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Charles Blair was born in Scotland in 1836. He married in 1857 Ann Robb. They travelled to Melbourne aboard the “Annie Wilson” arriving in 1859. They settled and lived in Upper Plenty and Glenvale with their 13 children.

John Beney was born in Hampshire in 1864. He and his wife Angelina arrived in Melbourne around 1884. He opened a hardware shop on Plenty Road in Whittlesea and his family lived there till he died in 1939.

Stephen Bebb and his wife Elizabeth both were born in Montgomeryshire, Wales. They were married in St James Church Melbourne in August 1856. They from Kyneton to Whittlesea in the 1870’s where they became shopkeepers.

Richard Batten was born in 1828 in Devon. He married Mary Jane Hazard in November 1855 in St John’s Church, Heidelberg. They took up a tenancy farm in Whittlesea from 1855 and called it “Fairview” and raised 9 children.

Thomas Barker arrived in Australia from England in 1858. He was later Head master of the Whittlesea State School from 1880 till 1899.

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.

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.

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”.