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     Henry Biddle was born on 31 January 1810 at England. He married Mary Ann Fisk, daughter of John Fisk and Mary Moore, on 7 December 1827 at Apollo Bay, Victoria, Australia.¹ Henry Biddle married Mary Ann Fisk, daughter of John Fisk and Mary Moore, on 16 November 1840 at 20 John Street, Islington, London, England; Henry Biddle married Mary Ann Eblett (nee Fisk) a widow with a 13 yearold daughter Ellen Mary. Address for both parties was given as 20 JohnSt., Islington.' Henry Biddle was Henry Biddle is Superintendant of a 'Ragged School
in 1843 at Brand Street, London, England. He emigrated on 2 November 1850 from Plymouth, England; 'Henry Biddle, Gardener, 38, Mary Anne, 45, Milton Thomas, 7, HenryMutlow, 5 and Ellen Mary Eblett, 18, sailed from Plymouth aboard‘Ascendant’ (a 500 ton barque) ... Arrived Adelaide - 15 Jan 1851.'(Dawn Moyle, 1987) SEE story below. He arrived at Adelaide, South Australia, Australia, on 15 January 1851. He was Henry Biddle and fellow passenger William Brown get a job pit-sawingin Mt. Lofty Ranges South East of Adelaide in February 1851 at Mount Lofty Ranges, South Australia, Australia. He Henry Biddle, his family, and William Brown joined a party travelling overland by bullock wagon and dray to the Eaglehawk Goldfields in January 1852. He was Biddle & Brown Timber Yards, Humffray Street South, Ballarat East,provided the hardwood for Bath's Hotel - the first solid constructionon the Ballarat Galdfields in 1853 at Humffray Street South, Ballarat, Victoria, Australia. He lived on 6 December 1854 at Buninyong, Victoria, Australia; Henry buys land at Buninyong - Lot 27 for Eighty Three Pound EighteenShillings & Lot 21 for Seventy One Pound Four Shillings and Sixpence.

17 december 1854. Henry bought Lot 25 for Three Hundred and One PoundsEleven Shillings and Fourpence. He died on 17 October 1906 at Apollo Bay, Victoria, Australia, at age 96.