Hi Christine!
There are too many similarities..Iwonder if some of my research could be faulty as it is "hand me down".

My Robert Alfred Howland b. 1839 d. 27/12/1902 in Crookwell. He arrived in Australia in 1862. Originally settled in Grenfell where most children were born then moved to Crookwell in 1877. There were 10 children including Sarah, Emily, Ellen, Allan, Olive, Elizabeth, John, Issabella and William.

He also had a son called Robert Alfred b. 1869 in Grenfell, d. 1941 in Willoughby. This Robert married Mary Anne Elizabeth Hill from Boston USA. They then had 13 children including a Robert Alfred as well b. 1904 Crookwell, d. 1974.

Do you think we are on to something??

Michelle