Lawrence Cleverdon, son of James and Annie Maria Lillian (née Harward) Mountjoy was born on 8 October 1820 at Kilkhampton in Cornwall. In 1949, he married Mary Ann, daughter of John and Mary (née Burrow) Heard. The couple emigrated in as unassisted passengers arriving in November 1852 on the Prince Regent. Mary Ann was reputed to have died and was buried on the roadside near Naracoorte, South Australia. The couple may have been travelling to Caleb Mountjoy's wedding in Adelaide. On 10 November 1855 Lawrence married Jane Honeycombe in Geelong. Both marriages were childless.

Lawrence was a South Barwon councillor, serving from 1888 until 1897. With his brothers Caleb and Thomas he farmed at Roslyn. The three brothers founded Lorne, moving there in March 1882, with the establishment of a boarding house and coach service.

Lawrence died on 17 May 1899 aged 78 years at Geelong and was buried in the Methodist section of the Highton Cemetery. Jane died on 5 April 1910 aged 84 years at Geelong and was buried with him.

Heinrich Reinhold, son of Heinrich Wilhelm and Ernestine (née Lorke) Winter was born in 1870 at Geelong. He married Maria Ernestine Grutzner. They had the following children:
Marie Ernestine — born in 1893 at Epping, married Patrick James Toner in 1921 at Wagga Wagga, died on 15 August 1964 at Tumut NSW, buried at Batlow Cemetery
Clara Agnes — born in 1895 at Mount Duneed, married Charles William Rowe in 1930, married John William Robinson in 1938, died on 3 December 1976 aged 80 years at Duneed buried in the lawn section of the Highton Cemetery
Maud Elisabeth — born in 1896 at Geelong, died on 21 January 1897 at Geelong, buried in the children's section of the Grovedale Cemetery
Herbert Reinhold — born in 1898 at Germantown, married Esther Rosa Hill in 1930, died on 29 July 1983 at Geelong
Wilhelm Heinrich — born in 1899 at Mount Duneed, married Alvina Ethel Baum on 26 October 1952 at Highton Methodist Church, died on 19 January 1952 aged 53 years at Geelong, buried at the Grovedale Cemetery
Dora Alma — born in 1900 at Geelong, married Eric Cecil Harrison in 1929, married Albert Ernest Dickins in 1949, died on 16 August 1978 aged 77 years at Grovedale, buried in the Methodist section of the Highton Cemetery with Eric Harrison
Albert Edward — born in 1902 at Geelong
Emilie May Amelia — born in 1904 at Geelong, married Alexander Eldred Laker in 1932, buried at Queenscliff Cemetery
Florence Louisa — born in 1908 at Geelong, married Arthur Francis Paisley in 1934, died on 3 March 1964 at Geelong

Harry Winter lived on the north east corner of Torquay and Boundary Roads. He purchased his farm from the estate of John Syrett in 1923.

He was a South Barwon Shire councillor, serving for thirty years from 1902  until 11, from  1913 until 1916 and from 1923 until1941. He never missed a meeting during that time. He also served 30 years on the Recreation Reserve Committee and for 20 years was president of the school committee.

He died on 24 October 1949 aged 79 years at his home in Torquay Road, Belmont and was buried at the Grovedale Cemetery. Marie died on 20 June 1951 and was also buried at the Grovedale Cemetery.

​Willie, son of Godfrey and Sarah (née Carter) Hirst was born on 27 October 1877 in Yorkshire in England. He arrived in Australia on the Garonne, aged 7 years, in August 1885 with his mother, Sarah and his two brothers Lewis (aged 4) and Harold (aged 1).

He married Catherine Ann Martin Cameron in 1901. The couple had the following children:
Ivy — born on 24 September 1902 at Geelong, died on 29 August 1951 aged 48 years at Balwyn, buried in the Methodist section of the Geelong Eastern Cemetery
Florence Minerva — born on 13 May 1904, married Robert Money on 22 December 1928 at Hawthorn Presbyterian Church, died on 5 June 1989 at Balwyn
Katie — born on 15 August 1905, married Frank Stanbury Martin in 1930, died on 31 May 1989 at Camberwell
Vera — born on 6 November 1907 at Geelong, married Leslie Wallace Aikman on 24 September 1930 at St David's Church in Newtown, died on 21 November 1977 at Malvern
Godfrey — born on 26 December 1910 at Geelong, married Rose Elizabeth Pearl Maddern on 20 October 1934 at St David's Church in Newtown, died on 28 September 1991 at Geelong
Erva — born in 1912 at Geelong, married George Brian Seward in 1936, died on 1 July 1992 at Croydon
John Cameron — born on 30 November 1914 at Geelong, married Thelma Mary Doolan on 24 April 1946 at St Paul's Anglican Church in Latrobe Terrace Geelong, died on 21 December 2006, buried in the Roman Catholic section of the Highton Cemetery

The family lived in Francis Street in Belmont until 1923. Willie became the Managing director of Godfrey Hirst and Company's Excelsior Woollen Mills in South Geelong. He was  a South Barwon councillor, serving from 1917 until 1925 including  term as president. He was president of the Torquay Golf Club at the time of his death. A perpetual trophy was instituted in his honour to be played for annually.

​Willie died at his home "Manilla" Elizabeth (now Roebuck) Street in Newtown on Wednesday 2 September 1925 aged 48 years. He had returned from a trip to Brisbane the preceding Saturday and was at his office on the Monday but feeling unwell on the Tuesday, stayed at home. He was buried in the Methodist section of the Geelong Eastern Cemetery. Catherine, who died on 2 January 1965, was buried with him.

​John Henry, ​son of James and Charlotte (née Wynne) Horwood was born in 1863 at Waurn Ponds. He married Ann Hobbs on 8 October 1885 at the Highton Wesleyan church. The couple lived at Bexley, which was about 154 acres on the corner of Colac and South Valley Roads Highton. They had the following children:
Edward Leslie John (Ted)  — born in 1886 at Geelong, died in 1970 aged 84 years at Warrnambool
Francis George (Frank) — born in 1889 at Waurn Ponds, married Elizabeth Coombe on 27 December 1921, died on 8 June 1976 aged 87 years at North Geelong
Percy Charles (Perce) — born in 1890 in Geelong, died in 1961 aged 71 years at Blackburn
Claude Harold — born at 1893 at Geelong
Ruby Bertha — born in 1895 at Geelong
Edwin Leslie John (Ted) — born in 1886 at Geelong, died on 14 August 1970 aged 84 years at Warrnambool
Francis George — born in 1889 at Waurn Ponds, died in 1976 aged 87 at North Geelong
Claude Harold  — born in 1893 at Geelong, killed in action on 20 July 1916, buried at Rue-Du-Bois Cemetery at Fleurbaix in France
Ruby Bertha — born in 1895 at Geelong, married Edmund Allan Curtis in 1920, died on 24 July 1971 at Belmont
Albert Montague — born in 1898 at Geelong, died on 29 January 1921 aged 22 years at his parents residence "Bexley" in Valley Road Highton 
Ivy Pearl — born in 1905 at Highton, died on 13 December 1981 aged 76 years at Clifton Springs, interred in the rose garden at the Highton Cemetery

John was a South Barwon councillor, serving from 1920 until 1935 including a year as president. He was an early camper at Bream Creek and had a road named after him.

John died on 14 June 1954 aged 91 years at Belmont and was buried in the Methodist section of the Highton Cemetery with Ann who died on 14 October 1937 aged 75 years.

Section 8 of the parish of Barrabool, county of Grant was purchased from the Crown by Thomas Walker and subdivided in 1857. Annie's father, John Lowe Hobbs, leased the land shown above for many years. 

Johann Samuel, son of Johann Samuel and Maria Elisabeth (née Metzel) Andriske was born in 1825 at Schmollen in Prussia. In 1849, he left Hamburg, Germany to sail to Australia on the Emmy, landing at Hobsons Bay on 19 December. He brought with him his son, Johann Gottlieb who was 11 months of age. Gottlieb married Ellen Emily Mason. He died in December 1936 at Ballarat. Samuel's parents arrived on the Wilhelmsburg in 1853 and may have lived with him.

In 1850 Samuel married Anna Rosina Bieske. They had the following children:
Louise — born in 1853 at Grovedale, married Ernest Schulze in 1874 and John Barlow in 1885, died on 15 March 1938 at Burrumbuttock, NSW
​Johann Wilhelm — born in 1855 at Geelong, died in December 1949 at Grovedale
Heinrich — born in 1857, died in December 1877
Anna Rosina — born in 1860 at Grovedale, married Oliver Cowan in 1909 at Albury, died in 1938 at Jindera NSW
Johanne Dorothea Eleonora — born in 1861 at Geelong, died in August 1911 aged 40 years at Geelong, buried in the Presbyterian section of the Geelong Eastern Cemetery
Johann Friedrich August — born in 1864 at Connewarre, married Mary Louise Jacobi, died on 31 December 1944 at Windsor NSW
Carl Robert — born on 5 January 1866 at Grovedale, married Emma Maria Bennett, died on 18 March 1903 at Coonamble NSW
Emma Elisabeth — born in 1868 at Geelong, married Peter Sager, died on 28 June 1952 at Geelong
​Johanne Caroline — born in 1870 at Geelong, married John Joseph Keams, died in December 1943

Samuel established a vineyard and market garden on 22 acres at Germantown (Grovedale) in Torquay Road, north of where Felix Street is today. The main variety of grapes grown were burgundy and tokay. In 1878 Samuel's vines were destroyed by the government because of a phylloxera infection in some plants. 13118 vines covering 5½ acres were destroyed. 1½ acres were badly diseased, 2 acres were diseased in patches and 2 acres were free from disease. Compensation for the vines free from disease was estimated at £60.
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​He was a trustee at Trinity Lutheran Church, resigning in 1874. ​In October 1892 a notification appeared in the Government Gazette stating that Messrs Johann Edward Andressen, Gottfried Schmidt and Samuel Andriske have been appointed by the Governor-in-Council to be trustees of the land set apart as a site for Evangelical Lutheran Church purposes at Germantown.

​Samuel died on 13 November 1898 at his residence at Germantown and was buried at the Germantown Cemetery two days later. He died intestate. Letters of Administration were not applied for until November 1904 as all of the children residing in Victoria were too poor and those living in NSW were too far away. His farm Germantown was for sale in 1905.​

​A reunion was held in Mildura on 23 and 24 October 1999 to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the arrival of Samuel in Australia. Descendants of the family are still growing grapes and making wine in the Mildura district.
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Edward James Woodley, son of Isaac and Ettie Elizabeth Jane (née Woodley) Littlejohns was born in 1863 in South Geelong.

​He was a South Barwon Shire councillor, serving from 1921 until 1927.

In 1897 he married Ettie Eliza, daughter of Charles and Eliza (née Carr) Brame. They had one child:
Gladys Emma — born in 1898, married Alex James Chandler in 1928, died in 1982 in New South Wales

Ettie died aged 26 on 16 December 1899 at Geelong and was buried in the Methodist section of the Geelong Eastern Cemetery.

Edward married Mary Emma, daughter of Titus and Jane (née Mountjoy) Walter on 5 May 1904 at Deans Marsh. They had two children:
​Ettie Elizabeth Jane — born on 28 March 1905 in Geelong, married Clive Leslie Grayling on 4 September 1924 at the Methodist church at Grovedale, died on 12 February 1986, buried in the lawn section of the Highton Cemetery
Edward James Walter — born on 15 September 1908 in Geelong, married Jean Kirkpatrick Hose in 1937, died on 24 February 1986 aged 77 years,  buried in the lawn section of the Highton Cemetery

Edward senior died on 9 June 1941 aged 77 years at Grovedale. He was buried in the old Methodist section of the Geelong Eastern Cemetery with Emma who died on 27 April 1966 at Belmont. 

 
Joshua Bannister was a general and wholesale produce merchant and commission agent, trading as Joshua Bannister & Co. He took over the premises of John Warren in Gheringhap Street Geelong in 1882. By 1884 he was advertising that he could sell chaff cheaper than others in Geelong could sell hay. 

He was a South Barwon councillor, serving from 1886 until 1888. He lived at "Holmwood" Highton. In a meeting to address ratepayers before the election he pointed out the necessity for street lighting, especially in the vicinity of Belmont. He was in favour of making the streets and asphalting the footpaths in order to induce the residents of Geelong to live in the district. He said he was also in favour of tree planting. In 1886 after resigning from his council position at South Barwon Shire he nominated to stand as a candidate for the Villamanta ward of the Geelong council. He served from 9 November 1893 until his death.

He was  well known breeder of high class trotters. He was a vice president and captain of Corio Bay Rowing Club, vice president of the Geelong and District Coursing Club, president of the Geelong Recreation Club (previously the Yorick Club) and a member of the Mopokes (became part of the Yorick Club).

In March, 1891 his produce store on the south east corner of Gheringhap and Little Malop Streets was extensively damaged by fire. Although the value of the stock and buildings was estimated at £5,400, the insurance cover was only £2,600. 

A clearing sale of trotting sires, brood mares and young stock took place at Kirk's Bazaar on 12 July 1907. 

He died on 25 September 1907 at a Sydney Sanatorium. He was buried in the lawn section of the Geelong Western Cemetery. The funeral was attended by a large number, including the mayor and councillors of the town. He left an estate of £11,945 to his widow, Jessie Page, relatives and friends. Jessie died on 4 December 1938.
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A sale of city properties was held in 1917. The produce business was taken over by Robert Lyall & Son.

John Edward, eldest son of Johann (John)
​Christian and Dorothea Elizabeth (née Buttner) Andressen was born in 1863 at Grovedale.

He was a Shire of South Barwon councillor, serving for 22 years from 1896 until 1918. He served three terms as president of the shire  — 1901-02, 1907-08 and 1916-17. On 23 August 1904 when the last sale of Crown land in Grovedale was held, he purchased  allotments 3 – £230, 4 – £150 and 5 – £145. In 1911 he was appointed a justice of the peace. He was elected a trustee of the Evangelical Lutheran Church at Germantown in September 1913.When he retired he lived at 82 Swanston Street, Geelong.

​John died on 12 December 1961 at the age of 86 at a private hospital in Geelong. He was privately interred the next day in the Presbyterian section of the Geelong Eastern Cemetery with his wife Dorothea Catherine who died on 20 Jul 1961.

​John Black became a Barrabool Shire councillor in 1903, a position he held for 10½ years. In 1915 after he sold his property he was forced to resign. A luncheon was held at the Moriac Hotel where councillors expressed their regret at losing such a splendid worker whose position would be very hard to fill. It was not long before he joined the Winchelsea council. 

In 1920 he was selected as the Farmers' Union candidate for Polwarth at the next State election. The same year he was welcomed as a new member of the Geelong Agricultural Society. 

On 30 August the same year his wife, Jane, died after a lingering illness. There was a large attendance, including many representative citizens, at the funeral which took place two days later at Winchelsea.

In 1922 he attended a conference of public bodies opposed to the elimination of the Federal electorate of Corangamite which was held at Mortlake. by now he was shire president.

In 1923 he was elected as a South Barwon councillor  for the Kardinia riding, serving until 1927.

He was a committee member for the Belmont Recreation Reserve.  In 1928 he was appointed electoral registrar for the Barrabool division of the South Western Province.

​He died on 29 November 1934 aged 69 years and was buried at the Winchelsea Cemetery.

​He subsequently married Cath, née Rutledge, the widow on Alex Johnston.
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Children of John and Jane:
William John — born in 1890 at Bellarine East
Francis James — born in 1893 at Bellarine East
Edward Ernest — born in 1895 at Portarlington, died in 1954 aged 54 at Brighton Beach
Sydney Gilmore — born in 1897 at Modewarre, died in 1944 aged 46 at Winchelsea

​Florence Henrietta Johnston, step-daughter of Cr John Black of Roslyn Road Belmont who won the queen competition held on 20 July 1926 in aid of St Stephen's Parish Hall, Church of England Belmont
Train bearers: Joan Clemenger, Joan Smith and Jackie Clemenger — from Geelong Advertiser 22 September 1926

John, son of Joseph and Ann (née Gibson) Pattison, was born about 1852. He married Emily Charlotte Parker in 1889. They had three children — Eric, Leslie and Gladys. 

​The family lived at their farm "Oaklands" at Bannockburn until 1910. It had a frontage to the Moorabool River. John was a councillor in the Bannockburn Shire for 17 years and resigned when he went to live at "​Sunnyside" in Marshall. John successfully contested the Barwon riding vacancy in the South Barwon Shire in 1910 using his experience at Bannockburn to appeal to ratepayers. He served one term from 1910 until 1913.

The farms were leased after an unsuccessful auction 1910.
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John died on 26 March 1926 at "Sunnyside" aged 73 years. Emily died on 23 October 1931. They were buried together at Bannockburn Cemetery.

​Alfred settled in the Barrabool Hills in 1852. During this time he pursued farming and lime burning.

He was the licensee of the Kardinia Hotel in Highton from 1862 to 1871. The hotel was on the south west corner of Barrabool Hills and Valley Roads. 

He was a South Barwon Shire councillor for the Kardinia riding from 1864 to 1871 and again from 1874 to 1876 and was president for one term. On his retirement from the council he was presented with an illuminated address acknowledging his able services and wishing him a happy future in the "old land". The address was signed by the president, Cr William Higgins. He returned to England in 1876.

His wife, Elizabeth, died on 2 September 1882 aged 68 at her residence, 24 Antill Road, London. Alfred died on 13 August 1913 aged 86 at the same address. His remains were interred in the City of London Cemetery.

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George Alexander, son of John and Elizabeth Munro (née Gunn) Cameron, was born on 23 July 1884 at Mount Duneed. He married Violet Maude Golightly on 27 May 1917. They had two children:
Joan — born on 29 May 1919, married Charles Olley, died on 8 May 2002, buried in the lawn section of the Highton Cemetery
Lorna — born on 5 March 1922, married Joe Eaton, died on 25 March 200l, buried in the rose garden of the Highton Cemetery 

He was the longest serving South Barwon councillor from 1913 when he was elected unopposed until 1968. During this 55 years he served seven terms as president — 1918-19, 1927-29, 1938-39, 1944-45, 1950-51, 1953-54, and 1962-63. He was elected as a member of the Connewarre Hall Committee in 1921 when a fund was set up for a memorial hall. When the first tram to Belmont ran in December 1927 he declared the route open. He drove the last tram from Belmont in 1956. He was elected chairman of the Breamlea Foreshore and Reserve Committee when it began on 25 September 1959 and served until 6 November  1968.

Violet died on 2 May 1932 and was buried at the Queenscliff Cemetery. George died on 23 September 1970 and was buried with her.

Robert Scott's house, Barwonside, was once owned by George Gardiner and later Charles Palmer 

Robert Albert (Nip), son of William and Elizabeth (née Tait) Scott, was born in 1901 at Connewarre. He married Ethel May, daughter of Charles and Mary Ann Johanna (née Tonacia) Dunn. Robert and Elizabeth had the following children:
​Robert Tait — born on 27 June 1927, married Margaret Mary, died on 17 May 2001 aged 73 years, buried in the Roman Catholic section of the Mount Duneed Cemetery
Norma — born on 7 November 1928, married Oswald (Ossie) Middleton, died on 3 December 2007
Brian Albert — died in a car accident aged 13 years on 15 March 1946

Robert ran a dairy farm at the end of Kings Lane, Marshall with a small herd of guernsey and fresian cattle. He successfully showed the cattle he bred at Melbourne, Geelong and Colac shows. He was a committee member of the Geelong Agricultural Society.
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He was a South Barwon councillor for 19 years, serving from 1949 until 1967. He was president in  1954-55 and 1963-64. He was a life governor of Glastonbury Children's Home in Belmont, a foundation member and president of Marshall Progress Association, president of the Marshall Grovedale Rural Fire Brigade for ten years, president of Southern District Cricket for ten years and president and life member of Marshall Grovedale Football Club.

Robert died on 16 May 1974 at Geelong and was buried in the Roman Catholic section of the Geelong Eastern Cemetery with Ethel who died on 7 January 1971 aged 70 years at Geelong and son, Brian.

Alfred John, son of James Beard and Sarah (née Luke) Talbot, was born in 1827 at Walthamstow, Essex, England. His father, a congregational minister of Brunswick Chapel, Mile End, London,  had written a book in 1844 named "The Miseries of Prostitution".

Alfred arrived in the colony on the Moselle in December 1952 with his brother George and his wife Louisa Harriet née Burrell, whom he had married on 31 July 1852 at Walthamstow. After arriving in Geelong he advertised in various newspapers in an attempt to find his elder brother, James, whom he thought was in Bendigo, Victoria. He advertised his services as an accountant, land, house and estate agent  mentioning that he was from London. He was working from his home in Chilwell. 

By 1861 he was advertising an extensive range of services, delivered from his office on the Corner of Moorabool and Ryrie Streets, Geelong. He was now living at Belmont.

He was an auditor of the Geelong Gas Company in 1859, secretary of the Geelong Land and Building Society and an auditor for the Shire of South Barwon. He became a South Barwon councillor in January 1861. On Saturday 15 June 1861 at 8 am a meeting of ratepayers of the South Barwon Municipality was held to elect a councillor to replace Councillor Talbot who was disqualified from his position because of non-attendance. The only candidate was TW Antill, who became Talbot's replacement. The annual elections were scheduled to take place two weeks later. Councillor Antill would retire and stand for re-election.

In March 1961 Alfred disposed of his business to Henry Simmonds, who had for some years been his clerk. He was examined at the Geelong Insolvent Court on Wednesday 3 July 1861. He stated that he was a commission agent, charging commission for money received. The money received was spent running his business. He did not believe he had spent the money wrongfully. In September 1861 he was charged with forgery and embezzlement​. 

​Alfred and Louisa had the following children:
Rosina Sarah Augusta — born 1853 in Geelong
Louisa Selina — born 4 February 1855 in Chilwell
Caroline Maude —born 1857 in Geelong, died 14 April 1860, buried at Highton Cemetery
Alfred James Charles —born 1859 in Geelong
Percy George — born 1861 in Ashby

After 1861 he and his family seem to have disappeared from Geelong. I cannot find a will, burial or death record.

William was born in 1853. He came to Geelong as a small boy and grew up in Connewarre. He married Elizabeth, daughter of James and Helen (née Easton) Tait. They had the following children:
William John — born in 1894 at Mount Duneed, died on 9 August 1918 in France
Esther Helen — born in 1885 at Mount Duneed
Esther — born in 1886
George Tait — born on 10 March 1896, married Elsie Florence Lange, died in 1952 aged 56 at Geelong 
Alexander James — born in 1887 at Mount Duneed, married Queenie Irene Carson
Margaret Janet — born in 1889 at Mount Duneed, married James Couzens
Elsie Gordon — born in 1892 at Connewarre, married Lewis John (Jack) Challis in 1914, died in 1968 at Highton
Elizabeth Ann — born in 1898 at Mount Duneed, married Lawrence MacDonald in 1926, died in 1987 at West Wyalong
Celia Agnes Scott — born in 1905 at Mount Duneed, married Hector Lawrence Drew in 1940, died on 4 January 1983, buried at Highton Cemetery.

William had a farm and also shot ducks on Lake Connewarre for sale in the Geelong market. He was  a South Barwon Councillor for 18 years, serving from 1887 until 1890 and from 1898 until 1913. He passed away on 5 October 1915 aged 63 years and was buried in the Church of England section of the Mount Duneed Cemetery. Elizabeth died on 8 July 1926 aged 66 years and was buried with him.


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article contributed by John Stewart
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James Stewart was born in Parramatta in 1845, the youngest son of John and Lillie Stewart. He came to Geelong with his family in 1852; thence to Mt Duneed in 1856, where his father farmed and later owned the Connewarre flour mill. James assisted his father and one brother on the farm and with the flour mill.

James became a member of the Connewarre Road Board. The earliest reference confirming this was found in the Geelong Advertiser of 10 September, 1868. Since, from other information, member elections seem to have taken place each August, it is likely that he was elected in August, 1868. He would have been aged 23, rather young to be on the Board.

The earliest reference to James being Chairman of the Board is in the Geelong Advertiser of 31st July, 1874. In July 1873, Andrew White was known to be chairman. As the Chairman was elected at the AGM and the 1873 AGM was on 19th November, it is assumed that this was when he became chairman. He was then 28.

In 1874 the government legislated to amalgamate the Borough of South Barwon with the Connewarre Road Board. The first meeting of the newly constituted Shire of South Barwon took place on Wednesday, 20th January, 1875, and James was recorded as Chairman of the Connewarre Road Board. Thus, he must have been re-elected as Chairman at the Road Board AGM in November, 1874. So that is how he became to be an inaugural councillor of the Shire of South Barwon. He would not have been eligible for re-election in 1875 as, by that time, he was resident at Hillside which is in the Parish of Duneed and thus outside the South Barwon boundary.​

John, son of William and Elizabeth (née Simpson) Herd was born on 1 November 1798 in Belfast, Ireland. He married Janet née Park about 1820. They had the following children all born at Belfast, Northern Ireland:
William — born about 1820, died on 31 March 1908
Mary — born about 1821, married Francis Bennett, died 24 May 1885 at Kewell aged 63
Eliza — born about 1823, died 12 April 1901 at Geelong West
Jane — born about 1826, died 4 February 1895 at Ararat
John — born about 1827, died before the family emigrated
Agnes — born about 1828, died 8 April 1899 at Stawell
Sarah — born about 1830, married John McGill on 9 January 1849 at Christ Church Geelong, died February 1877 at Belmont Victoria

​John and Janet came to Australia with their family as assisted immigrants on the Manderin​ in 1838 arriving in Sydney. They travelled to Port Phillip on the Hope soon after.

John was a pioneer of the district in 1848 when he took up a pastoral run of 21,000 acres at Airey's Inlet and established the Loutitt Bay Cattle Station. 

​Early in 1850 he established a market garden in Thornhill Road, Highton.

​He became a councillor of the South Barwon Shire, serving from 1859 until 1863. He was appointed as a magistrate ex officio. He was one of the first trustees for the 10½ acre Barrabool Hills (Highton) Cemetery when it was established in 1855. He was also a trustee for Queens Park. In 1864 he became a member of the Anglican School Committee. His son-in-law Francis Bennett was also on the committee. 

​John died on 1 February 1885 at Kewell North and was buried in un unmarked grave at Warracknabeal Cemetery. Janet died on 4 September 1876 at Highton.

​Thomas Vaughan was born about 1829. He married Catherine (also known as Kate) Perdue in 1855. She was born about 1834. They had the following children:
Thomas Henry — born 1856 at Ballarat
​Lucy Ann ​— born 1858 at Ballarat, married James Williamson Nicol on 23 August 1883, died in 1935 at Malvern East aged 76 years
Alfred Perdue — born 1860 at Ballarat, married Rebecca Alison (Alice) Shierlaw on 9 May 1889, died 1923 at Box Hill aged 62
Edith Alberta — born 1862, died 1932 at Armadale Victoria
Diana Gertrude — born 1864, died 1907 at St Kilda
Ida May — born 1865, died 1953 at Elwood aged 88 years
Joseph Charles — born 1866 at Geelong, died 1939 at Cheltenham

When Thomas agreed to seek election as a South Barwon councillor to fill the vacancy caused by the recent retirement of Sharp Brearley, he was described in the Geelong Advertiser as "a man of wealth and standing in the borough, has plenty of leisure, and is in every respect competent to fill the office of councillor in a manner calculated to advance the interests of the borough". He served from 1869 until 1875.

Thomas died on 14 May 1897 at his residence, Sunnyside at Marshalltown, at the age of 68. He had been a resident of Marshalltown for 30 years and a colonist of 47 years. He was buried in the Church of England section of the Geelong Eastern Cemetery with Catherine who died on 27 February 1877 at the age of 43. Their daughter, Diana Gertrude, who died at St Kilda in December 1907 at the age of 44 was interred with them.


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