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Robert Laurie senior Elizabeth Laurie nee Allison Left:  Robert Laurie, son of William and Mary Laurie, born at Paisley in 1829 and died at Auckland in 1899.  He and his future wife, Elizabeth, were children on board the Duchess of Argyle in 1842.
Right:  Elizabeth Laurie (nee Allison), daughter of James and Margaret Allison, born at Paisley in 1836 and died at Auckland in 1911.
Married Robert Laurie at Auckland in 1854.
Elizabeth and Robert Laurie and their family (1864).
Robert and Elizabeth Laurie and their family		 Back row: 
Elizabeth (nee Allison)
(1836-1911),
Mary Laurie
(1857-1886),
Robert Laurie
(1829-1899).

Front row: 
James Shaw Laurie
(1863-1938),
William Laurie
(1861-1930),
Margaret Laurie
(1858-1893).
Laurie brickyards on the Whau Laurie brickyards

The Laurie brothers subdivided and sold
most of their land on
the south side of Karangahape Road in 1863.  The brickyards
there were closed and
this yard was set up
on the Whau River.
Bricks remaining on the shoreline mark the location at the north end of Hepburn Road.
Mary Laurie Margaret Laurie Left:  Mary Laurie, eldest daughter of Robert and Elizabeth Laurie, (1857-1886).
Married Alfred John Litten.  2 sons.
Right:  Margaret Laurie, second daughter of Robert and Elizabeth Laurie, (1858-1893).
Married John Turner. 
5 children.
William Laurie 1861-1930 Annie Burletson Duncan Left:  William Laurie, second son of Robert and Elizabeth Laurie, (1861-1930).
Brickmaker of Hepburn Road.  Married Annie Burletson Duncan. 
Photo when younger below.
Right:  Annie Burletson Duncan, (1862-1929) daughter of Mr and Mrs G.R.Duncan. Married William Laurie on 29 September 1891.
They had 3 children.
William Laurie James Shaw Laurie Left:  William Laurie, second son of Robert and Elizabeth Laurie, (1861-1930).
Brickmaker of Hepburn Road.  Married Annie Burletson Duncan. 
3 children.
Right:  James Shaw Laurie,  third son of Robert and Elizabeth Laurie, (1863-1938).
Brickmaker of Hepburn Road.  Married Helen (Nellie) McDowell. 
2 children.
Elizabeth Laurie jnr Robert Laurie jnr Left:  Elizabeth Laurie, third daughter of Robert and Elizabeth Laurie, (1865-1932).
Lived in her parents' house near the brickworks.
Never married.
Right:  Robert Laurie, fourth son of Robert and Elizabeth Laurie, (1867-1931).
Brickmaker of Hepburn Road.  Married Inez Gatley Udy. 
No children.
Matthew Laurie John Laurie Left:  Matthew Laurie, fifth son of Robert and Elizabeth Laurie, (1869-1944).
Brickmaker of Hepburn Road.  Never married.
Right:  John Laurie, sixth son of Robert and Elizabeth Laurie, (1872-1932).
Taxi driver of Auckland.
Married Agnes Ellen Aitken Mason.
2 daughters.