.

The Mercury (Hobart, Tas. : 1860 - 1954) Friday 10 July 1891 p 1 Family Notices GRICE.-On July 8, at his son's residence, Upper Tea Tree, Robert Grice, aged 84. The funeral will take place at Richmond at 2 o'clock on SATURDAY NEXT. Launceston papers please copy. The Mercury (Hobart, Tas. : 1860 - 1954) Saturday 18 July 1891 p 4 Family Notices GRICE.-On July 8, at his son's residence, Upper Tea Tree, Robert Grice, aged 84.

GRICE ROBERT Death Male RICHMOND 8-Jul 1891 84 1891 704 35

Headstone of Robert GRICE

  	Description: Headstone of Robert GRICE. Died in 1891, aged 84yrs Source: Richmond St Lukes Anglican  Format: Monuments and historical sites Object: gravestones Titles:  Headstone of Robert GRICE  Institution: Tasmanian Family History Society Inc. Hobart Branch  Object number: HBFH_25865 	

Australia Cemetery Index, 1808-2007 <http://www.Ancestry.com.au/search/db.aspx?dbid=1266&enc=1> about Robert Grice Name: Robert Grice Death Age: 84 Birth Date: abt 1807 Death Date: 8 Jul 1891 Cemetery: Richmond St Lukes Anglican Cemetery Location: Richmond, Tasmania

1851 England Census Record Name: Robert Grice Spouse: Wm Children: Dickenson Birth: year in Langtoft, Yorkshire, England Residence: year in Rillington, Yorkshire, , England

Ocean Chief (1855) The Ocean Chief picked up 129 James Baines immigrants to Melbourne from Liverpool, arriving in Hobart 25 Mar 1855. Sources: Pearce, Ian & Cowling, Clare, Guide To The Public Records Of Tasmania, Section Four, Free Immigration, Archives Office of Tasmania, 1975, p98.

...................................... The Mercury (Hobart, Tas. : 1860-1954) Saturday 18 July 1891 p 4 Family Notices

Tasmania, Australia, Passenger Arrivals, 1829-1957

Name: Robert Grice Arrival Port: Hobart Arrival Date: 25 Mar 1855 Ship: Ocean Chief Gender: Male Place of Origin: Yorkshire Birth Year: abt 1808

1. ↑ Skurrie.
2. ↑ TAS Bdms 1891/704.
3. ↑ (Very hard to read. Winesees Joseph Barwick and Isaac Gangell)..
   
   This is the last will and testament of me Robert Grice of Tea Tree...and bequeath all the... personals to which l shall ..........my son Dickinson Grice of the Tea Tree......
4. ↑ Be it known that on the 18th Dec 1891the last will and testament of Robert Grice late of Tea tree in Tasmania, farmer deceased who died at the Tea Tree aforesaid on or about nineth day of July 1891 (a true copy of which still is here unto annexed) was exhibited and proved before this Honorable Court and that administration of all and singular the goods chattels rights credits and effect of the said deceased will in the Island of Tasmania and the dependencies there of was and is hereby committed to Dickinson (in the will written Dickenson) Grice of the Tea Tree aforesaid, farmer a son of the said deceased the sole executor in the said will named. To the said Dickenson thee having been first sworn will and truly to perform the said that by paying first the debts of the said deceased and then the legacies therein requeathed so per as the estate shall persuant extend and the law lend him. And to make and ... unto thus Honourable Court grant a true and perfect ........on all and .... the goods Chattels, rights, credits and effects of the said deceased on or before the 18th of June now next ..... and to render a just and true account of his executorship when he shall per ..... called thereinto. And further that he, believes the goods, chattels rights, credits and effects of the said deceased of the time of his death did not exceed in ... the sum of five pounds in tasmania and the ......