Irish Branch
John Vincent Rohu (1813-1893) was one of five children of Bonaventure Marie Rohu, who had been taken to England after the defeat of the French Royalists at Quiberon in 1795. Following their father's death, John Vincent and Julius Joseph, together with their sisters were entered at the Greenwich Asylum, an educational institution for military orphans. The two boys subsequently graduated into the Royal Navy. John Vincent married Mary Ann Callacott in Plymouth in 1838. They had 13 children. Their firstborn, John, died aged 13. Two other children, Samuel and Albert, died in infancy. Their second child, Henry Stewart Rohu gave rise to the Australian branch of the family. Another son, William Charles Rohu, emigrated to the United States and gave rise to the American branch of the family.
Frederick Raynor Rohu (1846-1930)
Frederick Raynor Rohu was born on Inis Cú Island, Donegal, while his father was in service there. Having initially worked in the Lighthouse Service he settled in Cork and married Miriam Sealy in 1874. They had eight children - one of whom, Jenny Rohu, died at age five. Frederick set up a business in Cork as a naturalist, taxidermist and furrier. Business prospered, and Frederick took an active part in the life of Cork City. He was returned as a councillor for Cork Corporation on two occasions, representing the Conservative Party. He died in Cork in 1930.
Edward Rohu (1848-1941)
Edward Rohu was a lighthouse keeper who served on many lighthouses on the south west coast of Ireland as well as on Tory Island off the coast of Donegal. He Married Anastasia Healy and they had five children - three sons: Edward, Alfred and Con; and two daughters: Catherine (Katie) and Elizabeth (Lily).
Alfred Rohu (1860-1952)
Alfred Rohu was born in 1860 on Achillbeg, Co Mayo. He moved to Malahide Co Dublin with his parents in about 1873. Alfred spent two years in Argentina from 1888 to 1890. He also spent some time in England and married Emma Miller from Lewisham in 1892. They had three children - Lily, who died in infancy, Hilda, who died in her first year, and Charles. Alfred traded for over 60 years as a taxidermist, naturalist and furrier in Dublin. He died in 1952 aged 93.
Wellington Rohu (1865-1898)
Wellington Stanley Rohu, was born in 1865 in the Coastguard Station at Malahide, Co. Dublin. In 1881, at the young age of 16, he married Winifred Fox, a widow, in St.Thomas’ Church of Ireland, Cathal Brugha St. Dublin. Wellington is described as a furrier in his marriage certificate. Welington and Winifred had two children - Wellington, who later changed his name to Ernest, and Maude who died aged two. It appears that Winifred died of childbirth complications shortly after Maude was born.