BAIRD Charles Edward
Charles Baird was born in Tallangatta in 1898. He married Donella Meredith in 1922. His occupation was that of a butcher and he ran Whittlesea Butchery.
ARMSTRONG Robert
Robert Armstrong married his wife Mary Ann Robinson in July 1853 in Fermanagh, Northern Ireland. They sailed to Melbourne from Liverpool on board the “Electra”, arriving in 1856. They settled in Whittlesea and raised their family. He died in 1863.
ANDREW James
James Andrew was born in 1827 in Devonshire. He married a Mary Heal in 1850. They sailed for Melbourne on the “Lady McNaughton” but Mary died on the voyage. He married an Anna Maria Webb at St Peter’s Church Melbourne in 1852. They lived at his Darebin Creek property and later purchased farms in Whittlesea, one being named “Woolsery”.
Mason’s Road – Mernda
History has it that in 1853 the families of Samuel JEFFREY and John MASON bought their properties along what was originally a track between Mernda and Wollert.