William Radford sailed to Australia with his family on the Sir George Seymour arriving in May 1949. Shipping records show that he was 40 and his wife Mary Matilda was 39. Their children were: Ellen, aged 13 Matilda, aged 12 Robert, aged 10 William, aged 9 (married Emily Violett) Mary Ann, aged 7 (married John Burvill) George, aged 1 They settled in Mount Duneed in Russells Road to the west of the recreation reserve. After William's death the land was kept in the family until Mary died in 1888. William Radford paid rates on 102½ acres with a stone house. It is unclear where the extra land was. The 76 acres was later owned by John Southwood Melhuish. William died on 20 February, 1866. He was buried in the Wesleyan section of the Mount Duneed Cemetery. Mary died in April 1888 and is buried with him. |