Robert Lankshear was born in 1846.
see 1870 Robert Lankshear - omnibus conductor Times account of being discharged on charge of Embezzlement which must be this Robert presumably why he left England.
Noted events in his life were:
Occupation: Omnibus Conductor.
Immigration; 3 Aug 1875, Arrived Otago Heads, New Zealand On The Woodlark.
Residence: Feilding, Manawatu, New Zealand.
Emigration: From Middlesex.
Robert married Martha Jane Warner on 22 Dec 1870. They had 12 children: Frances Mary, Edward Charles, George, Sydney Warner, Martha Clara, Earnest James, Lucy, Edith Clare, Florence Lizzie Wills, Robert, Arthur Victor , and Myrtle Pretoria .
Marriage Notes: Reference Number:215442
Frances Mary Lankshear was born between 1871-1875 in Date Assumed / Within The Sounds Of Bow Bells / Cockney / London, England.
Edward Charles Lankshear was born about 1873 in Assumed and died in 1955, about age 82.
George Lankshear was born about 1875 in Assumed.
Sydney Warner Lankshear was born about 1877 in Assumed.
Martha Clara Lankshear was born about 1879 in Assumed.
Earnest James Lankshear was born about 1881.
Lucy Lankshear was born on 2 Mar 1885 in Assumed.
Edith Clare Lankshear was born about 1887 in Assumed.
Florence Lizzie Wills Lankshear was born on 22 Dec 1891 and died on 27 Jan 1927, at age 35.
Robert Lankshear was born about 1892 in Assumed and died about 1898 in Assumed, about age 6. The cause of his death was horse Kick at 6 and a half years.
Arthur Victor Lankshear was born in 1894 in Assumed, died on 12 Dec 1966 in Taita, Wellington, New Zealand, at age 72, and was buried on 14 Dec 1966 in Taita Lawn Cemetery, Taita, Wellington, New Zealand.
Myrtle Pretoria Lankshear was born in 1900 in may not be child of Robert and died in 1927, at age 27. The cause of her death was asthma i think.