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The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Otago & Southland Provincial Districts]
Mr. Robert Rossbotham
Mr. Robert Rossbotham , who was a member of the Dunedin City Council during the year 1872, was a native of Belfast, Ireland. He was born in 1829, trained to the building trade under his father, and, when about nineteen years of age, sailed for the United States, where he spent several years at his trade in New York. In 1852 he left America for Melbourne, where he found employment at his own trade. Later on, however, he entered the service of Messrs Thomas Robinson and Co., agricultural implement manufacturers, and in 1864 he sailed for Dunedin to manage a branch for that firm. Early in the seventies Mr. Rossbotham commenced business on his own account as a contractor, and he was subsequently engaged for many years at foundry work in the city. He was twice married; firstly, to a niece of his employer, Mr. Thomas Robinson, and secondly, to Mrs Markham, of Dunedin, by whom he had two sons.
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The late Mr. R. Rossbothan and Mrs Rossbothan.